(a) Solid Waste Collection Required. The collector shall collect, remove, and dispose of all solid waste from the premises, whether residential, commercial, industrial, or otherwise, existing within the City upon such periodic schedule as included in the collection contract. All persons and properties within the City are required to use the solid waste collector(s) of the City and it shall be unlawful for any person, other than those duly authorized by the City, to haul solid waste through the streets of the City. Pursuant to the definition of “solid waste” in this chapter, solid waste collection shall also include the collection of recyclable materials.

(b) Solid Waste Minimum Service Level. All persons and occupied property shall use and be responsible for at least the minimum level of solid waste collection service, including recycling, and associated charges for residential or commercial service, as applicable, offered by the collector unless exempted from such requirement under subsection (3) of this section. The collector will automatically bill the residential or commercial customer for such minimum level of service if the customer does not sign up for service within 30 days of occupying a property in the City or the effective date of the enacting ordinance of this section, whichever is later.

(a) If one property owner owns adjacent properties on different utility accounts, one solid waste service may be shared based upon a written request to and approval from the City and the collector.

(b) If a residential customer owns a business in the City limits and the solid waste produced at the residence is being collected at the business, the residential account may be exempted from mandatory service based upon a written request to and approval from the City and the collector.

(c) If the collector is unable to provide solid waste collection service due to inadequate clearance for the disposal vehicles, a customer may file a written request with the City for an exemption from solid waste collection services. Such exemption must be approved by the collector and shall be conditioned upon agreement that solid waste will be disposed of properly on a weekly basis at a permitted landfill by the customer.

(d) If upon satisfactory evidence on an annual basis that a person or property produces no solid waste, the respective account may be exempted from mandatory service based upon a written request to and approval from the City and the collector.