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MEMORANDUM
1EMORANDUM
Date: October 22, 1984
To: Neal Berlin and the Ciity/ Council
From: Chuck Schmadeke { /•
Re: Ordinance Amendment Relating to Refuse Collection
On November 6, 1984, the City Council will be requested to consider a motion
setting a public hearing on an ordinance amending Sections 15-48 and 15-62(A)
of the City Code of Ordinances relating to refuse collection, to limit
placement of refuse containers in front of buildings, and to clarify that
only combinations of four or fewer dwelling units will receive City refuse
pick-up service.
The existing City ordinance pertaining to refuse pick-up should be amended
now that condominiums and various other development schemes are becoming a
reality. The existing ordinance provides that the City shall collect all
solid waste resulting from the operation and maintenance of four or fewer
dwelling units. Therefore, as an example, a five-plex owned and operated by
a single entity does not receive City solid waste collection service,
whereas, a five unit condominium building does.
Public Works recommends that the City not pick up refuse from any aggregation
of more than four apartment, townhouse, condominium, or cooperative dwelling
units on one lot, or on contiguous lots. The reason for this is that it is
much cleaner and easier to pick up refuse from multi -unit facilities by
mechanical means than by hand.
The ordinance revision also prohibits the placement of commercial solid waste
containers (e.g. dumpsters) in front of a building or within 50 feet of. a
street right-of-way.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 15-48 AND
15-62(A) OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES,
RELATING TO REFUSE COLLECTION, TO LIMIT
PLACEMENT OF REFUSE CONTAINERS IN FRONT OF
BUILDINGS AND TO CLARIFY THAT ONLY
COMBINATIONS OF FOUR OR FEWER DWELLING
UNITS WILL RECEIVE REFUSE PICKUP SERVICE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of
this r finance is o prohibit commercial
solid waste containers (e.g., dumpsters)
in front of buildings, and to clarify the
City's refuse collection requirements to
provide that the City's residential refuse
collection service will only be provided
to aggregations containing four or fewer
dwelling units;
SECTION 1I. AMENDMENTS. Chapter 15 of
the owa i y unicipa Code entitled
"Garbage, Trash and Refuse" is hereby
amended as follows:
A. Section 15-48 is hereby repealed
and the following is adopted in
lieu thereof:
Section 15-48. Same - location.
Residential solid waste containers
shall be stored upon private
property. Commercial solid waste
containers shall be stored upon
private property unless the owner
shall have been granted written
permission from the City to use
public property for such purposes.
The storage site shall be well -
drained; fully accessible to
collection equipment, public health -
personnel and fire inspection
personnel. Except as provided in
Section 15-62(d), in (R) zones, as
defined in Chapter 36, commercial
solid waste containers shall not be
placed in front of a building or
within fifty (50) feet of a street
right-of-way unless screened from
view from such right-of-way.
B. Subsection 15-62(a) is hereby
repealed and the following is
adopted in lieu thereof:
(a) Residential: four or
ewer dwelling units.
Once per week, as reasona-
bly possible, the City
shall collect all resiif
-
Ordina...:e No.
Page 2
dential solid waste
resulting from the opera-
tion and maintenance of
four (4) or fewer dwelling
units. For purposes of this
Chapter,
(1) two (2) rooming units
shall be deemed the
equivalent of one
dwelling unit.
(2) any aggregation of
more than four (4)
apartment, townhouse,
condominium or cooper-
ative dwelling units
on one lot, or on
contiguous lots, shall
be deemed to be a
multiple housing
facility with more
than four dwelling
units, regardless of`
whether or not such
units are under one
roof or are jointly
owned, operated or
maintained.
This residential solid
waste collection shall be
mandatory, and private
collection shall not be
allowed. The city may
establish a reasonable fee
for this service by
resolution. Home busi-
nesses otherwise meeting
the requirements of this
subsection shall also
receive residential solid
waste collection service
provided that the residen-
tial use is the primary
use, and further provided
that there shall be no sign
on the premises concerning
the business use larger
than one square foot in
area. The director may
exempt qualifying dwellings
from the operation of this
subsection if he/she finds
that the solid waste from
the dwelling is being
collected along with
commercial solid waste from
an abutting establishment,
Ordinai,.e No.
Page 3
when the dwelling and the
establishment are part of
one complex of buildings
serving a unified purpose.
SECTION III. REPEALER: All ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provision of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY: If any
section, provision or par o the Ordi-
nance shall be adjudged to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such adjudication shall
not affect the validity of the Ordinance
as a whole or any section, provision or
part thereof not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordi-
nance snall oe in e7e—cf—Ffer its final
passage, approval and publication as
required by law.
Passed and approved this
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Received S Approved
By the Legal Deptrm+ept
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