The following rules and regulations shall govern the municipal
collection of garbage, ashes and rubbish. When collection has been
refused because of noncompliance with these regulations, no obligation
shall remain with the City of furnish collection again until the next
regular period. Furthermore, any fire hazard which becomes evident
from such a refusal shall be reported to the proper authorities by
the Superintendent of Public Works.
A. Municipal collection schedule.
(1) The collection of garbage, ashes and rubbish is to be made at least once a week from each structure, building, dwelling or trailer where housing accommodations exist except as noted in §
169-4, Limitations of sanitation service. For the purpose of this subsection, a week shall be interpreted as starting in the a.m. on Sunday and ending on the following Saturday in the p.m.
(2) Every structure, building, dwelling or trailer where housing accommodations exist as noted in Subsection
A(1) shall be made part of a zone and shall be assigned a regular day of the week (Zone 1 — Monday, Zone 2 — Tuesday, Zone 3 — Wednesday, Zone 4 — Thursday or Zone 5 — Friday) for pickup. Collection of garbage, ashes or rubbish shall be on the regular day except in weeks where holidays prohibit such collection and in those instances shall be on the next following day. If a holiday falls on a Monday, Zone 1 shall be picked up on the next day (Tuesday), and each other zone shall be moved forward one day (Zone 2 — Wednesday, Zone 3 — Thursday, Zone 4 — Friday, Zone 5 — Saturday). If a holiday falls on a collection day other than Monday, the zone for that day shall be picked up on the next day, and each subsequent zone shall be moved forward one day. For instance, if a holiday occurs on Wednesday, Zone 1 shall be picked up on Monday, Zone 2 on Tuesday, Zone 3 on Thursday, Zone 4 on Friday and Zone 5 on Saturday.
(3) Each holiday is to be corrected for within the week in which it occurs, and every week in which there is not a holiday shall have collection on the regularly assigned day. During the course of the year, garbage, ashes and rubbish shall be collected from every structure where housing accommodations exist as noted in Subsection
A(1) at least once a week.
(4) The Superintendent of Public Works may petition the City Council
for specific exemptions from daily trash and/or recycling pickup.
A positive vote of 2/3 of the City Council shall be required to grant
such petition. Upon being granted such petition, the Superintendent
of Public Works shall publish notice of such exemption at least one
week before the date of the proposed canceled pickup.
(5) In an emergency situation caused by weather or other unforeseen circumstance,
the Mayor or his/her designee, who may be the Superintendent of Public
Works, may exempt daily trash and/or recycling pickup. Upon such emergency
exemption, the Superintendent of Public Works or his/her designee
shall announce the exemption through local media outlets.
B. All ashes, garbage, paper or rubbish shall be delivered to the curb for pickup per §
169-10.
C. Sidewalks shall be kept free from obstruction and cleared of snow
to the curbline.
D. City collection employees will not enter onto private property to
make collections.
E. No one shall obstruct any contractor or employee of the Department
of Public Works in the performance of his duties.
The following rules and regulations shall govern the preparation
of all refuse and household waste for collection. The Department of
Public Works will not pick up any refuse or household waste which
fails to comply with these rules and regulations.
A. Approved standard legal container for garbage and rubbish shall be
the thirty-five-gallon City-provided toter and shall not weigh more
than 75 pounds when filled. The cover on the toter must be reasonably
closed for pickup to occur. "Snow-coning" of garbage and rubbish in
a toter is prohibited. The City shall empty one thirty-five-gallon
City-provided toter per pickup location per week. Weekly garbage and
rubbish which will not fit into the City-provided thirty-five-gallon
toter must be placed in approved overflow bags and set out next to
the toter. Any and all garbage and/or rubbish not contained within
a City-provided toter or approved overflow bag will not be picked
up by the City and shall be removed by the property owner.
B. Garbage and rubbish shall be prepared for collection by being drained
of all water and liquids.
C. Cardboard boxes and cartons shall be knocked down, flattened or collapsed.
If the accumulation of cardboard is such that it cannot be placed
inside the recycling toter, it shall be securely tied in bundles of
not over 50 pounds and stacked next to the recycling toter.
D. All paper shall be protected from the weather and placed in the recycling
toter.
E. Bulky waste, such as discarded furniture, mattresses, large electronics,
tires, carpeting, and large appliances may be picked up curbside through
the City's residential Curbside Bulk Pickup Program. Construction/demolition
debris, commercial bulk waste, and hazardous waste will not be picked
up curbside and are the responsibility of the property owner for disposal.
Property owner may also dispose of bulk items privately at local transfer
stations and recycling venues.
[Amended 4-4-2023 by Ord. No. 23-9]
F. Yard waste must be placed at the curb in an accessible location separate
from garbage, rubbish, and recyclables in accordance with the City's
yard waste pickup schedule. Grass, leaves, garden clippings and small
twigs must be placed in a standard legal container for yard waste:
paper lawn/leaf bags, small cardboard boxes or a thirty-two-gallon
legal container. Small branches three-inch diameter or less) should
be tied in bundles of four feet or less. All yard waste should be
kept dry and protected from the weather prior to collection. The weight
of any bag, box, barrel or bundle shall not exceed 75 pounds.
G. Restricted materials; hazardous wastes.
(1) Hazardous waste, as determined in conjunction with state and federal
regulations, will not be collected by the City of Chicopee at curbside.
Such material must be disposed of as required by federal, state and
local law.
(2) No person shall place any material at curbside which is listed as
a restricted material in the state regulations on waste control (310
CMR 19.017) or is inconsistent with the City's disposal policy and
contract provisions. Materials banned from curbside collection include,
but are not limited to, batteries, tires, white goods (i.e., stoves,
refrigerators, hot-water heaters), televisions and computers (i.e.,
monitors, hardware, keyboards), video games, fluorescent lamps, electronic
ballasts and medical waste.
No owner or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment
or utility to be removed from or shut off from any occupied dwelling,
except for such temporary period as may be necessary during actual
repairs or alterations and where reasonable notice of curtailment
of service is given to the occupant or during temporary emergencies
when curtailment of service is approved by the Board of Health. If
any such service or facility becomes curtailed, that person shall
take immediate steps to cause its restoration.
The Superintendent of Public Works, Chicopee Police Department, Chicopee Building Department, Chicopee Health Department or any of their designee(s) shall enforce the provisions of Chapter
169 and have the authority to issue citations wherein violations of this chapter will be subject to fines that will be determined and approved from time to time by the Mayor and the City Council. Any person or entity who fails to comply with any portion of this article shall be fined $25 per day. A person or entity commits a separate offense for each and every day a violation continues.