[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 13, §§ 13.01, 13.02, 13.05
through 13.07, 13.09 and 13.10, of the 1998 Code]
The following words, when used in this article, shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
Includes:
Animal or vegetable waste from food supply and food supply
cans, including only such paper in which it may be wrapped.
Includes, but is not limited to:
Ashes, cinders, old trees, glass, bottles, and non-food-containing
cans.
Plaster, brick, stone, masonry, tar paper, tile, building paper,
old lumber and in general any discarded building material.
Large pieces of discarded house furnishings and machinery parts
such as sinks, washing machines, bed springs, ice boxes, toilet bowls,
sewer pipe, motors or parts of motors.
A person, either as principal or agent, engaged in the business
of collecting and hauling garbage.
A.
Required. No person, either as principal or agent, shall engage in
the business of collecting and hauling garbage, ashes or any other
refuse without having first obtained a license as a scavenger; provided,
however, that no license shall be required for any charitable or religious
organization which solicits donations of junk when such organization
is not for profit, to any individual member thereof, and the proceeds
are applied to the object for which it exists.
B.
Application for license. Every person desiring to engage in business
in the City as a scavenger shall make application to the Clerk for
a license to do so and shall pay to the Clerk an annual license fee
as set from time to time by the City Council.[1]
C.
Issuance of license. All licenses issued hereunder shall be issued
by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk under the Corporate Seal of
the City, and no license shall be issued until the application therefor,
with the annual fee accompanying it, shall have been approved by the
Mayor. All applications for licenses shall remain on file in the office
of the Clerk, to be listed in a record to be kept for this purpose.
A.
No person shall transport any sand, gravel, earth, ashes, stone,
coal, wastepaper, filth, garbage, rubbish or other loose or offensive
materials or liquid in any vehicle upon the streets or alleys of the
City unless the box or container of such materials upon the vehicle
shall be sufficiently firm and tight so as to prevent the falling
or spilling of any such material from the vehicle upon the streets
or alleys, and the vehicles containing ashes, wastepaper or rubbish
shall have a cover of canvass or other suitable covering so as to
prevent the blowing, falling or spilling of ashes, wastepaper or rubbish
from vehicles upon the streets or alleys.
A.
Rubbish burning.
[Amended by Ord. No. 12-17-01B]
(1)
It is unlawful to burn any materials other than small and dried quantities
of branches, leaves, weeds or grass at any time. The burning of any
other material such as rubber, tires, leather, tar paper, old batteries,
or any material which emits an offensive odor when burned is unlawful
within the City limits of Mendota, Illinois.
(2)
Limited amounts of yard waste material may be burned, provided the
material is dry and does not create an offensive odor, nuisance, or
fire hazard due to high winds. Combustible yard waste material may
be kindled from 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays
or Saturdays only. All fires must be constantly tended by a competent
person, until such fire is properly extinguished. The continued smoldering
of slow-burning combustible yard waste after 4:00 p.m. is a nuisance,
and anyone kindling such a fire which will emit obnoxious odors after
4:00 p.m. will be considered to be performing an unlawful act.[1]
B.
Burning in fire district and commercial districts. No person shall
burn trash, paper or other rubbish on the streets or in the alleys
or within any lots within the fire district and commercial districts
of the City of Mendota, Illinois.
C.
Garbage burying. It is unlawful to bury garbage or rubbish at any
time within the City limits of the City of Mendota, Illinois.
D.
Garbage, rubbish, combustible material and junk piling.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to deposit
within the City limits any piles of garbage, rubbish, junk, manure,
carcasses of dead animals, or combustible material unless he intends
to remove the material immediately. The deposit of garbage, manure
or any material which will produce an obnoxious odor from any compost
pile is unlawful. Any compost pile must be placed at least 75 feet
from any dwelling.
(2)
The piling of rubbish or junk on any premises, which remains for
a period of more than one week, is a violation of this code. The only
exception to this rule is a situation where new construction or building
repair is being made. In this case, all rubbish or discarded building
material must be removed two weeks after the construction is completed.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any owner, contractor, or other person to
permanently deposit within the City limits any brick, pieces of concrete,
plaster, discarded building material, soil, trees, stumps, branches,
brush, paper or other windblown material except for immediate removal
at the depositor's expense.
