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Section 15-57 Residential garbage and refuse service.

(a) Every residence shall be furnished by the City one (1) roll-out style solid waste container for use at the residence for the collection of garbage and refuse. The furnishing of one (1) such container shall be at no cost to the resident owner or occupant ("customer"). Any additional container requested by the customer and provided by the City shall be rented from the City by the customer. Rates are on file at the office of the City Clerk and the administrative offices of the Utilities department

(b)The customer shall be responsible for maintaining such container(s) in a sanitary condition. All garbage placed in containers shall first be drained of all liquids, and shall be wrapped, bagged, or enclosed in paper or plastic material. Upon the discovery of a violation of this section, it shall be the duty of the City Manager or his designee to notify the customer that they are in violation of this section, and if the customer does not promptly correct any damage resulting from the failure to comply with this section, to hold that customer liable for payment of any charges connected with correcting such violations.

(c) The City shall roll out the customer’s container(s) to the curbside at the front or (if appropriate) side yard of the residence, or to any appropriate alleyway, no sooner than 6:00 a.m. of the day of collection by the City. After collection, the City shall roll the container(s) back to the proper storage location(s) near the residence building, as set forth below, prior to 6:00 p.m. of the collection day. Any roll-out container that is positioned at curbside or at an alleyway by a customer before 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection or after 6:00 p.m. on the day of collection shall result in a separate, per-violation charge which shall be added to the monthly sanitation bill for the residence. The City shall provide notice to any such customer of the additional charge for violation of the roll out time requirements. In this connection, a customer may roll out the customer’s container(s) to the curbside or alleyway if the customer so desires, but may not do so prior to 6:00 a.m. on the collection day.

(d) Except when a container is located at curbside or at an alleyway as contemplated in subsection (b), above, all residential solid waste containers shall be stored by the customer at a reasonable distance from the rear or side of the residential building, not to exceed five (5) feet from the building’s exterior wall. The customer shall be responsible for access by City employees to the storage location. A violation of this subsection shall result in a per-violation charge which also shall be added to the monthly sanitation bill for such residence. The City shall provide notice to any such customer of any additional charge for failure to satisfy the container location requirement.

(e) Each residence location shall be assigned a pick-up day, which shall amount to collection by the City one (1) time per seven days. If a customer desires to rent an additional container(s), the customer shall request the additional container(s) on a form provided by the City, and the City shall supply an additional container(s), with an increase in charge, depending upon the number and size of the container(s) rented by the customer.

(f) Customers shall not own garbage and refuse container(s) provided by the City for curbside pickup. Title to all containers provided to customers shall at all times remain in the City. Customers, therefore, are not allowed to use other containers for their garbage and refuse to be collected by the City. In the event any container furnished the customer by the City is lost or destroyed while in the possession of the customer, a charge will be made to the customer for the actual cost of replacing the container so lost or destroyed.

(g) The City may provide garbage and refuse collection service outside the corporate City limits at rates to be approved by the Council of the City of Thomasville. Rates for service outside the City limits are on file at the office of the City Clerk and the administrative offices of the Utilities department.

(Code 1958, 12-4; Ord. of 2-22-88, I(12-4); Ord. of 12-28-92, I; Ord of 3-22-99; Ord of 5-28-01; Ord of 12-22-04; Ord of 6-21-06)

(2004 (15-57), Amended, 12/22/2004, Prior Text; 2001 (15-57), Amended, 05/28/2001, Prior Text; 1999 (15-57), Amended, 03/22/1999, Prior Text)