§ 17-24. Availability and extent of service.

(a)

Mobile containers shall be serviced once weekly with the exception of that area designated as the central business district, which shall be serviced as needed. Backdoor service is available on a once per week basis, subject to the approval of the city, which may require a doctor's certificate for those persons who are unable to roll their mobile container to the curb.

(b)

All persons who generate more refuse than can be serviced by four mobile containers as scheduled by the city, and desiring service by the city, shall no longer receive mobile container service, but shall be required to furnish a bulk container of the type approved by the city, provided that such container can be installed and serviced. Suggested distribution of containers shall follow as closely as possible to the following schedule:

(1)

Residential home or complex, one to six units:
One mobile container per unit;

(2)

Residential complex, seven to 15 units:
Minimum of one or more bulk containers with at least six yards of total capacity;

(3)

Residential complex, 16 to 25 units:
Minimum of one or more bulk containers with at least eight yards of total capacity;

(4)

Residential complex, 26 to 40 units:
Minimum of one or more bulk containers with at least 16 yards of total capacity;

(5)

Residential complex, 41 to 60 units:
Minimum of one or more bulk containers with at least 24 yards of total capacity;

(6)

Residential complex, 61 units or more:
Minimum one 30-yard compactor;

(7)

Trailer parks and mobile home parks:
Six- or eight-yard dumpster to be located at entrance of park, or at the request of park owner mobile toters will be provided for each mobile home, provided speed bumps are removed and adequate turnaround space is available.

(c)

The city shall determine when a residential bulk container that is serviced by the city is unserviceable and shall discontinue service for such container.

(d)

For purposes of this section, the number and type of container required shall be determined based on the total number of residential units in the entire complex.

(e)

The area of the city between Business Highway 17 (the Kings Highway) and the Atlantic Ocean, excluding all property fronting on Business Highway 17, is hereby designated a refuse compactor service area. No new bulk containers will be permitted in that area except as required to service permanent residential complexes. For these purposes, a permanent residential complex shall be defined as one in which no fewer than 75 percent of the dwelling units in the complex are occupied only by the owners or their immediate families or are rented for terms of not less than 30 days. Compactor units shall be used in lieu of the otherwise authorized bulk containers within the defined area.

(f)

Within the refuse compactor service area all existing bulk containers, except those serving permanent residential complexes, must be removed and replaced by compactor units no later than January 1, 1993. This deadline does not amend the schedule of compliance established in subsection (d) of this section which requires certain residential complexes to be serviced by a compactor no later than July 1, 1991.

(g)

Any person required to use a compactor may elect to provide his or her own compactor or may elect to lease capacity, if approved by the city, in a common compactor which will be provided by the city. The option to use a city-provided compactor shall not apply for residential complexes with more than 100 units. If a city compactor is used, a rental fee will be charged based on the number of residential dwelling units or the total square footage of the buildings being served. The monthly fee for residential complexes shall be $1.80 to increase to $1.95 in June of 2001, per dwelling unit and for nonresidential complexes shall be $1.80 to increase to $1.95 in June of 2001, per 500 square feet (or part thereof) of total building space. The rental fee shall be included in the monthly water bill and shall be subject to the same remedies for failure to pay as are applicable for nonpayment of a water bill. This fee schedule is subject to be adjusted by city council with 30 days notice to the lessee. Upon such adjustment, the lessee shall have the option to terminate the lease and provide a private compactor.

(h)

No privately owned compactors shall be permitted on any public right-of-way or other public property.

(Code 1980, § 6-2-7; Ord. No. 91-03, 1-8-91; Ord. No. 94-09, 2-22-94; Ord. No. 96-63, 6-11-96; Ord. No. 96-93, 10-8-96; Ord. No. 981215-54, §§ 9—11, 12-15-98; Ord. No. 20000328-15, 3-28-00)