[Ord. No. 153 §1, 2-19-1974; RSMo. §260.200(34),(50)]
For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms shall be
deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
An incinerator which complies with all current regulations
of the responsible local and State air pollution control agencies.
Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or
non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial,
institutional, or agricultural establishments which are either too
large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste
transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment
available therefor.
The City of St. Robert, Missouri.
Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation
vehicle.
Waste materials from the construction or demolition of residential,
industrial or commercial structures.
Shall be the Director of Public Works.
Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of not
more than thirty-five (35) gallons specifically designed for storage
of solid waste.
Any room or group of rooms located within a structure, including
a house trailer or mobile home, and forming a single habitable unit
with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living,
sleeping, cooking and eating.
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooling, serving, or consumption of food.
Including but not limited to: Pathological wastes, explosive
wastes, pesticides, pesticide containers, toxic or radioactive materials.
Premises within the City under one (1) ownership and used
for the parking of more than two (2) house trailers or mobile homes,
which are used or intended for use as dwelling units on those premises,
and including the house trailers or mobile homes parked thereon even
though they may be owned by someone other than the owner of the premises
involved.
A housing facility containing more than one dwelling unit
under one (1) roof.
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall be in the actual possession, or, of any other improved real
property, either as owner or as a tenant.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, estate, political subdivision,
or organization of any kind, or their legal representative, agent
or assigns.
Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting
and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified
or solid waste quantity is reduced.
Solid waste.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials including,
but not limited to, solid and semisolid waste materials resulting
from industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and domestic
activities, but does not include hazardous waste as defined in Sections
260.360 to 260.432, RSMo., recovered materials, overburden, rock,
tailings, matte, slag or other waste material resulting from mining,
milling or smelting.
Commercial solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the operation of any commercial, industrial, institutional or
agricultural establishment, and multiple housing facilities with more
than two (2) dwelling units.
Residential solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units, excluding multiple
housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
Mobile home courts solid waste: Solid waste
resulting from the maintenance and operation of mobile home courts
(including solid waste from the house trailers or mobile homes located
therein). For purposes of this Chapter, mobile home courts solid waste
shall be considered the same as commercial solid waste, except that
if the owner of the mobile home courts requests, and is granted, permission
from the Director the solid waste from that owner's mobile home court
shall be considered the same as residential solid waste. The Director
shall grant permission for the solid waste from specific mobile home
courts to be considered the same as residential solid waste if and
as long as, in the opinion of the Director, the solid waste in that
mobile home court can be feasibly collected with the facilities available
at the time.
Receptacle used by any person to store waste during the interval
between solid waste collections.
The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material,
and in particular the final disposition of solid waste by man.
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from the time
of its production until the time of its collection.
The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection
or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste
disposal area.
Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas
trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact
root balls.
[Ord. No. 153 §2, 2-19-1974; Ord. No. 1521 §§1 — 3, 6-23-2003]
A.
The
occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial
or business, industrial or agricultural establishment producing solid
waste within the corporate limits of the City, shall provide sufficient
and adequate containers for the storage of all solid waste, except
bulky rubbish and demolition and construction waste to serve each
such dwelling unit and/or establishment; and to maintain such solid
waste containers at all times in good repair.
B.
The
occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial,
industrial, agricultural or business establishment shall place all
solid waste to be collected in proper solid waste containers, except
as otherwise provided herein, and shall maintain such solid waste
containers and the area surrounding them in a clean, neat and sanitary
condition at all times.
C.
Residential
solid waste shall be stored in containers of not more than thirty-five
(35) gallons in nominal capacity. Containers shall be leakproof, waterproof,
and fitted with a fly-tight lid and shall be properly covered at all
times except when depositing waste therein or removing the contents
thereof. The containers shall have handles, bails or other suitable
lifting devices or features. Containers shall be of a type originally
manufactured for residential solid waste, with tapered sides for easy
emptying. They shall be of light weight and sturdy construction. The
weight of any individual container and contents shall not exceed seventy-five
(75) pounds. Galvanized metal containers, or rubber, fiberglass, or
plastic containers which do not become brittle in cold weather, may
be used. Disposable solid waste containers with suitable frames or
containers as approved by the Director may also be used for storage
of residential solid waste.
