§ 7. Exemptions.

Nothing in this Ordinance requires a franchise from the following persons for the following businesses or practices:

A.

The collection, transportation and reuse of repairable or cleanable discards by a private charitable organization regularly engaged in such business or activity including, without limitation; Salvation Army, St. Vincent De Paul, Goodwill and similar organizations;

B.

Any religious, charitable, nonprofit, governmental, educational, benevolent or fraternal organizations including a church, school or youth organization which organization was not organized for any solid waste purpose and which organization is using the activity for fund raising. Any such organization who has not applied for a permit from the City Manager within one year may, after applying for and receiving a permit from the City Manager collect, transport and reuse or recycle totally source-separated materials for a limited duration for a limited activity provided such activity has no significant impact on the franchisee under this Ordinance. Containers for deposit of waste maintained by a charitable, civic or benevolent activity for the purpose of receiving material for recycling or reuse shall be designed and maintained so that no such material may be deposited outside the containers at any time, the immediate site must be kept free of materials intended to be within the container; the container must be clearly identified with the name of the sponsoring organization and a telephone number to be contacted if problems arise regarding the container;

C.

The collection, transportation or redemption of returnable beverage containers under ORS Chapter 459A and that portion thereof commonly known as the Bottle Bill;

D.

The generator or producer who transports and disposes of waste created as an incidental part of regularly carrying on the business or service of auto wrecking, to the extent licensed by the state of Oregon; demolition, land clearing or construction; janitorial service; gardening, park maintenance or landscaping service; street sweeping; auto body recovery; or septic tank pumping and sludge collection. "Janitorial service" does not include cleanup of accumulated or stored wastes. This subsection does not include the collection, transportation or disposal of accumulated or stored wastes generated or produced by other persons;

E.

The transportation by a person of solid waste generated or produced by such persons directly to an authorized disposal site, resource recovery site or market, from the site at which it is produced in a vehicle with a gross vehicle axle weight rating of no more than ten thousand pounds. In the case of non-owner-occupied property, the waste is generated or produced and is owned by the occupant and not the landlord, property owner or association of property owners, or the agent of such landlord, property owner or association.

(Ord. No. 1475, § 7, 5-12-2009)