[Ord. 5881, passed 12-27-1960]
The following words and terms as used in this article shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
(a)
GARBAGE — All table refuse, animal and vegetable matter, offal
from meat, fish and fowl, vegetables and fruits and parts thereof,
and other articles and materials used for food and which have become
unfit for such use, or which are for any reason discarded.
(b)
REFUSE — All discarded articles or materials, except sewage
and liquid waste, and includes garbage, ashes and combustible and
noncombustible waste.
(c)
PERSON — Any natural person, association, partnership, firm
or corporation.
[Ord. 5881, passed 12-27-1960]
All garbage originating within the City shall be disposed of
only by removal to the sanitary landfill either by the Department
of Public Works of the City or by a licensed collector. In no case
may garbage be brought into the City for the purpose of disposal therein;
nor shall any garbage be disposed of within the limits of the City
by burning on any public or private grounds. Pending disposal as hereby
authorized, garbage may be stored in covered containers only, and
in such limited quantities and for such limited periods of time as
shall insure that no annoyance, nuisance or health hazard shall be
created or maintained thereby. Except for such temporary storage as
is hereby specifically authorized, no person shall keep, have, maintain,
store or allow to exist in any manner whatsoever any garbage upon
any lot or piece of ground within the City.
[Ord. 6370, passed 1-28-1971; Ord. 7108, passed 2-25-1993, Ord. 7535, passed 2-14-2002]
(a)
No person shall remove, haul or convey any refuse through or upon
any of the streets or alleys of the City and dispose of the same in
any manner without a license from the City. The fee for such license
shall be $100 per year and all licenses shall be issued for the calendar
year or such portion thereof as remains after the issuance thereof.
There shall be no reduction in the fee for a license issued after
the beginning of any calendar year. Every person who applies for a
license under this section shall, in applying therefor, state:
(b)
No license shall be granted by the City if the manner of collecting
and conveying such refuse shall not conform in every respect to the
requirements of this article and other City ordinances.
[Ord. 5881, passed 12-27-1960]
(a)
No person shall collect and convey any refuse over or along any of
the streets, alleys or other public places in the City unless the
vehicle in which the same is carried has a closed and tight bed so
as to prevent any of such refuse from falling therefrom.
(b)
No licensed collector shall permit any outfallings from the conveyance
to lie upon any of the streets and alleys.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative Code. Each day's continuance of a violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
