[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; 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]
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.