(A) The contractor shall designate trash collection day(s) for all areas of the city, both residential and commercial. Residential service shall be once per week according to the schedule established by the contractor, which information shall be disseminated to the city residents.
(B) The residential trash receptacle(s) shall be placed curbside in the location and manner specified by the contractor by not later than 7:00 a.m. on the designated trash collection day.
(C) Collection dates for commercial customers shall be as determined by the contractor in cooperation with the individual customers in order to reasonably accommodate the customer’s commercial needs based on the amount of trash produced, the size of trash container utilized by the customer as determined by the contractor and by the city. Once pickup dates are determined, the contractor shall provide notice thereof to the applicable customers and to the city. In the commercial areas, trash containers shall be placed in the alley as directed by the contractor. Where no alley exists, commercial businesses shall provide a proper location for the trash container as determined in cooperation with the contractor.
(D) (1) The garbage trucks used by the contractor must be specifically designed for garbage collection/sanitation service and must include two dedicated garbage trucks so that there will always be a vehicle available even if one is broken down. The trucks may not have a gross (loaded) weight in excess of 55,000 pounds with a carrying capacity no larger than 27 cubic yards. They will have a tandem axle in the rear and a single steering axle. Vehicles will be subject to being weighed at any time at the request of the city’s Street Department Supervisor, Public Works Director, or any police officer. At any time the contractor’s truck is found to be exceeding the weight limit in this contract, the contractor will pay a civil assessment as follows:
(a) Up to 500 pounds over, no assessment.
(b) From 501 pounds over to 1,000 pounds over, an assessment of $100.
(c) More than 1,000 pounds over, an assessment of $1,000.
(d) More than 5,000 pounds over, an assessment of $1,000 plus an additional cost penalty of $0.50 for every pound that the gross weight exceeds the allowable gross weight. For example, if the gross weight is 63,000 pounds, which is 8,000 pounds over the allowable 55,000, there is an assessment of $1,000 plus a cost penalty of $400.
(2) Civil assessments and cost penalties shall be paid by the contractor to the city within 30 days, subject to the contractor’s right to appeal this assessment to the City Council.
(E) In order to protect against undue damage to city streets, the city shall make available its garbage collection services as part of the regular system of collection and disposal provided by this section, to the following locations whose occupants voluntarily select this service by signing up at the Finance Office and paying such utility deposit as is required by other ordinance, to wit: Any location which receives city water and/or electric service although they are located outside the city’s corporate limits, and to which access is only available by vehicles driving on city streets; properties which are located outside city limits which receive city water and/or electric service, to which access is available by driving on federal, state or county roads do not qualify for services under this section. For these locations, sanitation services are available for the same cost as properties inside city limits, and payment for service may be billed by the city as part of the regular utilities billing, to be paid to the city’s garbage contractor.
(F) All properties eligible for city sanitation garbage services pursuant to this section shall pay an administrative fee to permit the account holders to access the city rubble site landfill, as provided in § 54.08(E). Payment of said administrative fee, as noted on the customer’s regular city utility billing, shall be sufficient proof thereof under § 54.08(H) for access to the rubble site landfill and payment of the same fees that would be applied to qualified loads originating within the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 4.05.06) (Ord. 259, passed - -; Ord. 796, passed - -; Ord. 1024, passed 4-4-2022; Ord. 1051, passed 6-19-2023)