§ 8.12.030. Mandatory collection of recyclables, solid waste, C&D debris and green waste.

A.

Owners of occupied premises in the city shall subscribe to recyclables service and solid waste service at last once every week from the city, the recyclables franchisee or solid waste franchisee unless an owner is authorized to collect, transport and deliver for recycling, processing, marketing and disposal diversion its recyclable materials in accordance with Section 8.12.020(B)(4). The city, the recyclables franchisee or solid waste franchisee shall provide those premises with recyclables containers and solid waste containers for storage of recyclables and solid waste, respectively, prior to collection. Owners shall fully and timely pay (or cause their tenant, lessee or occupant of their premises) the service fees established by city council in accordance with Section 8.12.020(A).

B.

Every person engaged in construction or demolition of improvements to real property, including property owners, contractors and subcontractors, shall subscribe to services for: (1) source separated recyclable C&D debris collection, transportation, processing, marketing and disposal diversion by the city or the recyclables franchisee and (2) mixed C&D debris collection, transportation, processing and/or disposal and disposal diversion by the solid waste franchisee unless an owner is authorized to collect, transport and deliver for recycling, processing, marketing and disposal diversion its source separated recyclable C&D debris in accordance with Section 8.12.020B4. City, the recyclables franchisee or solid waste franchisee shall provide those premises with recyclables containers and solid waste containers for storage of source separated construction and recyclable demolition debris and mixed C&D debris, respectively, prior to collection. Owners shall fully and timely pay (or cause their tenant, lessee or occupant of their premises) the service fees established by city council in accordance with Section 8.12.020(A). The city has designated a recycling rate of seventy-five percent by weight of these types of materials.

C.

No person shall discard or deposit recyclables, solid waste or C&D debris onto public streets or easements or other public property, or private property other than their premise, subject to nuisance abatement at Chapters 8.20 and 8.24 of the McFarland Municipal Code. The city may require any person who violates this section to pay for the clean-up and collection, transportation, processing, marketing and/or disposal or disposal diversion of those improperly discarded materials.

D.

Individual refuse and recycling charges may, as an alternative to any other billing method utilized by the city including, without limitation, billing on the property tax rolls, be billed on the same statement as other city utilities including water and sewer, and same shall be collected as one item, together with, and not separately from, the other utility service charges even if separately set forth and any delinquency in the payment of same shall be deemed a delinquency in payment for the water fees and city may, in addition to all other remedies available for the collection of same, terminate water service. The city council may, by order or resolution, establish one or more classes of persons as exempt in whole or in part from the foregoing provision.

(Ord. No. 290-2004, § 3(G), 7-15-04; Ord. No. 291-2004, § 1(G), 7-15-04; Ord. No. 303-2005, § 3(F), 9-8-05; Ord. No. 304-2005, § 1(F), 10-27-05; Ord. No. 326-2008, § 1, 3-13-08; Ord. No. 328-2008, § 1(b), 6-12-08)