Sec. 19-70. - Containers required for non-residential waste.
Sec. 19-71. - Reporting requirements for generators of non-residential waste.
Sec. 19-72. - Reporting requirements for haulers or recyclers.
Sec. 19-73. - Contents of reports.
Sec. 19-74. - Proprietary information.
Secs. 19-75—19-79. - Reserved.
Sec. 19-70. - Containers required for non-residential waste.
(a)
Any person who generates non-residential waste shall provide for the proper collection and disposal of such waste. Such person shall provide dumpsters or other rigid plastic or metal waste containers with tight fitting covers for the deposit of such waste awaiting collection. The number, capacity and collection frequency of such containers shall be sufficient to prevent the occurrence of an accumulation of waste on the property, unsanitary condition or a public nuisance.
(b)
Waste generated by a business or commercial establishment may not be placed in a city street litter receptacle or authorized containers.
(c)
No person shall dispose of waste in a non-residential solid waste container not owned or leased by or for that person without the express permission of the owner or lessee of such container.
(Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1)
Sec. 19-71. - Reporting requirements for generators of non-residential waste.
(a)
Except as provided herein, every person who generates non-residential waste in the city shall submit an annual report for each calendar year ending on December 31 to the director on or before February 1 of the following year. Such reports shall be required only from non-residential waste generators that utilize as a minimum a six (6) cubic vegetative waste container, or the equivalent.
(b)
Such annual report shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the director and shall include as a minimum the following information:
(1)
The name and address of the reporting party.
(2)
The total quantity of solid waste recycled by the reporting party, by commodity, during the reporting period.
(3)
The name and address of the person to which the recyclables were delivered for recycling.
(4)
The total quantity by weight of solid waste, by commodity, that has been the subject of source reduction or reuse.
(Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1)
Sec. 19-72. - Reporting requirements for haulers or recyclers.
(a)
Persons licensed for waste hauling, recycling or scrap metal recovery shall submit an annual report for each calendar year ending on December 31 to the director by February 1 of the following year.
(b)
Such annual report shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the director and shall include as a minimum the following information:
(1)
The name and address of the reporting party.
(2)
The total quantity of solid waste generated in the city, by commodity, that was recycled or transported to be recycled by that person during the reporting period.
(Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1)
Sec. 19-73. - Contents of reports.
(a)
The reports required under the two (2) preceding sections shall be based on actual weight. Where actual weight cannot be accurately determined, the weight may be reported using carefully estimated data. All such reports shall include a description of the basis for the reported data.
(b)
Recyclables identified in the report shall include only those recyclables delivered to market from within the city.
(Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1)
Sec. 19-74. - Proprietary information.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any person to report information of a proprietary nature. Where any reporting party declines to report any information otherwise required hereunder based upon a determination that such information is of a proprietary nature, the reporting party shall specify in its report the nature of the information withheld and the basis for its determination that such information is of a proprietary nature.
(Ord. No. 6443-07, § 1)