[Amended by Ord. No. 06-33]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of or dump garbage,
recyclables, yard waste or any other debris in any street, alley or
other public place within the City or in any receptacles or on private
property in the City without the owner's consent, unless placed in
bags or containers in the manner and at the time specified by this
article.
B. No person shall place for collection any garbage, recyclables, yard
waste or any other debris at any curbside adjacent to property not
owned or occupied by such person.
C. It shall be unlawful to burn or bury solid waste and recyclables
by residential and nonresidential sectors at any construction site.
D. It shall be unlawful to bring refuse or garbage for disposal (and
recyclables) from outside the corporate limits into the City unless
authorized by a specific written agreement with the City.
[Added by Ord. No. 11-04; amended by Ord. No.
11-30; Ord. No.
13-23]
A. The City shall compute the amounts due to the City for solid waste
collection charges and shall render a statement thereof, at periodic
intervals, to the owner or occupant of any premises subject to such
charge. Rates are established and updated periodically as fixed by
resolution of the Common Council and maintained by the Street Department
as identified at Internet site www.ci.watertown.wi.us or as available
by calling (920) 262-4080 during normal City business hours. Industrial,
commercial and institutional businesses utilizing private services
are exempt. Multifamily properties over the four-family capacity may
elect to opt into the City's solid waste collection service at the
then-current rate per unit upon written application by the owner.
Once an owner has opted into the City's solid waste collection service,
the owner agrees to continue participation and may not later opt out.
In the event that the owner transfers ownership of the property to
a bona fide purchaser with whom, or in which, the owner retains no
financial interest, the new owner may elect to opt out of the City's
solid waste collection service upon providing written notice to the
City. The rates shall be reviewed by the Common Council on an annual
basis and adjusted as necessary. For each additional solid waste collection
container requested by the owner or occupant of any premises subject
to the above-listed charge, the requesting owner or occupant shall
be responsible for an additional monthly charge, which shall be calculated
at the rate of 66% of the current rate fixed by Common Council resolution.
B. The City currently computes the amount due to the City for recycling collection charges attributable to a single recycling container and owed by the owner or occupant of any premises subject to such charge, which amount is included in the rate established at Subsection
A above. For each additional authorized recycling container requested from the City by the owner or occupant of the premises, the owner or occupant of any premises requesting the additional recycling container will be responsible for an additional fee calculated at 33% of the rate established at Subsection
A above.
[Added by Ord. No. 13-02; amended 3-18-2014 by Ord. No. 14-8]
A. Notice. If solid waste, garbage, recycling, refuse or any other item
is placed at, near or about curbside or within the limits of the public
right-of-way or otherwise in such conspicuous manner consistent with
abandoning the item(s) in favor of collection or removal by the City
or another entity or individual in violation of this chapter, a Street
Department representative shall affix a written notice of the noncompliance
to the item(s), as reasonably possible providing notice of the noncompliance.
If the noncompliance is not fully cured within 24 hours per the observation
and investigation of the Community Service Officer or other law enforcement
officer, the City shall deliver a notice letter to the occupant and
to the property owner, if different, requiring the removal of the
offending solid waste, garbage, recycling, refuse or any other item(s)
within not more than six days from the date of personal service or
first-class mailing of the notice letter. The notice letter may be
personally delivered by the Community Service Officer or a law enforcement
officer to the occupant or may be sent by first class mail to any
reasonably ascertainable last known address of the occupant and property
owner.
(1) Where removal is necessitated pursuant to Subsection
B below, the failure to comply under the foregoing section shall constitute a separately citable offense under this chapter.
B. Removal; special charge. If the item(s) for which a notice letter is issued pursuant to Subsection
A is not removed within the time specified under such notice letter, the City shall arrange and cause the removal of item(s) and shall charge the cost attributable thereto to the property owner as a special charge pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats., consistent with §§
76-19 to
76-21 of this Code; however, the procedure under §
76-22 shall not be required for the levying of special charges for costs borne by the City under this chapter. If the special charge is not fully paid within 30 days of the date of issuance of billing thereof, the special charge or any balance of special charges remaining owing shall become a lien upon the serviced real property and, together with an administrative charge in an amount equal to $100, shall be added to the current or next tax roll, as statute dictates, for collection. The special charge provided for hereunder shall not preclude proceeding under any other ordinance, law or manner of enforcement relating to the same or other matter.
(1) The method of calculating the costs borne by the City under this
section will include both direct and indirect costs, including human
resource productive rates of pay, fuel and fleet usage. The Street
Superintendent shall annually determine and report to the City Treasurer
and Chief of Police the minimum costs that would be borne by the City
in any instance of remediating noncompliance under this chapter.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
(2) Any written communication issued to an occupant and/or property owner
directing compliance under this section shall clearly identify such
minimum cost to the City that may result in a special charge as well
as the administrative charge.
C. Appeal. The imposition of a special charge and administrative charge
hereunder may be appealed exclusively to the Public Works Commission.
Appeals filed pursuant to this section shall be filed no later than
30 days from the date the bill is issued by the Street Department
for the recovery of special charge sums. The Public Works Commission
shall hear and consider the appeal no more than 30 days following
notice of receipt of the appeal and may, by simple majority vote,
affirm or reverse but may not modify the imposition of the special
charge or administrative charge. The only matters to be taken up under
appeal shall be the necessity of rendering such current service under
this chapter and certification of the actual rendering of such current
service. The Chairperson of the Public Works Commission shall forthwith
cause to be transmitted to the appellant and City Clerk a written
decision by the Public Works Commission. Chapter 68, Wis. Stats.,
shall not apply to such an appeal.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]