VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH: Ordinance No. 631 (Refuse & Recycling))

VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH

ORDINANCE NO. 631

An Ordinance to amend Sec. 11.10 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Ellsworth.

WHEREAS, the Village Board of the Village of Ellsworth has entered into a refuse and recyclable material pick-up and disposal contract with P.I.G.; and

WHEREAS, the terms of the pick-up and hauling contract require changes in Sec. 11.10;

NOW THEREFORE, the Village Board of the Village of Ellsworth DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:

Section 1. The title of Section 11.10 is hereby amended to “Solid and Waste and Recycling.”

Section 2. Section 11.10(1)(a)(46) is hereby amended to read as follows: "Recyclable materials" means materials that are separated from solid waste, for the purpose of recycling, including the following:

* Residential mail, magazines, newspapers, phone books, paperback books and office paper (no wrapping paper, neon or other bright colored paper)

* Shredded paper in a closed paper bag

* Aerosol cans (empty and cap removed)

* Paper grocery bags

* Paperboard (cereal, chip, cracker, cake, pop, beer, tissue and frozen food boxes)

* Pizza boxes (clean food particles and grease from box)

* Corrugated cardboard (broken down)

* Egg cartons

* Aluminum cans, clean aluminum foil, all tin and steel cans

* Glass food jars (any color) unbroken

* Glass beverage bottles (any color) unbroken

* Rinsed motor oil containers

* All plastic 1-7 including milk jugs, kids toys, laundry detergent containers ketchup bottles, soda and water bottles, tubs and dairy containers and landscape edging

The following items are not acceptable for purpose of recycling:

* Porcelain, ceramics and pottery

* Plastic bags, Styrofoam, foam and packing peanuts

* Food Waste

* Deli or black takeout containers

* Window glass

* Mirrors

* Light bulbs

* Compost

* Foil gift wrapping paper

Section 3. Section 11.10(3) is retitled “Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Storage.”

Section 4. Section 11.10(3)(e) is hereby amended as follows. The first sentence is deleted and the following is substituted therefor: Suitable containers of a type approved by the Village and its contract Refuse/Recyclable Materials Hauler shall be provided and used by the property Owner or Tenant in which to store all solid waste and recyclable materials except for bulky or certain yard wastes as provided herein. Only recyclable carts as provided by the Hauler and approved by the Village shall be used for storage of recyclable materials. Refuse shall be stored in carts provided by the Hauler, or in bags in a size approved by the Hauler for curbside refuse pick-up.” The last sentence is amended to read as follows: “All such containers shall be emptied not less than weekly.”

Section 5. The title of Section 11.10(4) is amended to read as follows: “Residential Refuse and Recycling Material Collection and Disposal.”

Section 6. Section 11.10(4)(a) is amended to change the words “The Village shall collect” to “The Village shall contract with a Refuse/Recyclable Materials Hauler to collect”.

Section 7. Section 11.10(4)(b) is hereby amended to read as follows: “Such collection and disposal shall be by a Hauler, as the Village Board may from time-to-time determine.”

Section 8. Section 11.10(4)(c) is hereby amended to read as follows: “The residents of all single family, two family and three family residences shall place the refuse to be collected from the property in carts approved by the Village and supplied by its Hauler, or in plastic or similar types garbage bags (which bags shall not exceed 33 gallons in volume). Only one recyclable material cart shall be furnished for each residence. Where carts are used the property owner shall pay a monthly service fee, paid quarterly, in accordance with a schedule of fees from time-to-time established by the Village Board in its contract with the Hauler. All refuse and recyclable materials shall be placed at the curb or Lot line of the property not later than 6:00 a.m. on the day on which collection is to be made. Neither refuse nor recyclable materials may be placed at curbside more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled pick-up time. Collection shall be made on Mondays of each week except where Monday falls on Christmas day, in which case pick-up shall be on the following Tuesday. Lost, damaged or destroyed carts, whether used for recyclable materials or refuse purposes, shall be replaced at the expense of the resident.”

Section 9. Section 11.10(4)(d) is hereby amended to add the following at the end of the first sentence: “and/or contract between the Village and the Hauler.” The second sentence is amended to read as follow: “Where the resident uses a bag to dispose of refuse, which bag shall not exceed 33 gallons, a refuse disposal sticker must be placed on each such bag.”

Section 10. The first sentence of Section 11.10(4)(e) is amended to read as follows: “Where refuse or recyclable materials are left at the curb side and are not in proper containers, and therefore not picked up by the Hauler, or where refuse is left in a bag for collection without sticker, or where the bag exceeds 33 gallons in size, and the Hauler does not pick up such refuse or recyclable material, then the Village or its designee may pick up and dispose of such refuse or recyclable material and assess the property owner a charge, as is established from time-to-time by resolution of the Village Board, for each 33 gallon bag or refuse or recyclable material, or its equivalent, so collected.”

Section 11. Section 11.10(4)(f) is amended to read as follows: “Household hazardous wastes shall not be placed in refuse collection bags or carts, nor in recyclable material carts. All household hazardous wastes shall be disposed of by the property owner at the semi-annual collection of such wastes by the Pierce County Recycling Facility, or in other approved manner for disposal of household hazardous wastes.”

Section 12. Section 11.10(4)(g) is amended to change “30” to “33”.

Section 13. This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication.

Passed and adopted on February 4, 2013.

VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH

/s/ Gerald DeWolfe, President

Attest: /s/ Peggy Nelson, Clerk

___________________________ (Pub. 02/13/13) WNAXLP

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