The purpose of the residential curbside collection program is
to provide an efficient, reliable and effective means of solid waste
collection for City residential/noncommercial properties as specified
per this chapter. Per the adoption of this chapter, the Franklin City
Council is continuing with its current residential automated curbside
collection program with the noted changes, which now differentiates
between residential and commercial curbside collections. This will
include the collection of residential household municipal solid waste,
as well as commercial containerized commercial collection by means
of an outside contractor(s) approved by the City to operate within
City limits and to use CRSWRRC facilities for disposal by means of
registering annually on July 1 with the City Municipal Services Department.
The sections below will address the automated collection service authorized
and approved by the City Council and to be implemented by City staff
per this chapter and the applicable policies, guidelines and regulations
issued by the Director.
Until such time as the new automated residential curbside collection system is fully implemented, the current curbside collection practices and procedures will remain in effect. The City owns all containers used for automated pickup of residential curbside trash collection. These containers will be removed from all commercial properties when City services to commercial properties are phased out. During this transition period the property owner(s) will be duly notified of the options and services available. The City reserves the right to phase in the implementation of revised residential automated curbside collection program to more efficiently deal with and address any operational issues and resulting changes. During this transition period, light commercial and multifamily dwellings three and over, except for owner-occupied three-family dwellings, currently being serviced will be phased out consistent with this chapter. Those affected property owners will be notified in advance of changes to their service and provided options consistent with §
257-22 below. These properties will not be phased out until July 1, 2024. Once the transition occurs, this section is null and void.
The implementation of the automated residential curbside collection program is carried out through the creation of a base level of service that is available to properties identified below. Properties not covered under the base level of service will rely on individually contracted commercial services (see Article
IV below). This residential base level service will be carried out using the same City-owned containers. See §
257-23 for a description of the types and sizing of the containers to be used.
A. Single- and two-family residences and owner-occupied three-family dwellings. All such residences must be on accepted, maintained public ways. Accessible private ways, as outlined in Subsection
D below, will continue to be eligible for the base level automated residential curbside collection system services provided by the City.
B. Multifamily residential buildings with three units or greater. These
units are considered commercial entities under provisions of this
chapter and will not be serviced by the City automated residential
curbside collection system.
C. Commercial properties. These properties are not serviced by the City's automated residential curbside collection system in conformance with the provisions of §§
257-23 through
257-30.
D. Municipal buildings, public schools. (under the fiscal control of
the Franklin School District), charter schools and churches. These
facilities will be serviced by the City's automated curbside
collection system.
E. Properties on private roadways or unaccepted subdivisions/roadways.
These properties are potentially eligible for automated residential
curbside collection service provided that the owner(s) or appropriate
responsible parties provide the City with a release of liability,
in a format acceptable to the City Attorney, and the subject property
is fully accessible, as determined by the Director, to the City's
collection vehicles in all seasons. All requests to provide residential
base level service to these properties must be made in writing, and
a site visit by the Director shall be conducted on a periodic basis
to determine the adequacy of the access and the ability to properly
situate containers for the automated pickup. The base level curbside
collection service for these properties may be discontinued by the
City at any time if the owner, developer, or the appropriate responsible
party fails to maintain the road or accessway so that the City's
collection vehicles cannot properly, safely, and adequately access
the subject properties for the automated collection. The Director
may issue warning letters to these properties, but service may also
be immediately discontinued or stopped without notice if adequate
access is not provided as determined by the Director.
F. Use of transfer station by Franklin nonprofit volunteer groups or individuals. Franklin nonprofit volunteer groups/individuals who clean City of Franklin parks, roads, cemeteries, and other common municipal properties needing to dispose of solid waste and/or recyclables generated within the boundaries of the City of Franklin may dispose of said material at the transfer station without being subject to Chapter
160, Fees.
G. Properties are not eligible for automated residential curbside collection
system provided by the City.
(1) Condominium/apartment buildings or complexes, or multifamily buildings,
with three or more individual residential dwellings.
(2) Mobile/manufactured home parks, campgrounds, vacant lots and homes
under an enforcement order for a Solid Waste Ordinance violation.
(3) Any property listed in Subsection
E that does not provide the release of liability, and/or the accessway is not reasonably accessible, as determined by the Director, to the collection vehicles.
The collection schedule for pickup shall be prepared by the
Director or designee(s). The schedule, to include holiday collection,
will be available at City Hall, the transfer station, the MSD Office,
on the City website in the "Transfer Station Guidelines," and in educational
materials distributed through the schools and civic organizations.
The holiday collection schedule will be posted in January of each
year. Delays due to unforeseen circumstance, such as snow storms or
mechanical issues, will be posted on the home page of the City's
website.
Empty containers shall be removed from the collection point
by the end of the collection day and properly stored on the owners'
property. Containers that are not removed from the point of collection
within 24 hours after being emptied may be removed by the City or
contractor for noncompliance.
Waste can be placed in both green and gray lid containers. Recyclable materials shall be mixed in with regular household trash. Recycling of certain household items may be dropped off at the transfer station in accordance with the "Transfer Station Guidelines." See §
257-29 below for prohibited/acceptable and unacceptable items.
Certain materials will not be collected by the City or the contractor at the curbside. These items include but are not limited to: sand, stone, or brick products, construction or demolition/building materials, electronics of any type, household appliances, auto parts, waste oil, paint, furniture, oils of any type, yard waste or tree limbs/roots, hot ashes, asbestos, propane tanks, pressurized containers, mercury-containing devices, and scrap metal. If any resident has a question on whether or not an item is accepted or prohibited, they can contact the MSD office for more information. The Director is authorized to make a final determination as to what constitutes prohibited and unacceptable materials. Many of the items listed above are accepted at the transfer station for recycling or general disposal, some of which require a fee. (See Article
III for more information on the transfer station). No hazardous materials or waste are permitted to be placed out for curbside pickup. All hazardous materials shall be disposed of at a City-sponsored or sanctioned hazardous waste collection day, or at a regional collection facility authorized to accept hazardous materials.
For the automated collection program in general, if the Director
or designee(s) determine that materials being placed out for curbside
pickup are unacceptable, or if the materials are not properly containerized
or managed per the provisions of this chapter, then the City reserves
the right to not pick up said materials. The property owner or resident
will then be responsible for removing the materials from the curb
or other location and properly disposing of the materials at the transfer
station or other appropriate disposal facility.