[CC 1985 §60.010; Ord. No. 627-C §1, 12-17-2007]
A. All solid
waste, including trash which is defined to include paper, empty food
and drink containers, cans, pottery, glass and crockery, and garbage
which is defined to include all normal kitchen waste such as vegetables,
animal offal or by-products of vegetables and animal products that
does not include sewage and body waste, and rubbish which is defined
to include construction or repair refuse and other normal house refuse
(these definitions are not to be all-inclusive, but are exemplary
of the items included as solid waste), which shall be generated within
the City of Canton, Missouri, must be deposited in a sanitary landfill
that shall conform with Federal and State laws and the rules, regulations
and requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
B. Every
person, firm, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association
having a location of any kind within the corporate limits of the City
of Canton, Missouri, shall be required to use and to pay the fees
for the solid waste collection system as shall be determined by the
Board of Aldermen as set forth in this Chapter of the Municipal Code
of the City of Canton, Missouri.
[CC 1985 §60.020]
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Missouri, shall
provide for the collection and disposition of all garbage, trash,
ashes, cinders, glass, papers, cans, refuse, and other waste material
of any kind or character within the City limits of the City of Canton,
Missouri.
Fees for collection of trash, rubbish and garbage shall be set
from time to time based on contractual agreements the City entered
into with various vendors that supply this service.
[CC 1985 §60.040; Ord. No. 627-C §2, 12-17-2007]
A. The fee
required as provided herein shall be shown on the City utilities statement
issued monthly by the City of Canton, Missouri, and the fee as shown
thereon shall become a part of that utilities statement and shall
be paid at the same time and in the same manner as other utilities
charged on that statement.
B. Any person,
firm, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association not using
City water and sewer services or other City utilities, but otherwise
required to pay the fees for trash, rubbish and garbage collection
as herein provided, shall be billed for the fees and shall pay the
fees at the City Office of the City of Canton within the first fifteen
(15) days of the month immediately following the month of the bill.
[CC 1985 §60.050]
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Missouri, shall
from time to time provide such rules and regulations pertaining to
the collection and disposition of all garbage, trash, ashes, cinders,
glass, cans, papers, wood, or other waste material of any kind or
character and shall make said rules and regulations known to the residents
of the City of Canton, Missouri, by appropriately publishing such
rules and regulations and by posting notice thereof within the City
of Canton, Missouri.
[CC 1985 §§75.400—75.410; Ord. No. 450-C §§1—2, 9-15-1997]
A. It shall
be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any person to dispose
or deposit any solid waste, as that term is defined by Section 260.200(34),
RSMo., upon the surface of the ground or in any other place in the
City of Canton, Missouri, except in a solid waste processing facility
or solid waste disposal area having a permit as required by Section
260.205, RSMo., in such a manner as to create a public nuisance or
adversely affect the public health.
B. Penalties For Violation.
1. Every
day any violation of this Section shall continue shall constitute
a separate violation.
2. Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating the terms of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Section
100.220 of the City Code.
[CC 1985 §60.060]
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who
or which shall violate provisions of this Article shall upon conviction
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.