(a) Prohibition.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sort, take or pick any trash
or recyclable set on public property for collection.
(2) A resident who placed the items out for collection is excepted from
prosecution if they are sorting, taking or picking trash from the
receptacle assigned to them.
(b) Penalty.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor and upon conviction shall pay a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section
1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 2014-06-03 adopted 6/3/14; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
Any person violating any provision(s) of this division shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section
1.01.009 of this code, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 5, adopted 8/23/16; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
It shall be mandatory that each residence, commercial and nonresidential
establishment within the corporate limits of the city take and subscribe
to the garbage collection service offered by the city through its
contract garbage operator.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 1(A),
adopted 8/23/16)
The city shall bill customers for garbage collection and recycling
fees as established by the city council for garbage collection and
recycling service. Such fees may be billed independently or attached
to the monthly utility bill of every residence or commercial user
that is connected to a utility system for which the city regularly
bills.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 1(B),
adopted 8/23/16)
(a) Residential units shall be provided an approved trash receptacle
and recycle bin provided by the city designated waste collection contractor.
The approved receptacle or receptacles shall be roll-out containers.
The volume of the container will be designated by the city. The monthly
fees assessed on the customer utility bill shall be based on number
of containers requested by the customer(s).
(b) The container(s) shall be issued to a residential address and shall
not be removed from the premises.
(c) The roll-out containers and recycle bins shall be the property of
the waste collection contractor and must not be painted, marked, abused,
mutilated, altered or modified in any way. Abuse and damage to a container
by customers shall result in an assessment equal to the replacement
cost of the containers.
(d) The containers shall be placed at the curb or designated collection
point no later than 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. The
containers must be placed at or near the driveway approximately four
feet from any mailbox or other obstacle. Where applicable, the containers
must be placed between the sidewalk and the curb. No container may
be placed in the street or be placed on any part of a sidewalk. The
city secretary or their designee may make reasonable exceptions to
the foregoing location requirements as needed to meet unique circumstances
or to avoid undue hardship caused by literal compliance.
(e) The containers shall be removed from the curb or designated collection
point no later than noon the day after the regular scheduled pickup
for the residential unit.
(f) A stolen container shall be reported to the utility billing department.
(g) Trash containers and recycle bins shall be placed and kept behind the front building line except as allowed in subsections
(d) and
(e) of this section when they are placed adjacent to the street for emptying by the designated waste collection contractor for the city.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 1(C),
adopted 8/23/16)
(a) All nonresidential customers shall contract with the city for solid
waste collection services.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person other than the city’s contract
provider to collect or remove solid waste materials from a commercial
container.
(c) Nonresidential customers shall remit payments for solid waste services
directly to the city.
(d) Nonresidential customers may receive recycling services from the
city’s contract provider upon request.
(e) The charge for collection and removal of solid waste from premises
used for business, industrial, or institutional purposes shall be
based upon the size, type and number of containers in use at such
establishments and the frequency with which such containers are scheduled
to be serviced. Such charges shall be in an amount established, and
from time to time amended, by separate action of the city council.
(f) Nonresidential customers shall establish with the city solid waste
collection services and acquire an appropriately sized commercial
container, such container to be serviced at a frequency that prevents
the accumulation of waste outside the container and prevents littering
or spilling materials onto public areas or neighboring sites. Collection
of nonresidential solid waste shall not be made less than one time
per week.
(g) Overfilled containers will not be emptied if a safety hazard exists.
The customer will be responsible for removing excess and collection
will be rescheduled when the excess material has been removed.
(h) The customer is responsible for providing access to the solid waste
container and keeping the area around the top of the container clear
of obstructions so that the container can be serviced as scheduled.
If the container is blocked and not cleared, service will not be provided.
The customer will be responsible for the cost of extra collections
required.
(i) Nonresidential containers owned by the contract provider shall not
be marked, modified, or damaged by the customer in any way.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 1(D),
adopted 8/23/16)
The monthly rates or charges for garbage collection and recycling services and late payment penalties shall be as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix
A of this code.
(Ordinance 2016-08-07, sec. 2, adopted 8/23/16; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)