Chapter 8.15
GARBAGE AND WASTE COLLECTION
Sections:
8.15.020 Collection of garbage.
8.15.040 Method of payment of service charges.
8.15.050 No accumulation of garbage.
8.15.070 Closing of garbage containers required.
8.15.080 Time and place of pickup.
8.15.090 Disposal of community waste.
8.15.100 Burning of refuse prohibited.
8.15.110 Dumping refuse prohibited.
8.15.120 Limitations upon dumping.
8.15.010 Definitions.
“Commercial garbage” refers to garbage produced in commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions or establishments, including restaurants, hotels, motels and similar establishments.
“Community waste” means lawn cutting, clippings from bushes and shrubs, leaves and trees and tree branches.
“Container” or “regulation container” means a type of garbage or trash container of galvanized metal or other approved material and having a tight-fitting lid or properly and sufficiently treated weather-resistant bag manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection.
“Garbage” means waste from the preparation, handling, storing, cooking or consumption of food and food products.
“Refuse” means all waste matter, except garbage, attending or resulting from the occupancy of residences, apartments, hotels, or other places of dwelling and from the operation of a business. Refuse shall not be deemed to include industrial waste or waste matter resulting from the construction, demolition or repair of a building or other structure.
“Residential garbage” refers to garbage produced in places of private residence and dining halls not open to the public. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-11.]
8.15.020 Collection of garbage.
(1) The city or its agent shall collect, remove and dispose of all residential garbage the removal of which is not otherwise provided for by the residential community, establishment or institution as herein provided, unless doing so violates any other provision of this chapter. The city shall not collect garbage if, while performing such service, a garbage collector is first required to enter upon roadways which are privately owned, such as in the case of a residential community whose streets are under the ownership or control of a homeowners’ association. The city shall not provide for the collection of garbage from a residence if service is properly terminated by the owner of the residence while said residence is unoccupied. The city shall not provide for the collection of garbage from a residence if the owner of the residence notifies the city utility billing department in writing that the residence will receive sufficient garbage collection service under agreement with a private garbage collection service. The city reserves the right to require additional documentation to verify an owner’s claim that garbage service will be collected by private agreement. All garbage and refuse shall be collected, removed and disposed of with such frequency and in such manner as the city council may from time to time establish by regulation. The city shall not collect commercial garbage, unless expressly authorized by the council, and under terms and conditions which enable the city to recuperate 100 percent of its expenses to collect commercial garbage.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly permitted by agreement between a residential property owner or commercial business located within Riverton City and a private garbage collection service provider, no garbage or refuse shall be moved or hauled away or transported upon the streets or public ways of the city except by the city or its agent and except by authorized person hauling commercial garbage or refuse as hereinafter provided. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, except as permitted in this chapter, to haul or remove garbage or refuse in the city.
(3) Commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions and establishments creating commercial garbage may remove commercial garbage themselves or may employ the services of authorized contractors to remove commercial garbage. Authorized garbage haulers must apply for and receive permission to do so from the recorder. Haulage of refuse must be done in the manner, at such times and in such vehicles as may be approved for such purposes as the city council may from time to time by regulation provide.
(4) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude persons from hauling their own garbage, trash or community waste over the streets and alleys of the city as the city council may authorize.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as eliminating the charge made for garbage service. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-12.]
8.15.030 Service charge.
(1) All residents and all business establishments within the municipal territory of the city, which receive garbage collection service from the city, shall pay the city garbage service charges as set by resolution or individual agreement of the city council.
(2) Charges shall apply to all residences and business establishments which receive garbage collection service from the city. Residences or business establishments which have elected to haul their own garbage or employ the services of authorized garbage haulers shall not be billed by the city for said service, provided said residence or business has complied with RCC 8.15.020.
(3) If a dwelling unit or a place of business has remained vacant for an entire month, the owner or possessor of the site may make arrangements with the recorder for no garbage collection charges during the continued vacancy of the premises.
(4) The mayor, with the consent of the city council, may excuse disabled and elderly persons who are not reasonably capable of paying the monthly charge for residential collection of garbage from the payment of the residential rate for such period of time as may be deemed proper or necessary. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A); amended during 2011 recodification. Code 1997 § 10-4-13.]
