There is hereby created the Sanitation Department of the City
of Weatherford, whose duties shall be to collect and dispose of all
garbage as approved by the City Commission.
The EMCO system of garbage (and other refuse) collection as described herein is adopted. The changeover from the present system to the EMCO system shall be made in stages and by areas as determined by the city. Present regulations as set out in Section
20-97 of this Chapter shall remain in effect in all areas of the city until such time as the aforementioned changeover to EMCO actually occurs within a designated area. At that time Section
20-97 is replaced by the EMCO system regulations for that particular area.
It shall be the duty of all users to keep the aforementioned
containers off the streets, curbs, gutters and sidewalks and away
from public view except on regular scheduled days for pickup by the
city's collection truck at the place (and only at such place)
designated for placement of the containers on pickup days.
No waste building material such as stone, mortar, bricks, sand,
or lumber from construction, repair, or reconstruction operations,
will be removed by the collector. Such wastes or rubbish shall be
removed by the contractor, owner, or occupant of the building or premises
under repair, construction, or reconstruction operations, at his own
proper expense; and at no time shall such materials be placed in any
garbage container or on, or in, any other property or vacant lot,
or in any street or alley so as to inconvenience or endanger the public.
Dead animal bodies too large to go into garbage containers specified
above, discarded automobile bodies, frames, and other heavy or bulky
refuse, and all industrial wastes shall be disposed of in such manner
and place and within such time as shall be designated by the City
Administrator.
The Utility Office shall bill the owner or occupant of each
house, residence, shop, hotel, restaurant, market, apartment, or any
other business, or residence establishment, within the corporate limits
of the City of Weatherford for the sums herein before fixed, monthly;
but failure on the part of any person to receive such notice shall
in no way relieve such person from the responsibility to pay the sum;
nor shall failure relieve the owner of any property from the effect
and operation of the lien for such sum, provided by statute.
On or before the first day of October of each year, the City
Clerk shall certify to the City Commission a statement of all assessments
delinquent under this article describing the land affected and giving
the amount of the assessment with penalty added at the rate of 1%
per month, after which the assessment shall be a lien upon such lot
or parcel of land described in such confirmed assessment roll, and
it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to make out, sign, attest with
the seal of the City of Weatherford, and file a record in the office
of the County Clerk of Custer County, Oklahoma, a lien claim therefor;
and all subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, or encumbrancer of such
lot or parcel of land take the same, subject to such lien. Such lien
shall bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of filing
thereof until paid, and after such recording may be sold and assigned
to any person for its face value with interest and may be foreclosed
at any time after such recordings in the same manner as provided for
the foreclosing of mortgages on real estate.
Persons, vehicles, or anything that blocks, obstructs or hinders
the use or service to any dumpster will be removed from the premises
by whatever means necessary.
[Added 2-26-1999, Ordinance
1999-1]
1. As used in this section:
a. RECYCLING – Shall mean the process of collecting materials
diverted from the waste stream for reuse.
b. RECYCLING BIN – Shall mean any receptacle made available to
the public by a governmental entity or private business for the collection
of any source- separated item for recycling purposes.
2. It is an infraction to place any prohibited item or substance in
a recycling bin if the bin is posted with the following information
printed legibly in basic English.
a. A descriptive list of the items that may be deposited in the recycling
bin, entitled in boldface capital letters: "ITEMS YOU MAY DEPOSIT
IN THIS RECYCLING BIN:";
b. At the end of the list in Subsection a, the following statement in
boldface capital letters: "REMOVING FROM THIS BIN ANY ITEM THAT IS
LISTED ABOVE AND THAT YOU DID NOT PLACE IN THE CONTAINER IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE OF THEFT, PUNISHABLE BY LAW.";
c. The following statement in boldface capital letters: "DEPOSIT OF
ANY OTHER ITEM IN THIS RECYCLING BIN IS AGAINST THE LAW.";
d. The following statement in boldface capital letters, posted on the
recycling collection container in close proximity to the notices required
under Subsections (2)(a), (b), and (c): "PLACING ANY ITEM OR SUBSTANCE
IN THIS RECYCLING BIN OTHER THAN THOSE ALLOWED IN THE LIST POSTED
ON THIS BIN IS AN INFRACTION, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 20-111
OF THIS CODE.";
e. The name and telephone number of the entity that owns the recycling
bin or is responsible for its placement and maintenance.