[Ord. No. 210 §1, 8-3-1987; Ord.
No. 687 §1, 7-2-2001; Ord. No. 713 §1, 12-16-2002]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
An incinerator which complies with all current regulations
of the responsible local and State air pollution control agencies.
Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or
noncombustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial,
institutional, or agricultural establishments which are either too
large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste
transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment
available therefor.
The City of Scott City, Missouri, or, in the event the City
contracts for the collection and disposal of solid waste, the contractor.
Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation
vehicle.
Waste materials from the construction or destruction of residential,
industrial or commercial structures.
Director of Public Works or, with the Director's permission,
the authorized agent for the contractor removing solid waste.
Carts or other receptacle as may be provided by the contractor.
Any room or group of rooms located within a structure, and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or
are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, serving, or consumption of food.
Including but not limited to: pathological wastes, explosive
wastes, pesticides, pesticide containers, toxic or radioactive materials.
A housing facility containing more than one (1) dwelling
unit under one (1) roof.
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other
improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
subdivision, or organization of any kind, or their legal representative,
agent or assigns.
Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting
and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified
or solid waste quantity is reduced.
Tin cans, aluminum cans, aluminum foil, other aluminum, newspapers,
other paper products and cardboard materials.
Solid waste.
Unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-solid
state, including but not limited to garbage, ashes, street refuse,
rubbish, dead animals, animal and agricultural wastes, yard wastes,
discarded appliances, special wastes, industrial wastes, and demolition
and construction wastes.
Commercial solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the operation of any commercial (excluding mobile home parks),
industrial, institutional or agricultural establishment, and multiple
housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
Residential solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the maintenance and operations of dwelling units, excluding multiple
housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
Carts or receptacles supplied by the contractor used by persons
to store solid waste during intervals between solid waste collections.
The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material.
In particular the final deposition of solid waste by man.
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from the time
of its production until the time of its collection.
The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection
or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste
disposal area.
Grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings.
[Ord. No. 210 §2, 8-3-1987; Ord.
No. 312 §1, 8-6-1990; Ord. No. 366 §1, 3-2-1992; Ord.
No. 713 §2, 12-16-2002]
A.
The
owner of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial
or business, industrial or agricultural establishment producing solid
waste within the corporate limits of the City shall receive and use
carts or receptacles provided by the contractor for the storage of
all solid waste, except bulky rubbish and demolition and construction
waste, to serve each such dwelling unit and/or establishment and to
maintain said solid waste carts or receptacles at all time and in
good repair.
B.
The
occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial,
industrial, agricultural or business establishment shall place all
solid waste to be collected in proper solid waste containers, except
as otherwise provided herein, and shall maintain such solid waste
containers and the area surrounding them in clean, neat and sanitary
condition at all times.
C.
Residential
solid waste shall be stored in carts or receptacles provided by the
contractor and shall contain such leakproof, waterproof and fly-tight
lids as may be provided by the contractor.
D.
Commercial solid waste shall be stored in solid waste containers as approved by the Director. The containers shall be waterproof, leakproof and shall be covered at all times except when depositing waste therein or removing the contents thereof; and shall meet all requirements as set forth by Section 250.070.
E.
The contractor may refuse to pick up any solid waste placed outside a residence which is not contained in a cart or container provided by the contractor as set forth in Subsection (C) of this Section. In the event the solid waste for a single pickup exceeds the amount which may be placed in the cart or container, the excess solid waste may be disposed of as follows:
1.
The person with the excess solid waste may rent a dumpster up to
sixty (60) days on a temporary basis from the contractor for pickup
of the excess sold waste.
[Ord. No. 1183, 4-20-2020]
2.
The excess solid waste may be hauled to a sanitary landfill or transported
to a transfer station by the person who accumulated the excess solid
waste or by a third party with whom he contracts.
3.
Said solid waste may otherwise by disposed of by the owner in a manner
not prohibited by Federal, State or municipal law.
F.
Yard
wastes shall be stored in containers so constructed and maintained
as to prevent the dispersal of wastes placed therein upon the premises
served, upon adjacent premises, or upon adjacent public rights of
way. The weight of any individual container and contents shall not
exceed seventy-five (75) pounds.
