[R.O. 2011 §240.010; Ord. No. 559 §1, 4-21-1986]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
APPROVED INCINERATOR
An incinerator which complies with all current regulations
of the responsible local, State, and Federal air pollution control
agencies.
BULKY RUBBISH
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 conveniently loaded in solid waste
transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors, with the equipment
available therefore.
CITY
The City of Cabool, Missouri.
COLLECTION
Removal of solid waste from the designated pickup location
to the transportation vehicle.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Solid Waste Management Program of the
City shall be the City Administrator.
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
are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
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 environment (Subsection 260.360(9))
of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law).
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 a tenant.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
association, trust, institution, City, County, other political subdivision,
authority, State agency or institution, or Federal agency or institution,
or any other legal entity. As applied to partnerships or associations,
the word includes the partners or members thereof; and as applied
to corporations, it includes the officers, agents or employees thereof
who are responsible for the act referred to.
PROCESSING
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, post-use polymers,
recovered feedstocks, overburden, rock, tailings, matte, mill scale
and slag or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or
smelting. Solid waste does not include "yard waste" as defined herein.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
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 DISPOSAL AREA
Any area used for the disposal of solid waste from more than
one (1) residential premises, or one (1) or more commercial, industrial,
manufacturing, recreational, or governmental operations.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The entire process of managing solid waste in a manner which
minimizes the generation and subsequent disposal of solid waste, including
waste reduction, source separation, collection, storage, transportation,
recycling, resource recovery, volume minimization, processing, market
development, and disposal of solid wastes.
STORAGE
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from the time
of its production until the time of its collection.
TRANSPORTATION
The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection
or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste
disposal area.
YARD WASTES
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. 2011 §240.020; Ord. No. 559 §2, 4-21-1986]
A. The
occupant or owner 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 or owner 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
(30) gallons nor less than fifteen (15) 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 container 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 sixty (60) 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
240.060.
E. Tree
limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush shall be security
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.
F. Yard
wastes shall be stored in containers so constructs 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 specifications as outlined
in this Section will be collected together with their contents and
disposed of.
[R.O. 2011 §240.030; Ord. No. 559 §3, 4-21-1986]
A. The
City shall provide for the collection of solid waste as follows.
1. 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 interest of the City.
2. The City may, at its discretion, provide commercial solid waste collection
services upon specific application of the owners or persons in charge
thereof. 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.
B. All
solid waste from premises to which collection services are provided
by the City shall be collected, except bulky rubbish as defined herein.
Bulky rubbish will be collected in accordance with the rules and regulations
as promulgated by the Director.
C. Tree limbs and yard wastes, as described in Sections
240.020(E) and
(F) respectively, shall be placed at the curb, alley, or the rear of the building for collection. Solid waste containers as required by this Chapter for the storage of other residential solid waste shall be placed at the curb, alley, or the rear of the building 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 at least once annually. 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
requests of the owner and approval by the Director.
F. The
following collection frequencies shall apply to collections of solid
waste within the City:
All residential solid waste, other than bulky rubbish, shall
be collected at least once weekly. At least seventy-two (72) hours
shall intervene between collections. All commercial solid waste shall
be collected at least once weekly, and shall be collected at such
lesser intervals as may be fixed by the Director or requested by the
commercial establishment upon a determination that such lesser intervals
are necessary for the preservation of the health or safety of the
public.
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 collection of solid waste from the designated pickup location
to the transportation vehicle provided the solid waste was stored
in compliance with the provisions set forth in 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.
I. The occupant of every dwelling unit and of every instutional, commercial
or business, industrial or agricultural establishment producing solid
waste within the City of Cabool shall dispose of any and all solid
waste in the manner provided by the City of Cabool.
[Ord. No. 015-2014 §1, 5-12-2014]
[R.O. 2011 §240.040; Ord. No. 559 §4, 4-21-1986]
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
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 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.
C. Demolition and construction wastes shall be transported to a disposal area as provided in Section
240.050(A). A permit shall not be required for the hauling of demolition and construction waste, 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.
[R.O. 2011 §240.050; Ord. No. 559 §5, 4-21-1986]
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, Sections 260.200 to 260.245, RSMo., and
the rules and regulations adopted thereunder. The City may designate
the processing or disposal facility to be utilized by persons operating
under this Chapter.
B. Hazardous
wastes under provisions will require special handling and shall be
disposed of only in a manner authorized by State and regulations.
[R.O. 2011 §240.070; Ord. No. 559 §7, 4-21-1986]
A. The
Director shall make, amend, revoke, and enforce reasonable 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. 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
13. Handling of special wastes such as sludges, ashes, agriculture, construction,
bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils, grease, etc.
B. The
City Clerk or such other City Official who is responsible for preparing
utility and other service charge billings for the City, is hereby
authorized to make and promulgate reasonable and necessary rules and
regulations for the billing and collection of solid waste collection
and/or disposal service charges, as hereinafter provided for.
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.
[R.O. 2011 §240.080; Ord. No. 559 §8, 4-21-1986]
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 hereinafter
provided for solid waste collection and disposal;
2. Fail to have solid waste collected as provided in this Chapter;
3. 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;
4. Burn solid waste unless an approved incinerator is provided or unless
a variance has been obtained from the appropriate air pollution control
agency;
5. Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
by the City and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources;
6. 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;
7. Violate any Section of this Chapter or any other rule or regulation promulgated under the authority of Section
240.060.
B. Family users and family related business owners may pool their solid
waste trash by utilizing one (1) or more solid waste containers provided
by the City of Cabool for the disposal of trash. In addition, citizens
may purchase "yellow bags" through City Hall for utilization and pickup
by the provider provided by the City of Cabool.
[Ord. No. 015-2014 §2, 5-12-2014]
C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter, or any lawful rules and regulations thereof, shall be subject to the general penalty specified in Section
100.220 of Chapter
100 of the Municipal Code of the City of Cabool, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 015-2014 §3, 5-12-2014]
[R.O. 2011 §240.090; Ord. No. 559 §11, 4-21-1986]
Bonds are suggested for permits to collect and transport solid
waste and to operate processing or disposal facilities. The amounts
and types should be determined by the City. Types of bonds which should
be considered are performance bonds, and payment bonds.