§ 74-32. Manner of setting-out and containing solid waste, yard waste and recyclables for collection.

(a)

Subject to the provisions of the then-current LCG contract(s), every owner and occupant of a residential unit, commercial unit or property within the service area, may have solid waste, yard waste and recyclables collected and disposed of by the contractor only if there is compliance with the following:

(1)

All containers for solid waste, containers for yard waste and containers for recyclables shall be maintained in as sanitary a condition as possible, in view of the use to which same is put, the sides and bottom shall be kept in good repair and free of holes, and shall be thoroughly cleaned as needed by washing or otherwise;

(2)

The lids or covers of all containers for solid waste and containers for recyclables shall at all times be kept secure and completely closed so that flies and other insects as well as dogs, scavengers and other vectors may not have access to the contents; and

(3)

All containers for solid waste, yard waste, and recyclables must be placed for collection within three feet of where the street meets the property of the residential or commercial unit. If the slope of the property is inclined to such a degree so as to prevent containers from being placed and maintained in an upright position, the containers may be placed in the street, immediately adjacent to the property of the residential or commercial unit. Within 24 hours of the container being emptied on the regularly scheduled service day, the container must be brought to within three feet of the home or business to which they are assigned, except for residents located in the rural area that live outside of a subdivision, who are only required to move the container back at least ten feet from where the street meets the resident's property. For every address in violation of this paragraph, the public works department is authorized to charge the owner a fee of $25.00 dollars for each container or can left out in violation of this paragraph up to a maximum fee of $150.00 dollars per calendar year. No fee shall be charged to or assessed against an owner until the owner has received at least one written notice of violation from the public works department. If a fee is assessed, the director of the finance department shall send the owner an invoice for the fee, and said owner shall have 30 calendar days to pay the invoice and, if not paid after 30 calendar days, the amount of the invoice plus a lien fee may be recorded in the mortgage office of Lafayette Parish, and the fee shall be added to the next tax bill of the owner. The director of the finance department shall have recorded in the mortgage office of Lafayette Parish an attested statement showing the amount of the invoice and the address of the owner's property, so as to establish for LCG, a lien and privilege securing the payment by the owner of the invoice and legal interest on such amount from the date of recordation.

(b)

The public works department shall have authority to inspect all containers used for the collection of solid waste, yard waste and/or recyclables from residential and commercial units, and if a container is in violation of this article, the owner shall be given a period of seven calendar days to replace or repair the container. Failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this article. In addition, the department shall, after the seven-calendar-day period, have the authority to collect and dispose of such containers.

(Ord. No. O-208-2013, § 3, 10-1-2013; Ord. No. O-085-2014, § 2, 5-20-2014)