Any item too large to be placed in any cart or container
as defined herein that does not exceed three (3) cubic yards by volume,
and may include appliances and furniture. Residential customers are
allowed up to two (2) bulky item curbside collections per calendar
year.
Any cart authorized for use for trash, garbage or recycling
collection in any solid waste collection and disposal contract to
which the city is a signatory.
All animal and vegetable matter, such as waste material and
refuse from kitchens, grocery stores, and restaurants, including such
items as meat scraps, bread, bones, fruit and vegetable peelings and
similar wastes.
Paper, tin cans, rags, broken dishes, boxes, old clothes
and shoes; also, grass trimmings, tree leaves, hedge trimmings and
tree limbs not to exceed three inches (3") in diameter and cut in
lengths not exceeding four feet (4').
Effective January 2016, the city established a voluntary
recycling service for residential and commercial customers. Customers
shall use garbage and trash containers designated for garbage and
trash and recycling containers designated for recycling materials.
Recycling materials authorized for disposal and collection in recycling
containers are set forth in the contract between the city and its
authorized contractor, which shall be published at city hall. Use
of recycling containers for ordinary garbage collection and disposal
is prohibited.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
Each family unit and commercial unit within the city limits
with an active utility account shall be and is hereby required to
subscribe to and use the service of the city garbage system.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
Recycling, garbage and trash collection within the city limits
shall be made only by authorized contractors having a valid collection
and disposal contract and/or franchise with the city. Any person,
firm, corporation or entity operating or collecting garbage, trash
and recycling materials within the city limits without such authorization
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sweep, throw or deposit any
garbage, trash, tree trimmings, limbs, or stumps, dirt, stagnant water
or dead animal into, upon or along any drain, gutter, alley, sidewalk,
street or vacant lot or upon any public or private premises within
the city limits, except as provided in this article. Tree trimmings,
limbs and branches may be placed curbside only as hereinafter set
forth, during the city-sponsored fall and spring cleanups, and at
any other time for which the city has given previous authorization.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for commercial tree trimmers to leave any tree
trimmings, limbs or stumps in the city. All material trimmed or cut
shall be removed and disposed of outside the city unless a property
owner chooses to retain portions for consumption in their fireplace.
The fine for violation of this article shall be the same as for illegal
dumping.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
Only trash dumpsters, ninety-six (96) gallon contractor-provided
containers, or customer-provided thirty (30) gallon light metal cans
or thirty (30) gallon cans made of other light material, or thirty
(30) gallon liners of the same capacity as approved by the city for
use as garbage containers shall be used for such purpose. Metal barrels
are expressly prohibited. The city shall not collect garbage unless
contained in such approved dumpsters, containers, cans or liners.
The individual weight of each container or liner shall not exceed
thirty (30) pounds (contractor-provided container excluded).
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
Provisions of the preceding section regarding requirements as
to containers for garbage shall apply to trash, except that trash
as defined under “trash” may also be deposited in disposable
boxes or other disposable containers for collection, including large
cartons and boxes. Tree limbs and other large and bulky trash may
be broken down and tied in bundles instead of being placed in containers.
Bundles and customer-provided containers so placed for collection
shall not exceed four feet in length and forty (40) pounds in weight.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
The lids and covers of all garbage, trash and recycling containers
shall be kept secure and fastened so dogs, cats, animals, flies and
other insects may not have access to the contents thereof. Such lids
and covers shall only be removed while the containers or receptacles
are being filled or emptied, as the case may be.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
(a)
Placement.
Each cart, bag, and bundle shall be placed
at public curbside for collection. Public curbside refers to that
portion of rights-of-way adjacent to paved or traveled city roadways.
Containers, bags and bundles shall be placed as close to the roadway
as practicable to an access point for the collection vehicle. Contractor
may decline to collect any bag or bundle not so placed or any Residential
refuse not in the cart, bag or bundle.
(b)
Dumpster screening requirements.
Dumpsters, whether
for commercial or for residential use, shall be screened from public
view as follows:
(1)
Screening is required for all dumpsters of a two-yard capacity or
greater.
(2)
Dumpsters utilized for temporary construction debris removal, or
any other garbage removal on a temporary basis, do not require any
screening.
