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ORDINANCE NO. 5865
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PICKUP OF
RESIDENTIAL YARD DEBRIS AND AMENDING CHAPTER
IV OF THE SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE OF 1997
The Common Council of the City of Springfield does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 4.400 of the Springfield Municipal Code is amended, by adding
thereto the following definition of "yard debris":
Yard debris. "Yard debris" shall include grass clippings, hedge trimmings,
branches and limbs less than eight inches in diameter, and other vegetative
waste generated from residential property or landscaping activities, but
shall not include tree stumps, root wads, or poisonous vegetation.
Section 2. Section 4.406 of the Springfield Municipal Code is amended by
renumbering the existing text as subsection (l) and inserting, at the end thereof, the following as
subsection (2):
(2) The collector of garbage shall provide collection of yard debris to
residential customers in months designated by the Public Works Director
or designee. Such designation shall be made not more than twice
annually, with at least 30 days written notice to the collector of garbage.
Each customer shall be charged a rate fixed by the collector of garbage and
approved by resolution of the Council.
Section 3. Chapter IV of the Springfield Municipal Code is amended by adding
thereto a new section, to be section 4.432, entitled "Collection and Disposal of Yard Debris" to
read as follows:
Collection and disposal of Yard Debris. Yard debris shall be collected in
customer supplied containers, bags, or bundles measuring not more than
four feet in length and two feet in diameter. The collector shall not be
required to collect any container not left at the curb nor any container
whose weight exceeds 60 pounds, provided that the collector shall advise
any customer of any container that is not collected by reason of excessive
weight. Disposal of the contents of such container shall be the
responsibility of the customer.
The total number of bundles per residential site shall not exceed five.
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Bundles shall be free of contaminants such as dirt, rocks, metal or other
non-vegetative waste.
Yard debris shall be disposed of at a facility registered with the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality. The collector shall maintain
records of the quantity of yard debris collected, which shall be provided to
the City with the annual report.
ADOPTED b~ the Common C?uncil of the City of Springfield this1lth day of Novemb~r
1997, by a vote of _ for and ~ against.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Springfield this 17th day of November
1997.
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, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that Bill
Morrisette, to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in the foregoing
instrument did sign this ordinance with his hand in my presence this 17th day of
November , 1997.
Julie Wilson
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( CITY RECORDER AND
NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON
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REVIEWED & APPROVED
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
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JULIE A. WILSON
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