As used in this article:
means any item mentioned in the residential classification
plus any packing material, styrofoam, office waste, bagged vegetables,
bagged fruit, bagged processed meat, and bagged unusable food items.
means refuse generated by normal household use, including
paper products, cardboard, tin, plastic, plastic containers, aluminum,
food containers, glass, and clothing.
means a container, either plastic or paper, designed to store
refuse or waste, with sufficient wall strength to maintain physical
integrity when lifted by the top. Total weight of the bag and its
contents shall not exceed forty (40) pounds.
means any producer, homeowner, renter, lessor, business corporation,
individual, or person who receives city water or sewer service and
generates waste. All customers shall be required to subscribe to the
city waste collection service. This service provides for collection
and disposal of authorized waste stored in dumpsters.
means a heavy gauge metal receptacle with hinged lids for
access, designed to be lifted and emptied by mechanical means.
means all domestic kitchen, household, or business waste
such as, but not limited to, paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, tin
cans, food containers, or clothing. As used in this article, garbage
does not include yard waste, grass clippings, branches, dirt, concrete,
tile, sheetrock, rocks, building materials, roofing materials, metal
appliances, furniture and such substances or materials not generated
by normal and routine household or commercial waste.
means the operator of the collection truck or some other
city employee will perform routine random spot checks of city dumpsters
to assure no unauthorized materials are in the containers.
means the grounds used or designated by the city for the
disposal of garbage, trash, refuse, and other municipal wastes.
means any person, persons, firm, business, corporation, or
employee thereof residing or established outside the existing city
limits.
means grass, grass clippings, brush, branches, tree trimmings,
hedge trimmings, leaves, dead animals, animal carcasses, wood, lumber,
sheetrock, plaster, tile, carpet, concrete, bricks, and any other
masonry items, roofing materials, metal, appliances, furniture, mattresses,
paint, paint cans, varnish, lacquer, lacquer thinner, antifreeze,
oil, oil filters, tires, batteries, chemicals, herbicides, insecticides,
any hazardous and/or toxic materials or container thereof, medical
waste, grease or like byproducts from eating establishments, and non-bagged
or loose food scraps.
means the process of collecting and turning used products
into new products by reprocessing or remanufacturing them.
means all grass, grass clippings, turf, sod, weeds, flowers,
leaves, small hedge clippings, or other vegetation generated by routine
and normal yard maintenance.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 1, adopted 9/18/2012)
Any person, persons, customer, citizen, corporation, business or employee thereof who violates any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in municipal court shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 7, adopted 9/18/2012; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
(a)
The Environmental Protection Agency and state commission on environmental
quality have deemed certain items no longer acceptable in landfills.
All items prohibited by federal and state restrictions are also prohibited
by the city.
(b)
Records and statistics indicate that at least 25% of the volume in
landfills today is directly related to and attributed to yard waste.
It shall be deemed a violation for any person to deposit, place, or
in any way dispose of yard waste in city dumpsters.
(c)
Yard waste is a great and growing concern to the landfill, but equally
important are the other items mentioned in the definition of prohibited
waste above; therefore, it shall be deemed a violation of this article
for any person, business, or individual to deposit, place or in any
way dispose of any prohibited waste in city-owned dumpsters.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 2, adopted 9/18/2012)
(a)
It will be considered a violation of this article to dispose of any
yard waste in city dumpsters. The city council would like to minimize
any hardship this decision might cause on its citizens and customers;
therefore, the city will create and provide a bag pickup service on
a regular basis for yard waste. The waste generator may elect to mulch
grass clippings. The waste generator can elect to construct a backyard
compost site. The waste generator may bag all yard waste for collection.
(b)
All yard waste that is to be disposed of by the city must be bagged
in an acceptable container as described in this article. All yard
waste must be stored on, behind, or in front of each customer’s,
person’s, individual’s, or waste generator’s property.
It will not be acceptable to place, pile, store, or drop bagged yard
waste next to the city dumpsters. (Currently one dumpster is shared
by several households and placed conveniently in or near the center
of those customers sharing the dumpster. If it were allowed to place
all the bagged yard waste next to the dumpster, it would have the
potential to create an unnecessary eyesore and/or health hazard, especially
for those customers that the dumpster is located on, behind, or in
front of.)
(c)
At this time there will be no additional charge to the waste generator
for the weekly yard waste disposal. If any citizen, customer, person,
or individual generates more yard waste than can be disposed of on
a regular basis, or the generator determines he/she needs or wants
collection service more frequently, the city will make arrangements
to increase the frequency of collection from that generator for an
additional charge to be determined by the council.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 3, adopted 9/18/2012)
In view of safety concerns and the potential for loss of property
or destruction and damage to adjoining property, it shall be deemed
a violation of this article for any citizen, customer, person, persons,
business, firm, corporation, or employee thereof to openly and knowingly
burn or cause a fire to start within the city limits. This is intended
to include, but not be limited to, any garbage, paper, cardboard,
trash, brush, wood, building materials, grass, yard waste, weeds,
leaves, and tree branches.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 4, adopted 9/18/2012)
It shall be deemed a violation of this article for any person,
persons, individual, firm, corporation, or employee thereof outside
the existing city limits to bring in, deposit, or drop off or in any
way attempt to dispose of garbage and/or waste material in dumpsters
located inside the existing city limits.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 5, adopted 9/18/2012)
(a)
It shall be deemed a violation of this article for any person, persons,
individual, firm, corporation, or employee thereof to recover, retrieve,
salvage, or attempt to save items already discarded in city dumpsters.
This is intended to include, but is not limited to, the following
items: aluminum, tin, metal, vegetables, food items, paper, clothing,
glass, or plastic.
(b)
An exception to the previous subsection occurs if a person or business
accidentally threw away or discarded any item of value or documents
that are needed in order to conduct their business; then he/she would
be authorized to search the dumpster in which the item was placed,
or believed to have been placed, for same said item or document.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 5, adopted 9/18/2012)
(a)
The rates and charges to be charged and/or assessed by the city for
collection and disposal of residential and commercial waste shall
be determined by the city council. The charges will include tax and
be forwarded to the state comptroller. The charges established by
the city council entitle commercial or business customers to be flexible
and they will be allowed to choose the amount of service for their
particular needs. The number of dumpsters and the frequency of service
will determine the monthly charge for commercial or business accounts.
(b)
The city council shall review and examine the waste collection charges
as needed and by majority vote set and approve the waste disposal
charges. The city shall not be obligated or required to provide waste
collection service outside the existing city limits.
(Ordinance 09-2012, sec. 6, adopted 9/18/2012)
