HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 20317COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20317
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 4865
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING
COLLECTION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 4.830, 4.835, 4.855, 6.050,
AND 6.055 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
ADOPTED: April 12, 2004
PASSED: 5/0
. REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSTAINED: Pap~
ABSENT: Meisner, Nathanson
EFFECTIVE DATE: May ~
ORDINANCE NO. 20317
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SOLID WASTE AND
RECYCLING COLLECTION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS
4.830, 4.835, 4.855, 6.050, AND 6.055 OF THE EUGENE
CODE, 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4.830 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide:
4.830
Portion of Street Reserved for Vehicular Traffic. No unauthorized person
shall make use of the portion of the street between the curbs reserved for
vehicular traffic for any other purpose than vehicular traffic, except that:
(a) Pedestrians may cross the streets at crosswalks; and
(b) If authorized under the City Manager's rules for priority of placement,
containers supplied by licensed solid waste and recycling firms may be
temporarily placed for the purpose of regularly scheduled collection
service between the curbs of streets that do not have designated
bicycle lanes immediately adjacent to the curb. The containers may be
placed no earlier than 7:00 p.m. of the day prior to the customer's
regularly scheduled collection service, shall be removed by midnight of
the day of service, and shall comply with rules adopted by the City
Manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code.
Section 2. Subsection (1) of Section 4.835 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is
amended to provide:
4.835
Depositing Materials in Streets.
(1) No person shall throw, place, deposit, scatter or drop gravel, rubbish,
earth, asphalt or lumber on a paved street or alley unless deposited in
one pile for immediate use; provided, that no such materials shall
obstruct the flow of water through a ditch, drain or gutter. The
temporary placement of containers supplied by solid waste and
recycling firms in the manner and at the time authorized by this code
and administrative rules of the City Manager shall not constitute a
violation of this section.
Section 3. Subsection
amended to provide:
(6) of Section 4.855 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is
4.855 Certain Uses of Streets and Sidewalks Permitted.
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(6)
Section 4.
If authorized under the City Manager's rules for priority of placement,
containers supplied by licensed solid waste and recycling firms may be
placed:
(a) On a sidewalk, provided the placement of the container(s) leaves
at least three feet of the paved area of a sidewalk unobstructed; or
(b) Between the curbs of streets that do not have designated bicycle
lanes immediately adjacent to the curb,
no earlier than 7:00 p.m. on the day prior to the customer's regularly
scheduled collection service, and shall be removed no later than
midnight of the day of the collection service, or in such other manner or
place as authorized by administrative rules adopted by the City
Manager pursuant to section 2.019 of this code.
Section 6.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide:
6.050
Garbage and Debris - Disposition. An owner or person in charge of
property shall dispose of perishable garbage before it becomes offensive
promptly, but in any event at least bi-weekly; and not permit garbage to
accumulate on or about the premises. All garbage shall be disposed of in a
manner which does not create a nuisance and which is permitted by this
chapter. Garbage may be disposed of by hauling or causing it to be hauled
to the appropriate solid waste disposal site permitted by the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality to receive such waste.
Section 5. Subsections (3) and (4) of Section 6.055 of the Eugene Code, 1971,
are repealed.
Section 6. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the
City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained
herein or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added,
amended, or repealed herein.
Passed by the City Council this
12th day of April 2004
City Recorder
Approved by the Mayor this
t~'~~ day of April, 2004
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