Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1792 - solid waste rates and charges — reading text

residue.. or contaminated soil or water from the cleanup of a spill. Fees. Those fees charged by a commercial hauler of solid waste Tippin!! from a waste transfer facility. transfer or a waste landfill. Such station.. charges shall be based on a volumetric amount (usually per ton) calculated Ord. 1792 Page 3 of 12 when the Waste Collection Vehicle drops (tips) the solid waste load at the commercial transfer transfer or waste landfill. facility.. station.. Timed e-olect- iol . solid \ vaste items that are too collection service f- or f;&. bulky or hard to handle by a bulk contmBer or refuse container. The rate is determifled by a time study of the aetual collection times, the hoarly rate calculated for a monthly rate. Transfer station. A transfer facility for the short-term processing and transfer of solid receipt.. or yard waste.. or recyclables. waste.. holding.. Trash. Refuse, accumulations of paper, wooden or paper boxes or containers, and sweepings, and all other accumulations that of a naMe other thaB garbage or yam traBh, vlmch are usual to housekeeping and to the operation of stores, offices and other business other than places.. or garbage and yard for which no special waste.. handling. processing.. disposal techniaues are reauired. Waste Collection Vehicle (WCV). A vehicle specifically designed to pick up various quantities of solid waste for transport to a transfer facility.. transfer station. or waste landfill. Waste oil. shallAll all types of waste oils, including waste mean automotive lubricants, industrial waste oils, and petroleum compounds. White goods. Inoperative and discarded refrigerators, ranges, washers, water heaters, and other similar domestic and commercial appliances. Yard waste #ash. Vegetative resulting from landscaping maintenance or land clearing operations and includes materials such as tree and shrub trimmings, grass clippings, palm fronds, trees and tree stumps. Sec. 10. 80. 02. Private Collection, Transportation Prohibited. No private person or business may haul or transport solid waste collect.. generated from residences or places of unless specifically business.. authorized to do so by the city through an exception permit. The haulifig or tFaBSf>ortation of garbage from residenees or plaees of p1:U'ose of business by a private person is prohibited. It is the intent and f) this section to prohibit any ageooy, other than the city, from hauling or transporting garbage the city. 10. 80. 020 Exception Permit The city manager may issue a an exception permit to allow private individuals or businesses companies to service commercial accounts upon Ord. 1792 Page 4 of 12 a fmding that the city's equipment is either inadequate to service the proposed account or it is not economically feasible for the city to service the account. Permits will be issued to approved vendors only in October of each year and prior to container placement. 10. 80. 021 Revocation of Exception Permit The city manager may, at any time, revoke any exception permit issued pursuant to this section upon a finding that the city either has obtained the equipment necessary to service the account or that it has become economically feasible for the city to service such account. Upon such the account shall thereafter be serviced by the city. revocation.. 10. 80. 022 Compensation for Permit The business that is issued the permit All private individuals and businesses that are issued exception permits shall compensate the city by paying to the city, on a quarterly basis, a percentage 10% fee of the gross revenue of the customers being serviced in the city by such private individuals or businesses previously approved to conduct a solid waste hauling operation within the Citve1:1sines . Such compensation shall be based not only on standard container customers, but on any other type of collection service approved by the city for the customers and commercial hauler. The pere-ntage of the gross re~: eJl1:le payable to the city sh.all be ten percent. Only b1: l s i n e s e s in cemplianee .... vith the section may be issued a permit. Failure to pay the fee shall be grounds for revoking the business license of the solid waste service provider and/or revoking the exception permit. Sec. 10. 80. 03 10.81. 01. Refuse Cent. mer Solid Waste Container Service. The City will issue refuse centamers solid waste containers are iss1:led to an address and are not to be removed from the premises of that address. If a dwelling is to be unoccupied for any length of time, the property owner should notify the city. Containers are stamped on the top rim with a serial number for identification. In the case of multiple dwelling units, such as duplexes, apartments, etc., the city will furnish an adequate number of vill be furnished to satisfy the refuse requirements based on a containers .... rate of two collections per week. 10. 