2023-85 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 56 Refuse and Recyclables Removal

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Commercial: All that which is not defined as residential as well as properties owned by the Decatur Housing Authority. Container: Container, or cart, or toter, for purposes of this Chapter, shall mean a water-tight, heavy-duty plastic receptacle with a rated capacity of sixty-four (64) or ninety-six (96) gallons, having a hinged, tight-fitting lid, and two (2) wheels and suited for mechanized collection. Expanded Basic Residential Service: Extra carts and containers beyond what is provided in Basic Removal Service and for which an extra fee is charged as set by the rate appendix, under rules detailed in the Promulgated Rules. Garbage: Refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or food products. _Hardship Customer: A customer who is physically unable to place refuse and recycling containers at the curb and has no family member or other person living in the residence able to place the refuse and recycling containers at the curb. Medical verification shall be provided to the hauler prior to the hauler being required to provide such hardship service. _Landscape waste: All accumulations of grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs and other materials accumulated on the customer's residence as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees. Large item ick-up: Customers will be permitted five (5) separate large item pick-ups annually. Each of these pick-ups may include removal of one household appliance such as a refrigerator, oven or dishwasher and not more than four (4) other items, none of which are able to be placed in an approved container, and all of which items must be placed at the curb by the customer. If no household appliance is placed for removal, each large item pick-up shall have no more than five (5) items. A twenty dollar ($20.00) surcharge will be assessed for any pickup of an appliance with refrigerant. Large item pick-ups exceeding this five (5) item parameter will be assessed a fee added to their bill. All large item pick-ups should be scheduled in advance with the hauler as provided by the City Manager under Promulgated Rules. Overage: Means refuse exceeding its container's intended capacity as evidenced by refuse that does not fit into the container, or is not placed into the container, is on top of the container or otherwise placed in the vicinity of the container, in bags or otherwise. Overage Charge: Means an amount charged to garbage and recycling service recipients to compensate for the expense incurred by the hauler from overages, and to provide a financial incentive to garbage and recycling service recipients to subscribe to the level of service corresponding to their normal trash and recycling needs, such that all materials fit within the container. The assessment of overage charges will require the hauler to provide dated photographic evidence of overages. Rec clables: Material that has been recovered or diverted from the nonhazardous solid waste stream for purpose of reuse, recycling or reclamation and a substantial portion of which is consistently used in the manufacture of products, which may otherwise be produced using raw or virgin materials. Refuse: Any discarded matter, including but not limited to garbage, sweepings, landscape waste, paper, cardboard, tin cans, ashes, bottles and similar other accumulations, but excluding special waste as defined by the Illinois Pollution Control Board.