HomeMy Public PortalAbout1994_06_14_O018 Brush CollectionThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED June 14, 1994
94-0-18 ADOPTED June 14~ 1994
AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE LEESBURG TOWN CODE 'TO PROVIDE
FOR THE FREE UNLIMITED COLLECTION OF BULK TREE TRIMMINGS,
BUSHES AND BRUSH, ESTABLISHING A DAY OF THE WEEK FOR
COLLECTION AND REESTABLISHING THE "BRUSH LIST'
WHEREAS, The Town of Leesburg is required under the 1950 Code of Virginia, 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 citizens by providing unlimited collection and recycling
of bulk tree trimmings, bushes, and brush; and
WHEREAS, the FY 95 Budget and Staffing Plan authorized funds for the personnel and equipment
necessary to have the town provide for the unlimited collection of bulk tree trimmings, bushes and brush; and
WHEREAS, town personnel will collect bulk tree trimmings, bushes, and brush collection with a
maximum diameter of six inches from town citizens requesting this service; and
WHEREAS, the town refuse collection contractor will continue to collect on recycling day any tree
trimmings, bushes, and brush and yard waste placed in approved containers and set out with other recyclable
materials.
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, as follows:
SECTION I. Sec. 8-1. Purpose of 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. Administration of chapter.
The municipal 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.
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SECTION III. Sec. 8-3. Violations of chapter.
Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates any provision of this chapter, by doing any act
prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who fails to do any act requiredby any such provision, or who fails
to do any act when such provision declares such failure to be unlawful, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than $10.00 nor more than $35.00 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
SECTION IV. Sec. 8-4. Definitions.
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 town.
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 limited 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.
SECTION V. Sec. 8-5. Container requirements for residences.
(a) Refuse and garbage from residences shall be stored in containers approved by the
municipal manager, equipped with handles and tight-fitting covers. Non-recyclable refuse
may be placed in plastic bags.
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(b) Approved containers required by this section shall have a maximum gross weight of 75
pounds, when placed for collection. Plastic bags, when placed for collection, shah not be
filled to such a weight that they will break or allow spillage during the collection process, and
shah be tightly secured at the top.
SECTION VI Sec. 8-6. Containers and storage areas for commercial establishments.
(a) Each commercial establishment shah be equipped with adequate refuse containers or
storage areas. All containers, except those for storage of bulky refuse, shah be vermin and
waterproof, of noncorrosive material and equipped with tight lids which shah be kept closed
at aH times, except when filling or emptying the container. Such containers and storage areas
shah be emptied regularly and cleaned sufficiently often to keep them free of obnoxious
odors and vermin.
Co) All storage areas shah be enclosed by adequate walls or opaque fencing and shah be well
drained and fully accessible to collection equipment and to public health and fire inspection
personnel. Such areas shall be maintained so as to protect refuse from dispersal by wind or
otherwise, and must be kept free of litter and refuse overflow.
SECTION VII. Sec. 8-7. Municipal collection generally.
(a) All refuse and garbage placed in accordance with subsection 8-16(a) shah be collected
by the municipal collector if prepared for collection as requiredby this chapter. Commercial
and condominium garbage and refuse containerized collection service shah be provided by
the municipal collector under the following conditions:
O)
Where a business elects to purchase containerized garbage and refuse
collection service from the municipal collector in lieu of regular curbside
municipal collection, the town shah make a monthly payment to the
municipal collector in an amount equal to the regular commercial curbside
charge. The municipal collector's charge for containerized collection to the
business shah be reduced by the town's monthly payment.
(2)
Where a combination of businesses use one or more containers and the total
charge by the municipal collector results in a monthly fee less than the
combined total of the municipal collector's regular curbside commercial
collection fee per business, the town shah pay the full monthly price for the
container or containers directly to the municipal collector. If the container
service charges are higher than the aggregate of the regular curbside
collection charges, the town shah pay the curbside rate per business to the
municipal collector who shah reduce its charges for the container or
containers by an equal amount.
(3)
Where residentialcondominiums include limited public frontage which make
curbside collection impractical, the town shah require the municipalcoHector
to collect garbage and refuse from containers furnished by the municipal
collectors. The town shah pay the full applicable container service price set
out in the then current contract between the town and the municipal
collector.
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(4)
The town reserves the right to establish and/or approve the container size,
frequency and number of collections for all business and condominium usage
subsidized by the town.
(b) The town manager or some other officer designated by him shall have charge of the
collection of garbage and refuse within the municipality.
SECTION VIII. Sec. 8-8. Reserved.
SECTION IX. Sec. 8-9. Requirements for collection vehicles.
