[Amended 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 5-1993]
A. No owner or occupant of a parcel shall allow solid wastes, recyclable
materials, rubbish or debris or garbage generated upon said parcel
to:
(1) Accumulate or be placed or dumped upon said parcel so that:
(a)
Said parcel is or may become unsanitary.
(b)
The health and safety of persons shall or may be adversely affected.
(c)
The quiet enjoyment of parcels other than the parcel of the
offending owner or occupant is adversely affected.
B. No owner or occupant of a parcel shall cause or allow solid wastes,
recyclable materials, rubbish or debris or garbage which is generated
outside the perimeters of the parcel to be dumped upon or placed upon
said parcel. Any such solid wastes, recyclable materials, rubbish
or debris or garbage placed upon said parcel, either with or without
the knowledge or consent of the owner or occupant thereof, shall be
immediately removed from said parcel by the owner or occupant thereof.
C. Upon the failure of a parcel's owner to remove solid wastes,
recyclable materials, rubbish or debris or garbage from said parcel
within seven days from the tine the notice to remove such solid wastes,
recyclable materials, rubbish or debris or garbage from said parcel
has been served, the Town of Dickinson may cause such solid wastes,
recyclable materials, rubbish or debris or garbage to be removed from
said parcel, and the total cost thereof, including but not limited
to moneys actually paid out by the Town, time and expense of the Town
officials and employees involved in the service of the notice and
the removal in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of
this section, shall be assessed upon the parcel in which such solid
wastes, recyclable materials, rubbish or debris or garbage were found,
and the expense so assessed shall constitute a lien and charge on
the real property upon which it is levied until paid or otherwise
satisfied or discharged and shall be collected in the same manner
and at the same time as other Town charges.
[Amended 9-8-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 12-10-2001 by L.L. No.
6-2001]
D. The notice required to be served pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be served as follows:
(1) By mail to the owner addressed to the last known address of the owner.
(2) By attaching or placing a copy of said notice upon any structure
on said parcel and, if no such structure is available upon said parcel,
by attaching said notice upon the nearest utility pole or other support.
Any person who shall place any solid waste or recyclable materials
upon any parcel not owned, leased or lawfully occupied by such person
and without the explicit consent of the owner or occupant of said
parcel shall be deemed to have violated this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place at the curb or
along the edge of street pavement within the Town of Dickinson (outside
the Village of Port Dickinson) or to dispose, discard or abandon in
said portion of the Town any solid waste generated either outside
the corporate limits of the Town of Dickinson or within the Village
of Port Dickinson.
The burning of solid waste or recyclable materials within the
Town of Dickinson is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 12-12-2016 by L.L. No. 7-2016]
The dumping of clean fill (rocks, cinders, etc.) shall be allowed within the Town of Dickinson by permit obtained from the Town Code Enforcement Officer only for the purpose of filling in to establish grades. Such clean fill shall not be construed to mean rubbish or garbage as herein defined. At its discretion, the Town may require an engineering study to be conducted at the expense of the permit applicant to assess whether the proposed dumping may adversely affect or injure adjacent property, among other considerations. Dumping of clean fill that will disturb more than one acre of total land area, or disturbs less than one acre of total land area but is part of a larger common plan of development or sale, even though multiple separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules, requires a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
476 of the Town Code. No dumping is permitted over Town utilities, easements or rights-of-way without the written permission of the Commissioner of Public Works.
No truck or other motor vehicle shall be used to transport solid
waste or recyclable materials over any of the public highways of said
Town unless such truck or vehicle is so constructed as to prevent
any portion of the load falling to the highway, and no truck or other
vehicle so used shall be loaded to such an extent that any portion
of the load can fall to the highway.