Public Works Department

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The Cheviot Public Works Department has six full time personnel. They are headed by a Superintendent, Tom Braun. Their responsibilities are many and vary from season to season. Below are some tasks that they perform.

LEAF PICKUP

From late September to early December the Cheviot Public Works Department vacuum leaves at the curb utilizing a leaf pickup truck which holds six cubic yards of grinded leaves. Over the course of those weeks, the maintenance department will pick up and dispose almost 500 cubic yards of leaves by taking them to landscapers who use them as bedding for growing trees. Residents are asked to rake their leaves to the curb and leave them in a pile as neat as they possibly can. This is a highly regarded service in the city.

CHRISTMAS TREES

For two weeks in the month of January the Cheviot Public Works Department pick up discarded Christmas Trees from in front of residences. At the end of those two weeks the trees are mulched and the remnants are made available to residents for free. In 1996 over 600 trees were mulched and returned to the environment.

SNOW REMOVAL

The City of Cheviot is highly regarded for snow removal. By utilizing three dump trucks and a pickup truck equipped with a plow, the Public Works Department quickly clear the streets of snow. Because the City of Cheviot is barely one mile square, all main and side streets are cleared in minimal time. Over the course of a regular winter the City of Cheviot will use 600 tons of road salt to clear the streets.

The Snow Emergency routes in Cheviot include Harrison Avenue, North Bend Road, Glenmore Avenue and Westwood-Northern Boulevard. Information regarding a Snow Emergency can be found in section 70.12 of the Cheviot Code of Ordinances. A reminder to residents who push snow or leaves into the street, section 92.09(B) states that it is unlawful to sweep, throw, or otherwise deposit leaves, sweepings, litter, or other matter from private property onto a sidewalk or from a sidewalk onto a roadway or into the gutter thereof.

STREET MAINTENANCE

The Cheviot Public Works Department is responsible for patching and repairing all streets in the city. They do storm basin construction and repair, paint city crosswalks and are responsible for all street signs as posted throughout.

PARK MAINTENANCE

The Cheviot Public Works Department maintains both parks in the city, Cheviot Fieldhouse and Harvest Home Park. As part of their duties, they drag and line ballfields in the spring and summer. In the fall they lay out and mark the combination soccer and football field located at the Cheviot Fieldhouse location. They also maintain the Cheviot Fieldhouse and Harvest Home Lodge buildings. At the Fieldhouse location alone there are several thousand hours of basketball and volleyball played throughout the entire year. The Harvest Home Lodge is used every weekend from spring to late fall for many variety of functions, from wedding receptions to basketball games.

GARBAGE DEPARTMENT
The City of Cheviot, unlike many other cities, has their own Waste Collection Department. It is a five man operation led by Superintendent Tom Braun. Tom is foreman to both Maintenance and Waste Collection. It is an operation utilizing three garbage trucks. Two to pick up regular garbage and the other to pick up yard waste. In 1996, 601 truck loads of garbage were taken to the landfill. Those 601 trucks amounted to over 5,287 tons. In addition, there were 71 loads of yard waste taken to a special landfill which deals with compost and that amounted to over 607 tons of yard waste. These numbers may seem small, but when compared to the fact that Cheviot is 1.2 square miles and a population of 9015, amounts to over ½ ton of garbage per year.

WASTE COLLECTION RULES AND REGULATIONS
Your garbage (excluding yard waste) will be collected the same day each week except when your regular collection day falls on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Collection in those weeks will be one day later for the balance of the week.

Yard waste (Grass, Leaves, Tree Cuttings, Hedge and Bush clippings) will be picked up city wide on Fridays between December 1 and March 31. From April 1 through November 30 yard waste will be picked up the weekday immediately following your regular garbage day. If due to a holiday, your regular garbage day becomes Friday, your yard waste will be picked up the following Monday.

Grass and Leaves MUST be placed in biodegradable paper bags or placed in a container that contains yard waste only. Tree and bush cuttings must be tied in bundles not to exceed 5 feet in length and not over 30 pounds per bundle.

To protect employees from injuries to hands and arms, improper home repaired containers will not be permitted. The containers must also be equipped with secured handles. Any containers not complying with these regulations, such as baskets, wooden or metal barrels, paint buckets and the like will be considered garbage and be disposed of with its contents the same as any other waste.

Containers shall not exceed 30 gallons in size and must have tight fitting lids.

Capacity on any filled container shall not exceed 75 pounds gross.

The collector will not collect waste resulting from the repairs, remodeling or demolition of buildings, sidewalks and similar materials. Removal of this waste shall be arranged for by the owner or the contractor.

Refrigerators must have all essential chemicals removed and a sticker affixed that verifies removal. Tires cannot be picked up unless they are shredded or cut into quarters.

Leaves will continue to be picked up seasonally at the curb. Any leaves intended to be disposed of by the owner as waste must be bagged and will be picked up pursuant to #2 and #3 above.

Christmas Trees will be picked up at the curb during the month of January.

No one shall bring waste, rubbish, litter or yard clippings (as defined in 139.06 of the Cheviot Code of Ordinances) from outside the city limits onto property within this city for disposal and collection by this city.

The above regulations are promulgated by the Safety-Service Director under the authority of Section 50.01 of the Cheviot Code of Ordinances.

Penalty: Violation of any of the above regulations are punishable as a minor misdemeanor. (See Sec. 10.99).

Cheviot City Hall
3814 Harrison Avenue
Cheviot, OH 45211
(513) 661-2700

Cheviot Maintenance Department