[R.O. 2011 §§225.010 — 225.020; CC 1971 §10.5; Ord. No. 74-9 §§1 — 2, 3-12-1974]
All persons, firms or corporations owning, occupying or operating
any dwelling unit, house or apartment producing refuse, solid waste,
or garbage and all persons owning, operating, managing or conducting
any commercial, industrial, business or institutional establishment
producing refuse, within the corporate limits of the City, shall provide
sufficient and adequate refuse containers, as provided herein, for
the storage of such refuse and shall make adequate provision for the
storage, collection and disposal of all refuse produced upon such
premise in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and shall
maintain such solid waste container in good repair and the area surrounding
the container in a neat, clean and sanitary condition at all times.
Providing however, no said container shall be required for bulky rubbish
or demolition or construction waste.
[R.O. 2011 §225.030; CC 1971 §10.5; Ord. No. 74-9 §3, 3-12-1974]
A.
The
following are required for solid waste containers:
1.
The container shall be not less than five (5) nor more than thirty-five
(35) gallons in nominal capacity unless containers are provided by
the trash hauler, in which case they shall be used.
2.
Each container, when not placed in position for trash pick-up, shall
be screened from the public highway or street by appropriate landscaping
or framing.
3.
No container shall be maintained within thirty-five (35) feet of
any public street or public highway for more than twenty-four (24)
hours.
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Provided however, commercial solid waste containers may be used
at the option of the residents and when used, the commercial solid
waste container shall be capable of being mechanically lifted and
emptied into a collection vehicle. In the event that commercial solid
waste containers are used then Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall not
be applicable but all the other portions of this Section shall be
in full force and effect.
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[R.O. 2011 §225.040; CC 1971 §10.5; Ord. No. 74-9 §4, 3-12-1974]
Refuse collection shall be at intervals not greater than once
each week for residents. Refuse collection for commercial, business
or industrial refuse shall be at intervals not greater than once each
week, provided however, the City Administrator upon a determination
that lesser intervals are necessary for the preservation of the general
health with respect to a particular establishment producing refuse,
then said collection shall be made at such intervals as are fixed
by the City Administrator and approved by the Board of Aldermen for
the preservation of the public safety with respect to any particular
establishment.
[R.O. 2011 §225.070; CC 1971 §10.5; Ord. No. 74-9 §7, 3-12-1974]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his/her
own without the written consent of the owner of such container.
2.
Burn solid waste, unless an approved incinerator is utilized.
3.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
and which does not hold a permit issued by the Missouri Division of
Health.
4.
Engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing or
disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City without
a permit from the City or operate under an expired permit or operate
after a permit has been suspended or revoked.
5.
To cast, throw, sweep or deposit in any manner upon any public way
or river, drain, creek, sewer or receiving basin within the corporate
limits of the City any rubbish, waste, article, garbage or trash.
