Tifton Reminds Residents to Remove Trash Cans from Street

TIFTON REMINDS RESIDENTS TO REMOVE TRASH CANS FROM STREET

By BONNIE SAYLES

Tifton Grapevine

Some Tifton residents recently received notices that the trash cans left in front of their homes all week needed to be moved away from the road or a citation would be issued.

Interim City Manager Larry Lawrence told the Tifton Grapevine that the notice was to remind residents of the city ordinance that states that trash carts should be removed by 11 p.m. on the resident's collection day.

Rather than start fining residents who left trash carts in front of their homes all week, Lawrence instructed code enforcement officers to issue reminder notices to encourage compliance.

Section 66-16 of the city's codes addresses the collection and placement of containers. It reads:

"Residential solid waste shall be collected every week from a 95-gallon cart supplied by the city or its franchisee. Solid waste carts shall be collected from all residential units utilizing solid waste carts and light commercial units one time per week. Only residential solid waste shall be placed in a solid waste cart.

"Carts shall be placed by the resident at the designated collection site by 7 a.m. on the day of collection. Each resident shall remove his cart from the curbside by 11 p.m. on the resident's collection day. If the city or its franchise fails to collect the items from a resident's cart on the regularly scheduled day of collection, the time limits in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply for that regularly scheduled day of collection.

"However, in no event shall the cart(s) be left at street side later than 11 p.m. on the third day after the regularly scheduled day of collection, which was missed.

"This requirement may be waived for any person physically unable to place the cart(s) at the collection site. Residents must provide proof of the condition in the form of a letter from a medical doctor. Any cart placed on the curb or other designated collection site after the departure of the collection crew shall be at the peril of the owner. Containers and carts not collected as a result of not being at the designated collection site by 7 a.m. shall be collected the following regularly scheduled collection day."