Toronto By-law 844, s. C — Chapter 844 Waste Collection, Residential Properties

A windowless storage room that has a floor area of less than 10 square metres. DWELLING UNIT - A living accommodation used or designed for habitation by one person or by two or more persons living together which consists of a room or suite of two or more rooms in which both culinary and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of the person or persons. ELECTRONIC WASTE - The waste items, other than household hazardous waste and metal goods, referred to in Schedule A of this chapter. [Added 2013-04-04 by By-law 473-2013] GARBAGE - Waste other than recyclable materials, organic materials, yard waste, items for which special collection services are provided and prohibited waste. GARBAGE BIN - A container owned by the City and made available to an owner who receives residential curbside collection as described in § 844-15. GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES - The services provided by the City under this chapter for the removal of garbage from residential properties within the City. GARBAGE CONTAINER - A container for setting out garbage which meets the requirements contained in § 844-10A or B. GARBAGE TAG - A specially marked tag designed for owners of single family residential property to put out garbage for collection as described in § 844-10 and available to owners in accordance with § 844-32. GENERAL MANAGER - The General Manager of the Division, or his or her designate. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE - The waste items, other than electronic waste and metal goods, referred to in Schedule A of this chapter. [Added 2013-04-04 by By-law 473-2013] METAL GOODS - The waste items, other than electronic waste and household hazardous waste, referred to in Schedule A of this chapter. [Added 2013-04-04 by By-law 473-2013; 2016-11-09 2 by By-law 1082-2016 ] MULTI-RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE PROPERTY - A single family residential property, with seven or eight dwelling units, or a multiple-household residence that due to its design cannot store the appropriate regulation containers, described in §§ 844-10B and 844-11B, for residential bulk collection and must receive an increased frequency of residential curbside collection using the regulation containers described in §§ 844-10C and 844-11C. [Added 2009-08-06 by By-law 3 4 5 717-2009; amended 2011-12-01 by By-law 1421-2011; 2016-11-09 by By-law 1082-2016 ] 2 Editor's Note:

• By-law 1082-2016 deleted and replaced the term "White or Metal Goods" with "Metal Goods". This term was replaced throughout the chapter. 3 Editor's Note:
• This by-law comes into force on the day that By-law 491-2009 comes into force, which is on the 30th day after the date on which the application for the set fines of Chapter 841, Waste Collection, Commercial Properties, and Chapter 844, Waste Collection, Residential Properties, is approved under the Provincial Offences Act. Set fine approval was received February 1, 2010. 4 By-law 1421-2011 came into force January 1, 2012. 5 Editor's Note:
• By-law 1082-2016 deleted and replaced the term "Subscription Property" with "Multi-residential Curbside Property". This term was replaced throughout the chapter. 844-5 February 11, 2025 MULTI-RESIDENTIAL FRONT-END COLLECTION - The collection of garbage and recyclable materials in the appropriate regulation containers described in §§ 844-10B and 844- 6 11B. [Amended 2013-04-04 by By-law 473-2013;
• 2016-11-09 by By-law 1082-2016 ] MULTI-RESIDENTIAL FRONT-END COLLECTION FEES - The fees imposed under § 844- 29 on an owner who receives residential front-end collection services. [Amended 2013-04-04 by By-law 473-2013] MULTI-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY - A building used mainly for residential purposes which 7 contains nine or more dwelling units. [Amended 2016-11-09 by By-law 1082-2016 ] NIGHT-TIME COLLECTION PERIOD - A period of time during which the City provides services, which period commences at 9:00 p.m. on a specified day and concludes at 7:00 a.m. the next day. [Amended 2015-06-12 by By-law 603-2015] OFFICER:
• [Added 2010-05-12 by By-law 478-2010]