means solid waste larger and heavier than rubbish. Bulk includes
old refrigerators, furniture, excluding patio furniture, tin, glass
and other sharp objects; old barrels, tires, metal, old car parts,
fence posts, and old lumber or masonry materials larger, longer and/or
heavier than rubbish.
means all putrescible waste, except body waste, including
meat, vegetable, and fruit refuse and carcasses of small animals.
means fluorescent light bulbs, oils, oil filters, ordnance,
explosives, pressurized gases, freon, radioactive material, syringes/needles
(must be placed in a sealed container), lead-acid batteries, medical
waste, tires, paints, solvents, antifreeze, pesticides, and herbicides.
means plants, or grass clippings, leaves, or tree trimmings.
Tree, shrub, and brush trimmings shall be placed together forming
an easily handled package not exceeding two (2) feet in length or
25 lbs.
means solid waste that includes garbage and rubbish.
means nonputrescible waste including debris, tin cans, bottles,
papers, grass and weed cuttings, paper boxes, short and light wood
or building materials, and tree limbs not exceeding three (3) feet
and a weight of more than thirty (30) pounds.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 1, adopted 7/5/07)
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this division shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 11, adopted 7/5/07; Ordinance adopting Code)
Each owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee using and occupying
any residence, building, house or structure within the corporate limits
of the city, who has a place of abode or has a place of business,
is hereby required to keep and maintain at all times a convenient
place at his or her residence, building, house, structure and/business,
if his business is of a type that accumulates refuse in connection
with the operation of the business, an adequate commercial waste container
or containers, in sufficient numbers to properly receive and hold
all refuse being disposed of from his or her residence, building,
house, structure, and/or business. All commercial waste containers
shall be equipped with an adequate lid or covering at all times.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 2, adopted 7/5/07)
No owner, mortgager, occupant, lessee or tenant of any public
or private premises shall permit to accumulate upon his or her premises
any refuse except in covered commercial waste containers. When containers
become battered or torn and when in the judgment of the code enforcement
officer they are unsafe for the garbage pickup man to handle, the
code enforcement officer shall give the owner, mortgager, occupant,
tenant or lessee written notice of the condition of the container
and allow the owner, mortgager, occupant, tenant or lessee fifteen
(15) calendar days in which to replace the container. If, after the
expiration of the fifteen (15) calendar days, the container has not
been suitably replaced, garbage pickup shall be suspended and the
owner, mortgager, occupant, tenant or lessee shall be subject to penalties
prescribed in this division. Each owner, mortgager, occupant, tenant
or lessee of the city having refuse to be disposed of is hereby required
to place the refuse in commercial waste containers equipped with an
adequate lid or covering.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 3, adopted 7/5/07)
Any owner, mortgager, occupant, lessee, or tenant of the premises
shall place the commercial waste container(s) in front of the premises
within three (3) feet of the street by 7:00 a.m. on the day of sanitation
collection, so that collectors may collect and remove the contents
thereof conveniently, and sanitation collectors have no duty to pick
up any container not so placed. All such containers, after having
been emptied by the proper authorities, shall be removed from the
side of the street by the owner, mortgager, occupant, lessee, or tenant
no later than 9:00 p.m. on the evening of collection.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 4, adopted 7/5/07)
Each owner, mortgager, lessee, occupant or tenant using and/or
occupying any residence, building, house, structure or business within
the city limits will be required to subscribe to city sanitation services
or to the sanitation service with which the city has a contract. Non-subscribers
may be cited as prescribed in the penalty clause of this division.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 5, adopted 7/5/07)
Brush and limbs shall be cut in lengths no longer than three (3) feet and tied in bundles no heavier than twenty-five (25) pounds. Special pickups for bulk heavier than twenty-five (25) pounds (as described in section 13.02.031) can be arranged by contacting city hall. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the owner, mortgager, lessee, occupant or tenant to dispose of bulk on his or her premises. Anyone allowing garbage, refuse, rubbish or bulk to accumulate on his or her property may be cited as prescribed in the penalty clause of this division.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 6, adopted 7/5/07; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
The collection of fees will be maintained by the (contractor) waste
management provider designated by the city council.
(b)
Failure to pay the sanitation fee and/or late charges by the thirtieth
(30th) day of the month may result in discontinuance of sanitation
services and the subscriber may be cited as prescribed in the penalty
clause of this division.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 7, adopted 7/5/07)
The code enforcement officer or any other authorized city representative
may check on sanitation collections to determine whether such refuse
and/or bulk is being disposed of properly and in accordance with this
division and other existing ordinances of the city. Any violations
found to exist may be punishable as provided for in the penalty clause
of this division.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 9, adopted 7/5/07)
Landlords owning rental property within the city limits are
responsible for monthly sanitation service, fees and late fees. Landlords
are also responsible for sending notification to the city of vacancies
and names of new tenants. Rental properties that are vacant shall
be put on a “hold” status with the waste management provider.
(Ordinance 2503-F, sec. 10, adopted 7/5/07)
