Raleigh City Code pt. 7, ch. 1 — THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE SERVICES | Code of the City of Raleigh (Supp. No. 69: codified through Ordinance No. (2025) 802, adopted October 21, 2025) — City of Raleigh

Raleigh City Code § 7-1001 DIRECTOR, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

Sec. 7-1001. - DIRECTOR, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. The Department of Solid Waste Services shall consist of a Director of Solid Waste Services, who shall be its administrative head, and such other officers and employees as deemed necessary by the Manager and City Council and whose salaries shall be fixed by the City Council. (Ord. No. 1998-454, §9, 11-4-98)

Raleigh City Code § 7-1002 FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

Sec. 7-1002. - FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. The functions and duties of the Department of Solid Wastes Services shall include the following: (a) Collecting solid waste, recycling, and yard waste, from qualifying residential and non-residential properties, operating sanitary landfills, and other approved facilities, for disposal of solid waste, recycling, and yard waste, generated within the corporate limits of the City of Raleigh. (b) Supervising and controlling access to rental landfill. (c) Administering recovery and/or sale of reusable materials. (d) Removing dead animals during normal working hours. (e) Reviewing and approving collection, and disposal management plans or practices, to ensure the protection of the environment, public health, public safety, general welfare, quality of life, and sustainability throughout the City. (f) Requiring removal, abatement, or remedying nuisances, including, but not limited to, requiring modifications to refuse management, storage collection methods, point of collection, path of collection, or disposal plans. (g) Requiring, approving, or allowing modifications or alternate collection plans by the Director or the Director's designee, after investigation and determination, that the modifications or alternate collection plans will remedy a nuisance, prevent a circumstance that may create a nuisance, protect the environment, have a positive impact on quality of life or remedy repeated violations of the Raleigh City Code. In addition, the modifications or alternate collection plans must be based on sound collection, safety, compliance, enforcement, sustainability, and risk management principles. (h) Ensuring that the manner of collection, the means of collection, or collection storage device(s) do not endanger the safety of Solid Waste Services employees. (i) Approving alternative methods of collection if they have no negative impact on employee safety, public health, and public safety. (Ord. No. 1998-454, §9, 11-4-98; Ord. No. 2022-398, § 1, 7-5-22; Ord. No. (2024) 598, § 1, 2-6-24)