ENFORCEMENT BY SOLID WASTE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
Raleigh City Code § 7-2002.1
in effectSec. 7-2002.1. - ENFORCEMENT BY SOLID WASTE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
(a) The Solid Waste Services Director, or the Director's designee, is clothed with full power and authority imposed by this and other related sections of the Raleigh City Code related to the protection of public health, public safety, general welfare and the peace and dignity of the City, in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 160A-174. This includes, but is not limited to, requiring the prevention or remedy of activities or practices that in any way encroach, obstruct, or tend to obstruct sidewalks, rights-of-way, public spaces, parkways, adjoining property, the curb or edge of the pavement of any abutting street.
(b) The Solid Waste Services Department is given the authority to establish policies, procedures, and practices related to the collection of refuse, recycling, and yard waste, and related to the prevention of nuisances, the prevention of items banned from landfills from entering the waste stream in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 130A-309.10(f), and the prevention of contamination of refuse loads. The Solid Waste Services Department is authorized to communicate the Department's policies, procedures, and practices through the provisions in this part of the Raleigh City Code, education, outreach, press releases, public notices, a Solid Waste Collection Design Manual, as amended, an administrative waste collection manual, and other forms of communication.
(c) The Solid Waste Services Department is authorized to enforce violations of any provision contained within this part, and to include, but not limited to, violations involving nuisances, the placement of banned items from landfills, as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 130A-309.10(f), into solid waste containers, and contamination of refuse loads in accordance with the enforcement provisions in Raleigh City Code Sections 7-2002.2 and 7-2002.3.
(Ord. No. 2011-822, §1, 1-4-11; Ord. No. 2022-398, § 3, 7-5-22)
Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT7SOWASE_CH2SOWACO_ARTBADEN_S7-2002.1ENSOWASEDEFetched: 11/1/2026