Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 286.8 - Amend Garbage / Refuse Fees — reading text

f i 1 ae acs woe 7 ORDINANCE LSC. Sf AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 10-2, 10-3, 10-6, 10-9 and 10-21 OF THE FORT WALTON BEACH CODE, PROVIDING FOR GARBAGE CAN REQUIREMENTS, ACCUMULATIONS AND DISPOSITION OF TRASH, DISPOSITION OF BUILDING REFUSE, AMENDING SERVICE CHARGES AND PRESCRIBING FOR THE CLEANING OF LOTS AND PREMISES, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION I. Section 10-2 of the Fort Walton Beach Code is amended to read as follows: The owner or occupant of each single-family housing unit or business establishment in the city shall provide therefor, a garbage can or cans as herein defined of sufficient capacity to hold accumulated garbage, and such cans shall be kept in a place accessible to the employees of the sanitation department such as beside or in front of the house. The can or cans must not be placed in areas such as back yards, fenced yards, utility buildings, garages, or carports. City sanitation department employees are prohibited from entering such areas. Cans may be placed near the street permanently only when they are concealed by a structure that is not unsightly to the neighborhood and in keeping with the surrounding area. The collection, hauling and disposal of garbage and trash shall be made by the officers, agents and employees of the city under the direction of the city manager as often as it is considered necessary as determined by the sanitation supervisor and/or the city manager. The charges herein prescribed are based on such periodic collection and disposal. Garbage and household waste must be drained, placed in plastic or paper bags, and stored in garbage cans or containers. Garbage and household trash will be collected from either the can or cans as herein defined or from city purchased and approved metal dumpable containers. Equipment necessary to pick up and handle garbage collection is then planned and purchased around specific types of containers and equipments. Other type garbage cans, such as fifty- five (55) gallon oil drums are not permitted. As outlined above all garbage containers must be accessible for pickup. It shall be unlawful -l- for any person to allow garbage to remain exposed to flies on his/her premises. Garbage cans or containers which have deteriorated to the extent they have sharp edges, have holes resulting in leakage or to such extent that lids do not fit or are missing will be condemned. If the container is not replaced within 10 days after notification, it will be disposed of by the garbage collector. Metal dumpable containers may not be used at apartment or commercial units if not accessible to trucks made to handle such containers. In such instances individual garbage cans will be required for each unit and only a maximum number of cans allowed per minimum billing. Additional garbage cans over the maximum allowable will require additional billing. SECTION II. Section 10-3 of the Fort Walton Beach Code is amended to read as follows: In areas of business, accumulations of trash shall be placed in suitable receptacles or dumpable metal refuse containers, placed in or near the rear of the business establishment at a place accessible to the employees and trucks of the city's refuse collection department. Boxes shall be broken down and placed in receptacles or containers. In residential areas accumulations of garden or lawn trash shall be placed at or near the street line The material should be placed behind the curb, in a suitable container such as plastic bags or garbage cans in order to facilitate its collection. Tree limbs, hedge trimmings, and flattened cardboard boxes do not have to be in a bag or can. No single item of garden or lawn trash shall exceed four feet (4') in length; no single piece of trash shall exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight, tree trunks and limbs shall not exceed four (4) inches in diameter. It shall be unlawful for any person to sweep or throw trash, refuse, or garbage into the streets, alleys or sidewalks of the city. The volume of loose trash shall be limited to thirty two (32) cubic feet per week or less. This volume is approximately equivalent to seven (7) standard garbage cans, Exceptions may be made: for storm damage. Dangerous materials or substances, such as poisons, acids, caustics, infected materials, ashes, explosives and radioactive -~2- materials will not be collected by the city. Such materials must be disposed of by the person(s) or business creating the refuse. Contact the city sanitation inspector for assistance in disposing of these materials. SECTION III. Section 10-6 of the Fort Walton Beach Code is amended to read as follows: Materials resulting from remodeling, repair, excavation, construction or demolition of structures, such as earth, plaster, mortar, roofing materials, pieces of concrete, lumber, etc., must be removed by the person or contractor performing such work. SECTION IV. Section 10-9 of the Fort Walton Beach Code is amended to read as follows: In order to cover the cost of inspecting, collecting, handling, hauling, and disposal of refuse, the following service charges shall be paid to the city by the owner or occupant of each business or housing unit from which refuse is collected by the city. (A) Multi-family residential units on a single water meter utilizing a city supplied, dumpable metal refuse container per unit per month, or fee for said container as set forth in 10-9 (c) - whichever is greater . 6. 6 ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ew we) $5.00 (B) Single-family residential service, multi-family residential service, including trailers, per unit per month:. with up to three (3) garbage cans... . ee ee es $5.00 with 4 to 6 cans .. . a 6.00 each additional can (each). a ~50 Business establishments with no more thanthree (3) cans, twice per week service, per month....... 6.00 Business establishments with four (4) to six (6) cans, per month. ....... 