CHAPTER 51
GARBAGE AND REFUSE
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51.01 Definitions 51.02 Supervision by City Administrator 51.03 Prima facie evidence of occupancy
Waste Storage, Removal, and Disposal 51.15 Removal of waste from premises 51.16 Waste to be placed in containers 51.17 When containers should be placed for scheduled pick-up |
51.18 Containers provided by city for public use 51.19 Disposal of waste in streets and public places prohibited 51.20 Waste disposal, burial within city limits restricted 51.21 Transporting garbage or loose refuse; equipment requirements 51.99 Penalty |
§ 51.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BULKY WASTES. Any or all of the following: stoves, refrigerators and other large appliances, furniture, bedding, large crates, and flotage.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR. An officer as designated from time to time by the City Council.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES. Any or all of the following: lumber, roofing, rubble, plaster, pipe, wire insulation, and other building materials.
GARBAGE. Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
PERSON. The owner, occupant, or lessee of any premises and a firm, corporation, or organization of any kind.
PREMISES. Any house, residence building, flat, apartment, dwelling place or place of abode, commercial or industrial establishment, office building, hotel, church, school, nursing home, club building, or meeting hall.
REFUSE. Combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street rubbish, including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles; but REFUSE shall not mean earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler-house cinders, lumber, scraps, and shavings.
SPECIAL WASTES. Any or all of the following: hazardous wastes, paint, sludges, chemical wastes, metal scraps, and metal shavings.
WASTE. Any or all of the following: garbage, refuse, ashes, tin cans, bottles, cartons, books, newspapers, boxes and other household rubbish, discarded household furniture, furnishings, fixtures and appliances of all kinds, manure, dead animals or parts thereof, trees, tree branches, tree roots, tree trunks, brush, grass clippings, plant stalks, leaves, and all other rubbish of any kind, and shall be further classified as herein defined.
§ 51.02 SUPERVISION BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
Whenever directed by the provisions of this chapter, the City Administrator shall carry out such directions and perform such duties as provided thereby, unless the Mayor and City Council shall designate some other officer to perform such duties.
All matters relating to or affecting the accumulation, collection, removal, or disposal of waste, unless specifically otherwise assigned, shall be subject to and under the supervision of the City Administrator.
§ 51.03 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF OCCUPANCY
The occupancy of any premises for residential purposes shall be prima facie evidence that waste is being produced and accumulated on such premises.
WASTE STORAGE, REMOVAL, AND DISPOSAL
§ 51.15 REMOVAL OF WASTE FROM PREMISES.
Waste
shall be removed from the premises at least once a week and every person shall
keep his premises at all times free and clean from same.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.16 WASTE TO BE PLACED IN CONTAINERS.
No person shall permit any garbage or rubbish to accumulate within the city unless the same shall be suitably enclosed in waste containers.
Every person shall cause all garbage, rubbish, or yard refuse produced in or on such premises to be properly bundled or placed in such waste containers as soon as practicable after same is produced.
A sufficient number of waste containers for a weekly accumulation of normal waste shall be provided and at all times maintained in good order by the owner, lessee, or head of household of any premises in the city.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.17 WHEN CONTAINERS SHOULD BE PLACED FOR SCHEDULED PICK-UP.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to place waste in front of any premises, or the
front line extended of said premises, even though in a proper container, sooner
than forty eight (48) hours prior to or later than forty eight (48) hours after
the scheduled pick-up time by a waste disposal firm.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.18 CONTAINERS PROVIDED BY CITY FOR PUBLIC USE.
In the event waste containers are provided by the city in public places
for public use, it shall be unlawful to deposit in said containers any
accumulations of waste or garbage from any premises.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.19 DISPOSAL OF WASTE IN STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES PROHIBITED.
It
shall be unlawful to dispose of or place any waste in any street or other
public place in the city except as otherwise permitted by this chapter.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.20 WASTE DISPOSAL, BURIAL WITHIN CITY LIMITS RESTRICTED.
No
waste shall be dumped, scattered, or buried within the city limits, unless
properly zoned and permitted by the State Environmental Protection Agency and
the city.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.21 TRANSPORTING GARBAGE OR LOOSE REFUSE; EQUIPMENT
REQUIREMENTS.
No person shall transport garbage or loose refuse, or cause garbage or loose refuse to be transported, over the streets or other public ways in the city unless such garbage or loose refuse being transported is entirely and securely covered, and meeting the requirements of the State Environmental Protection Agency, county, and city.
Garbage shall not be transported over or along the streets of the city or other public property thereof except in a leak-proof compaction type body commonly referred to as a packer type refuse body. Such equipment shall be cleaned frequently enough to prevent nuisance and insect breeding; and shall be maintained in good condition, repair, and appearance.
A waste disposal firm shall immediately clean up any waste that he may have caused to spill on private premises, parkways, streets, alleys, or other public places, in a neat and workmanlike manner, and shall replace, at his expense, containers or other property which may be seriously damaged by carelessness of his employees.
Penalty, see § 51.99
§ 51.99 PENALTY
Any
person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or refuses to comply with any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than twenty five
dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense.
(Am. Ord. 1234, passed 4-17-77)