All matters relating to or affecting the collection, removal
or disposal of garbage, household refuse, ashes or waste material,
are hereby specifically placed under the direction of the Beautification
Committee.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Includes organic, household or kitchen waste, such as unused
food and food residues, and any paper used for wrapping.
No garbage or rubbish of any kind shall be deposited in any
street, alley or public way, or on vacant property within the City.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cast,
place, sweep or deposit within the limits of the City any garbage
or other waste matter, or rubbish, in such a manner that it may be
carried or deposited by the action of the wind, rain, or snow into
or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public
place, or onto any occupied or unoccupied premises within the limits
of the City.
No pile or deposit of manure, garbage, miscellaneous waste,
or refuse of any kind whatsoever, nor accumulation of any offensive
or noxious substance shall be made within the limits of the City,
nor shall any person, firm or corporation unload, discharge, or put
upon the right of way any railroad, street, alley or public place
within the City any manure, garbage, miscellaneous waste, refuse or
offensive or nauseous substance, nor shall any vehicles loaded with
or having upon them any such substance or substances to be allowed
to remain or stand or park on or along any railroad, street, alley
or other public place within the limits of the City.
No garbage or waste material shall be dumped within the City
limits, but must be hauled to a place outside of the City limits,
at a distance which will not create a nuisance to any resident within
the City limits.
Any person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of
collecting, hauling, or transporting for hire or a fee, through the
streets or alleys of the City, any garbage, ashes, rubbish or waste
materials shall, if first requested by the City Director of Public
Services, notify the City and furnish to the City the name and address
of the person, firm, or corporation, a description of the vehicle
to be used in the collection of such garbage or waste, and a proposed
schedule of the times when collections will be made, the rates to
be charged, the name of the liability insurance carrier and the amounts
of liability insurance limits. No person, firm or corporation shall
engage in the business of transporting garbage as set forth herein
unless he, she, or it can provide the Director of Public Services
a certificate of liability insurance not less than $1,000,000. Such
certificate shall be furnished if and when requested by the City.
Residential waste receptacles, garbage cans, refuse, and refuse
containers shall not be set at curbside or the designate location
for garbage collection earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the evening prior
to the scheduled collection day during the months of April through
October, or sooner than 4:00 p.m. during the months of November through
March. Said containers shall be removed from the curbside as quickly
as possible after collection, but not later than 11:59 p.m. the evening
of the scheduled collection day.
The owner and occupant of any premises upon which a discovered
violation of this chapter shall be presumed jointly responsible for
said violation and subjected to the penalty hereinafter provided.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the general penalty provision of this Code (see Chapter
1, Article
IV); and in addition, is subject to a revocation of the authority of the person, firm or corporation to continue to operate as a garbage collector within the City.