[R.O. 2003 §230.010; C.C. 1979 §§26.010-26.030]
The following terms used in this Chapter shall have these prescribed
meanings:
The entire process of storage, collection, transportation,
processing, and disposal of solid waste.
Individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
City, County other political subdivisions, authority, State agency,
institution, or Federal agency or institution.
Garbage, refuse, discarded materials and undesirable solid
and semisolid waste, residual matter, resulting from industrial, commercial,
agricultural, or community activities in such amounts, characteristics,
and duration as to injure or harm the public health, welfare, animal
life, or property.
[R.O. 2003 §230.020; C.C. 1979 §§26.040–26.070]
A.
Storage Of Solid Waste.
1.
All persons shall be required to store all solid waste except
bulk waste in approved, enclosed, single-use containers with tight-fitting
lids. 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 of Buckner shall
provide sufficient and adequate containers for the storage of all
solid waste to serve each such dwelling, unit or establishment, and
to maintain such solid waste containers at all times in good repair.
All solid waste to be collected shall be placed in proper solid waste
containers, except as otherwise provided, and such solid waste containers,
as well as the area surrounding them shall be maintained in a clean,
neat and sanitary condition at all times.
2.
Residential solid waste shall be stored in containers or disposal
bags of not more than thirty-five (35) gallons nor less than twenty
(20) gallons in nominal capacity. Containers other than disposal bags
shall be leakproof, waterproof, and fitted with a flytight lid and
shall be properly covered at all times except when depositing waste
therein or removing the contents thereof. The contents of solid waste
containers which are not approved will not be collected.
B.
Collection Of Solid Waste.
1.
All persons shall have solid waste collected at least once per
week pursuant to this Chapter unless otherwise exempted by law.
2.
All solid waste from premises to which collection services are
provided must be placed in approved containers, except that bulky
rubbish will be collected if tied in bundles not exceeding two (2)
feet in thickness by four (4) feet in length.
3.
Tree limbs and yard wastes shall be placed at the curb or alley
for collection. Solid waste containers for the storage of other residential
solid waste shall be placed at the curb or alley for collection. No
solid waste containers, tree limbs, yard wastes, or other solid waste
shall be placed at the curb or alley for collection until the regularly
scheduled collection days.
4.
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 of Buckner 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.
5.
Solid waste haulers shall be responsible for the collection
of solid waste from the point of collection to the transportation
vehicle, provided the solid waste was stored in compliance with the
requirements for storage containers as set forth herein. Any spillage
or blowing litter caused as a result of the actions of the solid waste
hauler shall be collected and placed in the transportation vehicle
by the hauler.
C.
Transportation Of Solid Waste.
1.
All transportation vehicles shall be licensed and 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 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 secure whenever the vehicle is transporting
solid waste, or, as an alternative, the entire bodies thereof shall
be enclosed, with only loading hoppers exposed. No solid waste shall
be transported in the loading hoppers.
2.
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 watertight vehicles,
trucks or receptacles, so constructed and maintained that none of
the material being transported shall spill upon the public rights-of-way.
D.
Disposal Of Solid Waste. Solid waste shall be deposited
at processing facilities or disposal areas licensed by Jackson County
and complying with all requirements of the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources. The State or Federal Government may classify certain
wastes as hazardous wastes which will require special handling and
shall be disposed of only in an acceptable manner and which will meet
all local, State and Federal regulations.
[R.O. 2003 §230.030; C.C. 1979 §26.080]
There is hereby established a Solid Waste Disposal Department
for the purpose of administration of the solid waste disposal plan
which will handle contracts with solid waste haulers.
[R.O. 2003 §230.040]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
any truck, tractor-trailer or other combination engaged in transporting
solid waste disposal area or solid waste processing facility approved
by the Department of Natural Resources or Division of Health, may
operate with a weight not to exceed twenty-two thousand four hundred
(22,400) pounds on one (1) axle; provided, however, nothing in this
Section shall be construed to permit the operation of any motor vehicle
on the interstate highway system in excess of the weight limits imposed
by Federal Statute; and provided further, that no such truck, tractor-trailer
or other combination shall exceed the width and length limitations
as prescribed by State law.
[R.O. 2003 §230.050; C.C. 1979 §26.100]
This solid waste plan shall be available for a cooperative effort
with other municipalities and Jackson County, Missouri. This plan
is adaptable to the future establishment of a regional processing
and resource recovery center and the planning of disposal facilities.
[R.O. 2003 §230.060; Ord. No. 425 §26.110, 7-19-1984; Ord. No. 695 §1, 2-6-2003]
No person shall burn solid waste within the City limits of the
City of Buckner without a Missouri Department of Natural Resources
burning permit.
