For the purposes of this chapter, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
BULK TRASH
Bulky items such as furniture, white goods, tires, etc.,
not suitable for weekly residential/commercial trash collection, picked
up upon request, for a fee, on the first Monday of each month.
[Added 12-3-1992 by Ord. No. 92-12]
GARBAGE
Waste foodstuffs or table wastes of vegetable or animal origin.
REFUSE
Garden, lawn and tree trimmings, leaves and weeds.
RUBBISH
The waste materials from normal household living conditions
and business operations other than garbage, refuse, waste or ashes.
"Rubbish" shall include such items as paper, plastics, rags, bottles,
tin cans, crockery, excelsior and similar materials.
WASTE
Any leftover material or nondesirable by-product created
or left in any industrial or manufacturing process.
[Amended 6-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
A. Receptacles.
(1) Receptacles for garbage collection or the collection
of a mixture of garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be watertight, fitted
with handles and provided with a tight-fitting cover. Garbage receptacles
shall have a capacity of not less than five gallons nor more than
20 gallons and shall be so constructed that the contents can be removed
easily and without delay.
(2) Paper, cardboard and paperboard containers are hereby
expressly prohibited.
(3) These provisions concerning receptacles shall apply
to all municipal collections and to collections made by private collectors
where the material to be collected is placed in the sidewalk area
or near any street or public alley but shall not apply to receptacles
provided by the Town or any vendor with whom the Town has contracted
to provide garbage collection in the Town.
B. Placing and number of receptacles.
(1) All receptacles for municipal collection shall be
placed at the sidewalk area near the edge of the street, or near the
edge of the alley if collection is effected in an alley, on the day
or days designated for garbage, rubbish and refuse collection, as
the case may be. No receptacles shall be permitted on any street,
alley or lane except on the days designated for their collection,
and receptacles must be removed by nightfall of the day of collection.
(2) Not more than a total of four receptacles shall be
collected from any single dwelling or apartment house, except that
apartment houses containing more than two apartments shall be entitled
to have collected two receptacles for each unit in excess of two units
or a single dumpster for all of the units..
C. Preparation of garbage, rubbish, refuse, etc., for
municipal collection.
(1) All wet garbage shall be drained and wrapped in paper
or placed in a bag or similar container before being placed in the
garbage receptacle.
(2) If garbage, rubbish and refuse as defined by this chapter are all collected by municipal collection, they may be mingled in the same receptacle, provided that it is the type described in §
125-2A(1) hereof.
(3) Bricks, masonry, large metal objects and dirt shall
not be mingled with garbage, rubbish or refuse.
D. Schedule of collections. Collection of such items
of garbage, rubbish and refuse as may hereafter be collected by the
Mayor and Council of Rock Hall shall be made at least once each week,
and, when the regular collection day falls on a holiday, collection
shall be made on the day preceding the regular collection day if the
regular collection day is Saturday or the day after the holiday if
the regular collection day is other than Saturday.
[Amended 6-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
Except as otherwise set forth herein, no municipal
collection shall be made by the Mayor and Council or their agents
and employees from any establishment that is entirely or primarily
industrial or commercial in nature or otherwise primarily operates
for a profit, other than apartment houses, boardinghouses or rooming
houses. Such industrial or commercial establishments that generate
an amount of garbage, rubbish or refuse substantially equivalent to
that generated by a single dwelling may be eligible for municipal
collection if authorized by the Town and upon payment of any required
fees, whether imposed by the Town or any vendor with whom the Town
has contracted to provide garbage collection in the Town. All establishments
not served by municipal collection shall have their garbage, rubbish,
refuse or waste removed from their premises as frequently as may be
necessary in order to avoid the creation of a nuisance to the public
or to adjoining property owners and to prevent the creation of an
unsanitary condition dangerous to the public health.
[Amended 6-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
A. The removal of wearing apparel, bedclothing or other
refuse from homes or other places where highly infectious or contagious
diseases have prevailed shall be performed under the direction of
the Kent County Health Department. Such materials shall not be placed
in containers for regular collection.
B. Each person who places a receptacle in the sidewalk
area or near the line of any street or alley within the corporate
limits of Rock Hall shall be responsible for the condition of the
receptacle, and, if the contents of the receptacle shall be spilled
because of the poor condition of the receptacle, the person placing
the receptacle for collection shall be required to clean up and remove
the spilled contents of the receptacle prior to nightfall of the day
in which such spillage occurs.
[Amended 6-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable as a Class C municipal infraction and subject to the provisions of Chapter
153 of the Town Code.