§ 8.16.020. Purpose.


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  • The health, welfare, and safety of the people of the city require that regulations and procedures be established that will provide for the storage, collection and disposal of refuse and waste materials that accumulate within the city, including recyclable material. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the management of solid waste and recycling, the storage, collection, transportation, recovery of recyclable materials and disposal of solid waste in the city and provide for a stable revenue source with which the city may provide adequate management of solid waste. To assure the existence and continuance of the collection and disposal system that will benefit all citizens of the city, it is necessary that regulations and procedures be established as set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 466 (part), 1998)