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Lake Wales (Current through Ordinance 2023-17, Adopted 7-05-2023) |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Chapter 17. Solid Waste |
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Article IV. Miscellaneous. |
| § 17-40. Special Collection Services. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Bulk waste. Discarded household furniture, appliances, stoves, washing machines and similar items shall be placed at the curbside or beside the service alley in a location accessible to the collector vehicle. All lids or doors shall be securely sealed or otherwise prepared to prevent entry and entrapment. Such items shall be removed by the contractor after the owner or occupant of the premises has made arrangements for a special pick up. Items shall be removed on the next regular working day after receipt of the request at no additional charge. Bulk yard waste. Large cuttings of vegetative and wood matter which are part of normal yard maintenance but which cannot be cut for placement in a container or bundle due to the excessive weight or size of the yard waste shall be reasonably stacked. Bulk yard waste shall be of a type readily handled by collector and shall not exceed four (4) feet in length or fifty (50) pounds in weight. Such items shall be collected by the contractor after the owner or occupant of the premises has made arrangements for a special pick up. Other special services. Construction debris, roofing, concrete, tires, auto parts, engines, tree trunks and other items not included in the definition of garbage, trash, yard waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste or infectious waste shall be picked up at an extra charge to the customer. Professional tree service companies are responsible for disposing of the resident's debris. All charges for other special services shall be mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the owner or occupant of the premises prior to removal. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-41. Items not Collected or Disposed of by the City or the Contractor. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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(a) The following items shall not be accepted by the city or the contractor for collection and disposal: (1) Hazardous waste. (2) Industrial waste. (3) Infectious waste. (4) Any waste that requires special handling due to regulatory requirements. (b) All waste materials listed in paragraph (a) and defined in section 17-1 shall be separately containerized by the owner or occupant of the premises and shall be collected by a contractor permitted by the applicable regulatory agencies and disposed of in accordance with guidelines promulgated by said agencies. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-42. Recycling of Materials used or Generated in Conduct of City Business. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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(a) Each department of the city shall collect, to the greatest extent practicable, recyclablematerials and products used during the operation of facilities and offices. At a minimum, provisions shall be made to collect wastepaper and empty aluminum beverage cans generated by employee activities during the conduct of city business. The method for disposing of collected recyclable materials shall be determined by the city manager. (b) The parks and recreation department shall, to the greatest extent practicable, recycle yard waste generated from landscaping maintenance of parks, rights-of-way and other city property. At a minimum, provisions shall be made for composting or mulching of organic materials that would otherwise be disposed of in a landfill and reusing said recycled materials in landscaping maintenance of parks, rights-of-way and other city property. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-43. Notice. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Notices for the purpose of the Contractor as called for under this agreement should be forwarded to Florida Republic Services, Limited partnership, 3820 Maine Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33801-9757. Notices to the City should be forwarded to the City Manager, City of Lake Wales, 201 West Central Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-44. Amendments to the Agreement. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Amendments which are consistent with the purposes of this agreement may be made with the mutual consent, in writing, of the parties and in accordance with the City Charter and other applicable laws and ordinances. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-45. Severability. |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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If any article or section of this agreement or of any supplements or riders thereto, should be held invalid by operation of law or by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, or if compliance with or enforcement of any article or section should be restrained by such tribunal pending a final determination as to its validity, the remainder of this agreement and of any supplements or riders thereto, or the application of such article or section to persons or circumstances other than those to which it has been held invalid or as to which compliance with or enforcement of has been restrained, shall not be affected thereby. |
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |
| § 17-46 – 17-49. RESERVED |
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Effective on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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(Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 02-20-2018) |