Title 7 - Health and Sanitation

7.36.115 Required Hauler Services.

In addition to the requirements in the County Solid Waste Regulations, Haulers operating within the City must meet the following minimum levels of service to their customers:

1. A.
   Residential Service.

   1. 1.
      Solid Waste.

      1. a.
         All Residential Solid Waste properly placed for Collection by the Residential Customer shall be collected at least weekly. Provided, however, Yard Waste and Bulky Waste shall be collected as specified hereafter.
      2. b.
         Haulers may provide each Residential Customer with a Solid Waste Container designed and manufactured for curbside Collection. Sample Solid Waste Containers must be submitted to the Administrator for approval prior to distribution. All Solid Waste Containers provided by the Hauler that exceed 24 gallons in capacity shall be equipped with a lid.
   2. 2.
      Recyclables.

      1. a.
         All Recyclables properly placed for Collection by the Residential Customer shall be collected at least weekly. This Collection shall, at a minimum, collect all materials specified as Recyclables in the County Solid Waste Regulations and in the Administrative Regulations.
      2. b.
         The charge for the Collection of Recyclables shall be included in the Hauler’s basic service charge and shall allow for an unlimited amount of curbside recycling.
      3. c.
         Haulers must provide each Residential Customer with a Recycling Container designed and manufactured for curbside Collection. Sample Recycling Containers must be submitted to the Administrator for approval prior to distribution. All Recycling Containers provided by the Hauler that exceed 24 gallons in capacity shall be equipped with a lid.
   3. 3.
      Yard Waste.

      1. a.
         All Yard Waste properly placed for Collection by the Residential Customer shall be collected at least weekly for a minimum of 40 weeks per year.
      2. b.
         The charge for Yard Waste Collection shall be included in the Hauler’s basic service charge. The Hauler shall establish the base collection amount for bags/bundles of Yard Waste included under the basic service charge; and the Hauler may enact a volume base rate structure for Yard Waste Collection above this base collection amount in accordance with the County Solid Waste Regulations.
   4. 4.

      Bulky Waste.

      1. a.
         Annual Collection - Haulers shall provide a Bulky Waste Collection to each Residential Customer a minimum of one time per year with the date of such Collection to be scheduled by the Hauler and the Residential Customer. The charge of such Bulky Waste Collection shall be included in the Hauler's basic service charge and not as an optional service. 
      2. b.
         On Demand Collection - Haulers shall also provide special "on demand" Collection services for Bulky Waste to each Residential Customer. The charge for said services is to be negotiated between the Hauler and the Customer, and the Bulky Waste shall be collected within two working days of the Customer’s request.
   5. 5.
      Exemptions.

      1. a.
         As an exception to the requirements in subsection A.3., a Hauler shall not be required to provide Yard Waste Collection to Residential Customers associated with a Community Interest Group when: (1) the Community Interest Group has contracted with another Hauler to provide regular Yard Waste Collection for the Community Interest Group; or (2) no Yard Waste Collection is necessary because the Community Interest Group provides all lawn and landscape services for the Community Interest Group.
      2. b.
         As an exception to the requirements in subsections A.1. and A.2., a Hauler only providing regular Yard Waste Collection for a Community Interest Group, as contemplated by subsection A.5.a., shall be exempt from any requirement to also provide for the Collection of Solid Waste or Recyclables for the Community Interest Group; provided, however, said Hauler must still obtain any necessary permits required by O.P.M.C. Section 7.36.110.
2. B.
   Commercial Service.

   1. 1.
      All Commercial Solid Waste properly placed for Collection shall be collected as often as necessary to prevent health and nuisance conditions, but at least once every six months.
   2. 2.
      Haulers must close Commercial Solid Waste Container lids following the Collection.
   3. 3.
      Haulers must maintain Commercial Solid Waste Containers which may contain putrescible waste in a manner as to be leak proof and to be bird and rodent resistant.

Additional minimum service requirements may be set forth in the Administrative Regulations.

(History: Ord. SW-3350 §4, 2021; Ord. SW-2927 §28, 2011; SW-2783 §4, 2009)

Effective on: 1/1/1901