Chapter 8.01
GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
Sections:
8.01.020 Universal system – Operation by City employee or by independent contract.
8.01.030 Current expense fund.
8.01.040 Containers – Placement for pick-up.
8.01.042 Containers – Provision by landlords.
8.01.044 Containers – Identification.
8.01.050 Frequency of collection.
8.01.070 Accumulation – Clean-up by City – Charge.
8.01.080 Records – Discontinuation of service.
8.01.110 Recycling containers – Provision.
8.01.120 Recycling containers – Ownership – Responsibility.
8.01.140 Recycling containers – Tampering prohibited.
8.01.010 System established.
A garbage collection and disposal system for the City of Everson is hereby established, which shall be maintained and operated as hereinafter provided. Every owner or occupant of premises within the City is required to use the garbage collection and disposal system provided by the City. [Ord. 301 § 1, 1984; Ord. 24 § 1, 1949.]
8.01.020 Universal system – Operation by City employee or by independent contract.
The collection and disposal of garbage within the City of Everson shall be performed by and under the direction of the officials and employees of such City or pursuant to independent contract, as the City Council may in its sole discretion determine. Every owner or occupant of premises within the City is required to use the garbage collection and disposal system provided by the City. [Ord. 340 § 1, 1986; Ord. 24 § 2, 1949.]
8.01.030 Current expense fund.
All moneys received by the City for collection and disposal of garbage shall be placed in the current expense fund and that the expense of such garbage collection and disposal shall be paid therefrom. [Ord. 24 § 3, 1949.]
8.01.040 Containers – Placement for pick-up.
All garbage shall be properly wrapped and placed in covered metal containers or other substantial containers and placed at or near but not on the street or alley adjacent to the premises in a position convenient for loading onto trucks. As used in this chapter, the term “can” shall refer to a garbage can or container of 32 gallons capacity or less, but it shall also be deemed to include units of waste or refuse bundled or boxed not exceeding four cubic feet in total size. There shall be a limit of 75 pounds weight on any unit, whether canned, bundled, or boxed refuse or waste. [Ord. 301 § 2, 1984; Ord. 24 § 4, 1949.]
8.01.042 Containers – Provision by landlords.
Each owner of a rental dwelling unit in the City shall at all times provide and maintain by individual cans or by contracted dumpster at least 30 gallons of solid waste disposal capacity per week to or for each dwelling unit, and shall further provide and maintain one recycling bin container set for each such dwelling unit. [Ord. 419 § 1, 1991.]
8.01.044 Containers – Identification.
Each garbage can, container, bundle, box or other unit of waste set out for collection and disposal shall be conspicuously and permanently marked with the address, including apartment number, if any, of the premises served, and/or the person or persons placing the same for disposal. Leaving an unmarked unit of waste for collection and disposal is a violation of Chapter 8.08* EMC and subject to prosecution and/or clean-up pursuant to EMC 8.01.070 or Chapter 8.08* EMC. [Ord. 419 § 2, 1991.]
* Code reviser’s note: References to EMC 8.04.010 and Chapter 8.04 EMC have been editorially updated with references to Chapter 8.08 EMC. Ordinance 720 repealed Chapter 8.04 EMC and placed applicable nuisance provisions in Chapter 8.08 EMC.
8.01.050 Frequency of collection.
Collection and disposal of garbage from all premises within the City of Everson on which a residence or place of business is located shall be made once each week; and further collection and disposal of garbage may be made whenever in the judgment of the Street Superintendent such collection and disposal is necessary or advisable in order to keep any of the premises within the City of Everson, whether vacant or occupied, clean and sanitary. [Ord. 24 § 5, 1949.]
8.01.060 Rates.
The property owners or occupants of the premises within the City shall pay the rates or charges for the collection and disposal of garbage from each of the premises owned or occupied by them as established from time to time by the contract between the City’s solid waste contractor and the City. The City’s solid waste contractor shall bill the residence or business establishment directly, and the resident or business owner shall pay such charges directly to the City’s solid waste contractor. [Ord. 340 § 2, 1986; Ord. 330 § 1, 1986; Ord. 316 § 1, 1985; Ord. 301 § 3, 1984; Ord. 292 § 1, 1983; Ord. 274 § 3, Ord. 105 § 1, 1967; Ord. 55 § 1, 1958; Ord. 24 § 6, 1949.]
8.01.070 Accumulation – Clean-up by City – Charge.
In case any owner or occupant of premises within the City of Everson shall permit garbage to accumulate thereon, and fail or refuse to deposit such garbage in suitable containers in accordance with the provisions hereof, or should fail to place the same at or near but not on the street or alley adjacent to such premises in a position convenient for loading, the City, at the discretion of the Street Superintendent, may collect and remove such garbage, and in such case the entire expense of the collection and removal thereof, as determined by the Street Superintendent, shall be charged against such premises, and against the owner or occupant thereof. [Ord. 24 § 7, 1949.]
8.01.080 Records – Discontinuation of service.
A. The authorized solid waste contractor shall keep a record of the collections of garbage paid from each property and shall bill the charges for the same to the users, mailing bills out to the users quarterly or at such other interval as may be authorized by the City.
B. Upon certification by the City’s authorized solid waste contractor that an account is more than six months delinquent and of the balance due, the City Clerk/Treasurer will add the amount to the residence utility billing.
Should delinquent garbage bills not be paid within 60 days of being added to the utility billing, the water service shall be discontinued under the same terms as failure to pay for water service. [Ord. 340 § 3, 1986; Ord. 24 § 8, 1949.]
8.01.110 Recycling containers – Provision.
The solid waste contractor of the City shall provide one set of three recycling bin containers to each dwelling unit and to each business in the City. Each owner or occupant shall conspicuously and permanently mark each recycling bin with the address, including apartment number, if any, of the dwelling unit or business for which the recycling bin container set is provided. [Ord. 419 § 3, 1991.]
8.01.120 Recycling containers – Ownership – Responsibility.
The owner of the dwelling unit or business property to which a recycling bin container set has been provided shall be the owner of such recycling bin container set. [Ord. 419 § 4, 1991.]
8.01.140 Recycling containers – Tampering prohibited.
No person other than the occupant at the address marked upon a recycling container bin or the authorized solid waste contractor or recycler of the City shall remove or in any way tamper with materials left or accumulated therein for recycling. [Ord. 419 § 5, 1991.]