§ 6-3.20. Commercial discard collection: Standards.

(a)

No person shall place any bin or drop box on any public property without first obtaining an encroachment permit from the City pursuant to this Code.

(b)

Each commercial discard collector shall collect commercial discards accumulated by each commercial customer as many times as found necessary for proper sanitation, but no less than weekly.

(c)

No person authorized to collect or transport commercial discards shall trespass on any private property beyond the extent necessary to collect the commercial discards properly placed for collection without property authority.

(d)

All persons collecting or transporting commercial discards within the City shall exercise diligence to minimize the noise attendant to the operation and shall conform to this Code as it relates to noise.

(e)

At such time as the commercial discard material is collected by the collector the commercial discards shall become the property of the collector.

(f)

The commercial discards collector shall make standard bins or roll-off drop boxes available for use by commercial customers.

(g)

No commercial discard collector shall collect discards in the City between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. Such times may be adjusted upon written authorization by the Director as he or she deems appropriate, based upon the location and physical circumstances supporting the request.

(h)

No person shall collect or transport commercial discards within 200 feet of a public or private elementary, junior high, or high school during the one-half (½) hour before the commencement of the regular school day and one-half (1/2) hour following the conclusion of the regular school day.

(§ 1, Ord. 792, eff. April 15, 1993)