All refuse to be collected by the city shall be stored in proper
containers between times of collection. Any container provided by
the city shall not be filled to exceed two hundred (200) pounds total
weight and all refuse therein must fit inside the container. The cover
of any container shall be kept on at all times except when the container
is being filled, emptied or cleaned. Animal waste and ashes shall
be wrapped separately from her refuse in a manner to prevent spillage
prior to placing the same in a container. All areas serviced by the
city shall use ninety-gallon round or ninety-six-gallon containers
as approved by the director. All refuse shall be placed within the
automated containers. No other type of container is permitted for
use in the automated collection areas. Exceptions to these requirements
may be made by the director or his designee.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.1; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 6, adopted 5/13/08; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)
(b)
To receive service, the dweller of the property shall be current on the garbage collection service fee in accordance with section 22.05.211.
(c)
Residential and commercial accounts are limited to five (5) containers.
Requests for additional containers must be submitted in writing to
the department. The person whose name appears on the account must
sign the request.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; Ordinance 93-5, sec. 1, adopted 2/2/93; 1978
Code, sec. 28-21.2; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 7, adopted 5/13/08; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11; Ordinance 13-073, sec. 1, adopted 12/17/13)
(a)
Refuse containers and yard waste which are collected by the city
shall be placed on the curbline of a city right-of-way abutting the
property by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection.
(b)
Garbage and trash collection service on private property may be provided
when alleys or streets of sufficient width are available and all of
the adjoining property owners or the owners’ association by
written document indemnifies the city for damages to curbs, alleys,
pavements, and the private property of residents served.
(c)
Some residents serviced by automated collection equipment may be
required to place the automated containers on the opposite side of
the street from their residence. Solid waste vehicles may travel against
the flow of traffic on a one-way street when so equipped with appropriate
warning devices.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.3; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 8, adopted 5/13/08; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)
(b)
During weeks containing observed holidays, collections shall be moved
back one day after the holiday necessitating Friday collection.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; Ordinance 00-07, sec. 1, adopted 1/11/00; 1978
Code, sec. 28-21.4)
The city shall not provide refuse collection to apartments,
office and residential condominiums, duplexes, or other multiple-unit
buildings unless each unit or duplex is individually located on a
separate lot abutting the right-of-way of a publicly maintained street;
provided, however, that such refuse collection shall be done in accordance
with the other provisions of this article.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.5)
(a)
Yard waste may be stored for collection in suitable containers or bags not to exceed thirty-two (32) gallons capacity and fifty (50) pounds in weight. Any yard waste that cannot be put in a normal refuse container shall be handled as described in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
All limbs, branches, shrubbery and hedge trimmings to be collected by the city shall be stacked neatly in separate piles by the curbline for collection. Materials shall not be stacked under low overhead cabling, signs or posts. This material will be collected in accordance with section 22.05.052.
(c)
Every nurseryman, tree surgeon, and every person who cuts or trims trees, shrubs or grass as an independent contractor shall remove or cause to be removed all trash from the premises serviced by him or follow the placement requirements set out in section 22.05.058. Failure to properly dispose of such cuttings or trimmings shall constitute littering and is punishable in accordance with section 22.05.004 of this code.
(d)
Collection of items such as building debris (lumber), shingles, siding,
insulation, brick, dirt, plaster, sand, gravel, large automobile parts,
scrap metal, wire, dead animals and other bulky or heavy material
shall not be included in the regular garbage and trash collection
service furnished by the solid waste division. The owner shall have
such debris removed at his own expense.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.6; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 9, adopted 5/13/08; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)
On seasonal occasions, when various types of debris from public
waterways, highways or drainage systems is either flooded or washed
upon private property (commercial or residential), and when carted
to the curbline for collection by the city, the director, or his designee,
may authorize the forking of such accumulations of debris not in containers
or stacked as normally required by this article.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.7; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 10, adopted 5/13/08; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)
(a)
No person shall place any yard waste or tree and shrubbery trimmings
in city-furnished automated containers.
