19920728 1992-24ORDINANCE NO. 1992- 24
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 10-4(a) and 10-7(b),
CHAPTER 10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX,
VIRGINIA, CONCERNING MANDATORY SEPARATION OF
GRASS CLIPPINGS FROM ITS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
AND SPECIAL COLLECTION THEREOF BY THE CITY
1. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia that Subsection 10-4(a), Chapter 10 of
the Code of the City of Fairfax is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:
(a)
The following materials will be collected on
regular collection schedules: Garbage, kitchen
waste, cold ashes, paper, non-recyclable glass,
plastic, dirt and any other refuse accumulated
as a result of normal household activities or
yard work, provided, however, that the recycl-
able materials described in (b) shall be
collected by separate pickup on regular
collection schedules, the recyclable materials
described in (c) shall be only collected once
a week by special pickup arrangement, and the
brush, herbaceous waste, and other materials
described in (d) and (e) shall be collected by
special pickup arrangements. Such refuse shall
be placed in approved containers or in neat and
compact bundles or boxes in such a manner to
permit handling by one person, and which do not
exceed sixty (60) pounds in weight when full.
Large single items, such as furniture, placed
at the curb, shall also be collected on regular
collection schedules.
2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Fairfax, Virginia that Subsection 10-7(b),
Chapter 10 of the Code of the City of Fairfax is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(b)
The City Manager or his designee shall promul-
gate pickup schedules for grass clippings,
leaves, Christmas trees and other special
collections.
This ordinance shall become effective as provided
by law.
ADOPTED:
INTRODUCED: ___~]y ]4% ]992
PUBLIC HEARING: .. July 28, ]992
July 28, 1992
DATE
ATTEST:
Cit~ C~rk