8.04.230 Requirements for multifamily residential dwellings.
A. Responsible parties of multifamily premises shall provide or arrange for recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste collection services consistent with this chapter.
B. Except for responsible parties of multifamily premises that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.290, responsible parties of multifamily premises shall:
1. Subscribe to and pay for city’s three-container collection services and comply with requirements of those services for all recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste generated at the multifamily premises as further described below in this section. City shall have the right to review the number and size of the multifamily premises’ collection containers and frequency of collection to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. The responsible party of a multifamily premises shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the city or its designee.
2. Participate in the city’s three-container collection service(s) for at least weekly collection of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste in the manner described below.
a. Place and/or direct its generators to place source separated organic materials, including food waste, in the organic materials container; source separated recyclable materials in the recyclable materials container; and solid waste in the solid waste container.
b. Not place and/or direct its generators to not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers and to not place materials designated for the organic materials containers or recyclable materials containers in the solid waste containers.
3. Supply and allow access to adequate number, size and location of collection containers with sufficient labels or colors for employees, contractors, tenants, and customers, consistent with city’s recyclable materials container, organic materials container, and solid waste container collection service or, if self-hauling, consistent with the multifamily premises’ approach to complying with self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.290.
4. Annually provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about recyclable materials and organic waste recovery requirements and about proper sorting of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste.
5. Provide education information before or within fourteen days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes requirements to source separate recyclable materials and organic materials and to keep source separated organic materials and source separated recyclable materials separate from each other and from solid waste (when applicable) and the location of containers and the rules governing their use at each property.
6. Provide or arrange access for city or its designee to their properties during all inspections conducted in accordance with this chapter to confirm compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 2021-06 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021)