G.
Solid
waste containers which are not approved will be collected together
with their contents and disposed of.
[Ord. No. 210 §3, 8-3-1987; Ord.
No. 312 §2, 8-6-1990; Ord. No. 380 §1, 11-2-1992; Ord.
No. 687 §§2 — 4, 7-2-2001; Ord. No. 713 §3, 12-16-2002; Ord. No. 961 §1, 1-22-2013]
A.
The
City shall provide for the collection of solid waste as follows.
1.
Collection of residential solid waste. The City
shall provide for the collection of all residential solid waste in
the City.
2.
Other collections. It shall be the duty of each
establishment to provide for collection of all commercial solid waste
produced upon any such premises in a manner approved by the City.
3.
Collection of residential recycling materials. The
City shall provide for the collection of materials able to be recycled
in the City.
B.
All
solid waste and bulky rubbish from premises to which collection of
services are provided by the City shall be collected and all solid
waste collected shall, upon being loaded into transportation equipment,
become the property of the contractor, or if there is no contractor,
the property of the City.
C.
Tree limbs and yard waste as described in Sections 250.020 (E) and (F) respectively, shall be placed at the curb for collection.
[Ord. No. 1226, 2-1-2021; Ord.
No. 1241, 6-7-2021]
E.
The
City is hereby authorized to enter upon private property for the purpose
of collecting solid waste therefrom as required by this Chapter. City
solid waste collectors shall not enter dwelling units or other residential
buildings for the purpose of collecting residential solid waste. Commercial
solid waste may be removed from within commercial establishments upon
agreement by the owner and the City.
F.
The
following collection frequencies shall apply to the collections of
solid waste within the City:
[Ord. No. 1241, 6-7-2021]
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All residential solid waste, other than bulky rubbish, shall
be collected on a regular basis once per week. All commercial solid
waste shall be collected at such intervals as agreed upon by the owner
and the City, provided, that such collections shall be at such intervals
necessary for the preservation of the health and/or safety of the
public.
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G.
Except
when placed curb side, residential solid waste containers shall be
stored upon the residential premises off any rights-of-way and front
yards unless adjacent to the residence or other outbuilding. Residential
solid waste containers shall be placed curbside no sooner than sixteen
(16) hours prior to the scheduled pickup and shall be removed off
the right-of-way and front yards no later than sixteen (16) hours
after pickup. Commercial solid waste containers shall be stored upon
private property, unless the owner shall have been granted written
permission from the City to use public property for such purposes.
All storage sites shall be well drained, fully accessible to collection
equipment, public health personnel and fire inspection personnel.
[Ord. No. 380 §2, 11-2-1992; Ord.
No. 687 §§5 — 6, 7-2-2001; Ord. No. 761 §1, 7-6-2004; Ord. No. 798 §§1 —
4, 2-6-2006; Ord. No. 811 §§2 — 3, 10-2-2006]
A.
BULKY RUBBISH
1.
2.
3.
4.
DWELLING UNIT
Definitions. For
the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall be deemed
to have the meaning indicated below:
Non-putrescible (decaying) solid wastes consisting of combustible
and/or non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, which
are either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded
in solid waste transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors.
Bulky rubbish shall include the following:
White goods: Unwanted or discarded appliances
including stove, ice box, washing machines, dryers, hot water heaters,
dishwasher and other appliances used in a dwelling unit.
Dwelling unit furniture including: Couch, table,
recliner, set of four (4) non-reclining chairs, bed, mattress, box
springs, end table, dresser, chest of drawers, television or other
residential furniture.
Tree limbs or bundles of branches.
(Reserved)
Any structure enclosing any room or group of rooms forming
a single one (1) family dwelling, with facilities used that are intended
for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
B.
Collection of Bulky Rubbish.
[Ord. No. 985 §1, 11-4-2013]
1.
Collection of white goods and dwelling unit furniture.
a.
