[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
It is the intent of the Village Council that this article be
liberally constructed for the purpose of providing a sanitary and
satisfactory way of collecting and disposing of Village wastes. The
township board may make such rules and regulations as from time to
time appear to the board to be necessary to carry out this intent,
provided that such rules and regulations do not conflict with this
article.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
As used in this article:
The putrescible and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any room or combination of rooms in which one or more persons
are residing in, any multiple dwelling intended to serve more then
one family. Each unit thereof shall constitute an inhabitable residential
dwelling, and each unit shall be assessed for one container.
The miscellaneous waste matter resulting from housekeeping
including ashes, cartons, tin cans, metals, small packing boxes and
waste papers, and similar items but excluding loose residential yard
waste consisting of grass clippings and/or leaves, discarded materials
from building construction, trees, brush consisting of branches and
sticks, automobiles and their component parts exceeding 35 pounds
in weight or six feet in length, as well as tires of any type.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
All inhabitable residential dwelling units within the township
are assessed on a per unit basis, including all multi-unit inhabitable
residential dwellings. The per inhabitable residential dwelling assessment
shall be determined by the township board and amended accordingly
as needed given the costs associated with garbage and rubbish collection.
The township shall determine the number of units at any given address
and anyone considering himself or herself aggrieved may, within 20
days following the receipt of the first billing under this article,
protest his or her assessment to the township assessor who may or
may not make an adjustment based upon the facts and information provided
to the township assessor.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
Garbage and rubbish shall be collected by township approved
contractors or township personnel at such times and pursuant to such
rules and regulations as established by the township board. Such rules
and regulations shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Village at least once before such rules and regulations become
effective and as often as the township deems it necessary.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
(a)
Multi-use containers used for the storage of refuse shall be made
of durable watertight, rust-resistant materials, shall be equipped
with handles and wheels. There shall be one container per inhabitable
detached residential dwelling and one container for each inhabitable
residential dwelling located in any duplex, triplex and fourplex.
This container shall be provided by the refuse hauling company. Containers
for buildings consisting of five or more inhabitable dwelling units
or for clustered residential dwelling units including, but not limited
to, manufactured housing parks, apartments, or clustered housing under
a condominium form of ownership shall be reviewed and approved by
the township board pursuant to availability of any such container
by the refuse hauling company.
(b)
Single-use containers shall be disposed of with the refuse contained
therein and shall be of sufficiently sturdy material as to prevent
breaking or tearing of the contents prior to its collection.
(c)
Business and manufacturing establishments may use other containers
subject to the approval of the township board.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
Collection from industrial and commercial premises are not required
as part of this article. However, if an industrial or commercial premise
wishes to retain the township to collect the garbage or rubbish they
shall be given that right and shall pay the same fees as a "residential
unit" for each container provided by the township.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
Every owner, occupant or lessor, or any agent thereof, of any
residential dwelling, apartment complex, duplexes, condominium development,
or manufactured home park or similar properties where garbage and
rubbish accumulates from multiple households shall arrange with the
township for garbage and rubbish collection under this article. It
shall be the responsibility of the property owner to contract with
the refuse hauling company for any additional receptacle(s). Every
owner, occupant or lessor, or any agent thereof, of any industrial
or commercial premise where garbage and rubbish accumulates shall
arrange with the township or another contractor for garbage and rubbish
collection.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
(a)
The refuse hauling company shall collect residential refuse on the
days established by resolution of the township board if placed in
approved containers, which shall be placed at the side of the street
or other approved location no sooner than 12:00 noon of the day preceding
the scheduled collection. Empty containers, excess containers and
unacceptable items shall be removed from the side of the street or
other approved location the same day that collection is made.
(b)
The refuse hauling company shall not collect hot ashes, hazardous
waste, garbage which has not been drained of excess amounts of liquid,
animal excrement, excepting properly bagged used cat litter and animal
bedding, commercial waste, construction waste, residential yard waste,
or any loose material not properly bagged.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
(a)
The rates for refuse collection shall be established by township
board resolution and amended at such times as deemed necessary by
the township board to defray the cost of collection.
(b)
All charges for refuse collection and disposal shall be placed or
included on township tax bills, where possible, and payable per the
terms outlined on the tax billing. If tax bills are not normally sent
to a property owner a separate bill shall be sent to the property
owner, the terms, conditions and collection authority shall be identical
to the other bills sent.
(c)
Charges for loose recyclables shall be included in the monthly residential
unit rate, charges for yard waste recycling shall be born by the individual
property owner, at their discretion. The additional charges shall
be collected by the township from the property owner by selling dedicated
bags for such use.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall
be guilty of a municipal civil infraction as defined in Public Act
12 of 1994, amended Public Act 236 of 1961, being MCL 600.101-600.9939,
and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500. Each day this
article is violated shall be considered as a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
The township Ordinance Enforcement Officer is hereby designated
as the authorized township official to issue municipal civil infraction
citations directing alleged violators of this article to appear in
court.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
A violation of this article is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance or a nuisance per se and is declared to be offensive to the
public health, safety and welfare.
[Ord. No. 170, 7-6-2010]
In addition to enforcing this article through the use of a municipal
civil infraction proceeding, the township may initiate proceedings
in the circuit court to abate or eliminate the nuisance per se or
any other violation of this article.
