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E. Including yard waste in a source-separated organics collection program, if <br /> available. <br /> 8.2 Home lawn, garden waste, and kitchen food scraps may be composted in small <br /> quantities on a residential lot as long as the compost pile does not create a nuisance <br /> for neighbors due to objectionable odor, vectors of disease or unsightliness. <br /> A. Backyard composting must be done in a structure that prohibits the entry or <br /> nesting of rodents and vermin. Composting of meats or fats that attract rodents <br /> and vermin is prohibited in backyard composting. <br /> B. Compost structures must be placed at least five feet from rear- and side-yard <br /> property lines and shall not be placed in a front yard. Compost structures shall be <br /> properly maintained and shall not be unsightly. <br /> C. Residents must follow composting operation guidelines as published by the <br /> University of Minnesota Extension Service or other reputable gardening experts. <br /> 8.3 Yard waste not collected by the City-contracted garbage hauler or not composted by <br /> the resident, or tree limbs, stumps and roots greater than six (6) inches in diameter <br /> must be transported to a properly permitted and licensed yard waste transfer or <br /> composting facility. Exceptions to this requirement are allowed if a tree service provides <br /> for on-site chipping to produce a suitable mulch product. Such on-site chipping and mulch <br /> depositing must be prior approved by the resident or property owner. <br /> 8.4 Reserved for Source Separated Organics program. <br /> 8.5 Reserved for standards relating to separation and collection of source separated <br /> organic waste at multiple-unit dwelling properties. <br /> 9 Bulky Waste, Large Appliances and Electronic Waste, <br /> Residential and Multiple Unit Residential Properties <br /> 9.1 All bulky waste, large appliances, electronic waste and similar items not included in <br /> garbage or recycling collection shall be properly disposed of. No such items may be <br /> disposed of in streams, ponds, waterways or roadside ditches or on vacant or public <br /> land, or on property whether owned or not owned by the waste generator. <br /> 9.2 Upon customer request, all licensed garbage haulers must collect and properly <br /> dispose of appliances, electronics, or bulky waste. An additional fee may be charged <br /> by the hauler for this service; the fee, if any, for such service is the responsibility of <br /> the generator of the appliances or bulky waste if known, or the property owner on <br /> whose property the item is on, and must be paid in full. <br /> City Of Mounds View• 11 <br /> Solid Waste and Recycling Standards <br /> DOCSOPEN\MU210\313\990920.v5-11/21/24 <br />