The city or its authorized representative.
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.
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.
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.
A house, yard, building, apartment, tourist court, trailer
court, dwelling place or lot within the corporate limits of the city.
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.
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)
