Q&A
Plans for dealing with snow and extreme weather events with on-street containers
0:36:30
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Council Member Abreu asks about plans for managing on-street containers during snowstorms and other extreme weather events. Commissioner Tisch outlines the strategies in place to address these concerns.
- Commissioner has authority to suspend bin requirements during weather emergencies
- Property owners required to clean sidewalks and area around bins
- Flexibility to revert to curb collection during severe weather conditions
Shaun Abreu
0:36:30
Thank you.
0:36:31
Most of the municipalities that have on street con before I start, I'd like to recognize council member Salam.
0:36:37
Most of the municipalities that have on street containers either don't get much snow, or if they do, like in Zurich, they have underground storage for those bins.
0:36:48
What would be the plan for snow with on street containers?
0:36:51
While it hasn't snowed much as in previous years, we know that extreme weather events don't always go in one direction or the other, And we can still face challenging snowstorms and blizzards in the future.
0:37:01
Just figuring out, you know, what's
Jessica Tisch
0:37:02
going on.
0:37:03
And this absolutely needs to work when it snows.
0:37:09
So a few things on snow.
0:37:12
First, in our rules, the rules we've put in place to date, for example, wheelie bins and also in the rules that we are contemplating for the large on street containers, the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation will have the authority to suspend bin requirements if it is ever necessary.
0:37:34
And so then we would the the trash would go on the curb during the period of that, you know, weather emergency and we could collect that way.
0:37:43
The other thing to add here is that property owners today have a requirement to clean the sidewalk in front of their property and 18 inches into the curb, both for litter and also for clearing snow and ice.
0:38:03
The rules that we contemplate, extend slightly that requirement on property owners to to keep clean and clear the area around the bin that will be assigned directly to that building as well.
