(a) 
All commercial and industrial service units are required to have city municipal waste service through a city container, namely a city container or an equivalent number of city carts approved by the sanitation superintendent.
(b) 
All commercial and industrial service units shall place all garbage in the city container and may place any other municipal solid waste in the city container, except for special waste.
(c) 
All commercial or industrial service units requesting container system service shall provide adequate access to the container site, as approved by the sanitation superintendent. Each user of the system shall bag their trash and garbage to prevent blowing litter and keep the container lid closed. Containers must be properly loaded with doors closed for pickup to occur. The customer shall be responsible for the cleanliness around the container or opened prior to the time of service. Collection personnel is not responsible for opening and closing enclosure gates.
(d) 
Municipal solid waste services rendered to commercial and industrial properties shall be collected as designated by the director. Any business operating in a private home shall be placed in the commercial category.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
The city provides commercial solid waste containers.
(b) 
Frequency of commercial solid waste collection shall be determined by customer need.
(c) 
Charges for both the commercial waste container and collection services shall be established in the fee schedule as approved by the city council.
(d) 
Commercial waste containers are property of the city.
(e) 
If at any time the requested container service level is determined to be inadequate to meet required service demands, the sanitation superintendent shall have the authority to increase the number of containers and/or frequency of collections.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
Commercial and industrial customers may request a ten cubic yard roll-off container service from the city.
(b) 
The following type of waste may not be placed into a roll-off container: putrescible waste, liquid paint, liquid wastes, pesticides, herbicides, batteries, refrigerators, air conditioners, motor oil, and tires;
(c) 
Roll-off containers must be placed:
(1) 
On a firm, stable surface of sufficient strength to support both the container and truck that accesses the container;
(2) 
At a location that is free from any obstructions and accessible by truck;
(3) 
On private property;
(4) 
Not in or on a public street, public right-of-way, or easement without prior written approval from the director; and
(5) 
In a location free from overhead obstructions including, but not limited to, trees and utility lines and wires.
(d) 
All material placed in the roll-off shall be fully contained within the roll-off to allow for covering and transportation.
(e) 
To obtain a container, customers must sign a temporary release of liability and arrange for billing at the sanitation office.
(f) 
Roll-off containers are the property of the city.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
A roll-off container supplied to a person by the city for use remains the property of the city. It is assigned to a specific address and may be removed only by the director.
(b) 
The owner and/or person in control of the property where the commercial waste or roll-off container is requested shall be responsible for the materials placed within the container and for keeping clean all containers that have been supplied by the city.
(c) 
The city will be responsible for all other maintenance of the container(s).
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)
(a) 
Commercial customers shall utilize city-provided containers assigned to their service address.
(b) 
The following materials are prohibited materials and shall not be placed in a commercial waste or roll-off container for collection:
(1) 
Liquid paint;
(2) 
Liquid wastes;
(3) 
Pesticides;
(4) 
Batteries;
(5) 
Motor oil;
(6) 
Herbicides;
(7) 
Refrigerators;
(8) 
Air-conditioners; and
(9) 
Tires.
(c) 
When disposing of solid waste in a container, a person shall place all solid waste in the container. A person shall not place or stack solid waste or any other items around such container or above the container so as to overfill the container.
(d) 
The city shall have the right to inspect all containers and may declare them unfit for use.
(e) 
All users of containers shall bag and securely tie all solid waste that is subject to the propagation of airborne waste or attracting vectors such as but not limited to, flies, other insects, and animals.
(f) 
No person shall tamper with or in any manner sort or rummage through any container.
(g) 
The city shall not be liable for loss or damage to property placed in or near any solid waste or recycle container.
(h) 
Only an owner, occupant, or lessee who has been assigned a container by the director and pays for collection of solid waste in a particular container may place solid waste in that container. No other person may place solid waste in a container unless that person has permission from the owner, occupant, or lessee to make use of that container. No person shall block, place, or stack around an industrial or commercial container, any construction and/or demolition debris, bulky waste, yard waste, or solid waste.
(i) 
Commercial businesses that generate and bail cardboard on-site shall be allowed to store and haul self-generated cardboard by the owner or contracted hauler to intrastate or interstate recycling sites other than the city landfill.
(Ordinance 42-2024 adopted 8/20/2024)