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AN ORDINANCE • AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATED TO COLLECTION OF COMMERCIAL REFUSE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Section 26-63 of Article V of Chapter 26 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained, as follows: ARTICLE V. FEES FOR CURBSIDE REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL. Section 26-60. Purpose. This Council finds that reduction of the solid waste stream through imposition of volume based user fees is one effective means of addressing the growing problem and escalating costs of solid waste disposal. Such fees should also encourage recycling and help our locality meet the state mandate of reducing our locality's waste stream by 25%. For these reasons, the Council finds that the public interest will be better served if the following provisions are enacted: Section 26-61. Definitions. • Curbside Customers - are those persons who either reside or operate businesses within the city and the properties on which they reside or operate a business meet the following two criteria: (1) such properties receive once a week curbside refuse collection service from the City, and (2) such properties on the average generate refuse each week which would fill less than twelve (12) thirty-two gallon containers. Excluded from this definition under this article are those persons who own or operate "commercial properties" as defined in Article III of this chapter - meaning properties which use dumpsters. Additional persons may be designated "curbside customers" if the properties on which they reside or operate a business justify a finding by the Director of Public Works that the location of the subject property makes it impractical to serve with front loading City refuse trucks. Refuse - means garbage, trash, debris, litter and other solid waste which the City regularly collects as part of its curbside collection and which is more fully defined in §26-36 of this Chapter. This does not include hazardous waste, white goods, furniture, tires, automobile parts, asbestos and inert waste such as dirt, logs, rock, construction materials, brush (unless tied in bundles less than 3 feet long) or demolition debris. Disposal Stickers or Stickers - are stickers purchased from the City or its authorized agents. They shall be a distinctive color and shall be printed with the City Seal or appropriate words which will readily indicate to City collectors of curbside refuse that the bags or containers on which the stickers are attached are intended for city refuse collection. They may be of three types: for large size containers of no more than 32 gallons weighing no more than 50 pounds; �7