8.15.040 Method of payment of service charges.
(1) The garbage service charges imposed by RCC 8.15.030 shall be added to the charge made for water furnished through the water system of the city and shall be billed and collected in the same manner as water service charges are billed and collected.
(2) In the event that the obligee for the water service charges and the obligee for the garbage service charges do not coincide, or in the event that practical economic and administrative reasons do not make combined billing and collection feasible in the opinion of the city council, the garbage service charges may be collected with such frequency and in such manner as the city council shall by regulation provide. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-14.]
8.15.050 No accumulation of garbage.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate garbage, refuse or community waste, or cause garbage, refuse or community waste to be deposited upon any street or alley or upon any premises in the city without express permission from the city health officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to place garbage, refuse, or community waste in any container, receptacle, or dumpster, or on any private or public property, without the express permission of the owner or lessee of the container, receptacle, or dumpster. The health officer may permit the feeding or processing of garbage or refuse upon premises properly equipped and maintained so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance or a hazard to health, or permit the depositing of ashes and other dry material for filling purposes at such places as the health officer may designate and under such restrictions as the city council may by regulation impose. Additionally, the health officer may grant to any person permission for sorting, bailing and marketing trade waste upon premises properly equipped and maintained. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-15.]
8.15.060 Containers.
(1) All garbage and refuse shall be placed in suitable and sufficient garbage receptacles, either receptacles with tight-fitting lids or properly and sufficiently treated water-resistant paper bags manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection, or plastic bags manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection.
(2) Containers shall not exceed a 30-gallon capacity for receiving and holding garbage, market waste or other refuse which may accumulate.
(3) Receptacles shall not be filled to exceed 75 pounds in weight including the weight of the receptacles. Metal receptacles shall be provided with handles for convenient lifting. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-16.]
8.15.070 Closing of garbage containers required.
All garbage and market waste must be placed in rainproof and flyproof receptacles of the type herein required, and the receptacle shall be tightly closed in such a manner as to prevent offensive odors or flies. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-17.]
8.15.080 Time and place of pickup.
(1) All garbage and refuse subject to garbage collection by the city shall be placed at a pickup point at or near the premises designated from time to time by regulations adopted by the city council and at such time or times as shall be designated by regulations of the city council.
(2) Until otherwise provided by regulation, garbage and refuse must not be set out upon the street for collection prior to the evening of the day before collection and must be set out on the day of collection before the hour of collection designated by regulations of the city council.
(3) All empty receptacles must be removed from the street as soon as practicable after being emptied, and in every case, must be removed from the street the same day they are emptied. Receptacles shall not be permitted to remain on the street longer than may be necessary for the removal of the contents. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-18.]
8.15.090 Disposal of community waste.
(1) Community waste may be disposed of by residents and business establishments in vehicles provided by them subject to regulation by the city council as to the places of disposal and as to the type of vehicle used to avoid spillage upon public ways of the city, hazards to safety and the prevention of nuisances.
(2) The city council from time to time may provide for the collection and disposal of such types of community waste as it may decide to collect and haul in connection with its regular garbage, waste collection and disposal service. In the event community waste disposal service should require a charge to be made by the city, the determination of the charge will be made by negotiation with the residents or business enterprises and the residents or business enterprises will be given an opportunity to choose from among services offered by persons other than the city. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-19.]
8.15.100 Burning of refuse prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn garbage, market waste, manure or other refuse in the open air or in any furnace or stove within the municipality. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-20.]
8.15.110 Dumping refuse prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or dump garbage, ashes, market waste, paper boxes, cartons, trade waste, manure or night soil, or any other refuse upon any lot within the city whether such lot is occupied or vacant and whether such person so placing, depositing or dumping such refuse is the owner, tenant, occupant or lessor thereof or has the same under his jurisdiction and control. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-21.]
8.15.120 Limitations upon dumping.
Dumping waste and garbage shall be permitted only in such places as are designated by the city council. Dumping shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be formulated by the city council. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-22.]
8.15.130 Regulations.
The city council may adopt such regulations as in its opinion are necessary to implement this chapter and its objectives. [Ord. 18-37 § 1 (Exh. A). Code 1997 § 10-4-23.]