A. Under commercial container service, a customer can buy, lease or contact the contractor to install a container that is compatible with the contractor’s collection equipment, meeting the requirements of this chapter, placed at a central location on his or her premises. If a cart service is already in effect, such cart service shall automatically be discontinued upon placement of a commercial container.

Containers range in size from one cubic yard to eight cubic yards in capacity. Containers exceeding three cubic yards capacity will not be available in the area of the city bounded by “C” Street, Columbia, Fourth Plain and the Columbia River unless the city and collector determine that there is adequate access and space for a larger container. Customers can arrange, by contacting the collector, to have a container emptied up to six times per week. Customers who request that a container be placed on their premises shall be charged a one-time placement fee to cover contractor’s costs in the placement of the container, as set forth below in the schedule of charges.

B. All containers shall be placed in a location accessible to the collector on collection day. If containers are placed so that the collector must go inside a building, go through a gate, or remove from an enclosure, there shall be added a surcharge as set forth in the schedule of charges.

C. If a container must be moved more than 15 feet in order to reach a collector’s collection vehicle, there shall be a roll-out charge as set forth in the schedule of charges.

D. Containers should not be overfilled. They shall not be loaded so heavily that the collector cannot easily move them. They shall be placed on hard and level surfaces. Lids should close properly when the container is full. Should the container be overfilled by the customer, there shall be an additional charge as set forth in the schedule of charges.

E. Customers who have secured containers so as to prevent public access shall remove all such security devices on pickup day. Should the customer want the collector to unlock the container, the customer must provide a key or combination to the collector. There shall be an additional charge as set forth in the schedule of charges to the customer for having the collector take this responsibility unless the container automatically unlocks upon collection. The collector shall not be held responsible to empty any locked container when no key or combination has been provided, and the collector shall not be held responsible for any lost lock or key.

F. Any container customer may call the collector for a special pickup, and the collector shall respond as soon as possible and in any event not to exceed 48 hours, at a rate specified in the schedule of charges. (Ord. M-4264 § 13, 2019; Ord. M-3193 § 15, 1995; Ord. M-2893 § 5, 1990; Ord. M-2665 § 15, 1987)