656. 2. ee ee ew ew es) 12,00 (C) The following rates shall apply for dumpable metal refuse containers at any commercial, industrial business or residential place. Rates are per month for up to two (2) pickups per week: (1) 2 cubic yard container ... ee ccc ee cee ew ee eee eee 25.00 (2) 4 cubic yard container ..... cee eee eee eee ee eee 30.00 (3) 6 cubic yard container ... ccc eee eee eee eee 40.00 (4) 8 cubic yard container ... eer eee cece cece ners 50.00 (5) Each additional scheduled pickup: (a) 2-4 cubic yard containers per pickup....... 2.00 (b) 6-8 cubic yard containers per pickup....... 3.00 (6) Each unscheduled pickup: (a) 2-4 cubic yard containers first pickup..... 7.50 2-4 cubic yard each additional container, SaMe CIMG... cere ere e crue rac vves 2.00 (b) 6-8 cubic yard containers first pickup..... 9.00 6-8 cubic yard each additional container, SAME CIM... eee cece reece errr enact ererreenes 3.00 NOTE: Businesses may combine and share the cost of commercial dumpable metal refuse containers, but in no case will the unit cost be less than the minimum cost established elsewhere in this ordinance. If access to a container is blocked when the sanitation department employees arrive for a scheduled pickup, the pickup will not be made. The crew will not return until the next scheduled date unless arrange- ments are made as set forth in section 10-9 (C) (6). (D) Use of sanitation vehicles and crew per hour MAINiMUM. .. cece ce eee ee ee ee ee ee eee ete eee eee eee eee $30.00 (E) The removal and disposal of overweight, oversize, or excess volume trash will be accomplished as follows. A billing work order will be issued from the Public Works Department authorizing the sanitation crew to perform the necessary work. The customer will be billed the cost of removal or $15.00 whichever is greater. Items that will be removed on a billing work order basis include but are not limited to the following: Tree trunks and limbs over 4'' in diameter, tree stumps, refrigerators, freezers, hot water heaters, washer/dryers, stoves, air conditioners. Any of the above items will be removed at no charge during designated clean up week. The clean-up period will be the first full week of October and the last full week of March each year. (F) In arriving at the proper charge for sanitation service for any person, business or place, which is not defined above, the city manager is hereby vested with authority to establish a rate after consideration of the volume, quantity and required frequency of collection of refuse in each particular situation and to designate certain businesses as special business garbage customers. No special rates established will be lower than the rates specified above. (G) Should any person feel aggrieved by an administrative ruling of the city manager in the establishment of a special rate, such person may file a written complaint in duplicate with the clerk not later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the city council, and set forth, briefly, the grievance complaint. The clerk upon receipt of such complaint shall place said matter on the agenda for hearing at the next ensuing meeting of the council. If such complaint be adjudged well-founded, then the council -4- (H) (I) shall make such recommendations and amendments as it deems meet and proper; otherwise, the designation or classification of the city manager shall be final. It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to dump garbage or trash in a city refuse container which is assigned to another person or firm and to bring in trash, refuse, debris or garbage from outside of the city limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach to dump in city trash containers or trash containers picked up by the city sanitation department. The City will provide a 4-yard portable trailer to a residential unit twice a year so that trash or debris may be placed in the container by the individual. The container will be left each time for a period not to exceed 48 hours. If a portable trailer is required in excess of two times a year, a fee will be charged based upon Section 10-9 (E). SECTION V. Section 10-21 of the Fort Walton Beach Code is amended to read as follows: Maximum height of undergrowth; unsanitary conditions. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any lot, parcel or tract of land with improvements constructed thereon or previously improved land where improvements have been removed within the city limits to permit grass, weeds, or undergrowth to grow there- on to a height of twelve (12) inches or more from the ground or to permit rubbish, trash, debris, dead trees or other unsightly or unsanitary matter to remain thereon, or to permit the existence of depressions or excavations or any other conditions on such premises wherein water may accumulate and stand in such a manner or fashion as to make possible the propagation of mosquitoes therein. It is unlawful for any owner of any lot, parcel or tract of land whether improvements are constructed thereon or not, to permit rubbish, trash, debris, dead trees or other unsanitary or un- sightly matter to remain thereon. SECTION VI. This ordinance shall take effect with the billing cycle for the month of April, 1979. ADOPTED__ Fe ben any (33,7999 MAYOR WA Pat | ake ATTEST: Lphe \cE nn City Clerk Reviewed and approved by the City Attorney which will be legal when enacted by the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, FL. WALTER J. SMITH City Attorney DISPOSITION Smomannenn nena ersam?a§ Published Daily Fort Walton Beach, Florida State of Florida County of Okaloosa Before the undersigned authorized personally appeared Scott Fischer who on oath says that (s)he , Publisher of the Playground Daily News, a daily newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in Okaloosa County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a —Lea al in the matter of Notice of Ordinance 286.8 in the Court, was published in said newspaper in the