[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as
Ch. 68, Art. IV, of the 1971 Code]
As used in this article the following words
are intended to include, for the purposes thereof, or to be defined,
as follows:
Any article or substance of wood, paper, dry vegetable matter
or garbage or other waste materials which are readily consumed by
incineration.
Any articles or substance other than those included in the
definition of "combustible waste materials."
Includes a partnership or a corporation.
A.
The owner, lessee, tenant or any other person having
the management or control of or occupying any lot or plot of land
in the Village shall keep such land at all times free and clear of
any accumulation of ashes, rubbish, refuse, grass cuttings, tree cuttings,
leaves, garbage, offal or any offensive substances except such as
are deposited in containers or are otherwise secured as provided for
in this article for collection and disposal by the Sanitation Department
of the Village.
B.
No person shall deposit any ashes, rubbish, refuse,
grass cuttings, tree cuttings, leaves, garbage, offal or any offensive
substances on any lot or plot of land in the Village except in containers
or otherwise secured as provided for in this article.
A.
It shall be the duty of every person having the management
or control of or occupying any land or building to provide, for the
exclusive use of such land or building or part thereof, sufficient
receptacles to hold the combustible waste materials and separate receptacles
to hold the incombustible waste material ordinarily accumulated by
the occupants of such land or building during 72 consecutive hours.
Every such person shall keep separated the combustible from the incombustible
waste materials and each kind of waste materials in its appropriate
receptacle; except that any waste material, other than garbage, which
cannot readily be deposited in any receptacle, may be compactly and
securely bundled, tied or packed so as to be easily handled, but not
weighing more than 50 pounds and not likely to be scattered, and when
so packed and secured, may be piled alongside such a receptacle.
B.
Each of such receptacles provided for in Subsection A of this section shall be watertight, kept covered with a cover and maintained in a sanitary condition by periodic cleansing. When filled, any such receptacle shall weigh not more than 50 pounds and shall contain no more than three cubic feet of materials.
C.
Each such receptacle containing combustible materials
shall be free from water or wetted materials.
D.
In residential districts, no person shall place any
receptacles containing garbage and waste materials nearer the street
than the front building line of the dwelling of the premises, earlier
than one hour before sunset on the day prior to the regularly scheduled
collection.
E.
In residential districts, all persons shall remove
or cause to be removed the empty containers from the area in front
of the building line as soon as practical, but in no event later than
6:00 p.m. on the day of collection.
F.
In business districts, no receptacles containing garbage
and waste materials shall be placed between the curb and the front
line of the building where collections are made from the street, earlier
than 5:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Where collections are made
from parking fields, no such receptacles containing garbage and waste
materials shall be placed within the designated pickup area earlier
than 5:00 p.m. on the day of collection.
G.
In business districts, all emptied receptacles shall
be removed not later than 9:00 a.m. on the day following the collection.
The Sanitation Department shall make regular
collection of all waste materials as often and during such specified
hours as shall be prescribed by the Board of Trustees by resolution,
but at not longer intervals than 72 consecutive hours; collection
shall be made from such receptacles when placed on any premises in
such accessible locations as shall be designated by the manager of
the Sanitation Department. The manager of the Sanitation Department
shall have the right to omit collections from any premises where a
vicious dog is permitted to run at large or where the employees of
the Village are subjected to any unnecessary danger or hazard.
Any accumulations of waste materials resulting
from failure of any person to comply with any provision of this article
or from the failure of such person to take advantage of the regular
collection service maintained by the Village, and any waste building
materials in excess of ordinary household waste of such materials,
shall be removed by such person at his or her expense.
A.
The Sanitation Department will collect normal amounts
of all classes of refuse from the premises, but where abnormal amounts
are placed for collection, the Department reserves the right to refuse
the materials, to defer the collection, to collect the material in
part or to make a special collection thereof at charges herein provided,
as may be desirable in the public interest.
B.
Trees, tree branches and trimmings, large bushes,
logs, etc., shall be securely tied in bundles not heavier than 75
pounds nor more than five feet in length and 18 inches in diameter;
trees, tree branches and trimmings, large bushes, logs, etc., not
reduced to size nor bundled as provided in this section will be collected
by special collection at charges herein provided, and then only when
the material can be readily loaded on collection vehicles by two men.
C.
The Superintendent of Public Works is authorized to
establish charges for special collections, based on the personnel
and equipment required therefor plus a reasonable overhead.
No employee of the Village, in the course of
his duties, shall be required to enter a building or structure to
gather or collect any waste materials; no employee shall accept or
receive any tip or gratuity for the performance of his duties or solicit
money for any purpose in connection therewith.
[Amended 3-5-1979 by L.L. No. 3-1979]
Any person or corporation or any officer of
any corporation which shall violate any of the provisions of this
article or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
thereof shall be liable to a fine of not more than $250, and each
day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a
separate offense. The owner or owners of any building or premises
or part thereof where anything in violation of this article shall
be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor,
agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith or who
may have assisted in the commission of any such violation shall be
guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined as herein provided.