(3)
Screening requirements apply to all city zoning districts except
light industrial.
(4)
Screening is required on up to four sides of a dumpster as may be
necessary to shield the dumpster from public view from normal roadways.
Alleys are not considered normal roadways.
(5)
Minimum height of screening is at least one foot higher than the
highest point of the closed dumpster as measured from the surface
the dumpster rests upon. No portion of any dumpster may appear in
the public view outside the screening enclosure, which includes protruding
out the top of the screened area.
(6)
Dumpster enclosures may be fully enclosed and locked at the property
owner’s discretion. Property owners are responsible to open
the enclosures before pick-up time by the disposal contractor.
(7)
Minimum dimensions for any enclosure should allow the solid waste
contractor at least two feet of clearance between the enclosure screening
material and the dumpster so as to inspect the dumpster for defects
or provide maintenance. For example:
(A)
A double lid dumpster with an 80 inch wide by 84 inch depth should
have a minimum of 10 feet interior dimension width and 11 feet of
depth.
(B)
The opening to the enclosure needs to be ten feet wide in order to
properly service the dumpster without hitting the enclosure with the
solid waste disposal truck.
(C)
Screening heights that exceed 5'–10" require a minimum enclosure
opening width of 10 feet so the solid waste disposal truck mirrors
will clear the enclosure walls.
(8)
Dumpster enclosure placement requires a minimum of 70 feet of turning
radius for the 32' solid waste disposal trucks to perform back-in/turnaround
maneuvers. For straight-in/back-out arrangements, the contractor recommends
70 feet minimum distance to the enclosure opening to allow the truck
to align with the dumpster properly.
(A)
Dumpster locations have a zero-setback distance from any lot line,
with the following exceptions:
(9)
Screening material may be any fencing or masonry that screens the
dumpster from public view when viewed from the normal roadway. Fencing
material must completely block the view of the dumpster and shall
not be of a “see-through” material.
(A)
City overlay zones districts may require dumpster screening requirements
more stringent than those contained herein in order to match the screening
material to the building exterior material (e.g., building in a brick
finish will have the same brick finish for the dumpster screening).
See city hall for overlay zoning district requirements.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
The monthly charge for the collection, removal and disposal
of recycling, garbage and trash from residences and businesses within
the corporate limits of the city shall be as provided for in the fee
schedule found in appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
The charges fixed herein for the collection, removal, and disposal
of all recycling, garbage and/or trash shall be entered in their respective
amounts on the utility bill. The city may discontinue all utility
services, including water, sewer, electrical, and garbage and trash
services, for failing to pay any such assessed charges and until such
charges have been paid in full.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
Waste from building operations, rock waste, building materials,
or other refuse resulting from building or remodeling operations or
resulting from a general cleanup of vacant or improved property just
prior to its occupancy will not be removed by the city and will not
be picked up if put in any dumpster, either city or county owned.
Such waste shall be removed by the building contractor, owner, or
occupant of the building at his or her own expense.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
(a)
After placing tree limbs at curbside for removal by city personnel,
the owner or occupant of the property where the tree limbs are located
shall call the city to request that the tree limbs be picked up. Fees
for this service are found in appendix A of the code.
(b)
Garbage collection is dictated by contract between the city and the
contractor. The contractor has sole and exclusive access to garbage
collection within the city limits. No citizen may contract for garbage
removal within the city limits with any competitor other than the
sole contractor approved by the city. The only caveat to this rule
involves demolition of buildings. State statue authorizes fair and
open bidding for demolition material removal within the limits of
a municipality even if the city has a sole and exclusive contract
with a garbage removal contractor.
(c)
If the tree limbs are cut or cleared by a commercial service, the
commercial service must also remove the limbs from the property. The
city will not pick them up.
(d)
Residents desiring to dispose of tree limbs on property not served
by city utilities shall be required to remove such tree limbs at the
occupier’s own expense.
(e)
As part of the spring clean up and fall clean up, tree limbs may
be left at curbside for removal by city personnel. There will be no
charge for the first 15 minutes of chipping, so long as the property
is served by city utilities. Other garbage or rubbish removal during
spring or fall clean up must be brought by the owner to the city-specified
disposal site.
(Ordinance 2016.10.1 adopted 10/18/16)
