Ordinance 22-06OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 22-06
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 40-39 BY
AMENDING PARAGRAPH (b), ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH (e), AND
RENUMBERING FORMER PARAGRAPH (e) AS PARAGRAPH (f),
ESTABLISHING RULES AND CHARGES FOR THE COLLECTION AND
DISPOSAL OF FOOD SCRAPS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD COMPOSTABLE
MATERIALS WITH YARD WASTE MATERIALS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Section 40-39 (b) of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 40-39. Yard Waste And Food Scraps:
(a) Yard waste shall be separated by the owner of a premises from all other
solid waste.
(b) An owner may compost such person's own yard waste and food scraps on
such person's own premises provided the same is stored in such a
manner as to not create a fire, health or safety hazard.
(c) Yard waste that has not been composted by the owner of the premises
shall be collected by the city not more than once each week according to
the collection schedule established by the city manager from April through
November each year. Christmas trees shall be collected separately from
all other solid waste once each week for two (2) weeks after the Christmas
holiday according to the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Yard waste collected by the city shall be placed in degradable paper bags
with an affixed single use tag or in permanent waste containers with an
affixed single use tag or in permanent waste containers with an affixed
annual yard waste permit or be contained by tying devices approved by
the city manager. The charges for collection and disposal of "yard waste"
as defined shall be as follows:
(1) The fee for tying devices approved by the city manager shall be one
dollar and 20 cents ($1.20) each.
(2) The fee paid to the city by a property owner for an annual yard waste
permit for a permanent waste container shall be twenty six dollars
($26.00) each through June 30 of each year. The fee shall be reduced by
one-half (1/2) on July 1 of each year, and again by one-half (1/2) on
September 1 of each year. A permit shall only be used by the property
owner who purchased it.
(3) The fee for single use tags shall be one dollar and twenty cents
($1.20) each.
Section 2. The following new Section is hereby adopted:
(e) Subscribers to the food scrap collection pilot program, commencing April
3, 2006, and ending November 30, 2007, shall set out city -owned carts
containing food scraps and other compostable materials.
(1) Such carts shall be co -collected with yard waste from April through
November.
(2) Such carts shall be set out with attached annual yard waste permits or
single use tags as approved by the city manager.
(3) Such carts shall be set out weekly to reduce potential nuisance
concerns. Failure to use, store or set out the cart properly shall cause the
subscription to be terminated.
Section 3. Section 40-39 (e) is renumbered and adopted as follows:
(f) No person shall deposit any yard waste or food scraps in any public right
of way. (Ord. 54-93, § 1, 9-20-1993; Ord. 16-95, § 1, 3-8-1995; Ord. 16-
96, § 1, 3-18-1996; Ord. 14-02, § 3, 3-5-2002)
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the 3rd day of April, 2006.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of March, 2006.
/s/Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
is/Jeanne Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
Published officially in the Telegraph Herald Newspaper the 15th day of March,
2006.
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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