[R.O. 1997 § 230.010; Ord. No. 532 § 1, 5-26-1999]
As used in this Chapter, and unless
the context clearly requires different meaning, references to one
gender include references to the other gender, singular references
include the plural and plural references include the singular, statements
including the word "shall" are mandatory and discretionary. The following
specific definitions apply to this Chapter:
Non-putrescible solid wastes generated on residential premises,
other than automobiles, white goods and construction and demolition
materials, and consisting of waste which is either too large or too
heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in waste transportation
vehicles by waste haulers with the equipment available therefor.
The City of Wildwood, Missouri.
Yard waste such as grass clippings, leaves, vines, hedge
and shrub (including rose bushes), trimmings, tree trimmings and tree
limbs less than one (1) inch in diameter and no longer than four (4)
feet in length, and/or other such organic materials from the yard.
A location adjacent to and not more than five (5) feet from
any street.
The Director of Public Works for the City or his/her designee.
For hire or commercial purpose to either:
Use a vehicle for the collection
or storage of waste within the City, regardless of the number of times
the vehicle is so used; or
Transport waste by vehicle within
the City of Wildwood more than five (5) times during any waste business
licensing year or at any time on any City owned right-of-way.
Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the
Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission by rules and regulations,
which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical
or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute
to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible
or incapacitating reversible illness or pose a present or potential
threat to the health of humans or other living organisms.
Isolation wastes, cultures and stocks of etiologic agents,
blood and blood products, pathological wastes, other wastes from surgery
and autopsy, contaminated laboratory wastes, sharps, dialysis unit
wastes, and discarded biologicals known or suspected to be infectious.
In addition, the term "infectious waste" means waste in quantities
and with characteristics as established by rule of the Department
of Natural Resources ("DNR") incorporated herein. The term "infectious
waste" does not include any waste treated in a manner established
by such rule which treatment is designed and declared by DNR to make
waste, which was previously infectious, safe for disposal as special
waste.
Any container containing waste which is moved from the generation
point to the disposal or transfer/processing point over roadways within
the City.
Commercial, industrial, agricultural, institutional and recreational,
and all other property or use types that are not defined as residential,
including multi-family premises of three (3) or more units and premises
having mixed uses.
A container of metal, plastic or other similar, rigid materials,
not including plastic bags. Such container shall be leakproof, vermin
proof, and have tight-fitting lids which are hinged on one (1) side.
An individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
or any governmental entity, and including all persons acting on their
behalf.
Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting
and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified
or solid waste quantity is reduced.
Newsprint; brown, clear and green glass containers; steel
or tin cans; aluminum cans, plastic milk jugs and plastic soda bottles,
and able to be processed or remanufactured into other products or
refurbished for reuse. Also included as a recyclable is any other
material that the City may by license agreement hereafter require
to be collected as a recyclable. For the purposes of this Chapter,
recyclables shall not include other solid waste, bulky residential
waste or hazardous waste as defined in this Chapter.
A single-family residence or a residence for no more than
two (2) families.
A container of galvanized metal, rubber, fiberglass or plastic
which is non-absorbent, leakproof, and fly-tight, and which does not
become brittle in cold weather; or plastic bags with a minimum thickness
of two (2) mils and with a capacity of not less than twenty (20) gallons
nor more than thirty-five (35) gallons. The containers, other than
plastic bags, shall have handles, bails or other suitable lifting
devices or features and shall be of a type originally manufactured
for residential waste, with tapered sides for easy emptying. They
shall be lightweight and of sturdy construction.
The accumulated semisolid suspension of settled solids deposited
from waste waters or other fluids in tanks or basins.
Waste in a solid or semisolid state, but does not include
hazardous waste, special waste, infectious waste, recovered materials,
overburden, rock, tailings, matte, slag or other waste material resulting
from mining, milling or smelting.
Items which, by their very nature, can cause health problems
or injury to individuals, including but not limited to white goods
containing harmful substances, solvents, insecticides, cleaning agents,
heavy metals, prescription drugs, explosives, incendiaries, motor
oils, lead acid batteries, tires, refrigerants, infectious waste,
and any materials prohibited by the City's ordinances or any governing
Fire Protection District.
A premises where waste is transferred from one container
to another. A transfer station may or may not be a recycling facility.
Tree limbs no longer than forty-eight (48) inches and no
greater than four (4) inches in diameter.
Any material for which no use or sale is intended and which
will be discarded or any material which has been or is being discarded.
"Waste" shall also include certain residual materials, to be specified
by the rules and regulations, which may be sold for purposes of energy
or materials reclamation, reuse or transformation into new products
which are not wastes. "Waste" includes recyclables which are subject
to supplementary separate regulations in this Chapter.
Any person engaged in the business of hauling waste in the
City.
A facility where the incinerating, composting, baling, shredding,
salvaging, compacting, packaging, recycling or other processing of
waste eliminates or modifies waste, or reduces the quantity of waste
or packages waste. Such facilities include, but are not limited to,
incinerators and compost plants and may include transfer stations.
Any vehicle used for collecting or transporting waste by
any person required to be licensed under this Chapter.
Washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors, dishwashers,
microwave ovens, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, wood stoves,
air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and other
appliances.
Grass clippings, vines, leaves, hedge and shrub trimmings,
yard and garden vegetation and Christmas trees. The term does not
include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls.
[R.O. 1997 § 230.020; Ord. No. 532 § 1, 5-26-1999]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for an person to:
1.Â
Deposit any solid waste in any solid
waste container other than his/her own without the consent of the
owner of such container, or with the intent of avoiding payment of
the service charge lawfully provided by the waste hauler for solid
waste collection and disposal from the premises of such person;
2.Â
Fail to have any waste collected
as provided in this Chapter;
3.Â
Interfere in any manner with waste
collection and transportation equipment, or with waste haulers authorized
to conduct business in the City, in the lawful performance of their
duties as such, whether such equipment or haulers shall be those of
the City or those of a waste hauler operating under license issued
from the City;
5.Â
Dispose of any waste other than as
provided in this Chapter at any facility or location which is not
approved by the City and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
if applicable;
6.Â
Except as may be exempted herein,
engage in the business of storing, collecting, transporting, processing
or disposing of waste within the corporate limits of the City without
a permit/license from the City, or operate under an expired permit/license,
or operate after a permit as been suspended or revoked;
7.Â
Dump or deposit, or permit dumping
or depositing of, any wastes into any river, stream, spring, surface
or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries
of the City including the dumping of yard waste into storm sewer inlets,
common grounds, or other areas not approved for composting;
8.Â
Tamper with any solid waste container
of another or remove any container from its location, or remove any
material from a solid waste container, except by permission of the
owner or under the authority of a license for waste hauling issued
by the City;
9.Â
Violate any Section or requirement
of this Chapter or any requirement promulgated under this authority
thereof.
