889 City Code Recyclable MaterialsORDINANCE NO. 889
Revised 08/25/00
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, AMENDING
SECTION 101 OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 4 OF THE MERIDIAN CITY CODE
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITION OF A NEW DEFINITION TO BE
ICNOWN AS "RECYCLABLE MATERIALS" AND TO RE-NUMBER THE
REMAINING DEFINITIONS THEREAFTER AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 103 TO PROVIDE
FOR THE SEPARATION AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS FOR
COLLECTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That section 101 of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the Meridian City Code
be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
4-101: DEFINITIONS:
(A)
(B)
Ada CoUnty Highway District (ACHD) shall mean the Ada County Highway
District, a county wide highway district of Ada County, Idaho, duly formed
and existing under Chapter 14 of Title 40, Idaho Code.
Bulky Waste shall mean waste materials intended for landfill disposal, except
for major appliances; with sizes, weights or volumes greater than those allowed
for trash containers, such as water tanks and furniture. Bully waste does not
include construction debris, dead animals, hazardous materials, or animal
stable matter.
(C) City shall mean the City of Meridian, Idaho.
(D) Commercial premises shall mean business, industrial, and institutional premises
and activities, as distinct from residential or multi-family premises.
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(E)
(F)
(G)
(I)
(K)
(L)
(M)
Cuswmer shall mean an occupant or owner of any premises, including
househOld, apartment, business, institution or other establishment in the City
for which solid waste service is, or has been, provided.
Franchisee shall mean any person authorized by the City of Meridian, or
employed by the City of Meridian to collect, handle, transport and dispose of
solid waste and/or recydable materials and who has executed a Franchise
Agreement with the City of Meridian.
Hazardous Materials or Wastes shall mean any chemical, compound, mixture,
substance or article which is designated by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency or appropriate agency of the state to be a "hazardous waste"
or "hazardous substance" as those terms are defined by federal or state law.
Inspecwr shall mean the authorized employee or employees of the City of
Meridian or some individual designated by the City Council as having the
duty of enforcement of this Chapter.
Multi-Family Premises shall mean multi-family structures with two (2) or more
dwelling units, condominium complexes of all sizes, mobile home parks or
manufactured housing communities, clusters of detached homes and duplexes
where owners choose centralized solid waste collection in containers provided
by the Franchisee rather than individual solid waste can service. Multi-Family
does not include dwelling hotels, motels, hospitals, nursing homes, or other
congregate housing, care, or institutional facilities.
Occupant shall mean the person in possession, charge or in control of any unit
in a multi-family premises, residential premises, commercial premises or other
premises where solid waste is created or accumulated. (Ord. 375, 7-7-80)
Overloading shall mean exceeding the container weight capacity or allowance,
allowing objects to protrude outside of the container, or stacking objects
against the container.
Owner shall mean the person owning the real property where solid waste is
created or accumulated.
Person shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association, institution,
limited liability company, corporation, trust and/or any other legal entity
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whether for profit or nonprofit, public or private, and in the plural as well as
singular. (Ord. 95, 6-2-58)
(N)
Prohibited waste includes any wastes that have any of the following general
characteristics:
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extreme temperature;
harmful vapors;
the presence of corrosive, flammable, explosive or toxic chemicals;
any materials with physical or other properties which render
collection operations hazardous; or
any materials which create a risk to the environment or public
health and safety.
In addition to wastes with the general characteristics described above,
prohibited wastes include:
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Liquid wastes, both bulk and contained;
Tires;
Any material regulated by the State of Idaho or the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (40 CFR 260 B 268) as
hazardous waste;
Any equipment or machines containing refrigerants;
Infectious wastes generated from business sources such as
hospitals, dinics, medical, surgical, dental, nursing homes,
veterinarian offices, and laboratories. Generators of infectious
waste are required to sterilize, package, or otherwise process the
infectious waste so that it may be collected without hazard to
collection personnel and the general public; and
Dead animal remains in an amount exceeding twenty-five (25)
pounds, excluding animal carcasses if broken down and placed
into plastic solid waste bags and into a lidded, air and water-tight
container.
(0) Putrescible Waste shall mean wastes that can decay and stink or become putrid.
(P)
Residential Premises shall mean a separate dwelling or residential unit in the city
occupied by a person or group of persons which may be in a single family
residence, mobile home, manufactured home, condominium, duplex or
multiplex where solid waste is placed and collected in solid waste containers
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and/or recyclable materials are placed and collected in recycling containers
located at the curb or alley. Each separate dwelling unit shall be considered a
separate residence for solid waste service and billing purposes.
(02
Recfclable Materials shall mean products, including paper, cardboard, metal, or
any other substance capable of being re-processed into consumer materials,
which have served the purpose for which they were originally manufactured or
produced and have passed through their end usage as consumer items, and
which have been discarded or placed for collection by their owner.
(R)
Solid Waste shall mean all materials discarded for disposal, putrescible and
non-putrescible solid and semi-solid waste material including solid waste,
rubbish, demolition and construction wastes, industrial wastes, vegetable solid
and semi-solid wastes, dead animal remains in amounts not to exceed
twenty-five (25) pounds, reusable or recydable material, bulky goods, and
other discarded solid and semi-solid wastes.
(S) Vector shall mean an organism that can transmit disease.
SECTION 2: ' That section 103 of Chapter 1 of Tide 4 of the Meridian City Code
be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
4-103: COMPULSORY USE REQUIRED:
(A)
In order to maintain the public health, safety, and aesthetics of the city, all
owners and/or occupants are required to pay for, and are provided, solid waste
collection services.
(B)
Provided, further, that in areas in the City where the collection of solid waste
on the schedules hereinafter set forth would be impracticable, the City Council
may issue a special permit altering the time and extent of collection.
(c)
Beginning October 2, 2000, each residential customer shall be supplied with a
bin for collection of recyclable materials. Each week on the regularly
scheduled solid waste collection day, the customer shall sort the recyclables in
the bin and place the bin at curbside, and the franchise holder will collect the
recydable materials placed in the bins. The fee for such recycling shall be set
by resolution of the City Council and shall be included in each customer's
monthly solid waste collection billing as an additional fee.
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SECTION 3: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 4: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that any
section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended
herein be declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City
Council that it would have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent of
the elimination herefrom of any portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 5: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This Ordinance does not affect an action or
proceeding commenced or right accrued before this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 6: DATE OF EFFECT. This ordinance shall take effect
within one month after its passage and publication, according to law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
~ day of ~__~/'-,~r~.,~ , 2000.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
S'~- day of ,~v~~ 2000.
~?d2JBERT D. CORRIE-MAYOR
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