[1983 Code; amended 4-2-2007(1)]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
FAMILY UNIT
One or more persons occupying premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to each other by birth, adoption or marriage, but no unrelated group shall consist of more than five persons, as distinguished from a group occupying a duly licensed rooming house or hotel.
GARBAGE
Any rejected or waste household food, offal, swill or carrion and every accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking and dealing in, or stage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables and any other matter of any nature, which is subject to decay, putrefaction and the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odor, or which during or after decay may serve as a breeding or feeding material for flies or other germ carrying insects.
PERSON
Includes the singular and plural and shall also mean any individual, occupant, owner, owner's agent, lessee or tenant, family, persons, group, firm, corporation, association, governmental agency or municipal or quasi-municipal corporation.
PREMISES
Any house, residence, building, flat, apartment, room, dwelling place or place of abode.
WASTE
Any or all of the following: garbage, refuse, ashes, tin cans, bottles, cartons, books, newspapers, boxes and other trash, including but not limited to discarded household furniture, furnishings, fixtures and appliances of all kinds, manure, dead animals or parts thereof, dead trees, tree branches, dead tree roots, dead tree trunks, brush, dead shrubs, grass clippings, plant stalks, leaves, demolition or construction debris, unused building materials or any other litter, refuse, junk or garbage which would have no value to a reasonable person.
WASTE CONTAINER
A can of galvanized iron, noncorrodible metal, or durable plastic, rodent-proof and fly-proof, durable and leak-proof, of the type commonly sold as a garbage can, of a suitable gauge and construction to insure durability, with suitable handles on can and lid, and of a capacity of not more than 32 gallons, or a "toter" or recycling bin provided by a waste disposal contractor, or a dumpster provided by a waste disposal firm.
WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTOR
The contractor with whom the Village has contracted for the removal of waste from all residential premises in the Village using the Village's waste disposal service.
WASTE DISPOSAL FIRM
Any person engaged in the business of removal and disposal of waste as defined herein.
[1983 Code]
A. 
Supervision by Board of Trustees. All matters relating to or affecting the accumulation, collection, removal or disposal of waste, unless specifically otherwise herein provided, shall be subject to and under the supervision of the Village Board of Trustees.
B. 
Reports to Board. Proper statements of the number of customers, the total amounts billed and receipts and expenditures involved in collecting, removing and disposing of waste in the Village shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees monthly.
[1983 Code]
A. 
Frequency Required. All waste shall be removed from the premises at least once each seven days, or more often if necessary, to protect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the Village.
B. 
Burying Wastes. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or bury anywhere in the Village any refuse, garbage, offal, hazardous waste, or carcasses of dead animals.
C. 
Burning, Permit, Fee.
1. 
Combustible Accumulations. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow grass, leaves, underbrush or other combustible material to be collected, deposited or to remain on any premises within the corporate limits of the Village in such quantities and in such condition as to materially increase the danger of fire to the property of others.
2. 
Open Burning, Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to burn grass, leaves, underbrush or any other combustible material within the Village. Controlled outside burning is allowable if permits are received from the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Cook County Environmental Control Department and the Village.
3. 
Incinerator Use. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing a commercial-type incinerator to burn refuse or any other combustible material within the corporate limits of the Village.
D. 
Grinding for Disposal to Sewers. Garbage and other combustible wastes may be disposed of within the building where it is accumulated or within a closed building accessory thereto situated on the same premises by grinding or shredding such waste finely and disposing of it through pipes leading to a public sanitary sewer. All garbage or combustible matter disposed of in pipes leading to a public sanitary sewer shall have been ground or shredded to such a degree that all particles are carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the sewers into which such is deposited, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. All incinerators or grinders used for such disposal of wastes shall be approved by the Village Health Officer.
[1983 Code; amended 4-2-2007(1)]
A. 
Required Use.
1. 
No person shall permit any waste to accumulate on his premises except in covered waste containers or except as otherwise provided in the chapter.
2. 
Every person in possession of any premises in the Village where persons reside shall provide for each family unit residing therein, and at all times maintain in good order and repair, a sufficient number of waste containers for a weekly accumulation of normal waste. Every person in possession of any premises shall cause to be deposited in such waste containers all waste produced in or on, or brought into or on, such premises as soon as practicable after same is produced or brought therein or thereon, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
B. 
Location. It shall be the duty of every person in possession of any premises in the Village for which a waste container is used to place the same at the curb or alley adjacent to said premises on the route, or routes, over which the disposal contractor travels. Containers shall be placed no sooner than 24 hours prior to the day of pickup and be removed no later than 24 hours following the day of pickup. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any such waste container within the alley, street or walkway, except where there is no parkway between such walkway and the street, of the Village. In all cases when a waste container is placed on the rear of a lot for the purpose of having its contents removed, it shall be entirely within the lot line, and when it is placed at the curb line, it shall be adjacent to the curb. Waste containers may be stored on or in the property. When waste containers are stored outdoors, they must be kept in a neat and orderly fashion and stored behind the front line of the building, and may not be stored on or close to the property line or so as to create a nuisance for the neighboring property.
C. 
Inspection. All waste containers shall be subject to inspection and approval or condemnation by the Village Health Officer.
D. 
Cleanliness. All waste containers shall be as defined in § 6-4-1 of this chapter and no other type of container shall be acceptable. Filthy, leaking or defective receptacles shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced as directed by the Health Officer. All containers shall be disinfected with an effective antiseptic solution as often as is necessary to maintain them in a sanitary condition.
E. 
Wrapping Wastes.
1. 
It shall be the duty of every person in possession of any premises to cause all garbage brought on or produced on the premises to be thoroughly drained of all surplus liquid, securely wrapped in paper or packed in a covered box or carton of such dimensions as will permit its free passage into and out of the waste container, and finally deposited after such wrapping, in such waste container as soon as practicable after the same is produced or brought therein or thereon. Waste containers to which garbage is frozen through failure to observe these regulations and all containers which are other than as specified in this chapter will not be serviced by the waste disposal crews of the Village waste disposal contractor.
2. 
Materials of every character shall be securely wrapped or bound in such manner as may be necessary to prevent the scattering of same by the wind and shall be deposited in a waste container or otherwise deposited as prescribed herein. All waste of a size or nature which renders it unsuitable for deposit in waste containers shall be placed on the ground at the designated pickup point in neat and orderly bundles or stacks not to exceed 50 pounds in weight or one foot six inches by four feet in size, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
[1983 Code]
A. 
Required Collections, Frequency. All waste, including garden and tree trash, tree trunks and tree roots, and dead animals and other materials, shall be called for and disposed of by a waste disposal firm duly licensed by the Village, and shall not be collected or disposed of in any other manner except by building and other contractors who are removing wastes resulting from the performance of work done by such contractor within the Village, or as hereinafter provided in this chapter. All waste containers containing any waste shall be emptied and all waste removed at least once each seven days, or more frequently if so determined as necessary by the Village Health Officer and the President and Board of Trustees. If the waste is of such character or quantity that the crews of the waste disposal contractor making the scheduled pickups are not required to collect the same, then the person in possession of such premises shall immediately see that the waste is removed.
B. 
Required Collections, Inspection. Every person in possession of any premises in the Village, who has not arranged for disposal of waste by other than the Village waste disposal contractor, shall be required to have accumulations of waste collected and disposed of regularly by the waste disposal contractor employed by the Village for the sum specified in this chapter for each such service. The occupancy of any premises for residential purposes shall be prima facie evidence that waste is being produced and accumulated on such premises, and it shall be the duty of the designated representatives of the Village to inspect the premises and remove therefrom any and all waste found therein, for which collection and removal the required fees as established by this chapter shall have been or shall be paid by the person in whose name the Village carried the water account of the subject premises.
C. 
Commercial, Industrial Service. Commercial and industrial establishments shall not have waste removed by the Village waste disposal contractor, except with the approval of the President and Board of Trustees and only when such removal is deemed to be to the best interests of the Village.
D. 
Transporting Wastes. No person shall transport waste, or cause waste to be transported, over the streets or other public ways in the Village unless such waste being transported is entirely and securely covered; garbage shall not be transported over or along the streets of the Village or other public property thereof, except in liquid-tight bed approved by the President and Board of Trustees or the Health Officer.
[1983 Code]
A. 
Licensing, Fee. No person of any nature whatsoever, operating as a waste disposal firm, or otherwise, unless contracting directly with the Village as its waste disposal contractor, or except as otherwise provided in this chapter shall remove waste from any premises in the Village or transport waste through the streets, alleys or public ways of the Village or dump, incinerate or in any other manner dispose of waste originating in the limits of the Village or contract for or permit himself or itself to be employed or engaged for any such removal, transportation or disposal without first having secured a license for performing such waste disposal service from the Village, evidencing the payment to the Village of the following license fee:
1. 
For waste collection and disposal service to commercial and industrial establishments: $25.
2. 
For waste collection and disposal service to all persons, as defined in § 6-4-1 of this chapter, producing waste: $25.
B. 
Application for License. Before issuing the license required by the preceding Section, the President and Board of Trustees shall require the execution of an application form to be furnished showing the name of the person to be licensed, or in the case of a corporation, the names of the principal officers, together with the business and home addresses and telephone numbers of each such person; description of the equipment to be used in such collection, transportation and disposal; the list by name and address of person, firm or corporation, for whom such removal is made; the specifications of the vehicle in which it is transported; the site location of and the manner in which the ultimate disposition of the waste is to be accomplished.
C. 
Fee Schedule. A schedule of the fees charged by every licensed waste disposal firm shall be on file at the Village Hall.
[1983 Code]
A. 
Ragpickers and Collectors. No person shall be permitted to get or collect or remove from any street, alley or other public places in the Village any garbage, refuse, ashes, manure or miscellaneous waste, as defined in this chapter which shall also include without limitation wastepaper, rags, cardboard, metal, brass and any similar refuse or to interfere with or disturb any of the receptacles for garbage or other refuse provided for by this chapter or to remove therefrom any of the contents thereof.
B. 
Sorting Rags, Paper on Streets. It shall be unlawful for any person to pick, sort, pack or unpack rags, paper, iron, old bottles or junk, or to transfer same from one vehicle to another, upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the Village.
[1983 Code]
If any person is found guilty of the violation of any one or more of the above-described unlawful acts, that person shall be fined not less than $25 and not more than $500 for each and every violation.