Chapter 8.13 — SEPARATION OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE FROM GARDEN GREEN WASTE

The city of Amador City shall designate standardized collection and recycling services. Within its incorporated limits, the franchisee shall provide to each customer after the date of adoption of these rules and regulations (a) one or more approved mechanically loaded metal or plastic containers or bins for accumulation of garbage and rubbish, according to the quantity of waste generated and the collection interval, and (b) a designated container or bag(s) for the collection of the following recyclable materials: newspaper, cardboard, beverage glass, aluminum and plastic containers, bi-metal containers and other items which may vary as markets and economic conditions dictate. Each such refuse container shall be clearly marked to identify ownership of the container. Upon request of the customer, franchisee shall provide a wheeled container or twenty (20) gallon "mini-can". Further, the franchisee shall provide at the customer's request an approved mechanically loaded metal or plastic container approved by the city for accumulation and storage of organic green/garden wastes. Franchisee shall not impose rental for said containers.

(Ord. 156 § 1, 2003)

The franchisee shall be responsible for maintaining each container in good working order, and shall repair or replace any damaged containers. If franchisee determines that such repair or replacement is not due to normal wear and tear or from the franchisee's actions, and such determination is concurred to by a representative of the city, then the franchisee may charge the cost of repair or replacement to the customer. In the event the franchisee finds that a customer does not segregate green waste from the household waste, the franchisee is to notify the customer by placing an approved tag on the customer's container notifying the customer of the violation and or requirement. In such cases where the customer continues to disregard the requirements, the franchisee shall not service the customer, shall tag the container and notify the city of Amador City.

(Ord. 156 § 2, 2003)

Each customer small be responsible for segregating its residential organic green/ garden from general household waste. In the cases where the customer wishes separate collection for the separated organic green/garden waste, the customer shall contact the franchisee for said service and place only clean garden and green waste within the designated container(s) provided by the franchisee. The customer shall be responsible for the container(s) and maintaining supervision over container(s) at their dwelling or premises, and shall maintain such container(s) in a sanitary and safe condition.

(Ord. 156 § 3, 2003)

Each customer after the date of adoption of these rules and regulations shall place the container(s) in the parkway portion of the road or street nearest to the customer's premises, if available, otherwise on the curb or in the public right of way along the road or street nearest to the customer's premises that may be traveled by the franchisee's vehicles. The customer shall remove the container(s) from the road or street no later than twenty-four (24) hours following collection.

Any head of household residential customer who provides both (i) a letter from his or her medical doctor attesting to that customer's physical inability to bring containers to the place of collection specified above, and (ii) a certification that there is no other occupant in the household physically capable of so placing the containers, may request the franchisee collect the containers from the customer's private property or back yard. In such case, the franchisee shall manually retrieve that customer's container(s) from their storage location, bring the containers to the collection vehicle, and return the containers to their original storage location without additional charge to the customer, so long as the distance does not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet in either direction. In such cases where the franchisee provides "back yard" collection services, the franchisee may apply a service fee as approved by the city of Amador City.

Where collection is currently being conducted from private property or back yard service, such collection procedures shall continue until such time as the city of Amador City imposes mandatory curbside collection.

(Ord. 156 § 4, 2003)