(b)
Yard waste to be collected by the city shall be placed at curbside
by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Yard waste may be placed in:
(1)
Plastic or polyethylene bags which are at least 1.5 mils in thickness
and having a capacity of not more than forty-five (45) gallons or
a total weight of not more than forty (40) pounds.
(2)
Corrugated cardboard boxes or other suitable paper containers weighing
not more than forty (40) pounds and of sufficient strength to prohibit
bursting when lifted. Corrugated cardboard boxes will be left at curbside
by collection personnel.
(3)
Metallic or plastic refuse containers having a capacity of not more
than thirty-two (32) gallons or a total weight of not more than fifty
(50) pounds.
(c)
Tree and shrubbery trimmings to be collected by the city shall be
placed at curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Tree and shrubbery
trimmings must be:
(1)
Totally separated from all other waste; other waste includes metals,
lumber, paper, plastics, furniture, appliances, concrete and any other
solid materials. Any waste, regardless of quantity or size, mixed
with tree and shrubbery trimmings constitutes a violation of this
section.
(2)
Cut into sections not to exceed eight (8) feet in length.
(3)
Cut so that tree stumps and root balls do not exceed twenty-four
(24) inches in diameter.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.8; Ordinance 11-046, sec. 2, adopted 7/19/11)
White goods must have doors taped shut or removed before placing
on city streets. White goods must be totally separated from all other
waste to allow for separate collection. White goods are prohibited
from being buried on the landfill. White goods allowed at the landfill
must be deposited in the white goods recycling area as directed by
the landfill personnel. It shall be unlawful to deposit any materials
other than white goods in the white goods recycling areas.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.9; Ordinance 08-040, sec. 11, adopted 5/13/08)
Tires will be collected from residential households only. Tires
must be totally separated from all other waste. A maximum of four
(4) tires will be collected on collection day.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.10)
Yard waste is prohibited from being buried on the landfill.
Yard waste accepted at the landfill must be deposited in the compost
area as directed by landfill personnel. It shall be unlawful to deposit
any materials other than yard waste in the compost area.
(Ordinance 92-7, sec. 1, adopted 1/28/92; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.11)
(a)
Trash collection service will be provided to vacant property subject
to the following provisions:
(1)
The property must be located in a residential zone.
(2)
The property is not larger than one-half acre.
(3)
The trash placed for collection is from normal vegetation maintenance
such as tree cuttings above the ground, grass clippings, or brush
cutting.
(4)
The property is not being cleared for construction purposes.
(5)
Tree trimmings did not result from the selling of usable timber.
(6)
The property owner must reside in a single-family residence within
the city limits that is currently paying a solid waste fee on that
residence.
(7)
The property is not being held for sale as part of a residential
development.
(8)
Only vegetative waste will be collected.
(9)
Vegetation must not be obtained with machinery (i.e., a bulldozer)
whereby trees and stumps with root balls are included in the trash
to be collected.
(10)
The acceptable vegetative waste is placed at the curb in accordance with section 22.05.058(c)(2) of the Code of Ordinances.
(b)
Yard waste collection on vacant property shall be provided once per
calendar quarter.
(Ordinance 00-63, sec. 2, adopted 8/15/00; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.12)
Trash collection at single residential units built on multiple
acres of land will be provided in accordance with the following:
(1)
The trash placed on the curb is household trash, white goods, yard
waste and other trash normally generated at a residence.
(2)
The trash was generated on a maximum of one (1) acre of land upon
which the house is situated. Hauling and disposal of trash or yard
waste generated on other parts of the property such as vegetative
waste or waste generated by land clearing, or demolition of barns,
sheds or other structures, is the responsibility of the property owner.
(Ordinance 00-63, sec. 3, adopted 8/15/00; 1978 Code, sec. 28-21.13)
