[R.O. 1996 § 235.010; Code 1985,
§ 60.010; CC 1990 § 9-26; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
The following words, terms and phrases,
when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
COLLECTION
Removal and transportation of solid waste from its place
of storage to its place of processing or disposal.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Solid Waste Management Program of the
City, or his/her authorized representative.
DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty
(20) to thirty-five (35) gallons, specifically designed for storage
of solid waste.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a structure, and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or
intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating, excluding,
however, any motel or hotel.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the
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 the environment.
OCCUPANT
Any person who, alone, or jointly or severally with others,
shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other
improved real property, either as owner or as tenant.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
subdivision, or organization of any kind, or their legal representative
agent or assigns.
PROCESSING
Incinerating, composting, baling, shedding, 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 this
Section and 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.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
A receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during
the interval between solid waste collections.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material.
In particular, the final disposition of solid waste by man.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
STORAGE
The containment of solid wastes in individual containers
at residential units or commercial establishments.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas
trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact
root balls.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.020; Code 1985,
§ 60.060; CC 1990 § 9-27; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
Tree limbs less than four (4) inches
in diameter and brush shall be securely tied in bundles not larger
than forty-eight (48) inches long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter
when not placed in storage containers. The weight of any individual
bundle shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.030; Code 1985,
§ 60.070; CC 1990 § 9-28; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.040; Code 1985,
§ 60.100; CC 1990 § 9-29; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
All solid waste from premises to
which collection services are provided 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 collection equipment,
become the property of the collection agency.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.050; Code 1985,
§ 60.130; CC 1990 § 9-30; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
A. The following collection frequencies shall
apply to collections of solid waste within the City:
1.
All residential solid waste other
than bulky rubbish, shall be collected at least once weekly.
2.
All commercial solid waste shall
be collected at least once weekly and collected at lesser intervals
as may be necessary for any commercial establishment for the purpose
of aesthetic health, safety and general welfare of the City. Such
lesser intervals of collection shall be fixed by the Director.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.060; Code 1985,
§ 60.150; CC 1990 § 9-31; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
All collection 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. All vehicles to be used for collection of solid waste shall
be constructed with watertight 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.070; Code 1985,
§ 60.160; CC 1990 § 9-32; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
A. Permits shall not be required for the removal,
hauling, or disposal of earth and rock material from grading or excavation
activities; however, all such material shall be convoyed 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.
B. Transportation and disposal of demolition and construction wastes shall be in accordance with Sections
235.080 and
235.090.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.080; Code 1985,
§ 60.170; CC 1990 § 9-33; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
Solid waste shall be disposed of
at a processing facility or disposal area approved by the City and
complying with all requirements of the State Department of Natural
Resources.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.090; Code 1985,
§ 60.180; CC 1990 § 9-34; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.100; Code 1985,
§ 60.250; CC 1990 § 9-35; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
In order to ensure compliance with
the laws of this State, this Article and the rules and regulations
authorized herein, the Director is authorized to inspect all phases
of the solid waste management plan within the City. No inspection
shall be made in any residential unit unless authorized by the occupant
or by due process of the law. In all instances where such inspections
reveal violation of this Article, the rules and regulations authorized
herein for the storage, collection, transportation, processing or
disposal of solid waste or the laws of the State of Missouri, the
Director shall issue notice for each such violation stating therein
the violations found, the time and date and the corrective measure
to be taken, together with the time in which such corrections shall
be made.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.110; Code 1985,
§ 60.270; CC 1990 § 9-36; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
Any person who feels aggrieved by
any notice of violation or order issued pursuant thereto from the
Director may, within ten (10) days of the act for which redress is
sought appeal directly to the Municipal Court in writing, setting
forth in a concise statement the act being appealed and the grounds
for its reversal.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.120; Code 1985,
§ 60.310; CC 1990 § 9-37; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987]
A. The Director shall 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 cover 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
of solid waste.
8.
Collection points of solid waste
containers.
9.
Collection and disposal of solid
waste.
10.
Processing facilities and fees for
the use thereof.
11.
Disposal facilities and fees for
the use thereof.
12.
Records of quantity and type of wastes
received at processing and/or disposal facilities.
13.
Handling of special wastes, such
as toxic wastes, sludge, ashes, agriculture, construction, bulky items,
tires, automobiles, oils, greases, etc.
B. A copy of any and all rules and regulations
made and promulgated under the provisions of this Article shall be
filed in the office of the City Clerk.
[R.O. 1996 § 235.130; Code 1985,
§ 60.320; CC 1990 § 9-38; Ord.
No. 571 § 1, 12-28-1987; Ord. No. 1262 § 1, 5-24-1999]
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 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 solid waste
collection agency.
3.
Burn solid waste unless an approved
incinerator is provided or unless a variance has been obtained from
the appropriate air pollution control agency.
4.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility
or location which is not approved by the City and the State Department
of Natural Resources.
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.
6.
Place in any solid waste container
any tire, major appliance, waste oil, lead acid battery or part thereof.
7.
To allow a solid waste container
to remain at curbside or pickup area for more than twelve (12) hours
before or twelve (12) hours after scheduled pickup time.