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<br /> <br /> Page 7 <br />dwelling. for a year to year term at the lease rate of six dollars and fifty-five cents ($6.55) per <br />month (in 2016), and seven dollars and nine cents ($7.09) per month (in 2017 and thereafter). <br />(e) Disabled persons or persons needing assisted service who satisfy the following conditions are <br />exempt from the requirement that refuse containers be taken to the curb for emptying on the <br />designated collection dates, and for such persons, the containers may be placed at the front of <br />the dwelling. To be exempt a disabled person or a person needing assisted collection must <br />provide the following to the Director of Solid Waste within one (1) year of seeking assisted <br />service: <br />(1) Submit physician's written statement attesting to customer's inability to physically move <br />container to the curb for collection and return it after collection and the probable duration <br />of that disability; and <br />(2) Submit customer's written, signed statement that there is no person in the household who <br />is able to physically move the container to the curb for collection and return it after <br />collection. <br />(f) Yard waste as defined herein, shall be collected by the City on a weekly basis for disposal and <br />recycling at the City's Organic Resource Facility provided it is placed in containers furnished <br />by leased from the City. Each owner, occupant or lessee of any single or multifamily dwelling <br />shall separate and keep separate any yard waste from the remainder of the residential refuse <br />for collection. As of April 1, 2016 Yyard waste shall not be placed in plastic bags for <br />collection. Such yard waste shall be placed in containers furnished by leased from the City, or <br />may be placed for special pick-up only, in paper or other biodegradable bags. Additionally, <br />special pick-up may be scheduled for any tree limbs and brush of a diameter of less than four <br />(4) inches which shall be bundled together in lengths of forty-eight (48) inches or less, or for <br />tree limbs and brush in excess of these dimensions, or for large quantities of yard waste, <br />excluding tree limbs in excess of six inches in diameter and stumps. Nothing in this section <br />shall prohibit any person from recycling yard wastes on their own property for their own use <br />or from giving such yard waste to another for recycling or use; provided, however, that such <br />recycling neither creates a public nuisance nor is otherwise injurious to the public health, <br />welfare or safety. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the deposit of leaves <br />in a neat and careful manner in the tree lawn or any street in the autumn during the period <br />designated by the Department of Public Works for collection. <br />(g) Commencing January 1, 2016 the owner, Ooccupant or lessee of any single or multifamily <br />dwelling who desires City service of weekly yard waste pick-up and removal must participate <br />in the City’s yard waste program and use a City issued yard waste container. lease from the <br />City a yard waste container with capacity for either forty-five (45) or ninety-six (96) gallons <br />of yard waste. The fee lease rate no matter which size container shall be two dollars ($2.00) <br />per month for the months of April through November, or sixteen dollars ($16.00) per year. <br />Should such container become substantially damaged or otherwise incapable of effective use <br />through no fault of the City, the resident lessee may be responsible for the replacement of the <br />container at actual cost. Yard waste not placed in a City issued containers leased from the City <br />will not be eligible for weekly pick-up and will be eligible only for special pick-up scheduled <br />by the owner, occupant or lessee of any single or multifamily dwelling.