[Ord. No. 2005-09-12-03 §§ 2
— 3, 9-12-2005]
A. There shall be hereby established within the City of Greenwood, Missouri
a Waste Department.
B. The Waste Department shall be responsible for billing and collecting
for fees and services, establishing and maintaining accounts and responding
to inquiries and complaints related to the trash and sewer collection
within the City of Greenwood, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2020-2998, 7-28-2020]
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
collection vehicles by solid waste collectors with the equipment available
therefor.
CITY
The City of Greenwood, Missouri.
COLLECTION
Removal and transportation of solid waste from its place
of storage to its place of processing or disposal.
COMMERCIAL UNIT
A place where a business is conducted by a person, persons,
firm, or corporation in the normal pursuit of gainful profit.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Solid Waste Management Program of the
City shall be the Director of Public Works, or an individual delegated
by the Board of Aldermen to administer the program.
DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty
(20) gallons to thirty (30) gallons primarily designated for disposal
of grass clippings and yard waste.
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.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Including but not limited to: pathological wastes, explosive
wastes, pesticides, pesticide containers, toxic or radioactive materials.
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, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
subdivision, or organization of any kind, or their legal representative,
agent or assigns.
PROCESSING
Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting
and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified
or solid waste quantity is reduced.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-solid
state, including but not limited to garbage, ashes, street refuse,
rubbish, animal and agricultural wastes, yard wastes, special wastes,
industrial wastes and demolition and construction wastes.
1.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTESolid waste resulting from the operation of any commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishment, and multiple-housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
2.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTESolid waste resulting from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units, excluding multiple-housing facilities with more than two (2) dwelling units.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during
the interval between solid waste collections.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation,
processing and disposal.
STORAGE
Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from the time
of its production until the time of its collection.
[Ord. No. 2020-2998, 7-28-2020]
A. The occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institution, 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 institution, commercial,
industrial, agricultural or business establishment shall place all
solid waste to be collected in proper solid waste containers except
as otherwise provided herein, and shall maintain such solid waste
containers and the area surrounding them in a clean, neat and sanitary
condition at all times.
C. Residential Solid Waste Shall Be Stored In Containers. Containers
shall be leakproof, waterproof, and fitted with a fly-tight lid and
shall be properly covered at all times except when depositing waste
therein or removing the contents thereof. The containers shall have
bundles, bails or other suitable lifting devices or features. Containers
shall be of a type originally manufactured for residential solid waste,
with tapered sides for easy emptying. They shall be of light weight
and sturdy construction. The weight of any individual container and
contents shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. Galvanized metal
containers, rubber or fiberglass containers, and plastic containers
which do not become brittle in cold weather may be used. Disposable
solid waste containers with suitable frames or containers as approved
by the Director 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 Director. 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 as set forth by Section
225.060.
E. Tree limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush shall
be securely tied in bundles not larger than thirty-six (36) inches
long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter when not placed in storage
containers. The weight of any individual bundle shall not exceed fifty
(50) pounds.
F. Yard wastes shall be stored in containers so constructed and maintained
as to prevent the dispersal of wastes placed therein upon the premises
served, upon adjacent premises or upon adjacent public rights-of-way.
The weight of any individual container and contents shall not exceed
fifty (50) pounds.
G. Solid waste containers which are not approved will be collected together
with their contents and disposed of.
[Ord. No. 2007-02-26-05 §§ 1,
3, 2-29-2007; Ord. No.
2008-06-30-03 § 1, 6-30-2008; Ord. No. 2010-08-09-04 § 1, 8-9-2010; Ord. No. 2016-2912 § 1, 7-26-2016; Ord. No. 2017-2928 § 1, 7-25-2017; Ord. No. 2020-2998, 7-28-2020]
A. The City shall provide for the collection of solid waste as follows:
1.
The City shall provide for the collection of all residential
solid waste in the City; provided, however, that the City may provide
the collection service by contracting with a person, county, or other
city or a combination thereof, for the entire City or portions thereof
as deemed to be in the best interests of the City.
2.
All solid waste from premises to which collection services are
provided by the City shall be collected, except bulky rubbish as defined
herein; provided, however, that bulky rubbish will be collected if
tied securely in bundles not exceeding reasonable limitations of weight
and bulk to be fixed by regulations to be made and promulgated by
the Director as hereinafter provided. All solid waste collected shall,
upon being loaded into collection equipment, become the property of
the collection agency.
