[R.O. 2007 § 230.010]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
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 and conveniently loaded in solid waste
transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors with the equipment
available therefor.
CITY
The City of Pineville, Missouri.
COLLECTION
Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation
vehicle.
CONTRACTOR
Such person, firm or corporation as may be contracted with
to provide solid waste transportation and disposal for the City.
CURBSIDE
A location adjacent to and not more than five (5) feet from
any street.
DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty
(20) to thirty-nine (39) gallons or, if specifically designated for
storage of solid waste, a maximum of fifty-five (55) gallons.
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.
Units of multiple-housing facilities may be billed as dwelling units
upon request by the owner of said dwelling units.
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
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 the environment.
MAJOR APPLIANCES
Clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors,
dishwashers, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, wood stoves, air
conditioners, refrigerators and freezers.
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.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
Items which are eliminated by State law from being disposed
of in a solid waste disposal area, including, but not limited to,
major appliances, waste oil, lead acid batteries, waste tires and
the like as the same may be now or hereafter defined by State law.
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 MANAGEMENT
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
STORAGE
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from 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. 2007 § 230.020; Ord. No.
04-03 § 4, 4-12-2004]
A. 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 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 of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial,
business, industrial or agricultural establishment shall place all
solid waste to be collected in proper solid waste containers and shall
maintain such solid waste containers and the area surrounding them
in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times. Accumulation
of waste in suitable containers shall not be stored upon any site
in the City for a period longer than seven (7) days.
C. All containers, including bags, shall be leakproof and waterproof,
flytight and properly covered, tied or enclosed, except when depositing
waste therein or removing the contents thereof. Containers other than
bags shall have handles, bails or other suitable lifting devices or
features. Containers other than bags shall be of a type originally
manufactured for residential solid waste with tapered sides for easy
emptying. They shall be of lightweight and sturdy construction. Galvanized
metal containers or rubber, fiberglass or plastic containers which
do not become brittle in cold weather may be used in addition to bags.
Disposable solid waste containers with suitable frames or containers
as approved by the City may also be used for storage of residential
solid waste. Galvanized metal containers or rubber, fiberglass or
plastic containers with suitable frames or containers as approved
by the City 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 Board. 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
of this Chapter.
E. Solid waste containers which are not approved will be collected together
with their contents and disposed of.
F. No residential dwelling place shall utilize dumpsters unless currently
remodeling.