D.
Commercial solid waste shall be stored in solid waste containers as approved by the Director. The containers shall be waterproof, leakproof and shall be covered at all times except when depositing waste therein or removing the contents thereof; and shall meet all requirements as set forth by Section 220.060.
E.
The
tree limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush shall be
able to fit in the bed of a normal pick up truck. The weight of individual
bundles of brush and tree limbs shall not exceed seventy-five (75)
pounds.
F.
Yard
wastes shall be stored in containers so constructed and maintained
as to prevent the dispersal of wastes placed therein upon the premises
served, upon adjacent premises, or upon adjacent public rights of
way. The weight of any individual container and contents shall not
exceed seventy-five (75) pounds.
G.
Solid
waste containers which do not meet the requirements of this Chapter
may be collected, together with their contents, and disposed of.
[Ord. No. 153 §3, 2-19-1974]
A.
The
City shall provide for the collection of solid waste within the corporate
limits of the City as follows:
1.
Collection of residential solid waste. The City
shall provide for the collection of all residential solid waste in
the City, provided however, that the City may provide the collection
service by contracting with a person, county, or other City or a combination
thereof, for the entire City or portions thereof, as deemed to be
in the best interests of the City.
2.
Other collections. The City may, at its discretion,
provide commercial solid waste collection services upon specific application
of the owners or persons in charge thereof; provided, however, that
the City may provide the collection service by contracting with a
person, county, or other City or a combination thereof, for the entire
City or portions thereof, as deemed to be in the best interests of
the City. However, in the event that such application is not made
or approved, it shall be the duty of such establishment to provide
for collection of all solid waste produced upon any such premises
in a manner approved by the City.
B.
All
solid waste from premises to which collection services are provided
by the City shall be collected, except bulky rubbish as defined herein,
provided however, that bulky rubbish will be collected if tied securely
in bundles not exceeding reasonable limitations of weight and bulk
to be fixed by regulations to be made and promulgated by the Director
as hereinafter provided. All solid waste collected shall, upon being
loaded into transportation equipment, become the property of the collection
agency.
C.
Tree limbs and yard wastes, as directed in Section 220.020, Subsections (E) and (F) respectively, shall be placed at the curb or alley for collection. Solid waste containers required by this Chapter for the storage of other residential solid waste shall be placed (at the curb or alley) for collection. Any solid waste containers, tree limbs, yard wastes, or other solid waste permitted by this Chapter to be placed at the curb or alley for collection shall not be so placed until the regularly scheduled collection day.
D.
Bulky
rubbish shall be collected upon request being made to the Director.
The Director shall establish the procedure for collecting bulky rubbish.
E.
Solid
waste collectors, employed by the City or a solid waste collection
agency operating under contract with the City, are hereby authorized
to enter upon private property for the purpose of collecting solid
waste therefrom as required by this Chapter. Solid waste collectors
shall not enter dwelling units or other residential buildings for
the purpose of collecting residential solid waste. Commercial solid
waste may be removed from within commercial establishments upon written
request of the owner and approval by the Director.
F.
The
frequency of collection of solid waste within the City shall be fixed
by separate ordinance.
G.
Residential
solid waste containers shall be stored upon the residential premises.
Commercial solid waste containers shall be stored upon private property,
unless the owner shall have been granted written permission from the
City to use public property for such purposes. The storage site shall
be well drained; fully accessible to collection equipment, public
health personnel and fire inspection personnel.
H.
Solid waste collectors, employed by the City or a solid waste collection agency operating under contract with the City, shall be responsible for the transportation of solid waste from the point of collection to the transportation vehicle provided the solid waste was stored in compliance with Section 220.020, Subsections (C, D, E and F) of this Chapter. Any spillage or blowing litter caused as a result of the duties of the solid waste collector shall be collected and placed in the transportation vehicle by the solid waste collector.
[Ord. No. 153 §4, 2-19-1974]
A.
