[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Tilton as Ch. 8.12 of the Village Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In the construction and application of this chapter, the word
"garbage" is taken to include any and all rejected or waste household
food, offal, swill and carrion.
It is unlawful for any person, in person or by his agents, employees
or servants, to cast, throw, drop, place, sweep, sift or deposit in
any manner whatsoever in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, park
or public place in the Village, any paper, pasteboard, straw, excelsior,
shavings, chips, sawdust, wood, rope, twine, wool, cotton, flax, hemp,
jute, rubber, leather, ashes, cinders, soot, charcoal, coal, slag,
dust, earth, sand, clay, mud, gravel, lime, shells, mortar, plaster,
tar, hay, grass, leaves, weeds, grain, salt, hair, feathers, moss,
shucks, bark, brick, stone, wire, nails, iron, tin, brass, copper,
glass or pottery, or any kind of garbage, refuse or offal, whether
animal or vegetable, or any slops, suds, swill, brine, rinsings, dishwater,
urine, or any dirty, foul, bloody or ill-smelling liquid, or any excrement,
manure, carrion, dead fish, fowl or animal, or any fruit, vegetables
or any portion thereof, or any kind of dirt, rubbish, waste article,
thing or substance whatsoever, whether liquid or solid and whether
of the same nature as the articles, things or substances specifically
mentioned in this section or not. The foregoing does not apply to
the deposit of material, goods or merchandise deposited upon any street
or other public place when such deposit is made under a permit authorized
by any ordinance of the Village.
It is unlawful for any person, in person or by his agent, employee
or servant, to cast, throw, drop, place, sweep, sift or deposit anywhere
within the jurisdiction of the Village any substances, articles or
things in such manner that they, or any of them, may be carried and
deposited by the action of the sun, wind, rain or snow into or upon
any street, sidewalk, alley, park or other public place, drain, sewer
or receiving basin within the jurisdiction of the Village.
It is unlawful for any person, in person or by his agent, employee or servant, to cast, throw, drop, place, sweep, sift, discharge or deposit in any place within the corporate limits of the Village any garbage, meats, slops, animal matter, dead animals, suds, vegetables, filth, night soil, refuse, rubbish, or any of the articles mentioned in § 250-2, except in such place as may be designated by the Committee of Public Health and Safety as dumping grounds.
Any person picking up garbage or refuse or waste material of
any kind shall be equipped with and use therefor a closed vehicle,
closed in such manner as to prevent spillage and droppage and to prevent
exposure of the contents of such vehicle to the elements. No garbage,
refuse or waste material shall be gathered except in such closed vehicle.
[Amended 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10-13; 3-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-03-17-D]
A.
It shall be the duty of every owner or his agent or occupant of any
house, building, flat, apartment, hotel, restaurant, or tenement in
the Village or building in which animal or vegetable food is prepared
or served or is a structure in which a commercial business is conducted
to provide for such house, building, flat, apartment, hotel, restaurant
or structure and at all times to maintain in good order and repair
a vessel or vessels for garbage, rubbish, refuse and other waste materials
described in this chapter.
B.
Any building or structure which contains three or more living units
must have adequate solid waste containers with solid lids or a dumpster-style
waste container with a lid that is kept closed other than when filling
or emptying the dumpster and must surround the vessels, containers
or dumpsters serving the building or structure with a solid fence
between five feet to eight feet in height.
[Amended 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10-13]
It shall be the duty of every occupant, tenant or person in possession of the premises described in § 250-6 to cause to be deposited in a garbage vessel all garbage produced in or brought into such house, building, flat, apartment, hotel, restaurant, tenement, dwelling house or structure in which a commercial business is conducted as soon as the same is produced or brought therein.
No waste material described in this chapter shall be deposited
in vessels for garbage if the same is of the consistency of water
and contains no solid matter. It is also unlawful for any person to
place or cause to be placed night soil in a garbage vessel.
[Amended 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10-13]
A vessel for garbage and waste materials shall be watertight
and made of metal or plastic with a close-fitting cover. Garbage vessels
used for household solid waste collection at single-family dwelling
structures and multifamily dwelling structures of three units or less
shall have a capacity of not less than 20 gallons nor more than 33
gallons and shall be provided with suitable handles at the sides,
midway from the top to bottom. Every owner of a business, firm, corporation,
hotel, restaurant or multifamily dwelling structure of more than three
units shall provide an adequate number of appropriate garbage vessels
to sufficiently accommodate the amount of solid waste generated by
the premises and shall maintain the receptacles in good repair and
in a clean and sanitary condition.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be the duty of every occupant and/or operator of any
house, building, flat, apartment, tenement, hotel, restaurant or dwelling
place to place or cause to be placed the garbage vessel required to
be kept, on either the street line or upon the alley line in the front
or rear of building lots used for residences for the removal of the
contents of the vessel at such time and in such manner as the Committee
on Public Health and Safety may direct.
It is unlawful for any person other than a scavenger employed
or licensed by the Village, or the owner, occupant, tenant or person
in possession of the premises for which a vessel for garbage or miscellaneous
waste has been provided, or their agents, employees or servants, to
deposit any article or thing in such vessel or to remove, displace,
injure, deface, destroy, uncover or in any manner disturb such vessel
or any portion of its contents.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
A.
Yard waste.
(1)
For
purposes of this section, "yard waste" means yard trimmings, grass
clippings, flower stalks, leaves and other landscaping waste.
(2)
All
yard waste shall be disposed of through the yard waste scavenger service
or lawn maintenance service which provides the service for the property
or by composting as hereinafter provided. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to require the collection or sweeping of lawn clippings.
B.
Compost
piles.
(1)
Compostable
materials, such as grass trimmings, wood waste, leaves, weeds and
other garden refuse, may be placed in a compost pile, provided that
it is enclosed in a fence, box or other barrier or container equal
in height to the compost pile and in a manner to prevent materials
from being blown by the wind. Said fence or box shall not exceed 100
square feet in area and shall not exceed five feet in height. The
container shall be set back from the lot line equal to the setback
for accessory buildings and shall not be located in a front yard or
side yard, or on a drainage or utility easement. The depositing of
garbage, pet waste, meat scraps or other materials that may attract
animals or vermin to the compost pile or which may produce an obnoxious
odor shall be prohibited.
[Added 8-8-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-08-08-K; amended 10-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-10-13; 5-2014; at time
of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who or which violates
any provision or provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $750. Each day's violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
