For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Dry kitchen refuse.
All solids remaining after liquids and slop have been drained off of kitchen garbage.
Garbage.
All vegetable and animal matter disposed of as waste, small dead animals and dead fowl.
Premises.
Any business house, business establishment, grocery store, dry goods store, mercantile store, or department store, boardinghouses, hotels, tourist camps, apartment houses, hospitals, roominghouses, schools, theaters, barbershops, beauty shops, filling stations, garages, cafes, restaurants, lumberyards, electric shops, plumbing shops, tailor shops, private residences, vacant lots, and all other places of business or places in the city where garbage, trash, or rubbish accumulate.
Rubbish.
All tin cans, bottles, glass, scraps of iron, tin, wire, or other metals, and any other articles to which the term “rubbish” is usually applied.
Trash.
Paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper containers, pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers, and other articles to which the term “trash” is usually applied.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.01)
The emptying or disposing of any garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish or the accumulation of such matters in any place within the city except in accordance with the provisions of this article is hereby prohibited, and no one except the duly authorized agents and employees of the city shall collect garbage and refuse or empty containers containing garbage or convey or transport garbage or refuse substances over the streets, alleys and public thoroughfares of the city, except as otherwise expressly provided in this article.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.02(A))
(a) 
(1) 
The owner or occupant of any store or other place of business situated within the city shall exercise reasonable diligence at all times to keep his or her premises clean of wastepaper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste materials thrown or left on the premises by its customers, and to take reasonable measures to prevent same from drifting or blowing to adjoining premises.
(2) 
Receptacles of sufficient size and number shall be placed on the premises by the owner or operator of the business, accessible to the customers of the business, where the above referred to articles of waste may be disposed of readily. The receptacles shall be emptied regularly by the owner or occupant of the store or other business into the container provided by the city for that purpose.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any customer going upon the premises of another to in any manner dispose of wastepaper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers, and other used or waste materials except in receptacles provided for such purposes.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.02(B), (C))
It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee using or occupying a building, house or structure as a separate unit to utilize the garbage containers or receptacles of another owner, occupant, tenant or lessee for disposal of his or her own refuse, garbage, trash, rubbish, or tree limbs and in this manner try to avoid payment of the fees levied by this article. Where an apartment house or other building is served water meter stands, or any case of several users being served water, through one meter, the person in whose name the water meter stands shall be responsible for the payment of the garbage removal fee; and regardless of any other provision herein, there shall be no more than one garbage collection charge per water meter collected each month.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.02(D))
Every person owning, leasing, managing, operating, using, or occupying any building, apartment, house, structure, grounds, or premises within the city shall keep the building, apartments, house, structure, grounds, or premises clean, free, and clear of all garbage, kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, trash, and rubbish; manure from lots, stables, and poultry yards; all wastes, oils, and greases of garbage and filling stations; and all other articles and accumulations that may cause the premises to become unsanitary or unsightly.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.03)
(a) 
The city shall provide metal containers of sufficient size and number in the residential and commercial districts for the deposit of garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash. These containers shall be fitted with a tightfitting lid or cover which shall remain closed on the container at all times, except when garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash is being deposited or collected.
(b) 
All garbage, refuse, rubbish, or trash, including cardboard boxes, shall be deposited in the containers by the person having control or custody of such. All cardboard boxes shall be broken down or flattened out before being deposited in a container.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place into containers any roofing or building materials, dirt, rocks or heavy items, heavy metals, engine blocks, or other auto parts, dead animals, burning or smoldering materials, tree limbs, or tree trunks.
(d) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or object whatsoever in a manner that it interferes with the movement of the garbage truck or emptying of a detachable container. Upon notification, the police department shall remove or cause to be removed the vehicle or object at the owner’s expense. Proof of ownership shall be prima facie evidence that the owner parked the vehicle so as to violate this section.
(e) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place any garbage, refuse, rubbish, or trash, including cardboard boxes, as well as those items prohibited by ordinance, in any city furnished container or dumpster for which such person or persons are not paying the appropriate sanitation fee. Dumpsters are placed based on volume of municipal solid waste generated by the residents and/or businesses paying for pickup and disposal service. Violations of this article shall be deemed “theft of service” and shall subject such person or persons to a fine pursuant to provisions of section 1.01.009 of this code.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.04; Ordinance 588A adopted 4/1/08)
The city will make or cause to be made regular collections from the containers for the removal of trash and rubbish from all premises in the business district of the city, each day except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions. In residential districts, garbage containers shall be emptied by the city each week as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions. The times of the collection shall be announced by the proper officials of the city.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.05)
Trash or rubbish not permitted herein to be deposited in containers provided by the city shall be placed in orderly, accessible stacks or piles to facilitate removal of same. Tree limbs, tree trunks, and hedge, and shrub cuttings shall not exceed four feet in length.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.06)
(a) 
Every owner, operator or occupant of any premises, store, factory, or business shall dispose of all trees over four feet in length, tree trunks, automobile bodies, abandoned automobiles, tires, industrial waste, and the like. Arrangements for this special service may be made with the city’s garbage department if personnel and equipment are available for the service. Charges for the special service shall be on a cost basis.
(b) 
Every owner or occupant of any premises shall dispose of any dirt, grass, trash and the like resulting from yard work or lot leveling contracted for or performed by the owner or occupant. The disposal shall be made at the city landfill site consistent with provisions of this article and other ordinances of the city.
(c) 
The general contractor on a construction job shall remove and properly dispose of all scrap lumber and trash resulting from construction inside the city limits. Scrap lumber and trash shall be disposed of at the city sanitary landfill site or some other site consistent with provisions of this article and all ordinances of the city. If there is no general contractor, then the owner of the property shall dispose of the scrap lumber, trash, and the like according to provisions of this article.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.07(A)–(C))
(a) 
In order to defray the cost and expense of collecting garbage, trash and rubbish in the city, there is hereby levied and assessed and there shall be charged and collected from each and every person owning, leasing, managing, occupying, or operating any premises within the business and residential districts, for furnishing the services and for making collections and removals of garbage, trash, and rubbish, the monthly service charges as may be prescribed by the city council from time to time. The monthly service charge shall be equal to, or exceed, the cost of furnishing the services, including the repayment of bonds, loans, and charges to provide for interest and sinking funds for the purchase of equipment and other required expenditures for the operation of the collection and disposal equipment of the city. Effective September 1, 2022, the monthly service fee for the collection of garbage, rubbish, and refuse (the "solid waste fee") shall be $5.00 per utility customer.
(b) 
The payment of all charges assessed for the collection of garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be paid at the same time as the payment of any and all other utility charges owed to the city by the consumer. Failure to pay the charges shall authorize the city to discontinue the service of the utility services.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.07(D), (E); Ordinance 695 adopted 8/9/2022)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to burn or permit the burning of kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, trash and rubbish on any premises in any manner whatsoever.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.08)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or dispose of any kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, trash or rubbish in or upon any street, alley or sidewalk within the city. Every owner or operator of any premises shall keep the alleys, streets and sidewalks abutting on the premises free and clear of all garbage, trash and rubbish.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.09(A))
It shall be unlawful for any person to meddle or tamper with any garbage container or receptacle, or any trash or rubbish receptacle, or with any garbage, trash or rubbish, or to in any manner pilfer the receptacles or the garbage, trash or rubbish, or to scatter the contents thereof in any street, alley, sidewalk or premises in the city.
(2002 Code, sec. 51.09(B))