[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Fox
Lake as Title 8, Ch. 3, of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Every residence, residential unit, place of business, industry, or
commerce, or other place providing goods or services of any type shall
cooperate in the collection and recycling of garbage and combined
refuse by performing according to this chapter.
B.
The City of Fox Lake adopts and shall comply at all times with all
applicable provisions of Ch. 287, Wis. Stats., and Ch. NR 544, Wis.
Adm. Code.
C.
The City of Fox Lake will provide continuing information and education
on waste reduction, reuse and recycling to residents of single-family
and two- to four-unit residences, youths, consumers, owners or managers
of multiple-family residences and owners or managers of nonresidential
facilities and properties.
D.
The City of Fox Lake requires owners and designated agents of multiple-family
dwellings to provide for recycling at their facilities of materials
specified in § 287.07(3) and (4), Wis. Stats., as required
by the recycling ordinance under § NR 544.06, Wis. Adm.
Code.
E.
The City of Fox Lake requires owners or designated agents of businesses
and other nonresidential facilities to provide recycling services
of materials specified in § 287.07(3) and (4), Wis. Stats.,
as required by the recycling ordinance under § NR 544.06,
Wis. Adm. Code.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The person or persons specifically authorized by the Common
Council to collect garbage, rubbish and recyclable materials and dispose
of the same.
The receptacle provided to each household (except those in
buildings having more than four residential units) for collection
of recyclable materials.
Defined in § 289.01, Wis. Stats., as discarded
materials resulting from the handling, processing, storage and consumption
of food.
Matter printed on newsprint, including daily or weekly publications
and advertising circulars, whether delivered separate or accompanying
newspapers, normally delivered or mailed to a household or business
for dissemination of public information, but excluding books, magazines,
catalogs or similar publications.
All pyrex glass, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, broken
glass and china, all styrofoam and melamine type plastics, all waxed
paper, waxed cardboard, envelopes with gummed labels, glossy paper,
magazines and envelopes with plastic windows and all other paper,
garbage and rubbish, telephone directories, etc., not defined as recyclable
material.
Newspapers, brown, green and clear container glass, bimetal
(tin) cans, aluminum cans, No. 1 and No. 2 plastic containers, corrugated
cardboard, other nonglossy cardboard and, effective January 1, 1996,
plastic containers labeled No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 and
foam polystyrene packing.
Except where otherwise provided herein, all residential recyclable
material (except from buildings having more than four units) shall
be placed on the curb for collection not more than 12 hours before
the collection date. Curb placement shall be made in the containers,
and the containers shall be removed from the curb not later than 12
hours following the pickup.
A.
Recyclable materials. All recyclable materials shall be separated
from other garbage and nonrecyclable material. The recyclable material
from residential buildings having four or fewer units shall be grouped
together and placed for collection in the container. Recyclable material
shall be grouped together and separated from other garbage and refuse
and shall consist of the following:
(1)
Container glass. Brown, green and clear glass shall be unbroken,
rinsed and have cover and labels removed and placed in the bin containing
recyclable materials.
(2)
Newspaper. All newspapers shall be tied in bundles or placed in paper
bags and be kept dry so as not to render them useless as a recyclable
item.
(3)
Corrugated cardboard. All cardboard shall be flattened. Cardboard
need not be bundled. Glossy cardboard is not included with recyclable
materials.
(4)
Aluminum cans. All aluminum cans shall be cleaned and rinsed and
placed in the recycling bin.
(5)
Plastic containers. All No. 1 and No. 2 plastic containers shall
have the covers removed, be rinsed and flattened and placed in the
recycling bin. Effective January 1, 1996, plastic containers labeled
No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 and foam polystyrene packing
will be picked up. Containers should have the covers removed, rinsed
and flattened.
(6)
Bimetal (tin) cans. Steel, tin and aluminum combination cans shall
be rinsed and labels removed.
(7)
Major appliances. Residential/commercial air conditioners, clothes
dryers, clothes washers, dishwashers, freezers, microwave ovens, refrigerators,
stoves, residential and commercial furnaces, boilers, dehumidifiers
and water heaters shall be placed at curb for pickup.
(8)
Microwave ovens. Microwave ovens that have their capacitor removed
may be disposed of with the garbage.
B.
