§ 10-16. Chipping services.

The city shall provide chipping services to single-family residential units located within the city under the following terms and conditions:

(1)

Materials to be chipped by the city shall be determined from time to time by the city.

(2)

All materials to be chipped by the city shall be placed adjacent to the street at times to be designated by the city.

(3)

The fee to be charged by the city to the consumer shall be charged to the consumer when the city responds to a chipping services request by the consumer. It shall be the obligation of the consumer to assure that the permitted materials are at the curbside at the time designated for chipping. The department of environmental and engineering services shall set the schedule for service.

(4)

The fee to be paid by the consumer shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per hour. The minimum charge shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00). Service shall begin upon arrival of the city vehicle at the property site. All service shall be billed to the consumer as an additional charge on the utility bills, section 21-46 of the Code.

(5)

[Activities included and excluded.]

a.

The service shall include the following activities:

1.

Chipping tree limbs of up to eight (8) inches in diameter;

2.

At the consumer's request, any wood chips created by the city's chipping services may be left by the city at the consumer's property for use by the property owner; and

3.

Raking the leaves left from tree branches into a pile on the swale.

b.

The service shall not include:

1.

Removal of any bagged or bundled yard waste;

2.

Chipping any tree limbs over eight (8) inches in diameter; or

3.

Removal of any waste for any species of palm tree, or any other type of municipal garbage.

(6)

Chipping services shall be available only to consumers in single-family residential units who maintain an active water account with the city.

(Ord. No. 98O-8-137, § 1, 9-14-98)

Editor's note

Section 1 of Ord. No. 98O-8-137, adopted Sept. 14, 1998, amended § 10-16 to read as herein set out. Prior to such amendment, § 10-16 pertained to removal of tree limbs and other yard waste by the city and derived from Ord. No. 91-157, § 1, adopted Sept. 11, 1991; Ord. No. 92-139, § 1, adopted May 26, 1992; and Ord. No. 92-152, § 1, adopted June 8, 1992.