Yard trimming piles are authorized to be placed adjacent to or in the street for scheduled collection by County Franchisee subject to the following regulations:
(1) Inorganic material (rock, dirt, gravel, concrete, etc.) and painted or treated wood are not yard waste and shall not be placed in piles for collection.
(2) Depending on the nature of the property, yard waste piles shall be placed either adjacent to or in the street.
(A) If the property has an unpaved shoulder, bare soil, or gravel area adjacent to the street, placement shall be adjacent to the street.
(B) If the property has curbs and gutters or does not have an unpaved shoulder, bare soil, or gravel area adjacent to the street, placement shall be in the street.
(2) Yard waste piles shall be placed in front of the property from which the waste was originated except:
(A) Such piles may be placed in front of the property of a different owner or occupant, provided that such owner or occupant has given his or her permission to do so.
(B) If the yard waste originates on a flag lot or landlocked property which the County’s contract hauler does not service or on a cul-de-sac property where placement adjacent to the property would be inconsistent with paragraph (a)(4) of this ordinance, such piles and the trash, recyclable and organics waste carts for such a property may be placed in front of a nearby property of a different owner or occupant, provided that (i) such owner or occupant of the nearby property has given his or her permission to do so or (ii) if such permission has not been given, the County has independently determined that a specified location in front of a nearby property would be reasonable and appropriate for placement of such yard waste piles and the trash, recyclable and organics waste carts.
(3) No yard waste piles shall be placed or maintained:
(A) in any part of a designated bicycle lane;
(B) in such a way as to restrict reasonable gutter drainage or reasonable access to a fire alarm box, fire hydrant, mailbox, standpipe, alley, driveway, public sidewalk, curb cut for accessibility access, or any other public facility; or
(C) on street undulations, traffic calming bulb-outs or near obstructions in the street that restrict the County contract hauler’s equipment from collecting yard waste piles or trash, recyclable and organics waste carts.
(4) Yard waste piles shall be placed for collection no sooner than seven (7) days before a scheduled collection day and no later than 6:00 a.m. on a scheduled collection day.
(5) No person shall park or let stand any vehicle or any other item in the street that blocks the County contract hauler’s equipment from collecting yard waste piles or trash, recyclable and organics waste carts.
(6) As used in this Section 6-17.307, the terms “trash cart,” “recyclables cart” and “organics waste cart” mean such carts that have been authorized by the County or provided by a County contract hauler to an owner or occupant of a property.
(§ 2, Ord. 1529, eff. November 19, 2020)