The City's Public Works Director shall provide for the collection
of white goods and dwelling unit furniture as defined above. White
goods and bulky unit furniture shall be delivered by City residents
to a City-designated site upon application and payment of the service
fee. The City may also proclaim certain days to be set as white goods
and dwelling unit furniture months each year. The Council may also
set a service charge for said bulky items during these days at its
discretion if they choose a service charge to be different than set
out hereafter.
b.
Unless otherwise designated, white goods and dwelling unit furniture
shall be delivered by City residents to a City-designated site twice
a year from 8:00 a.m. on Friday until 3:30 p.m. on Friday and from
8:00 a.m. on Saturday until 12:00 p.m. on Saturday with spring collection
to begin the first Friday prior to the commencement of daylight savings
time and fall collection commencing the first Friday after daylight
savings time ends.
[Ord. No. 1037 §1, 11-2-2015; Ord.
No. 1235, 4-5-2021]
c.
No bulky rubbish shall be place curb side, unless said rubbish came from the dwelling unit immediately adjoin the curb. Any person who places his/her bulky rubbish along the curb of premises, other than his/her own, shall be guilty of littering under Chapter 155 of the City Code.
[Ord. No. 1235, 4-5-2021]
d.
The Public Works Department shall not pick up any bulky rubbish item
placed curb side, unless the resident has complied with all requirements
of this Section.
[Ord. No. 1235, 4-5-2021]
e.
The Public Works Department shall not accept any tree trunks, branches
or limbs delivered by commercial tree service or an agent or stray
party for a commercial tree service.
[Ord. No. 1235, 4-5-2021]
2.
Collection of tree limbs or bundles of branches. Tree limbs and bundles of branches may be delivered by City residents
to the Public Works Department during normal business hours, provided
the City resident has obtained the necessary permit as hereinafter
set forth.
3.
Collection of bulky rubbish caused by storm damage. Following a storm which causes tree damage along alley or street
easements, the City shall provide assistance in the removal of damaged
trees and limbs. However, any resident requesting the City's assistance
shall notify the City's Public Works Director of the damage within
two (2) weeks after the storm. All tree limbs and branches shall be
cut by the resident to manageable lengths of six (6) feet or less.
C.
Application And Service Charge.
1.
Any resident requesting bulky rubbish removal shall make written
application on a form prescribed by the City with the City Billing
Clerk, at least one (1) working day prior to collection at said residence
or delivery by the residents to the public works building. Said written
application shall set forth each item requested to be removed and
whether the resident is requesting curb side pickup or will deliver
the rubbish to the public works building. Upon payment to the City
Billing Clerk of the service charges for curb side removal as hereinafter
provided, the Billing Clerk shall advise the resident and the Public
Works Director of the date scheduled for removal of the resident's
bulky rubbish. Upon payment by resident who will deliver bulky rubbish
to the public works building, the City Billing Clerk shall provide
said resident with a receipt to be delivered to the Pubic Works Director
or his employee upon delivery of the bulky rubbish to the public works
building.
2.
Each resident desiring removal of bulky rubbish from curb side by
the Public Works Director shall pay, at the time of application, a
fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per item on white goods and dwelling
unit furniture.
3.
Each resident desiring to transport bulky rubbish to the Public Works
Department shall pay, at the time of application, a fee of ten dollars
($10.00) per item on white goods. Demolition, remodeling or new construction
debris will not be accepted as bulky rubbish. Public Works Department
employees shall refuse to accept delivery of bulky rubbish unless
the person delivers the receipt given to them by the Billing Clerk
at City Hall. There shall be no charge for the removal of tree limbs
and brush; however, a receipt from the Billing Clerk is still required.
4.
No resident shall be issued a permit unless said resident is
current in all City obligations, including, but not limited to, water
and sewage fees, personal property taxes and fines.
[Ord. No. 985 §2, 11-4-2013]
D.
Regulations Concerning Removal. On the date notified by
the City Billing Clerk, the resident requesting the removal of bulky
rubbish shall send all items to be removed by the City at the dwelling
unit's curb or the resident will deliver the bulky rubbish to the
public works building upon obtaining appropriate permits from the
City Billing Clerk.
1.