(4)
It shall be unlawful to burn any combustible material on any street,
parkway, sidewalk, or public thoroughfare.
E.
Burn barrels and similar devices. It shall be unlawful for any person
to have or keep within the City limits a burn barrel, fine wire-mesh
or concrete block enclosure, or any other structure or device which
could be used for burning of garbage, rubbish, or any combustible
material.
F.
Recreational fires. It shall not be unlawful to have an outdoor fire
burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is
contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, barbecue grill or
barbecue pit and has a total fuel area of three feet (914 mm) or less
in diameter and two feet (610 mm) or less in height for pleasure,
religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes.
[Added by Ord. No. 07-21-03A[2]]
A.
Residential.
(1)
The base rates for the collection of garbage, household rubbish and
other waste or trash, not including excessive rubbish as previously
designated, shall be set from time to time by the City Council. Buildings
with more than one residential unit or apartment shall be billed said
monthly rate for each unit, the billing to be added to each water
bill on a monthly basis. No residential unit located within the municipality
shall be exempt from the provision of this article. A "unit of garbage"
is hereby defined as a City-issued garbage toter. The garbage toter
lid must be completely closed.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than
the authorized City of Mendota scavenger, to tamper with, add to,
or remove any of the contents of the recycling containers of the City
of Mendota curbside recycling program.
(3)
No person shall tamper with, destroy, mutilate or remove any of the
contents from any garbage containers within the City of Mendota.
B.
Commercial. The rates for the collection of garbage, rubbish and
other wastes or trash for commercial units shall be billed directly
by the scavenger to the customer, said rates to be determined by private
contract between customer and collector.
C.
Payment. Payment for the rates charged by the City of Mendota and
the scavengers is the responsibility of the owner of the premises
receiving the service. The bill for the collection of garbage may
be assigned to a tenant, provided said tenant provides a deposit to
the City of Mendota in an amount determined by the City Council.
Any person arrested for a violation of any provision of this
article shall be released upon proper bail furnished as required by
law.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 02-03-14A]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms
shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings indicated
in this section:
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, booklet or other printed or otherwise
reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature:
Which advertises for sale any merchandise, produce, commodity
or thing; or
Which directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly
or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales; or
Which, while containing reading matter other than advertising
matter, is predominately and essentially an advertisement, and is
distributed or circulated for advertising purposes, or for the private
benefit and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
Putrescent animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
An open area of land and any accessory building or structure
thereon which is used for buying, selling, exchanging, storing, baling,
packing, disassembling, or handling waste or scrap materials, including
vehicles, machinery, and equipment not in operable condition or parts
thereof, and other metals, paper, plastics, rags, rubber tires and
bottles.[1]
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other
printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of
literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a commercial
handbill.[2]
Any dwelling, house, building, or other structure, designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps,
vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house,
building or other structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, grounds and buildings.
All putrescent and nonputrescent solid wastes, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, and solid market, construction and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescent solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
No person shall throw, discard or deposit litter in or upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City except
in public or private waste receptacles authorized for collection of
such waste.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit into any gutter, street
or other public place within the City the accumulation of litter from
any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep
into or deposit into any gutter, street or other public place within
the City the accumulation of litter from any building or lot from
any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying
places of business within the City shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their business premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
City, or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the City unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent
any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any
street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person drive or
move any vehicle or truck within the City, the wheels or tires of
which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other place mud,
dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the
City, except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place.
Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be
carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence
and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond,
lake, stream or any other body of water within the City.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within
the City, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any
commercial handbill in any public place; provided, however, that it
shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or other public place
within the City for any person to hand out or distribute, without
charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any
person who is willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private
property within the City, whether owned by such person or not, except
that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain
authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that
litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to junkyards as previously
defined herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
private property within the City, whether owned by such person or
not.
