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Home My Public Portal About1993_10_12_O036 Brush CollectionThe Town of Leesburg, .rg ma ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE: PRESENTED October 12, 1993 93-0,-36 ADOPTED October 12, 1993 AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE TO EXPAND THE CATEGORY OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAI-q AND TO PROVIDE FOR AND ESTABLISH A CHARGE FOR THE COLLECTION OF TREE TRIMMINGS, BUSHES, AND BRUSH OVER 3" IN DIAMETER BUT LESS THAN 6" IN DIAMETER WHEREAS, The Town of Leesburg is required under the 1950 Code of Virgini~ as amended, to achieve a recycling rate of 15 percent by December 31, 1993, and a recycling rate of 25 percent by December 31, 1995; and WHEREAS, the town can make a significant contribution toward achieving its recycling objectives and can improve the level of service provided to town residents by providing for the collection and recycling of tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 3" in diameter; and WHEREAS, the town refuse collection contractor has advised the town that tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 3" in diameter can be collected at no additional cost under its current contract with the town if such material is securely tied in bundles not exceeding 4 feet in length and. 18 inches in diameter weighing a maximum of 75 pounds; and WHEREAS, the town desires to provide for the collection of bulk unbundied tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 6 inches in diameter; and WHEREAS, the town has established a fee for the collection of bulk unbundled tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 6 inches in diameter; and WHEREAS, the town recognizes that the costs to the town refuse collection contractor may exceed the established fee for the collection of bulk unbundled tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 6 inches in diameter, but desires to provide this service to its citizens at a reasonable fee; and WHEREAS, the town has provided that the refuse collection contractor may chargE; the town its expenses excess of the established fee for the collection of bulk unbundled tree trimmings.., bushes, and brush up to 6" in diameter, and that the town will subsidize such costs in providing this service to its residents. -2- ORDINANCE: AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, as follows: SECTION I. Sea 8-L Purpose ¢dY chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to provide regulations for the effective storage, collection, recycling, and disposal of garbage and refuse in a sanitary manner in the town. SECTION II. Sec. 8-2. Administr~a~ ~ chapter. The mtmicipal manager is hereby delegated the authority to administer this chapter and is authorized to establish such reasonable rules and regulations as are needed to administer this chapter. SECTION HI. Sec. 8-4. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: Garbage: Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food and wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce. Municipal collectors: Persons employed by the town, or the contracted agent for the town, engaged in the collection and transportation of refuse, garbage, and recyclable materials. Private collectors: Persons engaged in the collection and transportation of refuse; and garbage from commercial, industrial, institutional or other establishments for compensation, not including the collector contracted by the towrL Recyclable Material: Those commodities which, having served their original purpose, have physical or chemical properties that allow them to be transformed into new products, and are designated by the town to be separated and collected, on a schedule as designated by the town. Refuse: Combustible trash, including, but not llmlted to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches and yard trimmings; noncombustible trash, including., but not limited to, metals, tin cans, glass, crockery and other mineral waste; and street rubbish, including but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt and the contents of litter receptacles. "Refuse" shall also mean furniture, springs, mattresses, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, tires, water heaters, toys, porcelain, carpeting tied in bundles of not more than three square feet cross-sectional area, whole christmas trees and similar household commercial and institutional wastes. "Refuse" shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations. Storage area.' An enclosed area on private property of a commercial, industrial, institutional or other establishment used for the storage of garbage or refuse. -3- ORDINANCE: AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE SECTION IV. Sea 8-5. Centainer requlr~-~ fer resi~ (a) Refuse and garbage from residences shall be stored in containers approved by the municipal ,nsnager equipped with handles and tight-fitting covers. Non-recycIable refuse may be placed in plastic bags. (b) Approved containers required by this section shall have a ,nswhnum gross weight of 75 pounds, when placed for collectian. Plastic bags, when placed for collection, shsI[ not be filled to such a weight that they will break or allow spillage during the coll~ion process, and shall 'be tightly secured at the top. SECTION V. Se~ 8-10. Reserv~ SECTION VI. Sec_ 8-11. Preparation ag tree trlmmln~o~ b~,-hes and hr~,,h for collecfi_m~ Tree trimmings, excluding those produced by commercial trimrnlno~ of trees and bushes, and limited to that which can be recycled, with a mn~rnum dinmeter of cma -"--~.~ cnc ~ three inches, and bushes and brush will be picked up by the municipal collectors, provided they are tied securely in bundles of not more than 18" in dinmeter and four feet in length7 and 75 pounds in weight. SECTION VII. Sec~ 8-12~ Collecti~n w~edule. (a) Refuse and garbage will be collected by the municipality once per week from residential properties on the following schedule: (1) Monday: Collection from residential properties fronting on King Street and properties to the west of King Street. (2) Tuesday'. Collection from residential properties to the east of King Street. (b) Recyclable materials will be collected by the municipality once per week from residential properties on the following schedule: (1) Thursda~ Collection from residential properties fronting on King Street and properties to the west of King Street. (2) Friday: Collection from residential properties to the east of King Street. (c) Garbage and refuse will be collected by the municipality from all commercial properties on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week. (d) No garbage and refuse collection will be scheduled for Sundays or the following holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving and Christmss. (e) When weather conditions prevent the collection of garbage and refuse or when a reg~ds~ly scheduled day falls on a holiday specified above, collection will be made on the next day. -4- ORDINANCE: AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE SECTION VIII. Sec_ 8-18. Special collect_mm for large it~m~ and b,,Ik~ ,mhundled tree trimmin~a b~hes~ and brush. For collection of, large items of refuse such as barrels, wood, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, tires and water heater~; and bulk, unbundled tree trimmings, bushes, and brush up to 6 inches in dismeter excluding any items listed under Section 18 hereof, the municipal office shall be notified no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday of each week, so that a special pickup may be arranged for a day of the following week to be designated by the manager. A separate charge, to be established by the municipal manager, will be made for each such special collection, provided that reg~,lAr refuse collection service to any residence or commercial establishment for which such special collection is performed will be suspended if payment therefor is not made within 30 days of receipt of invoice for such collection. SECTION IX. Sec~ 8-14. Speed! collectim~ for spring and fall clean-up. In the spring and fall of each year, the municipality will sponsor a clean-up and collection period during which large discarded items, yard litter, and the like will be picked up by the municipal collectors. Specific dates for such periods shall be set by the municipal manager and advertised through the news medi~ No charge will be rendered for this service to residents of the municipality. SECTION X. Sec. 8-15. Rec~-~. Residents of all single-family detached and single-family attached (duplex and townhouse) residential units shall participate in the town-wide curbside recycling of recyclable material.~. Recyclable materials will be picked up at curbside and shall be placed at the curb, between 4 p.m.. on the day preceding collection and 6 a.m. on the morning of co~ection, in approved containers, separate from other refuse. Newspapers shall be securely tied in bundles or placed in paper bags. Grass clippings shall be placed in approved containers equipped with handles for lifting and tightly-fitting lids, not ,exceeding 75 pounds in gross weight. There shall be no charge to the town residents required to participate in this program~ for this additional service. All other town residents and businesses, not included in this program or covered under a separate recycling contract with a private collector, should continue to utilize recycling drop-off centers to dispose of recyclable materials. SECTION XI. This ordinance shall be effective Ap:~2 !, 1992 upon its passage. PASSED this 12th day of October , 1993. Toames E. Clem, B~yor wn of Leesburg