Columbia District boundaries; provision of service within district; character of the service ordinance (§ 22-170)

(a) The Downtown Community Improvement District Solid Waste District (the "district") is established consisting of all property within the boundaries of the Downtown Community Improvement District.

(b) The city shall provide solid waste services within the district.

(c) Solid waste services within the district shall be based upon the common use of trash containers, trash compactors, recycling facilities and other solid waste management programs rather than individual customer service. Individual customer service in addition to the common solid waste services may be provided within the district when the director determines such service is necessary, appropriate and in the best interest of the city.

(d) Customer responsibility. District customers shall comply with the following requirements: (1)

Construction or remodeling waste shall not be placed in the dumpsters and compactors intended for regular daily refuse or recyclable items.

(2) Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises shall place the daily accumulation of refuse in a trash compactor or dumpster.

(3) Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises shall place the daily accumulation of recycling in a recycling container.

(4) Every person placing garbage in any such compactor, dumpster or recycling container shall eliminate, as far as possible, all water and liquid from the garbage, and shall place garbage in a plastic bag before placing it in the compactor, dumpster or recycling container.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow refuse and/or recycling to be deposited anywhere except within a compactor, dumpster or recycling container or to allow the compactor, dumpster or recycling container to become overly-filled to the extent that all material cannot be confined to the compactor, dumpster or recycling container.