10 Draft Integrated Waste Management Plan - City Council - City of ...
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2012 Davis <strong>Integrated</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
(2) No yard refuse waste piles shall be placed or maintained in such a way as to restrict reasonable access to a<br />
fire alarm box, fire hydrant, standpipe, alley, driveway, public sidewalk, or any other public facility.<br />
(3) No yard refuse waste piles shall be placed or maintained in a restricted area.<br />
Plastic bags or other containerized yard waste shall not be placed in the street.<br />
(4) The provisions <strong>of</strong> paragraphs (1) and (2) <strong>of</strong> subsection (a) <strong>of</strong> this section notwithstanding, small quantities<br />
<strong>of</strong> yard refuse constituting less than one-sixth cubic meter in volume, equivalent to less than one thirty-two<br />
gallon garbage can, shall be containerized as specified in Section 32.01.040.<br />
(b) All other yard refuse, including sod, garden rubble, and dropped fruit from on-site fruit trees, shall be<br />
containerized as specified in Section 32.01.040.<br />
(c) Inorganic material (rock, gravel, concrete, etc.) may not be placed in the street for collection. (Ord. 955 §<br />
2; Ord. 967 §2; Ord. 1254 §3; Ord. 1524 §§ 4,5; Ord. 2054 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2173 §1)<br />
32.01.<strong>10</strong>0 Recyclables collection.<br />
(a) Individually serviced residences shall containerize recyclable waste in contractor provided sixty-four<br />
gallon carts and place the cart in the street gutter, adjacent to the residents property, but in no event on the<br />
sidewalk, on the day <strong>of</strong> the week that garbage is collected. Carts shall have a minimum distance <strong>of</strong> three feet<br />
between them and any other object. Paper shall be placed in the portion <strong>of</strong> the cart designated for such. All other<br />
recyclables, tin cans including bimetal-topped cans, food container glass, accepted plastic containers and<br />
aluminum cans, shall be placed in the portion <strong>of</strong> the cart designated for such. Corrugated cardboard must be<br />
flattened for collection. Flattened cardboard that is less than two cubic feet must be placed in the cart along with<br />
the newspaper. Corrugated cardboard in excess <strong>of</strong> two cubic feet must be flattened and placed curbside within<br />
five feet <strong>of</strong> the curb for collection<br />
(b) Communally serviced residences shall place recyclables within receptacles provided by the city or the<br />
city’s authorized agent near the garbage area <strong>of</strong> the communally serviced residence. (Ord. 955 § 2; Ord. 967 §<br />
2; Ord. 2054 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2173 § 2)<br />
32.01.1<strong>10</strong> Recycling collection sites for existing communally serviced residences.<br />
(a) Recycling collection sites required. As <strong>of</strong> the effective date <strong>of</strong> the ordinance codified in this section,<br />
existing communally serviced residences, as defined in Section 32.01.0<strong>10</strong> <strong>of</strong> this chapter, consisting <strong>of</strong> ten or<br />
more units, shall make recycling carts available for use by tenants and shall be required to provide and maintain<br />
space on-site for recycling carts. The city’s waste removal entity shall supply the recycling<br />
carts. Existing complexes with nine or fewer units are exempt from the requirements <strong>of</strong> this section, but<br />
are required to designate curbside locations and instruct new tenants on the use <strong>of</strong> curbside recycling services.<br />
(b) Recycling collection site plans. The owner or owner’s agent <strong>of</strong> each communally serviced residence shall<br />
submit a recycling collection site plan (hereinafter “plan” to the public works department for providing space<br />
for recycling carts. To the extent possible, the plans must comply with the goal <strong>of</strong> siting three recycling carts<br />
within, or next to, each trash enclosure. A minimum <strong>of</strong> three carts must be sited at each complex. Existing trees<br />
or other significant landscaping features (grass is not considered a significant landscaping feature) and space<br />
currently designated for automobile or bicycle parking shall not be eliminated or reduced in size to<br />
accommodate recycling carts. Any plan that proposes to site fewer than three carts per trash enclosure shall<br />
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submit written explanation as to the basis for requesting exemption from the goal. Such plan shall be submitted<br />
on a form prescribed by the city.<br />
(c) Exemption from site plan and architectural approval. Recycling collection site plans conforming to<br />
subsection (b) shall not be subject to the requirements <strong>of</strong> Chapter 40, Article 40.31 <strong>of</strong> this Code, site plan and<br />
architectural approval, unless the plan indicates the elimination or relocation <strong>of</strong> any existing tree(s), or the<br />
elimination or reduction in size <strong>of</strong> any significant landscaping feature or space currently designated for<br />
automobile or bicycle parking.<br />
(d) Action by public works director. The city recognizes the existence <strong>of</strong> hardships based upon the unique<br />
features inherent in each applicant’s complex that may interfere with the goal <strong>of</strong> siting three recycling carts at<br />
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