80. 031 10. 81.011 Placement of Containers Containers shall be placed near the street curb or alley as indicated and directed when the containers are first issued. If the driver WCV operator finds that a container location needs to be changed, he will relocate the container and notify the user by a tag placed on the container. The containers shall not be placed behind or close to parked cars, utility poles or other obstacles that might weald prevent safe access by the mechanical arm pickup from the side of the tmekWCV. If approved by the utilities Ord. 1792 Page 5 of 12  Refuse containers may be permanently placed near the street department.. permanently only when they are concealed by a structure that is not unsightly to the neighborhood and that is in keeping with the surrounding area, but such containers must be removed away from such structures by users and properly placed for collection. Containers shall not be placed at the curb or alley earlier than 7 :00 p.m. of the evening preceding the collection day and must be removed to a point at the side or rear of the structure not later than 7: 00 p. m. on the day of collection. 10. 80.032 10. 81.012 Proper Use of Containers Containers are for garbage as v;ell as and trash. Yard tfasft waste~ such as grass clippings, leaves, yard rakings, tree and shrub trimmings, etc., are not to be plaeed in such containers. No paint, solvent, rock, sod, or large pieces of metal or concrete, hov;e~ler, shall not be placed in such containers. City issued refuse solid waste containers shall at all times have their lids on and be tightly closed. 10. 80.033 10. 81.013 Maintenance of Containers Occupants shall maintain their containers in good, clean and serviceable condition and shall return them to the city in good condition if so directed by the public V10rl( S director utilities department. The city will replace or repair any container that fails because of defects or damage caused by the collection equipment. All other damage or loss shall be the occupant' s responsibility, and he the occupant will be billed by the city for the cost of any repair or replacement resulting from abuse or negligence on the part of the occupant. 10. 80.034 10. 81. 011 Special and Extra Pickups Servicing residential users '.vith pickups other than at the curbside ( street) is considered to be a special pick1:lp, \: H1less all of the occupants of the unit are physieally unable to handle a container. In that case the city vAll assist the occupant once a v..reek in getting the container to the street. 1) If all occupants of a residential unit are physically unable to properly place the solid waste container at the the city will provide a special curb.. pick UP for that residential unit once each week. Such occupants shall contact the City and request to have the residential address serviced by a special pick up. 2) A resident may request an additional garbage or trash pickup for a time other than the regular scheduled pickup time or in addition to the regular scheduled pickup time. Such pickups are considered " extra collection pickups" for both commercial and residential users and are subiect to additional charges. 10. 80.035 10. 81.015 Bulk Containers Ord. 1792 Page 6 of 12 Any commercial or multifamily complex that generates more refase solid waste than can be placed in the provided refase container~ or that does not have the facilities to accommodate the refase containers shall request~ or the City may the bulk container service provided by the city. A require.. bulk container shall not be used at a commercial or multifamily complex if a f*aee proper location is not provided for the bulk container or if it is not accessible to the tftleksWCV for handling. 10. 80. 036 10. 81. 016 City Responsibility The collection, hauling and disposal of garbage, trash and recyelables solid waste generated within the city shall be made by the officers, agents-,- aaOOr employees of the city under the direction of the city as manager.:. often as is considered necessary by the sanitation and licensing inspector and/or the city manager. The charges prescribed in this chapter established by the city shall be set forth in the city' s comprehensive fee schedule and may be amended from time to time by resolution of the city council. are based on such periodic eole -tion and disposal. Sec. 10. 80.04 10. 81.02. Prohibited Use of Containers. No person shall dump garbage or trash solid waste into a city refase container which is assigned to another person or bring in trash., refuse, debris or garbage dump solid waste that was generated ffem outside of the city to dump into any city tfash solid waste container of any kind.containers or trash containers pieked up by the division of health, elfare and sanitation. Sec. 10. 80.05 10.81. 03. Trash Solid Waste Collection Conditions. 1) In ar-eas of business, accumulations of trash shall be plaeed in suitable reeeptacles or d1:11Rpable containers