[RP TownTalk] trash pick-up at Crescent Cities

[Gerard Kiernan]

All,

While Sarah provided the noise ordinance, we have a much older law that is
more applicable.

Chapter 36 has to do with trash and garbage collection.  Call the Code
Officer with your complaints.  Let Ms. Ferguson contact Crescent Cities and
Jemal about their contractors' violation of the law. Call the police during
the day and ask to speak to Capt. Timmons.  Let him know that you will be
calling when you hear the arrival of the trash truck and you expect the
available officer to respond to let the driver know that he is violating the
town's law 

In Chapter 36, you will find the following: Note 36-9(b).

36-9. Independent or commercial collection of garbage, trash, and waste.

(a) All garbage, trash, and waste collected by an independent or commercial
agency shall be contained in a container or receptacle made of durable
materials, watertight, provided with a tight cover, and shall be so
constructed that the contents can be easily removed. All such containers
shall be placed at the rear or rear side of the premises at all times, until
readied for collection as provided in this section, except that the
receptacle shall not be adjacent to a public street, if at the side shall
not be immediately adjacent to residential housing, and if at the rear shall
not create a nuisance and a public health hazard to the immediate
residential neighborhood.

(b) Collection of such garbage, trash and waste shall be between the hours
of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

(c) Any waiver or variance from the aforesaid conditions, that is, location
of receptacles and hours of collection, may only be granted by written
permission from the Mayor and Council for good cause shown.

(d) All special refuse containers or "dumpsters" (except those temporarily
placed on a property due to construction, renovation, or rehabilitation),
whether or not serviced by independent or commercial agencies, shall be
screened on up to three sides by an enclosure consisting of chain link fence
with woven slats, stockade-type or board-on-board fence, or other similar
type screening enclosure constructed from chain link, painted or treated
wood, or other materials approved by the Council, and shall be of sufficient
height and type so as to block or screen the special refuse container or
dumpster from street-level view. Gates in the fence or enclosure shall be
kept closed whenever the special refuse container or dumpster is not being
loaded or unloaded. Waiver of any or all of the requirements of this
subsection may be approved by the Council upon application for special
refuse containers or dumpsters that are not visible from public thorofares
or which under the circumstances cannot be practically screened.

36-15. Violations and penalties.(Repealed and replaced 5/23/97.Effective
6/12/97)
(a) Generally
Violations of §§ 36-2 through 36-14 of this chapter are declared to be a
municipal
infractions, the penalty for which shall be fifty dollars ($50) for each
initial offense and one
hundred dollars ($100) for each repeat offense, which is defined as an
identical or substantially
similar violation committed within thirty (30) days after the initial
offense.

Hope this clarifies things.

Gerry Kiernan
Ward 5

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