City.
The city or its authorized representative.
Family.
One (1) or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to one another by birth, adoption, or marriage.
Garbage.
Any rejected or waste household food, offal, swill or carrion and every accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking and dealing in, or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables and any other matter of any nature, which is subject to decay and may serve as a breeding material for flies or other germ-carrying insects.
Person.
Includes the singular and plural and shall also mean any individual, firm, corporation, association, family, persons, group, governmental agency, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, occupant, owner’s agent, lessee or tenant.
Premises.
A house, yard, building, apartment, tourist court, trailer court, dwelling place or lot within the corporate limits of the city.
Waste.
All of the following: domestic garbage, ashes, tin cans, bottles, and other household trash, including discarded furniture, furnishings, fixtures, household appliances of all kinds, containers of all kinds, cartons, books, newspapers, manure, dead animals or parts thereof, trees, tree branches, tree roots, tree trunks, brush, shrubs, grass clippings, plant stalks, leaves, etc.
Waste container.
A can of galvanized iron, noncorrodible metal or plastic, rodent- and fly-proof, durable and leak-proof, of the type commonly sold as garbage cans, of a suitable gauge, weight and construction to insure durability, with suitable handles on the can and lid and of capacity of not less than ten (10) gallons and nor more than thirty (30) gallons. A commercial type container is defined as any refuse container that has a capacity of more than one (1) cubic yard.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7A; 2004 Code, sec. 6.511)
(a) 
Each family unit and commercial unit within the city limits is hereby required to subscribe to and use the service of the city garbage disposal system.
(b) 
The city council finds that it is necessary that this division be passed in order to protect the health and general welfare of the citizens of the city.
(c) 
Each subscriber to the city garbage system shall conform to the regulations set out by the city council with respect to all aspects of the said garbage disposal system.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, secs. 6A–6C; 2004 Code, secs. 6.501–6.503)
Each subscriber shall pay the monthly fees as prescribed by the city council. The collection of such fees for residential accounts shall be made a part of the water billing service and the city shall be entitled to discontinue water service to any person, firm or corporation not paying the city garbage fees. The collection of such fees for commercial accounts shall be handled by the solid waste service provider at fees as prescribed by the city council.
(Ordinance 857, sec. 1, adopted 3/13/07; 2004 Code, sec. 6.504)
Except as provided in other sections hereof, no person shall permit to accumulate on his premises any waste except in covered containers or as otherwise hereafter provided.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7B; 2004 Code, sec. 6.512)
(a) 
Every person in the possession of any premises in the city where persons reside shall provide for each family residing therein, and at all times maintain in good order and repair, a sufficient number of waste containers to hold all waste produced in or on, or brought into or on, such premises, as soon as practicable after same is produced or brought therein or thereon, except as otherwise herein provided.
(b) 
All waste containers shall be as previously defined, and no other type of container shall be acceptable. Filthy, leaking or defective receptacles shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced as directed by the city manager or his/her designee. All containers shall be disinfected with an effective antiseptic solution as often as is necessary to maintain them in a sanitary condition. Evidence of neglect of these requirements or unsafe containers shall be determined by the city manager or his/her designee.
(c) 
All unattended commercial type refuse containers shall be kept closed at all times.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7C; Ordinance 707 adopted 6/10/03; 2004 Code, sec. 6.513)
(a) 
It shall be the duty of every person in the possession of any premises to cause all garbage brought on or produced on the premises to be thoroughly drained of all surplus liquid, securely wrapped in paper or packed in a covered box or carton of such dimensions as will permit of its free passage into and out of the waste container, and deposited in a waste container as soon as practicable after the same is produced or brought therein or thereon. Waste containers to which garbage or waste is frozen through failure to observe these regulations and all containers which are other than as specified in this article shall not be serviced. Materials of every character shall be securely wrapped or bound in such manner as may be necessary to prevent the scattering of same by the wind and shall be deposited in a waste container or otherwise deposited as prescribed herein.
(b) 
All waste of a size or nature which renders it unsuitable for deposit in containers shall be placed on the ground at the designated pickup point in neat and orderly bundles or stacks not to exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight or one foot six inches by four feet (1'6" x 4') in size. Except as otherwise provided herein, wood, sticks, brush and other non-garbage waste must be placed within five (5) feet of the curbline.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7D; 2004 Code, sec. 6.514)
All waste containers shall be subject to inspection and approval or condemnation by the city manager or his/her designee.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7E; Ordinance 707 adopted 6/10/03; 2004 Code, sec. 6.515)
No person, firm or corporation shall transport waste, or cause waste to be transported, over the streets or other public ways in the city unless such waste being transported is entirely and securely covered; garbage shall not be transported over or along the streets of the city or other public property except in a metal covered liquid-tight compartment approved by the health officer, the city manager or his/her designee.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7F; Ordinance 707 adopted 6/10/03; 2004 Code, sec. 6.516)
(a) 
Every person in possession of any premises in the city shall be required to have accumulations of waste removed and disposed of before such waste becomes a health problem.
(b) 
All waste of a size or nature which renders it unsuitable for deposit in containers shall be picked up on a monthly basis during the last week of each calendar month in which Monday through Friday all fall within that calendar week. Except for waste caused by a natural disaster, such waste shall not be placed on the ground at the designated pickup point earlier than 12:01 a.m. on the 20th day of each month.
(Ordinance 711 adopted 7/8/03; 2004 Code, sec. 6.517)
No person shall provide waste disposal services within the city without a license or franchise from the city council.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7H; 2004 Code, sec. 6.518)
The rates for residential sanitation service are as set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, plus sales tax.
(Ordinance 927 adopted 8/25/09; 2004 Code, sec. 6.519; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
Any person who fails, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this division shall be fined for each offense in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(1987 Code, ch. 6, sec. 7J; 2004 Code, sec. 6.520)