§ 19-8. Customer responsibilities; residential property and curbside multifamily property.

(a)

Applicability. Unless otherwise approved by the county, all residential property and curbside multifamily property shall use residential containers. The requirements contained in this section shall apply to residential property, curbside multifamily property and other commercial property approved by the county to use residential containers.

(b)

General. All occupants of residential property and curbside multifamily property shall be required to have accumulations of solid waste and recovered material removed and disposed of.

(c)

Evidence of accumulation. The presence of occupiable improvements on residential property shall be prima facie evidence that solid waste and recovered material can be produced and accumulated upon such premises and that service charges for the collection and disposal thereof are due the collector.

(d)

Garbage and rubbish. Garbage and rubbish (other than exempt waste) shall be placed in residential containers (but not bags) and placed at curbside not earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection and shall be removed no later than twelve (12) hours following the actual collection. Yard trash shall not be commingled with garbage, rubbish or exempt waste.

(e)

Recovered material. Recovered material generated by residential property and recovered material generated by curbside multifamily property, if curbside collection service for recovered material is provided to curbside multifamily property, shall be placed in recycling carts and placed at curbside not earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection and shall be removed no later than twelve (12) hours following the actual collection. No exempt waste, yard trash, garbage or rubbish shall be placed in recycling carts.

(f)

Bulk items. The owner or occupant of residential property and curbside multifamily property will be responsible for making arrangements with the contractor for collection of bulk items and for paying the collection and disposal fee. Bulk items shall not be placed at curbside earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection. The owner will be responsible for payment of the collection and disposal fee for items remaining after occupants move out or are evicted.

(g)

Yard trash. Yard trash generated by residential property and yard trash generated by curbside multifamily property, if curbside collection service for yard trash is provided to curbside multifamily property, shall be placed in residential containers, bundles or approved bags and placed at curbside not earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection. Yard trash will not be commingled with garbage or rubbish.

(h)

White goods. The owner or occupant of residential property and curbside multifamily property will be responsible for making arrangements with the contractor for collection of white goods unless the contractor collects such white goods on a service date for residential household waste from residential property or garbage and rubbish from curbside multifamily property. White goods shall not be placed at curbside earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection. The owner or occupant shall ensure the unit is freon-free and clearly marked "freon-free." There shall be no additional charge for the collection of white goods from residential property.

(i)

Construction and demolition debris. Construction and demolition debris shall be placed in a commercial container designated for construction and demolition debris or C&D bag. C&D bags shall be placed at curbside not earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior to scheduled collection. Construction and demolition debris will not be commingled with garbage or rubbish.

(j)

Improper containers. Any container used for the collection or storage of residential solid waste or solid waste generated by curbside multifamily property failing to meet the requirements of this chapter shall be clearly marked or identified by an agent of the collector, which marking or identification shall legibly specify in what manner the container fails to meet the requirements of this section. Any container so tagged must be removed from service and, upon failure of the party furnishing such container to remove same from service after such container has been so marked or identified twice (two (2) separate collection days), collector shall have the right to remove same from service and destroy the offending container.

(k)

Spillage. Spillage not resulting from a missed pick-up, improper handling by the contractor's personnel or other fault of the contractor shall be cleaned up by the owner or occupant.

(Ord. No. 05-29, § 1, 8-1-05; Ord. No. 08-26, § 2, 9-8-08; Ord. No. 10-43, § 3, 12-6-10; Ord. No. 13-17, § 2, 4-1-13; Ord. No. 2017-42, § 3, 6-19-17)