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

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Residential: Premises and buildings occupied by six or fewer living units, on routes predominantly serving residential premises. Refuse and recyclables produced on residential premises. 3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.... ...B. Other provisions of this Chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the City Manager is further authorized to modify the terms and conditions of removal service for licensees in residential areas specified by such officer, so long as such modifications do not conflict with the terms and conditions stipulated herein.... 7. CLEAN CONTAINERS. Garbage and recycling temporarily stored shall be kept only in approved totes, carts, bins and containers kept clean and closed. All such totes, carts, bins and containers shall be either sixty-four (64) or ninety-six (96) gallon wheeled containers approved by or expressly provided by the City or by the assigned waste hauler and labelled and used exclusively for the purpose of storing garbage or recyclables for subsequent collection and transportation. 8. APPROVED CONTAINERS. A. For basic removal service in residential single family, duplex, triplex, fourplex, fiveplex and sixplex, approved containers for refuse other than landscape waste are the following: (a) Water-tight bulk containers as defined in Section 2 with attached covers for commercial pickup. (b) Water-tight bulk containers with attached covers for residential pickup of either 64 or 96 gallons and meeting approved standards for automated or semi- automated collection. Larger bulk containers may be leased from licensed refuse haulers, purchased from licensed refuse haulers or purchased from an independent source. Approved residential containers shall be provided by the assigned hauler at no additional fee. Customers already possessing containers meeting the requirements of this ordinance may continue to use them as provided herein, or may request a container from their hauler, but their monthly fee will remain the same as for all other similar customers. The cost of containers provided by the haulers for basic service will be included in the monthly fee charged to all customers. All containers provided by licensed haulers will remain the property of the licensed hauler providing them.... C. Approved containers for recyclables are the following: Water-tight bulk containers with attached covers for residential pickup of either 64 gallons or 96 gallons and meeting approved standards for automated or semi-automated collection. The totes, carts and containers for recyclables will be provided by the assigned hauler, unless the customer already has suitable containers meeting the requirements of this ordinance, and the cost of said containers will be recovered in the base monthly fee charged to customers, as provided herein. Customers may request a replacement of a privately-owned container at no charge.