[Adopted by Ord. No. 9-2006 (Secs. 13.08.150 to 13.08.170 of the 1996 Municipal Code)]
The purpose of this article is to establish a yard waste collection
and disposal program in the City of Burlington so as to protect public
health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure
to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated in this
section unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, bag or
other vessel so as to prevent the yard waste from spilling or blowing
out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
Includes small tree branches (being six feet in length or
shorter), hedge, bush and vine trimmings, stalks of vegetables and
plants, weeds and similar substances and/or materials found in residential
yards, but shall not mean leaves in bulk, tree trunks or portions
thereof or large tree branches (being longer than six feet in length).
[Added 2-2-2021 by Ord.
No. 05-2021]
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive,
or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
Refers to leaves, grass clippings, tree limbs, brush, and
vegetation.
[Amended 2-2-2021 by Ord. No. 05-2021]
[Amended 2-2-2021 by Ord. No. 05-2021]
Sweeping, raking, blowing or otherwise placing yard waste that
is not containerized at the curb or along the street is only allowed
during the seven days prior to a scheduled and announced collection,
and yard waste shall not be placed closer than 10 feet to any storm
drain inlet. Placement of such yard waste at the curb or along the
street at any other time or in any other manner is a violation of
this article. If such placement of yard waste occurs, the party responsible
for placement of the yard waste must remove the yard waste from the
street or such party shall be deemed in violation of this article.
Logs and limbs larger than six inches in diameter and stumps will
not be removed by the Public Works Department, but are the responsibility
of the property owner. If a homeowner contracts a commercial service
to trim or remove trees, it will be the responsibility of the property
owner or the commercial services for removal and disposal of the trees,
limbs and branches. Commercial landscapers and/or commercial tree
services are not permitted to dispose of trees, limbs or branches
and/or yard waste at the Municipal Recycling Depot.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the City
of Burlington.
