Ordinance No. 55-85-21 v ORDINANCE NO. 55-85-21
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY
OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA: AMENDING CHAPTER 16
REFUSE AND GARBAGE, SECTION 16-1 DEFINITIONS TO
RESTRUCTURE AND SIMPLIFY THE DEFINITIONS; AMENDING
16-2 GARBAGE CANS AND TRASH CONTAINERS TO PROVIDE
FOR THE USE OF COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS; AMENDING SECTION
16-7 FEES FOR COLLECTION TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL RATES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1, Chapter 16, Refuse and Garbage, Section 16-1,
Definitions is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 16
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Section 16-1. Definitions
111, For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section:
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classification are, by way of example, stores, shops, grocery stores,
food stores, amusement houses, drug and sundry stores, dry goods and
hard goods stores, package stores, filling stations, shopping centers
and restaurants.
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Garbage Can shall mean a can of the type commonly sold as a garbage
can, in good condition and covered with a tight-fitting lid.
Garden Trash shall mean all the refuse accumulated from the care of
lawns, shrubbery or vines and tree limbs.
Residence A Unit shall mean a residence occupied by and the place
of abode of a single family where one (1) kitchen only is provided and
maintained.
Residence B Unit shall mean duplex residences under a single roof,
or apartments consisting of two (2) or more units under a single roof,
or a primary and secondary dwelling on the same lot.
Residence C Unit shall mean a group of apartments or living
quarters where it is not feasible to have garbage picked up from each
individual residence and where central pick-up of garbage and trash is
required by a dumpster.
Section 2, Chapter 16: Refuse and Garbage, Section 16-2, Garbage
Cans and Trash Containers, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 16
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Section 16-2. Garbage Cans and Trash Containers
(a) Required. All residents or occupants of residences,
apartments or places of business within the city shall provide garbage
cans of sufficient capacity to hold two (2) days' accumulation of
garbage.
(b) Storage. Garbage cans set out for garbage collection shall
not be placed closer than twenty (20) feet to the street from which
garbage service is rendered, or farther back than the building line.
Garbage can blinds, which are in architectural harmony with the
building, or underground containers, may be placed anywhere between the
building and the street from which garbage service is rendered, but in
no case shall they be located on public property. Any residence or
commercial unit to which this section creates a hardship to either the
resident of the property or the city sanitation department for placement
of containers for garbage service shall apply to the building official,
who shall thereupon determine the location at which garbage cans shall
be placed. Garbage cans not in underground containers or blinds shall
not be left in a front yard overnight. Garbage cans located other than
as described in this section shall not be emptied. In cases where lots
run from street to street, the provisions of this section applicable to
front yards shall also apply to rear yards.
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(c) Inspection and approval. All garbage and trash cans shall be
subject to inspection and approval or condemnation by the inspectors of
the sanitation department of the city, and no appeal from the
condemnation shall be possible except to the city commission.
(d) Emptying contents. All garbage cans and trash containers
shall be emptied at least once each day, except Sunday, and the contents
thereof shall be disposed of at least once each day, except Sunday, in
residential districts and as designated by the city manager in the
business districts.
(e) Dumpsters required. All Commercial A type units shall be
required to have a commercial dumpster for disposal of garbage and
trash. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Services to
determine the size dumpster required. Appeals of his decisions may be
made to the City Manager.
Section 3, Chapter 16 Refuse and Garbage, Section 16-7. Fees for
Collection is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 16
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Section 16-7. Fees for Collection
All residents, occupants and owners of premises in the city who
have not arranged for private disposal or garbage and trash as elsewhere
authorized in this article shall have accumulations of garbage and trash
removed and disposed of by the sanitation department of the city, and
for the service of garbage and trash removal shall pay the director of
finance the sums shown below for each service:
(1) Residence A Unit: For each residence A unit, fourteen dollars
($14.00) twenty-one dollars ($21.00) per quarter.
(2) Residence B Unit: For each residence B unit, fourteen dollars
($14.00) twenty-one dollars ($21.00) per quarter.
(3) Residence C Unit: For each residence C unit, fourteen dollars
($14.00) twenty-one dollars ($21.00) quarterly per living unit; if
central pickup of garbage and trash placed in containers, dumpsters, two
(2) cubic yards furnished and maintained by the city, one hundred
forty-five dollars ($145.00) quarterly per container one dollar and
thirty-five cents ($1 .35) per yard.
(4) Commercial A Unit: For each commercial A unit, twexty-dellaxs
£$2Q Q0}-gtarte4ly *one dollar and thirty-five cents ($1.35) per yard
per quarter as follows:
One 2 cubic yard dumpster $210.60 per quarter
One 4 cubic yard dumpster $421.20 per quarter
One 6 cubic yard dumpster $631.80 per quarter
One 8 cubic yard dumpster $842.40 per quarter
* Charge includes dumpster maintenance and replacement.
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All businesses, professions and occupations not required to
have a commercial dumpster:
With owner or operator per quarter twenty-four dollars ($24.00)
With owner or operator and one employee per quarter twenty-seven
dollars ($27.00)
With owner or operator and two employees per quarter thirty dollars
($30.00)
With owner or operator and three employees per quarter thirty-six
dollars ($36.00)
With owner or operator and four employees per quarter forty-two
dollars ($42.00)
With owner or operator and five or more employees per quarter
forty-eight dollars ($48.00) .
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective January 1, 1986.
Passed by the City Commission of First Reading November 25, 1985 •
Passed by the City Commission on Second Reading December 9, 1985 •
i Liam S. Howell, Mayor, Presiding Officer
Approved as to Form and Correctness:
a de L. Mullis, City Attorney
(SEAL)
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Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk