Spokane Municipal Code

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.02 Solid Waste

Article III. Collection

Section 13.02.0338 Commercial Containers

1. Premises not eligible for service with residential containers are served by commercial-capacity containers. All containers except compactor units are supplied by the department. Where premises generate more than sixty cubic yards per week, minimum size service is a rolloff container of twenty-cubic-yard capacity.

2. No more than three automated refuse carts are allowed at any one pickup site. If the customers' needs exceed this level, then, space permitting, minimum size service is a two-cubic-yard dumpster, with enclosure. In individual cases, the director may adjust this policy, on customer request.

3. Approved commercial containers are:

1. 1. dumpster service, provided in capacities of one-, two-, three-, four- and six-cubic-yard dumpsters. Dumpster design may be front loader or rear loader, depending upon the method of emptying the containers;

1. 2. rolloff service, provided in capacities of twenty- and thirty-cubic-yards;

1. 3. small compactor service. Customer purchases unit and container, from two- to four-cubic-yard capacity. All compactor units must be approved by the director as compatible for use with departmental equipment, including compatibility with equipment safety limitations;

1. 4. large compactor service. Customer purchases unit and container, from ten- to forty-cubic-yard capacity. All compactor units must be approved by the director as compatible for use with departmental equipment, including road weight limitations;

1. 5. recyclable containers. Commercial-service containers for separated recyclables are available in the same capacities as for general mixed-solid waste. The same general conditions apply as for general mixed-solid waste containers.

Date Passed: Monday, October 15, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Recodification ORD C34122 Section 1