3.
Tree limbs and yard wastes, as described in Subsections (E) and (F) of Section
225.020, respectively, shall be placed at the curb for collection. Solid waste containers as required by this Chapter for the storage of other residential solid waste shall be placed at the curb for collection. No solid waste containers, tree limbs, yard wastes, or other solid wastes shall be placed on the street or in the gutter or drainage ditch. Any solid waste containers, tree limbs, yard wastes or other solid waste permitted by this Chapter to be placed at the curb for collection shall not be so placed prior to 4:00 P.M. the day before the scheduled collection day.
4.
The City may provide pickup of bulky rubbish twice yearly on
dates to be determined with the solid waste collection contractor.
Nothing herein shall preclude the solid waste collection contractor
from providing additional bulky rubbish pickup upon request of a customer
and for charges as mutually agreed by them.
5.
Solid waste collectors employed by the City, or a solid waste
collection agency operating under contract with the City, are hereby
authorized to enter upon private property for the purpose of collecting
solid waste therefrom as required by this Chapter. Solid waste collectors
shall not enter dwelling units or other residential buildings for
the purpose of collecting residential solid waste.
6.
The following collection frequencies shall apply to collections
of solid waste within the City:
All residential solid waste, other than bulky rubbish, shall
be collected at least once a week. All commercial solid waste shall
be collected once weekly and shall be collected at such lesser intervals
as may be fixed by the Director upon a determination that such lesser
intervals are necessary for the preservation of the health and/or
safety of the public.
7.
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 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.
8.
All collection vehicles shall be 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 collection 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 secured whenever the vehicle is transporting solid waste,
or, as an alternate, the entire bodies thereof shall be enclosed,
with only loading hoppers exposed. No solid waste shall be transported
in the loading hoppers.
9.
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 tight vehicles, trucks
or receptacles, so constructed and maintained that none of the material
being transported shall spill upon the public rights-of-way.
10.
Transportation and disposal of demolition and construction wastes shall be in accordance with Sections
225.040 and
225.050.
11.
The monthly service charge for collection of residential solid
waste shall be twenty-two dollars and zero cents ($22.00) per household
for weekly collection until December 31, 2026, at which time the rate
shall be recomputed in conjunction with the contract for collection
of residential solid waste. This fee shall include one (1) bulk item
collection per household once a month. This fee shall also include
weekly yard waste collection, provided that collection shall be limited
to no more than ten (10) bags per household for each collection. Household
accounts which are thirty (30) days past due will be assessed a late
charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month. Accounts which
are sixty (60) days past due may be subject to service termination,
and the Mayor, or his designee, is hereby authorized to institute
and carry out necessary actions to collect the past due amounts and
protect the public's health and safety resulting from any effect from
the lack of residential solid waste collection. Any household may
request a monthly bill waiver due to an extended absence from the
household.
[Ord. No. 2022-3039, 7-26-2022; Ord. No. 2023-3076 (Bill No. 2023-93), 11-28-2023]
12.
Collection Times. The solid waste container shall be moved from
the storage area to the curbside not more than twenty-four (24) hours
prior to the scheduled pickup date and returned to the storage area
not more than twenty-four (24) hours after the pickup date.
a.
Exception: If the pickup date is scheduled on a Saturday, the
solid waste container may be moved from the storage area to the curbside
not more than forty-eight (48) prior to the scheduled pickup date,
and the solid waste container shall be returned to the storage area
not more than forty-eight (48) hours after the scheduled pickup date.
[Ord. No. 2007-02-26-05 § 2, 2-29-2007]
A. No person shall engage in the business of collecting, transporting,
processing or disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits
of the City, without first obtaining an annual permit therefor from
the City.
B. No such permit shall be issued until and unless the applicant therefor,
in addition to all other requirements set forth, shall file and maintain
with the Director evidence of a satisfactory public liability insurance
policy, covering all operations of such applicant pertaining to such
business and all vehicles to be operated in the conduct thereof, in
amounts equal to the sovereign immunity limits for public entities
as calculated by Missouri Department of Insurance and published annually
in the Missouri Register as required by Section 537.610, RSMo. Should
any such policy be canceled, the Director shall be notified of such
cancellation by the insurance carrier in writing not less than ten
(10) days prior to the effective date of such cancellation, and provisions
to that effect shall be incorporated in such policy, which shall also
place upon the company writing such policy the duty to give such notice.