Items that are prohibited from improper disposal. As of January 1,
1995, no person may convert into fuel or burn with energy recovery
at a solid waste treatment facility any of the following:
(1)
Aluminum containers.
(2)
Corrugated paper or other container board.
(3)
Foam polystyrene packaging.
(4)
Glass containers.
(5)
Magazines or other material printed on similar paper.
(6)
Newspapers or other material printed on newsprint.
(7)
Office paper.
(8)
Plastic containers.
(9)
Steel containers.
(10)
Containers for carbonated or malt beverages that are primarily
made of a combination of steel and aluminum.
All recyclable material collected and deposited as provided
in this chapter shall be the property of the City of Fox Lake.
All rules and regulations for the collection and disposal of
recyclable materials shall be published in the same manner ordinances
are published and after publication shall be in full force and effect.
The City may refuse to furnish collection service of the recyclable
materials or of garbage or of nonrecyclable materials to any person
not complying with this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Common Council for the collection of recyclable materials and
the separation of recyclable materials.
[Amended 3-4-2009]
A.
Containers. All recyclables and garbage, offered for collection by
the City, shall be in containers as directed by the Council, with
the gross weight not to exceed 50 pounds.
B.
Collection schedule and special regulations.
(1)
Residential. All residential units, which consist of each single-family,
mobile home, or multiple-family residential unit having four or fewer
residential units designed for permanent living quarters, shall receive
refuse and recyclable materials collection services as set forth in
this chapter and in accordance with schedules determined by the Common
Council. All garbage shall be picked up at the curb fronting any residence
on a weekly basis. Each residential unit shall be billed for the service
as a City utility on a monthly basis.
(2)
Nonresidential waste. All refuse and recyclable materials produced
by entities that are not residential units shall be collected and
disposed of by the entity or by persons hired or contracted by the
entity to perform such service. Entities other than industrial businesses
(i.e. ,churches, synagogues, small commercial businesses, etc.) may
participate in the City of Fox Lake residential waste program by written
request to the City Clerk.
C.
Garbage containers not to be left on curb. No material presented
for collection by the City shall be put out more than 12 hours prior
to the day of scheduled pickup, and any permanent containers shall
be removed from the curb within 12 hours after the day of collection.
D.
No nonresident dumping allowed.
(1)
Generally. No person residing outside the City shall bring into the
City for disposal any garbage, rubbish or other disposable items of
a combustible or noncombustible nature.
E.
Fees for disposal and/or collection of refuse.
(1)
Residential charges for refuse and recyclable materials collection
and/or disposal shall be determined by resolution of the Common Council
of the City of Fox Lake from time to time and shall be billed following
service to each residential unit on a monthly municipal utility bill.
The tenant of each residential unit as defined in this chapter shall
receive a monthly bill for collection and disposal as determined by
the City Clerk.
(2)
Where home occupations are maintained in conjunction with a residential
unit(s), they shall be deemed one residential unit for the purpose
of this chapter and billing purposes.
(3)
Delinquent charges. Any charges for refuse and recyclable materials
collection and/or disposal which are delinquent by November 1 of the
year shall be made a special assessment and lien against the real
property to which the service was provided. When an account becomes
20 days delinquent, the City Clerk shall send a twenty-day delinquency
notice to the tenant advising him that failure to pay the account
shall result in assessment against the real property as set forth
above. The administrative cost of the delinquency notice sent by the
City Clerk shall be added to the delinquent bill as a one-percent
monthly charge.
(4)
Billing adjustment. An adjustment to the fee assessed for disposal
and/or collection of refuse and recyclable materials shall be at the
discretion of the Common Council of the City of Fox Lake. Written
requests for adjustment of fees must be made to the City Clerk and
presented to the Common Council for consideration.
A.
Penalty options. It is within the discretion of the City of Fox Lake
to use any of the penalty provisions separately or in conjunction
as the City may deem necessary in dealing with a violation.
B.
Penalty. The penalty for the violation of this chapter, in addition to refusal of service made hereunder, shall be a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code. Each week in which a violation occurs shall be subject to a separate penalty.
C.
Enforcement.
(1)
The Chief of Police and officers of the City of Fox Lake Police Department
shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall see that all
violations thereof are promptly abated and violators prosecuted.
(2)
The Director of Public Works shall promptly report to the Chief of
Police, in writing, any violation of this chapter within the City
which comes to his knowledge.