All tree limbs and brush requested for removal must be less than
four (4) inches in diameter. All brush requested for removal shall
be securely tied in bundles no larger than forty-eight (48) inches
long by eighteen (18) inches in diameter and the weight for any individual
bundle shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. A permit is required,
but no fee shall be charged.
2.
No dwelling unit shall place curb side more than four (4) items of
bulky rubbish.
3.
Except as hereafter provided, each white good and item of furniture
shall be considered as one (1) item for the purpose of this Section.
However, a set of four (4) folding or non-reclinable chairs shall
be included as one (1) item of bulky rubbish.
4.
No white goods or other appliances containing coolant or gas systems
shall be placed curb side for pickup by the Public Works Department,
unless the resident removes from said appliance all compressors and
coils and drains the freon therefrom.
5.
No bulky rubbish shall be placed curb side, unless said rubbish came from the dwelling unit immediately adjoining the curb. Any person who places his/her bulky rubbish along the curb of premises, other than his own, shall be guilty of littering under Chapter 255 of the City Code.
6.
The Public Works Department shall not pickup any bulky rubbish item
placed curb side, unless the resident has complied with all requirements
of this Section.
7.
The Public Works Department shall not accept any tree trunks, branches
or limbs delivered by commercial tree service or an agent or straw
party for a commercial tree service.
[Ord. No. 210 §3, 8-3-1987]
A.
All
transportation vehicles shall be maintained in a safe, clean and sanitary
condition, and shall be so constructed, maintained and operated as
to prevent spillage of solid waste therefrom. All vehicles to be used
for transportation of solid waste shall be constructed with watertight
bodies and with covers which shall be an integral part of the vehicle
or shall be a separate cover of suitable material with fasteners designed
to secure all sides of the cover to the vehicle and shall be secured
whenever the vehicle is transporting solid waste, or, as an alternate,
the entire bodies thereof shall be enclosed, with only loading hoppers
exposed. No solid waste shall be transported in the loading hoppers.
B.
Permits
shall not be required for the removal, hauling or disposal of earth
and rock materials from grading or excavation activities, however,
all such material shall be conveyed in tight vehicles, trucks or receptacles,
so constructed and maintained that none of the material being transported
shall spill upon the public rights of way.
[Ord. No. 210 §4, 8-3-1987]
A.
Solid
wastes shall be deposited at a processing facility or disposal area
complying with all requirements of the Missouri Division of Health.
B.
The
Director may classify certain wastes as hazardous wastes which will
require special handling and shall be disposed of only in a manner
acceptable to the Director and which will meet all local, State and
Federal regulations.
[Ord. No. 210 §6, 8-3-1987]
A.
No
person shall engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing,
or disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City,
otherwise than pursuant to a written contract duly approved by the
City and containing such terms, conditions and provisions to comply
with and implement this Chapter.
B.
In
order to insure compliance with the laws of this State, this Chapter
and the rules and regulations authorized herein, the Director is authorized
to inspect all phases of solid waste management with the City. No
inspection shall be made in any residential unit unless authorized
by the occupant or by due process of law.
[Ord. No. 210 §7, 8-3-1987]
A.
The
Director shall make, amend, revoke, and enforce reasonable and necessary
rules and regulations, governing, but not limited to:
1.
Preparation, drainage, and wrapping of garbage deposited in solid
waste containers.
2.
Specifications for solid waste containers, including the type, composition,
equipment, size and shape thereof.
3.
Identification of solid waste containers and of the covers thereof,
and of equipment thereto appertaining, if any.
4.
Weight limitations on the combined weight of solid waste containers
and the contents thereof, and weight and size limitations on bundles
of solid waste too large for solid waste containers.
5.
Storage of solid waste in solid waste containers.
6.
Sanitation, maintenance and replacement of solid waste containers.
7.
Collection points of solid waste containers.
8.
Collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.
9.
Handling of special wastes such as toxic wastes, sludges, ashes,
agriculture, construction, bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils,
greases, etc.
B.
The
City Clerk or such other City Official who is responsible for preparing
utility and other service charge billings for the City, is hereby
authorized to make and promulgate reasonable and necessary rules and
regulations for the billing and collection of solid waste collection
and/or disposal service charges, as hereinafter provided for.
C.
