ARTICLE V. SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE

(a) Bulky Item Collection:

     (1) Occupants who receive county collection service and who desire to have bulky items collected must call the county in advance in accordance with a collection schedule to be published by the county administrator. Each household and qualified small business which has elected to receive collection services from the county is entitled to have three (3) bulky items collected per collection, four (4) times each calendar year. Single family detached and duplex residences which have elected not to receive county ser-vice may call the county in advance to receive bulky items collected, for such fee as is established by the board.

      (2) New occupants of a household who elect to receive county collection ser-vices are permitted a one (1) time special bulky item collection of up to thirty (30) boxes.

     (3) Individual households and qualified small businesses, which have elected not to receive county service, may call the county to arrange for special bulky item collections for a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) per pick up. The county reserves the right to limit the amount of bulky items collected per pick up.

(b) Special Yard Waste Collection

     (1) Yard Waste that is collected by the County through special collection shall be as defined in section 19.62. In addition, limbs or tree trunks shall not exceed 8” (inches) in diameter nor be longer than 10’ (feet) in length. York County residents and qualified small businesses shall pay a fee of $25.00 per pick-up and shall be limited to one collection every thirty days per household or qualified business. Each applicant requesting additional pickups within the thirty-day period of the initial pickup shall pay a fee of $250 for each additional pickup.

     (2) York County households or qualified small businesses may transport their own yard waste and tree trunks or limbs up to 24” in diameter and up to 10’ long to the VPPSA facility. Tree Service or other commercial contractors transporting such wastes will be charged the VPPSA fee per Section 19-24.1.
(Ord No. 04-31, 1/18/05; Ord. No. 06-22, 9/19/06)