Subject: 10421/Code/18/GarbageService(non-residential)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 13:55:27 -0500


                             ORDINANCE NO.   10421 
                 
                 
                  AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                  PART II, CHAPTER 18, GARBAGE AND REFUSE, TO
                  PROVIDE FOR MECHANICAL PICK-UP OF RESIDENTIAL
                  CONTAINERS.
                 
                 
                                                    
                 
                 
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-2, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by 

       substituting the following definition for "Authorized residential 

       container":
            	 "Authorized residential container" shall mean all
            residential (can type) containers and approved plastic
            bags.  Individual (can type) containers shall be made of
            galvanized steel, plastic, or other suitable material
            and shall not be larger than twenty-five (25) inches in
            diameter and thirty (30) inches in height nor smaller
            than fourteen (14) inches in diameter and sixteen (16)
            inches in height (commonly known as thirty-gallon and
            twenty- gallon containers) and shall not weigh more than
            fifty (50) pounds; provided that, for routes selected by
            the superintendent, residents shall use ninety-six (96)
            gallon or sixty-four (64) gallon containers suitable for
            mechanical pick-up.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-2, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by 

       adding the following new definition for "Special container" to
       read as follows:
            	 "Special container" shall also mean a ninety-six
            (96) gallon or sixty-four (64) gallon container
            compatible with a mechanical collection system.
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       	    	 SECTION 3.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-31, be and the same is hereby amended by adding 
new
       subsections (c), (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
            	 (c)  It shall be the duty of every person on routes
            selected by the superintendent to be a part of the
            mechanical collection system to maintain a special
            container suitable for that purpose.  The City shall
            provide one (1) initial container, but it shall be the
            duty of the person in possession, charge or control of
            any premises where garbage is created or accumulated to
            thereafter replace at their expense containers which are
            damaged or lost as a result of their negligence.
            Containers damaged in the collection process shall be
            repaired or replaced by the City.
           
            	 (d)  Only refuse placed inside the special
            container shall be picked up by the City.
           
            	 (e)  If a second container is needed, it must be
            purchased by the individual.
           
            	 (f)  No more than two (2) containers at each
            location will be serviced.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 4.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       18, Section 18-33, be and the same is hereby amended so as to
       designate the existing provision as subsection (a) and to provide 

       a new subsection (b) to read as follows:
            	 (b)  Special containers for the mechanical pick-up
            system shall be placed in a location suitable for
            mechanical pick-up.  Generally, this shall be within two
            (2) feet of the curb or edge of pavement and at least
            three (3) feet from obstructions such as mail boxes,
            fences and utility poles, but the superintendent may
            designate specific locations for such containers when
            reasonably necessary to facilitate mechanical pick-up.
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       	    	 SECTION 5.  That this Ordinance shall become effective
       two (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading May 28, 1996.	     s/s                               
       	    	      	   	     	          CHAIRPERSON
      
                                     APPROVED:  X    DISAPPROVED:      
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  May 28, 1996.
      
      
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       MAM:cjc	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR