[Ord. No. 848 § 1, 9-18-1973]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR
A person, partnership, association or a corporation whom
the Town has designated to collect and dispose of refuse.
CUSTOMER
Any person paying to the Town the fee hereinafter set out
for the collection and disposal of refuse.
GARBAGE
Food waste from homes and apartments buildings containing
not more than two (2) apartment units.
HOUSEHOLD
A person or group of persons living in a dwelling house duplex,
apartment containing not more than two (2) units or rooms in which
meals are prepared and served for such person or group. Each person
preparing his/her own meals, and each group which customarily shares
meals among its members shall be deemed a separate household.
HOUSEHOLDER
The principal person or head of a household. Where a household
is supplied with electricity through its own individual meter, the
person in whose name the charges for such electricity is billed shall
be presumed to be the householder.
REFUSE
Any putrescible or non-putrescible waste from any household
except human or animal excrement.
[Ord. No. 848 § 2, 9-18-1973]
All refuse and garbage from households and apartments containing
not more than two (2) units within the Town shall be collected and
disposed of by the Town or some persons designated by the Town in
accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Article.
[Ord. No. 848 § 3, 9-18-1973]
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any refuse
or garbage by disposing the same in any public alley, street, roadway,
vacant lot or property of any kind within the Town or in any stream
or body of water, or by burning the same, except in accordance with
the terms of this Article; provided, however, that nothing in this
Article shall be construed to prohibit the deposition of such refuse
by means of burning the same in an incinerator enclosed within a building.
[Ord. No. 848 § 4, 9-18-1973]
A. Vehicles To Be Inclosed. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport
refuse or garbage of any kind over the streets, alleys or other public
places of the Town except by means of a vehicle which shall be covered
or inclosed so that there shall be no loss of refuse while in transit.
B. Delivery. All refuse or garbage transported through any streets or
alleys of the Town shall be delivered to approved incinerators or
to the disposal area maintained for that purpose. When delivered to
the disposal area, it shall be dumped in the manner and in the place
directed by the operator thereof.
[Ord. No. 848 § 5, 9-18-1973]
It shall be unlawful for any person except the Town to haul
or carry refuse or garbage containing any putrescible matter or substance
through the streets or alleys of the Town, without permission, in
writing, given by the Town.
[Ord. No. 848 § 6, 9-18-1973]
Every household shall provide, and renew when necessary, a sufficient
number of containers, having a capacity of not more than thirty (30)
gallons each, to hold the refuse accumulating at such a household.
All containers for such refuse or garbage shall be of permanent type
with tight fitting covers and watertight and no such container shall
be of a capacity of more than thirty (30) gallons. Each such household
shall cause all refuse or garbage accumulating at such household to
be placed in such containers.
[Ord. No. 848 § 7, 9-18-1973]
No person shall place any liquid waste, such as liquid from
wet garbage, slops or swill in any of the containers provided for
in this Article.
[Ord. No. 848 § 8, 9-18-1973]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, or lessee using
or occupying a building or apartment as a separate unit, to utilize
the garbage containers or receptacles of another owner, occupant,
tenant or lessee for the disposal of his/her own refuse or garbage
for the purpose of avoiding payment of the fees levied by this Article.
[Ord. No. 848 § 9, 9-18-1973]
All leaves shrubs, trimmings, tree trimmings, and any and all
other vegetation grown or produced at such household which any householder
desires to be removed by the Town shall be placed at or as near as
it is practicable to the right-of-way line of the street or alley
where trucks used in the collection of refuse customarily stop for
collection for said household. All said trees and shrub trimmings
must be reduced to such size as to be conveniently loaded by one (1)
person into the trucks provided by the Town.
[Ord. No. 848 § 10, 9-18-1973]
Containers in which refuse or garbage to be removed by the Town
or its authorized Collector is placed shall be placed on collection
days adjacent to the public street so as to be readily accessible
to the Collector.
[Ord. No. 848 § 11, 9-18-1973]
The Town shall collect and remove refuse and garbage from customers'
premises once each week on a schedule setting out the routes approved
by the Town and filed in the Town Clerk's office. Such routing may
be changed by the Town from time to time as necessary.
[Ord. No. 848 § 12, 9-18-1973]
A. Each householder shall pay to the Town the sum of nine dollars and
fifty cents ($9.50) per month for collection of refuse or garbage
as herein provided.
B. The service fee herein provided shall be billed to and collected
from the householder, provided that where the account for the water
supplying a household is in the name of the landlord of the household,
the landlord shall be the agent for the Town and be responsible for
the collection of the fees from the tenant.
C. The fees herein established shall be payable at the Municipal Utilities
office of the Town of Carrollton monthly. The fees herein provided
for shall be subject to a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount
of the bill if not paid within twenty (20) days from the due date.
D. The fees herein established for households may be modified by Council
in order that collections from customers will be sufficient to cover
the cost of the collection and the disposal of refuse or garbage and
in order that no unbearable hardship will be imposed.
[Ord. No. 848 § 12, 9-18-1973]
The Town may, from time to time if it be necessary to carry
out the provisions for this Article, enter into a contract or contracts
by award to the lowest and the best bidder, with the right to reject
any and all bids, for the collection and disposal of refuse and garbage
in accordance with this Article.
[Ord. No. 848 § 13, 9-18-1973]
A. Additional Charges For Delinquency. If any user shall fail to pay
his/her bill within twenty (20) days after the due date thereof, an
additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereof.
If any such bill shall remain unpaid for a period of eighteen (18)
days after the due date thereof, the property shall not be entitled
to receive water service from the Town.
B. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Utility Office of the Town
to send the user a notice, in writing, on the 15th day of said month.
Such notice shall show intent to discontinue service unless the account
shall be paid in full within a prescribed period. This period shall
be for not less than three (3) days from the date of the notice being
placed in the mail.
C. Notice Of Discontinuance Of Service. It shall be the duty of the
Town to send the user a notice, in writing, on the 15th day of said
month. Such notice shall show intent to discontinue service unless
the account shall be paid in full within a prescribed period. This
period shall be for not less than three (3) days from the date the
notice is placed in the mail.
[Ord. No. 848 § 14, 9-18-1973]
Anyone found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this
Article shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars ($300.00) or a jail sentence not to exceed three (3) months
or by both such fine and jail sentence.