[Amended 5-8-2001 by Ord. No. 01-11]
A.
CFC/HCFC
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
SOLID WASTE
As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this subsection:
[Amended 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 04-18]
Shall mean those substances described in the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, Title VI, Stratospheric Ozone Protection, and
any subsequent implementing regulations.
Hotel, lodging house, restaurant, store, market, manufacturing
plant, or similar facility.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
Any type or quality of newspapers: green, amber, and clear
glass jars and bottles; metal food and beverage cans (aluminum, steel,
bimetal and tin-plated steel); aluminum foil wrap and foil containers;
HDPE and PETE plastic bottles and containers; and other materials
the City Manager approves for recycling.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
Garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, ashes, brush and shrubbery
cuttings, lawn rakings, leaves, and bulk material.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
B.
The City shall provide solid waste collection and disposal service,
and recyclable material collection and recycling service, to each
residence and commercial establishment located within the corporate
limits of the City.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
C.
The rates or fees to be charged by the City for solid
waste collection and disposal, and for recyclable material collection
and recycling service, shall be as follows:
[Amended 5-11-2004 by Ord. No. 04-3; 7-13-2004 by Ord. No.
04-18; 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 05-7; 5-9-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11; 5-8-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19; 6-9-2009 by Ord. No. 09-10; 5-10-2011 by Ord. No.
11-10; 5-12-2015 by Ord. No. 15-15; 5-9-2017 by Ord. No. 17-22; 5-8-2018 by Ord. No. 18-19;[1] 7-10-2018 by Ord. No.
18-25]
(1)
For the collection and disposal of solid waste once
a week, and the separate collection and recycling of recyclable material
every two weeks, from each single-family unit, each duplex unit, each
apartment unit, and each commercial establishment, there shall be
a monthly charge of $20.50 for one can per pickup.
[2]
This ordinance stated that it shall be in effect on 7-1-2023.
(2)
For any residential unit or commercial establishment
paying the City for a second can for solid waste collection as of
June 30, 2022, the City shall provide the residential unit or commercial
establishment with a second can for solid waste collection at no cost;
and the residential unit or commercial establishment shall not be
assessed an additional monthly pickup fee for the second can. Any
residential unit or commercial establishment that was not paying the
City for a second can for solid waste collection as of June 30, 2022,
may obtain a second can for solid waste collection from the Central
Virginia Waste Management Authority for a fee the Authority establishes;
and the residential unit or commercial establishment shall not be
assessed an additional monthly pickup fee for the second can. Any
residential unit or commercial establishment that desires more than
two cans for solid waste collection may obtain additional cans from
the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority for a fee the Authority
establishes; and the City shall charge the residential unit or commercial
establishment an additional $3 per can per month pickup fee for each
supplemental can exceeding two for solid waste collection.
[Amended 6-21-2022 by Ord. No. 22-11]
(3)
For appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air
conditioners and humidifiers containing CFC/HCFC products there shall
be a charge of $10 for each appliance for the removal of the CFC/HCFC
products. The receipt must be attached to the appliance.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance stated that its provisions shall
be in effect for all bills rendered on and after 7-1-2018.
D.
Bills for charges imposed in Subsection C(1) and (2) above shall be rendered bimonthly by the Department of Finance and shall be due and payable in that Department in the manner prescribed for utility bills under § 277-8 of the Colonial Heights City Code and, if not so paid, shall carry the same penalties prescribed therein.
[Amended 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16-20]
E.
Any owner of a court-type-design apartment building having eight
or more units and any owner of a hotel, lodging house, restaurant,
store, market, manufacturing plant or commercial establishment may,
if he so elects, dispose of and remove his own solid waste from such
premises, provided that he does so in a manner and to a location the
Department of Health approves; and provided also that he shall have
first notified the City Manager in writing of his election to make
such self-disposal and removal of solid waste. In such case, the owner
shall be relieved of the obligation to pay City collection fees provided
for in this section.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
[Amended 6-24-1975 by Ord. No. 75-27; 6-14-1983 by Ord. No. 83-21; 8-9-1988 by Ord. No. 88-28; 5-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-14; 5-9-1995 by Ord. No. 95-13; 6-10-2003 by Ord. No.
03-15; 5-11-2004 by Ord. No. 04-3; 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
A.
The Director of Public Works, under the supervision of the City Manager,
shall have full charge and control of solid waste collection and disposal,
and recyclable material collection and recycling, except in matters
specifically placed under the control of the Department of Health
or the Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development.
B.
All solid waste and recyclable material accumulated in the City shall
be collected, conveyed and recycled or disposed of by the City unless
the City Council otherwise authorizes. The City shall retain exclusive
control of the solid waste and recyclable material generated within
the corporate limits and collected by the City.
C.
The recycling center of the City of Colonial Heights shall be closed
to all commercial haulers, which shall include commercial refuse haulers,
contractors or any other person or persons hauling for hire.
D.
Recyclable material to be collected on those days
designated by the Director of Public Works for the separate collection
of such material shall be placed in containers owned and provided
by the city, its agents or contractors for the purpose.
