TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Daniel Edwards, Assistant Director of Public Services
Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Director of Public Services
DATE: January 2, 2023
RE:
Title
Solid Waste - Yard Waste - Acceptable Containers
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
The City Council adopted the amended Solid Waste (SW) Ordinance on January 27, 2023, which went into effect on July 1, 2023. In response to a recent Council request due to concerns some residents raised regarding acceptable containers for yard waste, staff are prepared to discuss the feasibility of accepting non-standardized containers for yard waste. Staff recommend continuing with the present process, for the City of Fayetteville to better maintain consistency, predictability, and enforceability of the SW services.
Background:
During a presentation to the Council in January, staff presented proposed revisions to the operations ordinance. The main objective of the proposed new ordinance was to address service limits, correct ordinance ambiguity, update definitions, and update the operation language (specifically Sec 22-10). There were no recommendations or discussions regarding changing the acceptable yard waste containers or any of the other containers for SW services other than the general statement regarding tighter enforcement of the whole ordinance moving forward.
Please refer below for the list of approved containers for yard waste in the previous Solid Waste Ordinance:
Sec. 22-5, a
2. Nonautomated collection system. All households and businesses not part of the automated rollout collection system shall provide approved containers for all solid waste for removal by the city. Wet and dry garbage containers shall have a capacity of no more than 32 gallons. The following provisions shall be complied wi...
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