No refuse or recycling containers shall be located within any required front or street
side yard setback. No such containers shall be located in any required parking space
or vehicular use area, or in any required bufferyard or landscaping area.
Service Access.
Fifty (50) feet of clear backup space as measured perpendicular from the screen area
shall be provided from the face of the refuse and recycling containers' screening,
unless otherwise approved by the Solid Waste Bureau Chief or his or her designee who
shall find that the reduction is necessary to provide property rights enjoyed by others
in the same zoning district, and will not be detrimental to public health, safety,
and welfare. No encroachment into this area by parking spaces, non-driveway sidewalks,
or landscape areas shall be allowed.
Siting Obstructions.
No F.E.L. refuse or recycling containers shall be sited within 6 feet of any building/structure,
nor sited below obstructing wires nor sited adjacent to any other obstruction to the
container dumping process.
Container Pads.
Refuse container pad(s) shall be provided for all containers and shall be constructed
either of, as a minimum 3,000 p.s.i. concrete six (6) inches thick with 6″ × 6″—10
× 10 wire mesh, four (4) inches thick with number three (#3) steel reinforcing bars
on twelve (12) inch centers in each direction, or as approved by the Solid Waste Bureau
Chief or his or her designee who shall find that the reduction is necessary to provide
property rights enjoyed by others in the same zoning district, and will not be detrimental
to public health, safety, and welfare. A six (6) foot long approach slab of identical
width, thickness, and composition to the container pad shall also be constructed adjacent
and of equal slope to said pad(s). Refuse and Recycling container pads shall be a
minimum of 24 ft. wide by 10 ft. deep with clear inside dimensions.
