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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - November 18, 1992 (72)CW 4� ,* CITY OF LODE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 9 f AGENDA TITLE: Establish Standard Pickup Location for Waste Cart Receptacles 1VI EENG DATE: November 18, 1592 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council, by motion action, standardize the pickup location, as shown on Exhibit 1, for Sanitary City's new three -cart system. BACKGROUND P4MN AIM- The Public Works Department met with Lodi Sanitary City Disposal Company and agreed upon the pickup locations for their rev waste receptacles as shown on the attached Exhibits 1 and 2. The operating procedures for this three -cart system that had to be considered in picking a location are as follows: 1. The 38 -gallon trash container (nonrecyclables) will be picked up weekly. In most locations, this pickup will be fully automated using a truck with an extendable arm that can reach out 96 inches. 2. The 60 -gallon recycling container will be picked up every other week. This container will be manually moved to the truck for dumping. 3. The 90 -gallon yard and garden container will be picked up every other week alternating with the recycling coctainer. This container will be manually moved to the truck for dumping. 4. Therefore, each vuk there will be two containers to be picked up, either the trash and recycling or the trash aid yard -garden. 5. There must be a clear space of at least two to three feet around the refuse container to provide room for operation of the automatic am. In determining the proper pickup location, the City had the following two major concerns: 1. That vie did not block the sidewalk 2. That if the street was used that there was no conflict with our sweeping schedule APPROVED: THOMAS A PETERSON ..r.w.... City. a"606 CC -1 CWASTECA/TXTW.02M (CO.COM) November 11, 1992 Waste Cart Receptacles November 18, 1992 Page 2 The following four genera locations were evaluated: 1. Immediately behind the back of sidewalk 2. On the sidewalk at the back of sidewalk 3. In the street near the flow line of the curb 4. On the sidewalk at face of curb The locations near the back of sidewalk were eliminated due to the liability of the extendable arm going out and crossing the sidewalk and the fact that, if there was a parked car near the cart location, the container may not be reached because of the 96 -inch limitation on the arm. Putting the pickup location in the street was eliminated because vie could not coordinate the street sweeping schedule with the weekly pickup schedule. Our street sweeping schedule during non -leaf season is every twelve working days and during leaf season every ten working days. The other problem with the street location that vie witnessed in other communities was that the carts are not always removed from the street on the day of pickup. This would increase the conflicts with street sweeping It was determined that the best location is in the existing driveway section at the face of the curb. This location provides for easy placement by the property owner and provides the pedestrian with the driveway area to walk around the cart which will be blocking a portion of the sidewalk. VVIm a parkway (lawn area between curb, gutter and sidewalk) exists, it is recommended the cart be placed at the curb in the parkway outside of the driveway limits. Most parkway areas exist in the older part of town and have a substandard width driveway. For this reason, vie are recommend ng carts be placed outside the driveway limits. It should be noted that these standard locations will be used as guidelines and there wi 1 be specific exceptions to these standards which will need to be worked out on an individual basis between the property owner and Sanitary City. Exhibit I shows cart location for the following four situations: Case 1 - Vertical curb Case 2 - Vertical curb with parkway Case 3 - Joint driveways Case 4 - Roll -type curb Exhibit 2 shows pictures of the carts under each of the four cases above. FUNDING: Not applicable. Jack Ronsko Publi Works Director JLR/lm Attachments cc: Sanitary City Disposa CWASTECA/TXTW.02M (CO.COM) November 11, 1992 Back of Sidewalk F' Face of curb EXHIBIT 1 CASE 1 VERTICAL CURB Back of Sidewalk G ' Drwy CASE 2 —J ,. • _ . ",� — • — -_1 - � •- _ .. VERTICA! CUR8 ...+ .. _ r .........._. WITH PARKWAY Parkway '—rV`--. _ Face of curb -� Ve F�1 .... .. CASE 3 . ,. Drwy' • •,•• : ,: -• pryry • ; :R jj JOINT DRIVEWAY Back of �: ..•.•• Sidewalk ;•• ' .. J6. — — - __.• ' Face of curb Bock of Sidewalk �.. �. • .. any :� : •.•.� :E — — -- L �: s �'- —'='�•y� CASE 4 •� .,..�•1F • ' , . Front of • . - , : , sidewalk ` •— — ......... •— _ ROLL TYPE CURB Mim Curb and gutter Note: It makes no difference which side of the driveway the trash container is placed. However, the recycling or yard and garden container must be placed on the opposite side. M-.\0PEM\EM18ffS\CPu 4