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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 13
Chapter 13.02
Section 13.02.0354
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.02 Solid Waste

Article III. Collection

Section 13.02.0354 Container Weight Limits

Maximum permissible container weight, meaning total gross weight of a loaded container, including the container and contents, in pounds is:

  1. Residential.
    1. Extra thirty-two-gallon garbage can: Eighty-five pounds.
    2. Thirty-two-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
    3. Sixty-eight-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
    4. Ninety-five-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
    5. Recycling automated carts: Two hundred pounds.
       
  2. Commercial.
    1. One-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
    2. Two-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds
    3. Three-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
    4. Four-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
    5. Six-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
    6. Twenty-cubic-yard rolloff: Twenty thousand pounds.
    7. Thirty-cubic-yard rolloff: Twenty thousand pounds.
    8. Small compactor, from two-cubic-yard capacity up to six-cubic-yard capacity: Six thousand pounds.
    9. Large compactor, from ten- to forty-cubic yards: Twenty thousand pounds.

Date Passed: Monday, November 26, 2012

Effective Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2013

ORD C34938 Section 19