[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:
GARBAGE
Animal or vegetable waste from food supply and food supply
cans, including only such paper in which it may be wrapped.
RUBBISH
Includes, but is not limited to:
A.
Ashes, cinders, old trees, glass, bottles, and non-food-containing
cans.
B.
Plaster, brick, stone, masonry, tar paper, tile, building paper,
old lumber and in general any discarded building material.
C.
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.
SCAVENGER
A person, either as principal or agent, engaged in the business
of collecting and hauling garbage.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1-21-02A; Ord. No. 12-15-03A; Ord. No. 08-16-10A; Ord. No. 07-21-14A]
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, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be fined as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code.
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:
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
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:
A.
Which advertises for sale any merchandise, produce, commodity
or thing; or
B.
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
C.
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.
GARBAGE
Putrescent animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
JUNKYARD
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.
LITTER
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.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
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.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescent and nonputrescent solid wastes, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, and solid market, construction and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
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.
Any person violating this article shall be fined as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, Penalties and Enforcement, of the City Code.