E.
Solid waste shall be placed in the manner required by this section in the City right-of-way between the extended side lot lines of, and in front of, the residence or commercial establishment from which it is to be collected, unless some other public place, including but not limited to a location near or in an alley in the rear of the property, has been designated for a specific residence or commercial establishment by the Director of Public Works in the interest of the public or convenience and safety. In no event shall any solid waste can or container, or recycling can or container, be placed in the City right-of-way, or other designated place, prior to 12:00 noon of the day preceding the scheduled collection day. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "solid waste" shall include tree limbs, shrubbery, brush cuttings, hedge trimmings, lawn rakings, leaves and similar materials, which are regulated by § 244-21 of this Code. All solid waste cans and containers, and recycling cans and containers, after being emptied, shall be removed from the City right-of-way by the owners or tenants by 7:00 p.m. of the day following collection. Except for the time period specified in this subsection that a can or container may remain in the City right-of-way, all solid waste and recycling cans and containers shall remain in a location behind the front plane of the residence or business. The Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development or his designee shall enforce these provisions relating to the placement in, and removal from, the City right-of-way of cans and containers.
F.
The recycling center will accept category 1 hazardous waste, residential
solid waste of shrubbery, brush cuttings, hedge trimmings and tree
limbs less than six inches in diameter and less than six feet in length.
Larger solid waste materials, tree trunks, stumps, other hazardous
waste, hot ashes or inert waste (asphalt, bricks, blocks, cement,
rocks or soil) will not be accepted.
G.
The Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development
or his designee (the "Director") shall send any owner or tenant who
violates the provisions of this section a warning letter by first-class
mail for the owner's or tenant's first violation during a calendar
year. The letter shall advise the owner or tenant that he shall remedy
the violation within 10 calendar days. If the owner or tenant fails
to remedy the violation within 10 calendar days, or if the owner or
tenant commits a second violation within the same calendar year, the
Director shall impose a civil penalty of $50 upon the violator; and
such penalty shall be paid within 30 calendar days. The Department
of Finance shall notify the violator of the penalty and the thirty-day
payment period in a letter sent by first-class mail. If the $50 civil
penalty is not paid within 30 days, the Department of Finance shall
add the penalty to the owner's or tenant's bi-monthly water and sewer
bill. The Director is authorized to promulgate policies and procedures
to administer and enforce these penalty provisions.
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 18-31]
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-27; amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
Recyclable material shall be, from the time of placement as provided in § 244-14D and E, the property of the City of Colonial Heights or its authorized agents. It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the City to do so to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such recyclable material. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from any one location shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
Covers on all cans or containers for the deposit of all types
of solid waste or recyclable material shall be kept in place, except
when the cans or containers are being filled or emptied.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
The City solid waste and recycling collectors shall immediately,
upon emptying any cans or containers, replace the cover thereon and
return the cans or containers in an upright position to the place
designated. All solid waste and recycling collectors shall exercise
every reasonable care in the handing of cans and containers and shall
not negligently or willfully break, deface, or injure the same.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
No unauthorized person shall interfere with or disturb the contents
of any can or container of solid waste or recyclable material of any
type, or any can or container set out for removal.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
No liquid shall be deposited in any can or container
mentioned in this Article.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
All cans or containers used for the deposit of solid waste or
recyclable material shall be cleaned or disinfected by the owner as
often as may be necessary to prevent the breeding of flies.
[Added 7-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-25]
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
A.
No person shall operate or maintain an incinerator within the City
for the disposal of solid waste unless a permit is first obtained
from the Director of Public Health and the Chief of the Fire and EMS
Department, approving the structure, location and manner in which
such incinerator is to be operated or maintained.
B.
No person shall operate or maintain an incinerator within the City
for the disposal of solid waste when such incinerator contributes
to the contraction or spread of infectious, contagious or dangerous
diseases.
[Amended 8-11-1981 by Ord. No. 81-31; 1-11-2000 by Ord. No. 99-23]
A.
No person shall place or cause to be placed on any
public street, alley or elsewhere within the City limits more often
than once a week, for collection and removal by the city, tree limbs,
shrubbery or brush cuttings, unless neatly stacked and resulting from
the normal process of property maintenance. In no event shall the
same exceed four feet in length or 75 pounds in weight, and the total
volume of the described material shall not exceed that which can be
removed at one time by a one-half-ton-capacity truck.
B.
Hedge trimmings, lawn rakings, leaves and similar materials placed
for collection by the City shall be deposited in boxes, baskets or
other suitable containers convenient for the City to empty during
the course of its regular solid waste collection. The combined weight
of such containers shall not exceed 75 pounds. Containers shall not
be required, however, during leaf season, which is defined for the
purposes of this chapter as the period of time from November 1 through
December 31, or upon per-collection notice to the Department of Public
Works by individual persons during the period of time from March 15
through April 15.
[Amended 7-10-2018 by Ord. No. 18-25]
C.
No person contracting to trim or cut trees, shrubbery
or brush for others shall deposit any of the same on streets of the
City for removal by the city.
