2024-122 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 56 Refuse and Recyclables Removal

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Chapter 56 Exhibit A 19. COMMERCIAL PREMISES. Basic removal service shall be provided, either by the owner or occupant thereof, or by a licensee hereunder, at all commercial premises in the City where refuse is produced. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2023-85,December 4, 2023) 20. VEHICLES. No vehicles used in and on the streets of the City of Decatur for the removal of refuse and recyclables shall be overloaded nor shall such vehicles be parked in any one place while fully or partially loaded for any longer than is necessary to collect the refuse and recyclables of the person being served. All such vehicles shall be so covered as not to permit the sifting out or spilling or scattering by the wind or leakage of any refuse and recyclables hauled or transported, and such vehicles shall be kept thoroughly cleaned so that when empty they will give off no offensive or obnoxious odors. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2010-89, December 20) 21. REMOVAL. A. Except as provided in subparagraph B hereof, no person, firm or corporation shall remove refuse and recyclables from any premises within the City without a current license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, provided that the owner or occupant of commercial premises whereon such refuse and recyclables was produced may remove the same. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2010-89, December 20, 20 10) B. It shall not be a violation of any provision of this Chapter for any person, firm or corporation to remove recyclable materials from any premises within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur if such person, firm or corporation is the owner of said recyclable materials or does so pursuant to a contract with said City, as provided in Chapter 56.1 of the City Code; for the purposes hereof, "recyclable materials" shall be those materials defined as such in said Chapter 56.1. (Amended, Ordinance No. 91-66, September 30, 1991)