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It is hereby stated as the policy and the law of the City of <br /> South Bend that all yard waste as defined herein generated by or <br /> emanating from the City, whether from residential, commercial, <br /> industrial, institutional or governmental sources, shall not be <br /> landfilled. Such yard waste, whether collected by the City, <br /> commercial lawn services, tree services or private carriers, <br /> shall be disposed of at the City' s Organic Resource Facility for <br /> recycling; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent <br /> any individual or company from otherwise recycling yard waste in <br /> a manner approved by the Director of the Department of Public <br /> Works . <br /> Sec. 16-28. Separation of Yard Waste from trash and garbage; <br /> Tree limbs. <br /> All generators, handlers, collectors and haulers of yard <br /> waste shall handle such waste in a manner so as to assure that <br /> yard waste will not be co-mingled with trash and garbage. Yard <br /> waste may be delivered to the Organic Resource Facility in <br /> plastic or paper bags or in a loose condition; provided, however, <br /> that all brush and tree limbs shall be segregated from the <br /> remainder of the yard waste, shall be cut in lengths not to <br /> exceed forty-eight (48) inches and bundled. The Organic Resource <br /> Facility cannot process and will not accept tree limbs in excess <br /> of six (6) inches in diameter or stumps . These items may be <br /> disposed of by landfill or in any other lawful manner. <br /> Sec. 16-29. Tipping charges; Purchase of recycled yard waste <br /> products; Exemptions. <br /> (a) Tipping charges for disposal of yard waste at the <br /> Organic Resource facility are set at three dollars and sixty-five <br /> cents ($3 . 65) per cubic yard. <br /> (b) Compost, wood chips and other recycled yard waste <br /> products may be purchased from the Organic Resource Facility for <br /> two dollars ($2 . 00) per cubic yard for quantities exceeding one <br /> (1) cubic yard. Recycled yard waste products of a quantity of <br /> one (1) cubic yard or less may be obtained from the Organic <br /> Resource Facility at no charge. <br /> (c) The Board of Public Works, pursuant to the powers <br /> granted by IC 36-9-30, may from time to time adjust and change <br /> the tipping charges at the Organic Resource Facility and the <br /> charges for the purchase of recycled yard waste products set out <br /> above . Such changes and adjustments may be made only after a <br /> public hearing and shall be based upon the actual cost of <br /> processing the yard waste, producing the recycled product and <br /> operating the Organic Resource Facility, including the <br /> establishment of a reasonable reserve for capital improvements . <br /> (d) The following programs and departments of the City shall <br /> be exempt from payment of the tipping charges set out above: <br /> Operation Releaf <br /> Solid Waste/Yard Waste Program <br /> Park Department . <br /> (e) All City departments and programs shall be exempt from <br /> the payment of charges for recycled yard waste products . <br /> Secs. 16-30 -- 16-36. Reserved. <br />