[OldNorth] Waste Removal Item at July 27 City Meeting

[Valerie Vann]

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