[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
shall mean residue of the combustion of solid fuels.
shall mean that area from which fill is excavated for the
purpose of covering garbage and refuse.
shall mean any and all refuse or residue resulting directly
from building, construction, reconstruction, repair or demolition,
grading or incidental work in building equipment.
shall include such things as discarded household furniture,
appliances, bedding and mattresses, automobiles, large steel barrels
and cans.
shall mean any person, including a municipality, engaged
in the collection of garbage, rubbish, trash, bulk refuse, mixed refuse
or ashes.
shall mean all putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
shall mean a watertight metal or plastic receptacle with
a tight-fitting cover, constructed so as to prevent spilling or leakage
of its contents and equipped with pull handles.
shall include such things as leaves, lawn cuttings, tree
trimmings, branches, stumps or shrubbery.
shall mean any refuse, the handling or disposal of which,
in the opinion of the Sanitation Inspector, would constitute a danger
to people or property.
shall mean any person or corporation, including a municipality,
engaged in the business of operating a sanitary landfill.
shall mean garbage and rubbish.
shall mean all cardboard, plastic, metal or glass food containers,
wastepaper, rags, sweepings, excelsior, rubber, leather and similar
waste material that ordinarily accumulates around a home, business
or industry.
shall mean that area of the landfill that is being currently
used for placing garbage and refuse.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
No person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and §§ 22-18 through 22-24 of this Code of Ordinances, shall drop, deposit or cause to fall, be thrown, dropped or deposited upon any street, road, highway, premises, vacant property (public or private), in any waters, including any lake, river, brook and/or stream anywhere in the town, any waste, including but not limited to garbage, ashes, rubbish, dead animals, mixed refuse, bulk refuse, building waste, hazardous refuse or any matter injurious to public health.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
No person shall engage in or cause others to engage in the bulk
burning of waste or putrescible material anywhere within the town;
provided, however, that the prohibition contained in this section
shall not apply to:
(1)Â
The burning or burying, in a sanitary manner, by persons on their
own property of wastes generated by themselves on such property.
(2)Â
The burning of leaves, brush or land-clearing refuse by homeowners
or on an on-the-job site presently under the jurisdiction of the Fire
Warden.
(3)Â
The storing or spreading of animal excrement used as a fertilizer
for agricultural purposes within the town.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
Nothing contained in any section of this chapter or §§ 22-18 through 22-24 of this Code of Ordinances shall be deemed to prohibit any person on any premises, owned or leased by said person, from keeping, possessing, storing or otherwise using or keeping for use any nonputrescible substance or material.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
(a)Â
Collectors shall collect garbage, rubbish, ashes, mixed refuse and
bulk refuse only in vehicles that are fully enclosed steel-type packer
bodies or fully enclosed bodies of wood or metal.
(b)Â
Vehicles used in the collection of garbage or refuse shall be cleansed
weekly by the use of a disinfectant or steam cleaning.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
No collector shall accept, while engaged in the collection of
garbage and refuse, whole dead animals, but they may be accepted by
any licensed collector at the landfill site.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
Garbage receptacles shall be provided by the occupant of any
premises where garbage or refuse is regularly collected. Such receptacles
shall conform in all respects to the standards set out in the definition
of "garbage receptacle or refuse receptacle" in this chapter.
[Ord. of 7-22-1965, § I]
In multiple dwellings, where three or more rental units are
located, the owner shall be responsible for the regular collection
of garbage and refuse, which shall not be less than once a week.
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Editor's Note: Former § 7-9, Amendment of chapter,
was repealed by Ord. of 8-16-1984.