C. If the application shows that the applicant will collect, transport,
process or dispose of solid wastes without hazard to the public health
or damage to the environment and in conformity with the laws of the
State of Missouri and this Chapter, the Director shall issue the permit
authorized by this Chapter. The permit shall be issued for a period
of one (1) year, and each applicant shall pay therefore a fee of ten
dollars ($10.00) for each solid waste processing or disposal facility
to be operated and a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each collection
vehicle to be used. If, in the opinion of the Director, modifications
can be made to the application regarding service, equipment, or mode
of operation, so as to bring the application within the intent of
this Chapter, the Director shall notify the applicant in writing setting
forth the modification to be made and the time in which it shall be
done.
D. If the applicant does not make the modifications pursuant to the notice in Subsection
(C) within the time limit specified therein or if the application does not clearly show that the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of solid wastes will create no public health hazard or be without harmful effects on the environment, the application shall be denied and the applicant notified by the Director, in writing, stating the reason for such denial. Nothing in this Section shall prejudice the right of the applicant to reapply after the rejection of his/her application provided that all aspects of the reapplication comply with the provisions of this Chapter.
E. The annual permit may be renewed simply upon payment of the fee or fees as designated herein if the business has not been modified. If modifications have been made, the applicant shall reapply for a permit as set forth in Subsections
(B) and
(C) hereof. No permit authorized by this Chapter shall be transferable from person to person.
F. In order to insure compliance with the laws of this State, this Chapter
and the rules and regulations authorized herein the Director is authorized
to inspect all phases of solid waste management within the City of
Greenwood. No inspection shall be made in any residential unit unless
authorized by the occupant or by due process of law. In all instances
where such inspections reveal violation of this Chapter, the rules
and regulations authorized herein for the storage, collection, transportation,
processing or disposal of solid waste or the laws of the State of
Missouri, the Director shall issue notice for each such violation
stating therein the violation or violations found, the time and date
and the corrective measure to be taken, together with the time in
which such corrections shall be made.
G. In all cases, when the corrective measures have not been taken within
the time specified, the Director shall suspend or revoke the permit
or permits involved in the violation, however, in those cases where
an extension of time will permit correction and there is no public
health hazard created by the delay, one (1) extension of time not
to exceed the original time period may be given.
H. Any person who feels aggrieved by any notice of violation or order
issued pursuant thereto of the Director may, within ten (10) days
of the act for which redress is sought appeal directly to the Court
of Greenwood in writing, setting forth in a concise statement the
act being appealed and the grounds for its reversal.
[Ord. No. 2020-2998, 7-28-2020]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than
his/her own, without the written consent of the owner of such container
and/or with the intent of avoiding payment of the service charge hereinafter
provided for solid waste collection and disposal.
2.
Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection equipment,
or with solid waste collectors in the lawful performance of their
duties as such, whether such equipment or collectors shall be those
of the City, or those of a solid waste collection agency operating
under contract with the City.
3.
Burn solid waste unless a variance has been obtained from the
appropriate air pollution control agency.
4.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is
not approved by the City and Missouri Division of Health.
5.
Engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing
or disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City
without a permit from the City or operate under an expired permit,
or operate after a permit has been suspended or revoked.
6.
Place a dead animal in a waste container for the purpose of
disposal.
7.
Take any materials, to include but not be limited to newsprint,
cardboard, aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic milk and soda
bottles, set out for curbside recycling collection other than the
collector authorized by the City.
8.
Contaminate any materials, to include but not be limited to
newsprint, cardboard, aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic milk
and soda bottles, set out for curbside recycling collection or to
set out contaminated materials for curbside recycling collection.
[Ord. No. 2004-08-09-02 § 4, 8-9-2004; Ord. No. 2005-03-14-08 § 4, 3-14-2005; Ord. No. 2005-07-25-05 § 4, 7-25-2005]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter or
any lawful rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, upon
conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars
($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided that
each day's violation thereof shall be a separate offense for the purpose
hereof.