10881-22 Amending Tipping & Loading Charges for Yard Waste Customer Within Two Sections of Ch. 16, Article 4

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BILL NO. 47-22 ORDINANCE NO. 10881-22 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING TIPPING AND LOADING CHARGES FOR YARD WASTE CUSTOMER WITHIN TWO SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE 4 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The City's Organic Resources facility collects and processes yard waste materials from area residents. This service is separate from the City's yard waste program where residents can sign up to receive their own yard waste bin which is picked up weekly. Material taken to the Organic Resources facility is processed and converted into mulch and compost for area residents to use at no cost if they are self-loading. The City currently charges the same tipping fee for customers both inside and outside the corporate limits of South Bend to bring in yard waste material. A loading fee is also charged if City staff use their equipment to load mulch and compost into customers vehicles. This ordinance increases the tipping fees for customers who live outside the corporate limits of South Bend to dispose of yard waste material. Loading charges for mulch and compost are also adjusted for all customers. These changes are meant to better reflect the actual operational costs of services provided to customers. This ordinance is necessary for the effective, efficient operation of the City's Organic Resources facility and is in the best interest of the City and its citizens. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA as follows: SECTION I: The South Bend Municipal Code at Section 16-27 and Section 16-29 of Article 4 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 16-27.—Policy regarding disposal of yard waste. It is hereby stated as the policy and law of the City of South Bend that all yard waste as defined herein generated by or emanating from the City, whether from residential, commercial, industrial, institutional or governmental sources, shall not be landfilled. Such yard waste, whether collected by the City, commercial lawn services, tree services or private carriers, shall be disposed of at the City's Organic Resource Facility for recycling; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent any individual or company from otherwise recycling yard waste in a manner approved by the Director of the Department of Public Works. : . . . - - . --•. • .. . (Ord. No. 8436-93, § I; Ord. No. 10270-13, § III, 11-11-13) 1