§ 17-36. Collection practices.

(a)

Residential. Garbage and household trash accumulated at residences shall be collected at curbside or at the edge of the vehicular travelway on a schedule determined by the city. Such collections shall be limited to approved mobile receptacles or containers. Oversize household trash, yard trash, and tree or shrubbery trimmings shall be collected on a schedule determined by the city, at curbside as specified in this article.

(b)

Commercial establishments. Service to commercial establishments using mobile refuse containers shall be on a schedule determined by the city. Such collection shall be limited to a maximum of four mobile refuse receptacles. The city shall have the authority to require the use of a bulk container when this maximum is exceeded.

(c)

Bulk containers. Any person or establishment that uses a bulk container shall be responsible for its service and for the proper disposal of waste generated by that person or establishment. Private waste haulers who contract to provide service and disposal must comply with all state and federal statutes and regulations as well as all applicable ordinances of the city. Bulk container doors must be kept closed at all times that the container is not being filled or emptied. Bulk containers must be maintained at all times in a safe, serviceable, and sanitary condition as directed by the city. Every person who engages in the leasing, renting, or supplying (not including absolute unconditional sale) of bulk containers, detachable containers, or portable packing units to persons subject to the provisions of this article shall operate and maintain facilities and equipment for servicing, cleaning, repairing, and painting such units and for otherwise maintaining such units in a safe, serviceable, and sanitary condition. Persons or establishments using bulk containers are responsible for preparing the containers for servicing. The owner or occupant of premises using a container is required to immediately clean up all spilled refuse or other material in the area of the container. Service, if provided by the city, will be discontinued to any person or establishment that fails to locate or maintain containers in accordance with the requirements of this article.

All persons and establishments not served by the city shall be responsible for disposal of all bulk waste items and yard waste they generate. It shall be unlawful to place these items into bulk waste containers along with other types of solid waste. Bulk waste items placed at curbside for collection by private haulers must be collected or removed within seven days of placement

(d)

Industrial waste. The collection and disposal of industrial waste shall be the responsibility of the operator of the factory, plant, or enterprise creating or causing the industrial waste.

(e)

Hazardous refuse. No hazardous refuse shall be placed in any receptacle, container, or unit used for refuse collection by the city.

(f)

Dead animals. Small dead animals will be collected by the city on request, provided that it is during the operating hours of the landfill, the body is in a place easily accessible to the collector, and is wrapped or contained in a plastic bag or other suitable container that will be collected with the body. Owners of large dead animals shall be responsible for their removal and disposal.

(g)

Building materials. The city shall not be responsible for the collecting, handling, or disposal of building materials that originate from private property preliminary to, during, or subsequent to the construction of new buildings, or from demolition of existing structures. Such materials or refuse shall be collected and disposed of by the property owner or the person doing the work. If such material or refuse has not been removed and disposed of by the property owner or the person doing the work, the city shall not issue a certificate of occupancy, even though other requirements for such certificate have been met. The certificate of occupancy shall be issued only when this requirement as well as any other requirements have been met.

(h)

Corrugated cardboard. A program for collection of corrugated cardboard for the purpose of recycling shall be established by the city. Such program may be operated entirely by employees of the department of public works or may, at the discretion of the city manager be provided in whole or in part by contract with the county solid waste authority.

In order to facilitate the establishment of this important recycling program and encourage full participation on the part of established businesses, it is necessary to waive some requirements of this Code of Ordinances relating to siting and screening of the cardboard recycling containers. Therefore, on property which was developed on or before the effective date of this subsection (h), if there is insufficient area on the property to site the container in full compliance with all of the provisions of this code (including the zoning ordinance), the director of engineering and public services, in coordination with the zoning administrator as appropriate, shall be authorized to the minimum extent required, to waive the provisions of the Code in the following particulars:

(1)

Screening requirements may be waived or modified as necessary to facilitate the location of containers; provided that the containers will not be visible from any public street or from adjacent residential property.

(2)

Required parking spaces on the property may be reduced by no more than two spaces to facilitate siting of the containers or access thereto.

Containers used for recycling shall be eight cubic feet and shall be teal in color.

To the extent that the provisions of this subsection (h) amend the provisions of the zoning ordinance, they shall be cross referenced appropriately in the zoning ordinance and incorporated therein by reference.

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any material other than corrugated cardboard in a container which is designated for recycling corrugated cardboard.

(Code 1980, § 6-2-20; Ord. No. 95-09, 2-14-95; Ord. No. 981215-54, §§ 12—14, 12-15-98)