From valerie at vanngroup.com Tue Jul 27 10:16:58 2004 From: valerie at vanngroup.com (Valerie Vann) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:16:58 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Waste Removal Item at July 27 City Meeting Message-ID: <41068E0A.B1FB571A@vanngroup.com> Note that the ordinance revisions relative to the change to the new large "hands off" garbage container pickup procedures are also on the July 27th Council Agenda. Significant sections: 32.01.050 Placement of waste containers. (a) Individually Serviced Residences. Containers of garbage waste and household waste in ninety to one hundred gallon carts from individually serviced residences shall be placed in the street gutter immediately adjacent to the curb, immediately adjacent to occupants property, but in no event on the sidewalk. Carts shall have a minimum distance of 3 feet between them and any other object. Such placement shall occur no earlier than five p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled collection day, nor later than six a.m. on collection day. Emptied containers shall be removed from the curb by seven a.m. on the day following collection. Containers that are to be collected from other than curbside location shall be placed in an accessible location no more than seventy-five feet from the street. (b) All Other Occupancies. Carts, bins, bulk waste containers and other vessels used for waste storage by all other occupancies shall be placed such that they are easily accessible for collection, and in conformity with applicable zoning restrictions. (c) Special Waste. Special waste shall be placed as individually determined through an agreement between waste generator and waste collector. (Ord. No. 1300, ?2.) 32.01.090 Yard refuse management. (a) Only leaves, tree and shrub prunings (maximum branch diameter of eight inches) and grass clippings may be placed in the street to be removed by the city?s yard refuse and street cleaning equipment or city?s authorized collector?s yard refuse and street cleaning equipment, and then only upon the following conditions: (1) Yard refuse waste shall be placed or maintained in piles immediately adjacent to the property from which they originated, such piles in no event to exceed five feet in width or five feet in height or five feet in length, the same to be so placed and maintained as not to restrict reasonable gutter drainage or use of bicycle paths or bike lanes. (2) No yard refuse waste piles shall be placed or maintained in such a way as to restrict reasonable access to a fire alarm box, fire hydrant, standpipe, alley, driveway, public sidewalk, or any other public facility. (3) No yard refuse waste piles shall be placed or maintained in a restricted area. (i) Plastic bags or other containerized yard waste shall not be placed in the street. (4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section notwithstanding, small quantities of yard refuse constituting less than one-sixth cubic meter in volume, equivalent to less than one thirty-two gallon garbage can, shall be containerized as specified in section 32.01.040. (b) All other yard refuse, including sod, garden rubble, and dropped fruit from onsite fruit trees, shall be containerized as specified in section 32.01.040. (c) Inorganic material (rock, gravel, concrete, etc.) may not be placed in the street for collection. (Ord. No. 955, ? 2; Ord. No. 967, ?2; Ord No. 1254, ?3; Ord No. 1524, ??4,5.) 32.01.100 Recyclables collection. (a) Individually serviced residences shall containerize recyclable waste in contractor provided 64 gallon carts and place the cart in the street gutter, adjacent to the residents property, but in no event on the sidewalk, on the day of the week that garbage is collected. Carts shall have a minimum distance of 3 feet between them and any other object. Paper shall be placed in the portion of the cart designated for such. All other recyclables, tin cans including bimetal-topped cans, food container glass, accepted plastic containers and aluminum cans, shall be placed in the portion of the cart designated for such. Corrugated cardboard must be flattened for collection. Flattened cardboard that is less than two cubic feet must be placed in the cart along with the newspaper. Corrugated cardboard in excess of two cubic feet must be flattened and placed curbside within five feet of the curb for collection (b) Communally services residences shall place recyclables within receptacles provided by the city or the city?s authorized agent near the garbage area of the communally serviced residence. (Ord. No. 955, ? 2; Ord. No. 967, ? 2.) Valerie Vann From bwinterhalder at ucdavis.edu Tue Jul 27 15:57:50 2004 From: bwinterhalder at ucdavis.edu (Bruce Winterhalder) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:57:50 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] City Council Tonight Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20040727155138.01d02850@bronze.ucdavis.edu> Old North Residents: A reminder that City Council will meet tonight with an agenda that includes items important to us, especially the 233 B Street proposal for in-fill that would remove a cottage and place four houses on a single 7500 sq ft lot. Staff has recommended against this development based, among other reasons, on multiple inconsistencies with the Design Guidelines, but it received a favorable vote from the Planning Commission. I hope to see you there. Bruce Winterhalder