Re: [Chat] private trash collection
John: The problem is prevalent. When it happened at 28th and Maryland at 4 a.m., I called Salem Reiner at JHU and he called the company to stop it. So the best thing to do is to locate the person or company paying the bill for dumpster pickup at that location and approach them with the request to contact the company to come after 7 am. There is a City ordinance prohibiting dumpster pickup in residential areas but I am not sure of the hours. The city ordinances and laws are online at www.baltimorecity.gov. Sharon Guida In a message dated 5/30/2011 8:44:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jfs...@hotmail.com writes: Has anyone been disturbed by trash haulers who empty dumpsters early in the morning? The law prohibits the private trash truch from collecting trash and emptying dumpsters before 7:00 am. This morning I confonted the operators of a truck emptying a dumpster behind 2645-47 North Charles Street when I was awakened by the truck before 6:00 am. I am curious how widespread this problem is in Charles Village. John ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] private trash collection
Steve, My trash on Maryland Avenue has gotten picked up at 6:30 a.m. by City Crews. Sharon Guida In a message dated 5/30/2011 12:09:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gewi...@bellatlantic.net writes: BTW, the City asks us to have our trash and recycling out by 6 a.m., although I have never seen the City sanitation crews that early on my block. ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] private trash collection
John: Email or Call 311 and report the violation of the City Ordinance with the details that you were able to collect from your photo and give them the address of the property on which the dumpster was located. The property owner is responsible also. Sharon Guida In a message dated 5/30/2011 9:27:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jfs...@hotmail.com writes: I came out and photographed the truck and the Cockey's Enterprises logo on the door. There were actually three guys working on the truck. I told them that the law states they cannot service residential areas before 7 am. I told them I was going to contact Cockey's management. One of them told me to go ahead and make the call. They said they were just doing their jobs. John ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
Re: [Chat] private trash collection
Thanks Eric.
The person calling or emailing a complaint to 311 should cite the citations
you have located and request the issuance of one or more of the citations
listed in the enforcement provisions listed below.
§ 7-229. Enforcement by citation.
(a) In general. In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or
enforcement procedure, this subtitle may be
enforced by issuance of:
(1) an environmental citation under City Code Article 1, Subtitle 40
{Environmental Control Board}; or
(2) a civil citation under City Code Article 1, Subtitle 41 {Civil
Citations}.
(b) Process not exclusive.
The issuance of a citation to enforce this subtitle does not preclude
pursuing any other civil or
criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.
(Ord. 99-548; Ord. 03-595.)
§ 7-230. Penalties: $500/day.
(a) In general.
Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle or of any rule or
regulation adopted under this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on
conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.
(b) Each day a separate offense. Each day that a violation continues is a
separate offense.
(City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §272.) (Ord. 99-548.)
In a message dated 5/31/2011 10:18:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ericdym...@gmail.com writes:
Here's the relevant text from the city ordinances. I couldn't figure out
how to link directly to the subsection, but it's in the Civil Citations
digest, under Title 7 of the Health Code
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=f%2fJHpZjoT1Q%3dtabid=159
Two sections that seemed relevant, the first requires that dumpsters be
labeled with the company name and container registration number, the second
lays out the permitted hours (7am to 11 pm).
§ 7-219. Identification of containers.
(a)
In general. Each waste container that has a capacity of 2 cubic yards or
more must be labeled with:
(1) the name of the licensee; and
(2) an identification number assigned by the Commissioner.
(b)
Form. The label must be:
(1) on the outside of the container; and
(2) in permanent lettering that is:
(i) plainly distinguishable; and
(ii) at least 3 inches high.
(City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §269(e).) (Ord. 99-548.)
§ 7-221. Hours of collection.
(a)
In general. Except as specified in subsection (b) of this section, no
hauler may collect solid waste in the
City before 7 a.m. or after 11 p.m. on any day, weekends and legal
holidays included.
(b)
Nonresidential areas. A licensee may collect solid waste at any time from
a business, commercial, industrial,
institutional, or other nonresidential use structure as long as no
residential structure is within
100 feet of any collection point.
. . . .
(City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §26(f).) (Ord. 99-548.)
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