[Added 3-22-2016 by Ord.
No. 2561[1]]
A.
General. All residential units in the City of New Berlin shall have their solid waste collected by the contractor retained by the City, the cost of which shall be levied as a special charge against each said residential unit pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats. For purposes of Chapter 220, a "residential unit" shall be defined as a single-family residence or a dwelling unit within a multifamily building of four or fewer units. Solid waste collection shall not be provided by the City to properties not considered "residential properties," and the owners and occupants of those properties shall dispose of their solid waste in compliance with all applicable laws, at their sole expense.
B.
BULKY ITEM
CART
RECYCLABLES
REFUSE
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
SOLID WASTE
Definitions. For purposes of this § 220-1, the following terms have the following meanings:
An item that does not fit in an empty cart, with no one item
exceeding 50 pounds. This includes, but is not limited to, such items
as furniture, sinks, doors, toys, and bicycles. Items qualifying as
a bulky item are subject to change in accordance with the collection
contractor's definition of bulky items.
The approved refuse or recyclables container delivered to
residential units by the City or the collection contractor retained
by the City.
Household waste that is accepted by the Waukesha County recycling
program (e.g., cans, bottles, paper, plastics, newsprint, cardboard).
Solid waste comprised of rubbish, trash and garbage, excluding
recyclables, yard waste, and bulky items that are diverted for reuse
or recycling.
A single-family residence or a dwelling unit within a multifamily
building, including apartments, duplexes and condos having four or
fewer units. The residential unit may be located on a public or private
drive, provided that the private drive is of sufficient size to accommodate
collection vehicles and the owner of the building(s) executes a release
and waiver of damages to the private drive caused by the collection
contractor's vehicles. The determination of a private drive's sufficiency
shall be the sole discretion of the City and its collection contractor.
Includes refuse, recyclables and bulky items but excluding
unpermitted waste as may be determined from time to time by the City
of New Berlin and subject to applicable State of Wisconsin and Waukesha
County standards.
C.
General collection rules. The following rules apply to all residential
units of the Citywide collection services:
(1)
Initial cart delivery. Carts will be delivered by the City or its
collection contractor. The initial delivery and cart costs shall be
at the City's expense.
(2)
Containers other than carts prohibited. All refuse and recyclables
must be in carts; all other containers for refuse and recyclables
collection are prohibited.
(3)
Cart placement. Carts shall be placed in the area between the sidewalk
and the curbline in front of the premises, or adjacent to the paved
roadway area where no curb exists, or at the rear of the premises
where pickup is in an alley. Placement of carts shall further be governed
by such rules as may be established from time to time by the City
of New Berlin or its collection contractor. Carts shall be aligned
so that the pickup bar faces the street, without obstruction between
the cart, the street or other objects.
(4)
Collection schedule. Refuse shall be collected once every week, on
a scheduled collection day, and recyclables shall be collected once
every other week on the same scheduled collection day as refuse. Collection
days shall be determined by the City's collection contractor. Collection
schedules may be altered due to holidays or other circumstances.
(5)
Placement and removal times of carts. Carts shall be placed out for
collection no later than 6:30 a.m. on the day of scheduled collection
and no more than 24 hours prior to the customary pickup time.
D.
Cart rules.
(1)
Ownership of carts. Carts remain solely the property of the contractor
providing collection services for the City and shall not be the property
of the owner or occupant of the residential unit. Carts shall remain
with the residential unit, regardless of any changes in ownership
or occupancy.
(2)
Care and replacement of carts. The owners or occupants of the residential
unit are responsible for the proper usage and care of carts assigned
their unit. Carts shall be kept in a clean, neat and sanitary condition
at all times, and the lid shall be kept shut except during depositing
of materials into it or the removal of such items by the collection
contractor. Owners and occupants shall be responsible, at their expense,
for the replacement of carts that are stolen or lost. Replacement
costs shall be determined by the City of New Berlin and its collection
contractor. Carts broken due to normal wear and tear will be fixed
or replaced for free.
(3)
Cart exchange. Owners or occupants may exchange only their refuse
cart for another available size as determined by the City's collection
contractor, provided that the cart to be traded in is in good condition
and the owner or occupant pays the exchange fee as determined by the
City of New Berlin and its collection contractor.
(4)
Additional carts. Owners or occupants of residential units may obtain
one additional refuse and recyclables cart, provided that the owner
or occupant pays all required additional fees to the collection contractor.
E.
Solid waste and recycling rules.
(1)
Refuse/recycling must fit in cart. The collection contractor retained
by the City of Berlin for collection will only accept such refuse
and recycling material as may be placed and fits within the carts
provided by the collection contractor. No refuse or recyclables shall
be collected which cannot be placed in the container due to its size,
nature or content.
(2)
Materials prohibited from other than the applicable residential unit.
No person shall transport or convey into the City any solid waste
originated in any other political unit for the purposes of depositing
same in any cart for collection, regardless of whether such person
has permission from the owner or person in charge of such property
or cart. In addition, no one may place any items in carts except the
refuse or recycling generated by the owners or occupants of the residential
unit to which the cart has been assigned.
(3)
Scavenging prohibited. Refuse, bulky items and recyclables placed
for collection shall remain the property of the owner or occupant
that placed the items until the items are collected by the City's
collection contractor. No persons other than the owner or occupant
that placed the items for collection, or the City's collection contractor,
may take possession of such items.
(4)
Drainage of liquids. All refuse and recyclables shall be drained
of liquids before being deposited in carts for collection.
(5)
Bulky item pickup. Only one bulky item per week will be collected
on the same day as regular service. Arrangements for the pickup of
items weighing more than 50 pounds and other items which do not qualify
as a "bulky item" shall be made between the owner or occupant of the
residential unit and the collection contractor. Charges payable to
the collection contractor may be applicable for large items.
(6)
Yard waste. The City's collection contractor shall offer the collection
of yard waste as defined in § 287.01(17), Wis. Stats., (e.g.
leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden trimmings) for an additional
fee. Arrangements for yard waste collection shall be made solely between
the owner or occupant of the residential unit and the City's collection
contractor.
G.
Cost for collection of refuse and recyclables to residential units.
(1)
The costs for collection shall be established from time to time by
the City Council as a special charge. Failure to pay any special charge
for collection as provided hereunder shall result in the special charge
being placed on the property tax roll.
(2)
Pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats., a special charge is
hereby established for refuse and recyclable collection. The special
charge shall be established from time to time by action of the Common
Council. All special charges for refuse and recyclable collection
shall be payable in advance and shall be due at the time of the initial
payment of real estate taxes for the year preceding the year of service.
Any residential unit for which service is provided and for which a
building permit is issued shall pay a special charge at the time of
the issuance of an occupancy permit. Said charge shall be in the sum
of 1/12 of the annual service charge commencing the month after which
the occupancy permit is issued or required and for the remaining months
of that year and shall be collected as provided for herein.
(3)
The Common Council shall set the amount of the charge per residential
unit annually by resolution and prior Class I newspaper notice of
the intent to adopt such resolution establishing such amount, except
that in any year in which such a resolution is not adopted, the levy
shall be the same as the most recent levy for each residential unit.
All receipt from the special charge shall be deposited in a special
revenue non-lapsing fund entitled "Garbage/Recycling Collection."