All vehicles used in the collection of refuse shall be kept and maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition, and shall be constructed, maintained and operated as to prevent spillage of the type of refuse to
be transported therein. All vehicles used in the collection of garbage or combined refuse shall be constructed
and maintained with watertight bodies and with covers of metallic or other rigid, impervious material, or, in
the alternative, the entire bodies thereof shall be enclosed, with only loading hoppers exposed. Special
vehicles used in new or experimental methods of refuse collection may be permitted by the municipal manager,
when such permit is in writing.
SECTION X. Sec. 8-10. Reserved.
SECTION XI. Sec. 8-11. Preparation of tree trimmings, bushes and brush for collection.
Tree trimmings, bushes, and brush, excluding those produced by commercial trimming of trees and
bushes, ~"~ ~;'~;*~ *" ,k~, .,k;~, ~,, k ...... ;~4 Mth a m~imum diameter of ..... ~ eec h~ s~ inches,
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SECTION XII. Sec. 8-12. Collection schedule.
(a) Refuse and garbage will be collected by the municipality once per week from residential
properties on the following schedule:
(1)
Monday: Collection from residentialproperties 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:
Tuesday: Collection of bulk tree trimmings, bushes and brush townwide.
The municipal office shall be notified no later than 4:00
P.M. on Monday of each week to arrange for the collection
of such materials each Tuesday.
Thursday: Collection from residential properties fronting on King Street
and properties to the west of King Street.
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62-) 3~ 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 Christmas.
(e) When weather conditions prevent the collection of garbage and refuse or when a regularly
scheduled day falls on a holiday specified above, collection will be made on the next day.
SECTION XIII. Sec. 8-13. Special collections for large items.
For collection of, large items of refuse such as barrels, wood, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers,
dryers, tires and water heaters, 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 regular 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 XIV. Sec. 8-14. Special collections for spring and fall clean-up.
In the spring and fall of each year, the municipality will sponsor a dean-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 media.
No charge will be rendered for this service to residents of the municipality.
SECTION XV. Section 8-15. Recycling.
Residents of all single-family detached and single-family attached (duplex and townhouse) residential
units shall participate in the town-wide curbside recycling of recydable materials. 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 collection, 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 XVI. Sec. 8-16. Points of collection.
(a) All refuse and garbage to be collected by the municipal collectors shall be placed out-of-doors
immediately behind the curbline (in case no curbing is present, at least three feet away from the edge of the
pavement) at a location easily accessible to the collector. At no time will any refuse or garbage or its
containers be placed on pavement used for vehicular traffic or on the sidewalk or on any other portion of a
street where it will impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic. All refuse and garbage from the same property shall
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be placed at the same point of collection.
(b) Collection may be made from points other than prescribed above in areas where the general
health, welfare and safety of the municipality is best protected, but only upon written request by the property
owner or tenants and approval by the municipal manager. The municipality retains the right to refuse, revise
or alter such requests at any time.
(c) No municipal collector will be permitted to enter garages, carports, porches, basements or other
buildings for the purpose of collecting garbage and refuse.
(d) The municipality reserves the right to designate the point of collection at all locations.
SECTION XVII. Section 8-17. Placement for collection; removal of containers after collection.
(a) All garbage and refuse shall be placed at the point of collection by 4:00 a.m. of the day of
collection, but not before 4:00 p.m. of the day prior to collection.
Co) Garbage and refuse containers shall not be placed, left or stored upon any sidewalk, street, alley
or public place, except where specifically permitted by this chapter, and shall be removed from the curbline
within twelve hours after collection and stored behind the front line of the building.
SECTION XVIII. Section 8-18. Materials not acceptable for collection.
The following materials will not be acceptable for collection by the town: Poisons, acids, caustics,
explosives and other dangerous material, soil, rocks, stumps and other material substances that may
accumulate as the result of construction or repairs.
SECTION IXX. Section 8-19. Tagging and removal of defective containers.
Defective garbage and refuse containers will be tagged by the town collectors, indicating that they are
no longer suitable for use. These will be removed by the collectors, if left in an upside down position at the
collection point.
SECTION XX. Section 8-20. Unlawful deposits, accumulations or disposal.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any garbage or refuse in any street, alley or public
or private place in the town, except as provided in this chapter.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate or permit to be accumulated any garbage, or
refuse, filth, offal or obnoxious or offensive matter on any property within the town, except in containers or
storage areas meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any refuse in a manner where it may be scattered
by the elements.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, destroy or otherwise dispose of any garbage or refuse
anywhere in the town, except as provided by this chapter.
(e) No receptacle for garbage or refuse shall be filled more than level full.