All
transportation vehicles shall be maintained in a safe, clean and sanitary
condition, and shall be so constructed, maintained and operated as
to prevent spillage of solid waste therefrom. All vehicles to be used
for transportation of solid waste shall be constructed with water-tight
bodies and with covers which shall be an integral part of the vehicle
or shall be a separate cover of suitable material with fasteners designed
to secure all sides of the cover to the vehicle and shall be secured
whenever the vehicle is transporting solid waste, or, as an alternate,
the entire bodies thereof shall be enclosed, with only loading hoppers
exposed. No solid waste shall be transported in the loading hoppers.
B.
Permits
under this Chapter shall not be required for the removal, hauling
or disposal of earth and rock material from grading or excavation
activities, or for the transportation and disposal of demolition and
constructions wastes; however, all such material shall be conveyed
in tight vehicles, trucks, or receptacles, so constructed and maintained
that none of the material being transported shall spill upon the public
rights of way.
[Ord. No. 153 §5, 2-19-1974]
A.
Solid
wastes shall be deposited at a processing facility or disposal area
approved by the City and complying with all requirements of the Missouri
Solid Waste Management Law.
B.
The
Director may classify certain wastes as hazardous wastes which will
require special handling and shall be disposed of only in a manner
acceptable to the Director and which will meet all local, State and
Federal regulations.
[Ord. No. 153 §7, 2-19-1974]
A.
The
Director may make, amend, revoke, and enforce reasonable and necessary
rules and regulations, governing, but not limited to:
1.
Preparation, drainage and wrapping of garbage deposited in solid
waste containers.
2.
Specifications for solid waste containers, including the type, composition,
equipment, size and shape thereof.
3.
Identification of solid waste containers and of the covers thereof,
and of equipment thereto appertaining, if any.
4.
Weight limitations on the combined weight of solid waste containers
and the contents thereof, and weight and size limitations on bundles
of solid waste too large for solid waste containers.
5.
Storage of solid waste in solid waste containers.
6.
Sanitation, maintenance and replacement of solid waste containers.
7.
Schedules of and routes for collection and transportation of solid
waste.
8.
Collection points of solid waste containers.
9.
Collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.
10.
Handling of special wastes such as toxic wastes, sludge, ashes, agriculture,
construction, bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils, greases, etc.
B.
The
City Official or Board who is or may become responsible for preparing
service charge billings for collection of solid waste is hereby authorized
to make and promulgate reasonable and necessary rules and regulations
for the billing and collection of solid waste collection charges.
C.
A copy
of any and all rules and regulations made and promulgated under the
provisions hereof shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk of
the City.
D.
Any
and all rules and regulations made and promulgated under the provisions
hereof shall, prior to their effective date, be presented to the Board
of Aldermen of the City, which may, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, at
any time, modify, amend or veto any one or more of such rules and
regulations; provided however, that if the Director determines that
the proposed rules and regulations are such that a delay in implementation
thereof would be detrimental to the best interests of the inhabitants
of the City, the Director may direct that such rules and regulations
become effective prior to submission to the Board of Aldermen of the
City, but in that event the rules and regulations shall be submitted
to the Board of Aldermen for consideration at its next meeting.
[Ord. No. 153 §8, 2-19-1974]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his/her
own without the written consent of the owner of such container and/or,
with the intent of avoiding payment of the service charge provided
for solid waste collection and disposal
2.
Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection and transportation
equipment, or with solid waste collectors in the lawful performance
of their duties as such, whether such equipment or collectors shall
be those of the City, or those of a solid waste collection agency
operating under contract with the City.
3.
Burn solid waste unless an approved incinerator is provided or unless
prior authorization has been obtained from the City.
4.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
by the City and the Missouri Division of Health.
5.
Engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing or
disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City without
a permit from the City, or operate under an expired permit, or operate
after a permit has been suspended or revoked.
B.
Any person found to be in violation of Subsection 220.070(A). shall be cited for an infraction by the St. Robert Police Department and be required to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each offense.
[Ord. No. 3923, 10-18-2022]
[Ord. No. 153 §9, 2-19-1974]
The Board of Aldermen of the City shall, by separate ordinance,
from time to time, establish (and modify) the amount of service charge
for collection of residential solid waste and establish the procedure
for determination of the amount of service charge for collection of
commercial solid waste, and the method of billing and collection of
such service charge.
