[Amended 12-14-2009 by
HO-2009-10]
A.
BULK TRASH
COLLECTIBLE TRASH
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
HAZARDOUS WASTE
HOUSEHOLD TRASH
RECYCLABLES
TOTERS
WHITE GOODS
YARD WASTE
Definitions. In this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
Furniture, bedding, televisions, computers, rags and carpeting,
doors, windows, tires of passenger vehicles and metal BBQs so long
as such trash was generated on or at the residential premises. Trash
that is too large to fit into the trash container and weighs no more
than 60 lbs will be subject to limitations in size and pickup as advertised
by the Public Works Department on the City website.
Household trash, white goods, bulk trash, yard waste and
recyclables.
Building materials including but not limited to lumber, concrete,
sheetrock, shingles, bricks and siding.
Any item the handling of which could cause harm to the collector,
including but not limited to pressured containers, explosives, paint,
poisons, caustics, gasoline and oil, excrement (excluding diapers
and tightly wrapped pet waste), automotive parts, acid car batteries,
fluorescent light bulbs, oil-based paints, automotive fluids and fuels,
gas grill propane tanks, photographic chemicals, cleaning agents,
helium balloon tanks, poisons, household batteries, solvents, varnishes
and stains, driveway sealers, insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers,
swimming pool chemicals, fire extinguishers, mercury and other hazardous
materials.
Food waste, trash and refuse normally generated in a household
which can be contained in a trash container. Household trash shall
not include white goods and appliances, bulk trash, recyclables, yard
waste, building materials, furniture or hazardous waste or construction
debris, or any trash or debris not generated on or at the residential
premises.
All materials which can be separated, collected, processed
and returned to the economic stream in the form of raw materials or
products, including newspapers, glass, plastic containers, cardboard
and cans. Because materials for recycling can change over time, residents
are encouraged to consult the City website for acceptable materials.
City supplied mobile trash collection carts and the lids
fitting them.
Motorized appliances ordinarily used in a home or business,
subject to size and weight limits as published by the City. Water
heaters and metal BBQs are considered white goods.
Leaves, grass clippings, plant cuttings, brush, yard debris,
as well as branches and shrubs, if less than three inches in diameter
and no longer than four feet, bundled and tied and not weighing more
than 40 lbs. Any yard waste must be from the yard of the applicable
residential premises.
B.
General regulations.
(1)
The City shall collect or cause to be collected trash only from properties
with single family homes (including duplexes and triplexes). The City
shall collect household trash, white goods, bulk trash, recyclables
and yard waste, according to a schedule published by the City. The
pick-up of white goods, bulk trash and large amounts of yard waste
should be scheduled with the Public Works Department unless the City
website dictates otherwise.
(2)
All household trash must be placed in a toter which must at all times
have an intact, tight fitting lid on it. In order to ensure the cleanliness
of toters, food waste shall be securely contained prior to being placed
in the toter. The City will supply toters pursuant to City policy.
(3)
All collectible trash shall be kept behind the front building line
of each lot and shall be placed at the street side or curb no earlier
than 4:00 p.m. on the day before it is scheduled to be collected.
All household trash must be in a toter. All containers (toters and
recycling bins) or uncollected trash and waste must be removed from
the street side or curb by midnight of the day it was scheduled for
collection.
(4)
Only paper bags and reusable containers (e.g., garbage cans) shall
be used to contain yard waste. Yard waste for collection shall not
be contained in plastic bags. Paper bags may not be used as the outside
container for any other collectible trash unless the City specifically
allows for it.
(5)
Recyclables shall be separated from other collectible trash pursuant
to City and County Policy and Regulations. Newspapers and bundles
of cardboard shall be tied or contained so as not to be blown by the
wind. Residents are encouraged to consult the City website and City
Regulations for further regulations regarding recyclables.
(6)
The Office of Code Enforcement shall, upon notice by residents or
the Department of Public Works, enforce the provisions of this chapter
and issue violations and notices therefore.
C.
Prohibitions.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, whether resident or
owner to place or allow to be placed or remain at a street side or
curb for collection anything:
(2)
No person shall interfere with the City/County collection and disposal
of collectible trash.
(3)
Recyclables shall not be placed with any other collectible trash.
D.
Enforcement.
(1)
The City Administrator, after consultation with the Directors of
Public Works and Code Enforcement, shall promulgate regulations regarding
trash and trash collection and the enforcement thereof. It shall be
the policy of the City ordinarily to encourage voluntary compliance
of residents with this article of the Code and particularly as to
recyclables.
(2)
Recyclables:
(a)
The City shall not ordinarily inspect household trash to determine
if recyclables are mixed with other trash. However, if through observation
or routine handling of the trash or if the City employee has reason
to believe that recyclables have not been separated from the household
trash, the City may inspect the household trash.
(b)
Upon finding that recyclables in more than negligible quantities
have not been separated pursuant to this chapter, the City may decline
to collect the trash that day until recyclables are removed by the
resident but in any event shall issue a warning letter/notice to the
resident. Upon noncompliance with the initial notice letter from the
City, the City may then use the appropriate enforcement mechanisms
as outlined herein.
(c)
In the event there is continued noncompliance at a residence
as to the separation of recyclables, in addition to any other penalty
or enforcement, the City, after notice and opportunity for hearing
by the resident, may collect the trash and separate the recyclables
and charge an administrative fee for such service which will become
a lien on the property if not paid when due.
(d)
Unless otherwise provided, when there is trash and debris not
in keeping with this chapter, the City at first occurrence may and
ordinarily shall send a written notice to the owner and/or the resident
pursuant to the procedures outlined in 65-26(A) of this chapter, except
that the initial notice may state that the conditions must be remedied
within 10 days. Any appeal of City action shall be governed by the
procedures of 65-21(C).
(3)
Unless otherwise provided, a violation of this article shall also
be governed by the provisions of 65-27.
(4)
If any City agent or employee has reason to believe hazardous waste
or materials are mixed with trash or debris to be collected, and that
such hazardous waste or materials could present a danger to any person
or cause damage to property, the City shall cause the trash to be
inspected. Upon finding such hazardous waste or materials, the City
may take any appropriate action to protect the public and its employees,
including but not limited to declining to collect the trash, issuing
a warning or immediately and without notice issuing a municipal infraction
citation to the resident/owner as well as any other reasonable abatement
procedure as provided within this chapter. Mixing hazardous waste
or material with other trash or debris set for collection or failing
to remove such hazardous material from the street as ordered by the
City shall be a municipal infraction with a penalty of five $500 per
incident. Each day that a violation exists shall be a separate offense.
