Columbia Commercial service ordinance (§ 22-161)

(a) Customer responsibility. Commercial customers shall comply with the following requirements: (1)

Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any commercial premises where excessive amounts of refuse and/or recycling accumulate shall maintain a metal bulk storage container or containers, approved by the director, of sufficient size to contain all refuse and/or recycling which the establishment accumulates between collections.

(2) Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises shall place the daily accumulation of refuse and/or recycling in the required container or containers.

(3) Every person placing garbage in any such container shall eliminate, as far as possible, all water and liquid from the garbage, and shall securely wrap the garbage in paper before placing it in the container.

(4) It shall be unlawful for any person required to maintain a metal bulk storage container or containers to allow refuse and/or recycling to be deposited anywhere except within the container or to allow the container to become overly filled to the extent that all material cannot be confined to the container.

(5) Material shall be collected at a point jointly agreed to by the solid waste collections staff and the customer.

(6) Recycling material shall be separated the same as residential recyclables. Dumpsters will be placed for containers such as glass, plastic, aluminum and metal or for fibers such as newspapers, cardboard, chipboard, office paper and magazines, or multiple carts will be placed if both containers and fibers are to be collected.

(7) Food waste compost customers shall separate the food waste compostables from all noncompostable wrappers and containers and customers shall place food waste compostables loosely in the collection containers.

(b) Commercial collection methods and rates. The following refuse collection methods and rates shall apply to commercial customers as approved by the director:

(1) Commercial hand pickup:

a. Reoccurring and/or scheduled commercial hand pickup services may be provided for commercial customers who produce minimal amounts of refuse and/or recycling or in situations where bulk storage containers are not feasible and must be approved by the director.

b. The service charge for hand pickup of businesses or commercial places, boarding and rooming houses, fraternities and sororities, shall be at the rate of three dollars and twenty-three cents ($3.23) per collection minute, or a minimum of five (5) minutes which is equivalent to sixteen dollars and seventeen cents ($16.17) per occurrence.

c. Commercial customers served by hand pickup service, shall conform to container capacity of twenty (20) to thirty-three (33) gallons and weighing, with contents when full, not over fifty (50) pounds, or the equivalent thereof.

(2) Bulk storage container collection. Rates per month for bulk storage containers shall be shown in the following table for container sizes indicated and number of collections per week: Front Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection:

Container Number of Collections per Week Extra Size Collections

Cubic Yards 1 2 3 4 5 6 Each

2 $89.48 $143.81 $210.93 $290.84 $383.54 $489.02 $103.00

4 103.74 185.97 289.50 414.35 560.52 727.95 165.00

6 122.36 228.61 360.43 517.80 700.77 909.31 208.00

8 139.88 276.14 446.47 650.93 889.48 1,162.12 273.00

Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection:

Container Number of Collections per Week Extra Size Collections

Cubic Yards 1 2 3 4 5 6 Each

2 $104.39 $162.99 $234.38 $318.55 $415.50 $525.25 $110.00

4 117.28 205.89 315.82 447.06 599.61 773.46 173.00

6 136.57 259.79 414.97 602.10 821.22 1,072.30 251.00

8 152.60 308.00 506.01 746.65 1,029.92 1,355.81 327.00

Roll Cart 26.10 40.75 58.60 79.64 103.88 131.31 28.00

Pickup shall be available once daily, except Sundays and legal holidays, and shall be made as determined necessary by the director. The director is authorized to order special collections or extra collections in the event containers are found to be overly filled prior to the regularly scheduled collection date and to direct that the customer be billed in accordance with the provisions of this article.

Clean Old Corrugated Cardboard Only Recycling Bulk Storage Container Collection: Eighty percent (80%) of the Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection Rate.

Clean Mixed Fiber Material Recycling Bulk Storage Container Collection: Eighty-five percent (85%) of the Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection Rate.

Clean Aluminum, Metal or Plastic Containers Recycling Bulk Storage Container Collection: Eighty-five percent (85%) of the Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection Rate.

Clean Food Waste Compost Bulk Storage Container Collection: Eighty-five percent (85%) of the Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection Rate.

Glass or Mixed Fiber Material with Containers in the Same Bulk Storage Container Collection: One hundred percent (100%) of the Rear Loading Bulk Storage Container Refuse Collection Rate.

Pickup shall be available once daily, except Sundays and legal holidays, and shall be made as determined necessary by the director. The director is authorized to order special collections or extra collections in the event containers are found to be overly filled prior to the regularly scheduled collection date and to direct that the customer be billed in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(3) Front loading compactor boxes, per cubic yard capacity .....$24.51

(4) Large volume user. When a commercial, institutional or governmental customer has refuse and/or recycling collection needs which are of a larger volume than for the number of collections per week and number of containers for bulk container collection set out in subsection (2) above, and the director determines that a variation from the stated rates or methods of collection is appropriate, the director is hereby authorized to establish methods of collection and rates not less than the actual cost to the city of collection and disposing of the refuse of such large volume user. The city manager and city clerk are hereby authorized to enter into and execute agreements for this service with such large volume users when necessary or appropriate.

(c) The owner of the premises shall bear the sole responsibility for upkeep and maintenance of private drives, parking lots or other paved surfaces over which city vehicles must travel to reach collection containers.

(d) Front loading construction dumpsters. The city shall set a dumpster at a construction site for a rate of ninety-three dollars and eighty-one cents ($93.81). Collection service from the dumpster shall be made upon request at a rate of one hundred thirty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents ($138.82) per collection with a minimum (calendar) monthly charge of one hundred thirty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents ($138.82). In the event service is not requested within each full calendar month following placement, the container may be removed and a new placement charge will be levied to set the container again. Payment can be required at the time a container is requested to be set.

(e) Roll-off and compactor refuse containers. The fees for such service shall be as follows:

(1) Full-sized compactor style roll-off containers: One hundred one dollars and forty-seven cents ($101.47) per collection plus fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per ton with a minimum (calendar) monthly charge of one hundred one dollars and forty-seven cents ($101.47).

(2) Full-sized non-compacted roll-off containers: One hundred one dollars and forty-seven cents ($101.47) per collection plus fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per ton with a minimum (calendar) monthly charge of one hundred one dollars and forty-seven cents ($101.47).

(3) Mini-sized compactor style roll-off containers: Seventy-two dollars and thirteen cents ($72.13) per collection plus fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per ton with a minimum (calendar) monthly charge of seventy-two dollars and thirteen cents ($72.13).

(4) Mini-sized non-compacted style roll-off containers: Seventy-two dollars and thirteen cents ($72.13) per collection plus fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per ton with a minimum (calendar) monthly charge of seventy-two dollars and thirteen cents ($72.13).

(f) Recycling roll-off or compacting containers. The fees for such service shall be as follows:

(1) Clean old corrugated cardboard: No charge.

(2) Clean mixed fiber material only: 85% of current roll-off and compactor refuse container rates.

(3) Clean aluminum, metal or plastic containers only: 85% of current roll-off and compactor refuse container rates.

(4) Glass or mixed fiber and container materials in same dumpster (uncompacted only): 100% of current roll-off and compactor refuse container rates.