A copy
of any and all rules and regulations made and promulgated under the
provisions hereof shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk of
the City.
[Ord. No. 210 §8, 8-3-1987; Ord.
No. 624 §1, 3-1-1999; Ord. No. 687 §7, 7-2-2001]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his own,
without the written consent of the owner of such container and/or,
with the intent of avoiding payment of the service charge hereinafter
provided for solid waste collection and disposal;
2.
Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection and transportation
equipment, or with solid waste collectors in the lawful performance
of their duties as such;
4.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
by the Missouri Division of Health;
5.
Engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing or
disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City without
a written contract from the City.
6.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place recycling materials
in any containers other than a bin, bag or box containing one (1)
category of recycling materials, being either tins, aluminum products,
papers or cardboard, except nothing contained in this Section shall
prohibit a person from placing recycling material in a solid waste
container with other solid waste.
[Ord. No. 230 §§2
— 3, 7-25-1988; Ord. No. 267 §2, 7-3-1989; Ord.
No. 664 §2, 9-5-2000; Ord. No. 687 §8, 7-2-2001; Ord.
No. 832 §§1 — 2, 12-17-2007; Ord. No. 960 §§1 — 2, 11-5-2012]
A.
There
is hereby imposed, for the collection and disposal of solid waste
for the improvement of the general public health and environment,
a service charge for each dwelling unit to which such service shall
be provided under the provisions of this Chapter. The service charge
for collection of solid waste shall be as follows:
[Ord. No. 1241, 6-7-2021; Ord.
No. 1301, 1-17-2023]
1.
Residential solid waste within corporate City limits for one (1)
receptacle shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) per calendar month and
for two (2) receptacles shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) per calendar
month.
2.
For households outside the corporate limits, which contract with
the City of the disposal of their solid waste, twenty dollars ($20.00)
for one (1) receptacle and forty dollars ($40.00) for two (2) receptacles
per calendar month. However, the City may refuse to provide collection
services to households outside City limits if the travel distance
to said households, in the opinion of the Director, would interfere
with the City' s ability to service its own residents.
3.
If a resident requests a second residential receptacle at a residence,
said resident shall pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit therefor.
The deposit shall be refunded in such manner and such time and subject
to such conditions as water deposits are refunded.
B.
The
service and service charge shall be terminated upon presentation of
satisfactory proof to the Director that any such dwelling unit or
establishment is unoccupied, and shall be commenced upon renewed occupancy
thereof.
C.
The
system of services established by the provisions of this Chapter hereof
is designed as an integral part of the City's program of health and
sanitation, to be operated as an adjunct to the City's system for
providing potable water and the City's system for providing sewerage
disposal. The City may enforce collection of such charges by bringing
proper legal action against the occupant of any premises which has
received such services, to recover any sums due for such services
plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the Court, plus the
cost of such action.
D.
The
service charge herein provided for is hereby imposed upon the occupant
of each occupied dwelling unit and the billing therefor shall be made
to the person contracting for City water and/or sewerage service or
for other water service or otherwise providing water service to each
such dwelling unit. In the event a dwelling unit is not serviced by
City water and/or sewerage service, billing therefor shall be made
to the owner. Service charges shall be payable to the department empowered
to collect service charges imposed by the City.
E.
The adjustments to the service charges set forth in Section 250.020 of this Chapter shall not effect any party who presently has a valid contract with the City for the collection and disposal of solid waste, until the expiration of the term of said contract.
F.
In
the event fuel charges incurred by the City in the operation of its
solid waste program increase by ten percent (10%) or more, the City
shall add an additional surcharge to its solid waste customers. The
surcharge shall be twelve percent (12%) of the percentage increase
of the City's fuel charges. The surcharge shall be removed upon the
City's actual fuel prices dropping by ten percent (10%) from the time
the surcharge was imposed.
[Ord. No. 372 §1, 7-6-1992]
All non-residents who reside within one-half (½) mile
of the City of Scott City, Missouri, who wish to receive City trash
service for residential refuse only, shall be offered
City trash service upon signing a written contract with the City for
said services. Such contract forms shall be on file in the City Clerk's
office.
