Kingston By-law 2014-5, s. 5.1 — General Conditions

General Conditions:

• The City shall provide for collection of Collectable material from eligible properties at the level of service as described in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw on the day designated by the Manager.

No Person shall Set Out or permit the Setting Out of Unacceptable Items as listed on Schedules "B", "C", "D", and "F" either on its own or mixed with any Waste for which the City provides a collection service. The City shall provide two Blue Boxes, one Grey Box, and one Household Organics Receptacle for each Residential Unit in the residential Property Class with the exception of condominium and co-operative housing properties. The City shall provide recycling boxes or wheeled plastic carts, and Household Organics Receptacles to condominium, co-operative housing, Multi-Residential, and New Multi-Residential Properties on a property by property basis as determined by the Manager.

No Owner or Occupant shall Set Out a Garbage, Recycling or Yard Waste Receptacle having a gross weight of more than 20 kg (44

• lb) including the contents. Waste that is frozen to, or in any way attached to, or packed so tightly or in a condition such that it cannot discharge freely from a Receptacle with minimal effort by the Collection Operator will not be collected. Any device added to a Receptacle by an Owner or Occupant to tie down or secure any lid or contents must be removed prior to collection or the Waste will not be collected.

No Owner or Occupant, excluding a Commercial Property Owner or Occupant in the Special Collection Area, shall Set Out or permit the Setting Out of Waste prior to 5:00 p.m. of the day prior to the Scheduled Collection Day except that Yard Waste Receptacles may be placed out two weeks prior to, and any time during the Yard Waste collection period. (see Part 5, 5.1 (x), (y), (z)).

No Owner or Occupant shall Set Out or permit the Setting Out of Waste later than 6:00 a.m. of the Scheduled Collection Day.

Every Owner or Occupant, excluding a Commercial Property Owner or Occupant in the Special Collection Area, shall remove any Receptacle, or any items refused for collection from the Collection Point at which it was Set Out, by 8:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Collection Day except that Yard Waste Receptacles may remain Set Out until the end of the Yard Waste collection period, or unless a work order has been issued and the Owner or Occupant has been advised to leave the Receptacle out.

No Person shall scavenge, pick over, sort through, collect, remove, scatter, disturb, damage or interfere with any Waste Set Out for collection, except as authorized by the Manager..

No Person shall throw, place or deposit any waste refuse or debris on any property of the City or any local board thereof, or on any Private Property without the authorization of the Owner or Occupant of that property. Owner or Occupant may, for the purpose of collection in accordance with the requirements of this Bylaw only, place Waste on the untraveled portion of the street allowance directly fronting the property owned or occupied by the Owner or Occupant or such other place as the Manager may direct.

No Person shall deposit, or permit to be deposited, Waste generated on Private Property into public space garbage cans or recycling depots located on Public Property for the purpose of receiving garbage and recyclables generated on Public Property.

No person shall Set Out for collection any Waste at a location fronting on property not owned or occupied by that Person, unless directed by the Manager to do so. Waste shall be Set Out for collection in a location as close as practical to the travelled portion of the street directly adjacent to the property of the Owner or Occupant in such a manner that it does not obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

No Owner or Occupant shall Set Out Waste for collection on top of a snowbank, or pile of snow, unless the top of the waste receptacle is less than 1.4 m (4.5

• ft) above ground level.

No Owner whose property is vacant shall Set Out for collection, or allow, or cause to be Set Out for collection, any Waste on the vacant property. The City shall not be obligated to collect Waste from properties abutting a private or unassumed road unless there is clear, unobstructed access to such property, sufficient unobstructed turnaround space for Waste collection vehicles, and the road is structurally adequate to support collection vehicles, all of which shall be determined by the Manager. On-Site Waste Collection shall only be carried out from locations designated and approved by the Manager.

Owners or Occupants shall at all times maintain adequate vehicular access to their property for the purposes of On-Site Waste Collection, including, but not limited to, providing adequate room for collection vehicles to turn around without the need to back up, removing snow and ice, prohibiting parking where required, and removal of any other obstacle.

No Person shall obstruct or hinder or attempt to obstruct or hinder an Officer or other authorized employee or agent of the City in the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty under this Bylaw.

Owners or Occupant are not eligible to dispose of Waste unless he or she conforms with all applicable standards and requirements of:

• (1) every by-law of the City;
• (2) every provincial or federal Act and regulation made under an Act; and (3) every instrument of a legislative nature made or issued a provincial or federal Act or regulation. Property Owner or Occupant in the Special Collection Area Set Out or permit the Setting Out of Waste prior to 4:30 p.m. of the day to the Scheduled Collection Day or any other day. Property Owner or Occupant in the Special Collection Area Set Out or permit the Setting Out of Waste between 9:30 a.m. and p.m. daily. Commercial Property Owner or Occupant in the Special Collection shall remove any Receptacle, or any items refused for collection or Set Out for collection, from the Collection Point, prior to 9:30 daily.