The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Dry kitchen refuse.
The solids after the liquid or slop has been drained off.
Kitchen garbage.
Dry kitchen refuse, all meat, vegetable and fruit refuse, small dead animals and dead fowls from any premises within the city limits.
Premises.
Business establishments, offices, theaters, restaurants, cafes, schools, hotels, tourist courts, motels, trailers or mobile homes, including those located in trailer or mobile home parks, roominghouses, apartment houses, private residences, vacant lots and all other places within the city limits where garbage, trash or rubbish accumulates in ordinary quantities.
Residence.
Any house, apartment house, roominghouse, trailer or mobile home, including those located in trailer or mobile home parks, or other dwelling unit occupied by persons for living purposes.
Rubbish.
Tin cans, bottles, glass, scraps of iron, tin, wire or other metal and glass from any premises within the city limits.
Trash.
Paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper containers, old rubber, pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers, weeds, grass and tree limbs from any premises within the city limits.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-1)
(a) 
Required; size; construction.
It shall be the duty of every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises or residence or any place where kitchen garbage accumulates to provide portable garbage containers, constructed of galvanized iron, tin or other suitable metal, with two (2) handles and a tight-fitting cover with a handle on the cover, of a capacity of not less than ten (10) gallons nor over thirty (30) gallons in the residential section, and not over forty-gallon capacity in the business section.
(b) 
Number.
Each person shall provide a sufficient number of garbage containers to accommodate their own kitchen garbage.
(c) 
Disposal of garbage and refuse.
The daily accumulation of kitchen garbage and dry refuse shall be placed in such garbage containers.
(d) 
Maintenance.
All garbage containers shall be kept in a sanitary condition and must be free of holes, in order to be watertight, and all such garbage cans shall have covers. The contents of all receptacles holding trash and rubbish shall be so protected that the wind cannot blow out and scatter the same over the streets, alleys and premises of the city.
(e) 
Meddling with containers or contents.
The meddling with garbage containers, trash or rubbish receptacles or in any way pilfering and scattering their contents onto any alley or street within the city limits is prohibited.
(f) 
Placement for pickup.
Garbage containers, boxes, sacks or barrels of trash and rubbish and tree limbs, which shall be cut into lengths not exceeding six (6) feet, shall be placed within five (5) feet of the property line at the edge of the alley where there is no fence. Where there is a fence, the garbage containers, boxes, sacks or barrels of trash and rubbish and tree limbs shall be placed against the outside of the fence. Where there is no alley, garbage containers, boxes, sacks or barrels of trash and rubbish and tree limbs shall be placed inside the curbline of the street to be collected by the city garbage vehicles. If necessary and upon notification, the official designated by the city may require the kitchen garbage, trash and rubbish to be placed at a point which is accessible to the city garbage vehicles.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-2)
The placing of kitchen garbage, trash or rubbish or any article, thing or material in any street within the city limits is prohibited, and when placed in an alley, it must be within five (5) feet of the property line.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-3)
Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises or residence, or any place where kitchen garbage accumulates, shall maintain their entire premises, and any portion of the alleys and streets of the city that are used by them to store garbage containers and receptacles for trash and rubbish, as allowed under this article, in such a manner as to prevent the breeding of flies, mosquitoes and all other pests and vermin.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-4)
No person shall permit any kitchen garbage, kitchen refuse, or discarded organic matter either animal or vegetable, or slops or refuse of any character whatsoever, to be exposed to the open air except when the same is being emptied into a closed container.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-5)
No person owning, operating, managing, leasing or renting any premises, residence or place where garbage accumulates shall permit any kitchen garbage, dry garbage, trash and rubbish to accumulate on their premises or on any street, alley or premises of the city for longer than seven (7) days at a time unless authorized by the city health officer. Any violation of this provision shall be an offense, and each day’s violation will constitute a separate offense.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-6)
The department of health and sanitation will not make collections of kitchen garbage, trash or rubbish, or tree limbs where it is not prepared for collection and placed as designated by the terms of this article, or where the service charges made by this article are not paid promptly when due.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-7)
The places of wholesale accumulations, such as killing and dressing plants for fowls and other animals, wholesale fruit and vegetable houses, storage and other places, where the daily accumulation of kitchen garbage, trash and rubbish is more than ordinary quantities, are not included in the service furnished by the department of health and sanitation, and such places are required to remove same to the city disposal plant or dump grounds at their own expense, in the manner and by the method directed by the city manager.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-8)
Heavy dead animals, such as cows, horses and mules, shall be removed from the city limits at the expense of the owner or person having same in charge in the manner and by the method directed by the city manager.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-9)
Heavy accumulations such as brick, broken concrete, lumber, ashes, clinkers, cinders, dirt and plaster, sand or gravel, automobile frames, metal or tin, and other bulky heavy material shall be disposed of at the expense of the owner or person controlling same under the direction of the city manager.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-10)
Manure from cow lots, horse stables, poultry yards, and pigeon lofts and waste oil from garages or service stations shall be disposed of at the expense of the party responsible for the same under the direction of the city manager.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-11)
The disposal by fire, burial or otherwise of kitchen garbage, trash or rubbish or that designated under sections 13.05.008 through 13.05.011, or any kind of rubbish, in any place within the city limits except at the city disposal plant or dump grounds is prohibited.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-12)
(a) 
In the business district, collections will be made twice a week, or as often as may be necessary to comply with sanitary regulations of the city.
(b) 
In the residential district, kitchen garbage, trash and rubbish shall be prepared for collection to be made once per week, or as often as may be necessary to comply with sanitary regulations of the city. The time for such collections shall be announced by the city manager.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-13)
There shall be assessed and collected from each person managing, operating or occupying any premises, as defined in this article, within the city limits, where various kinds of garbage accumulate, except the kinds covered by sections 13.05.008 through 13.05.011, the following service charges for garbage, refuse, trash and rubbish collection and disposal:
(1) 
For each residence, as defined in this chapter, utilizing one (1) garbage container of a capacity of ninety-six (96) gallons, the monthly charge shall be twenty-six dollars and forty-six cents ($26.46) for one (1) collection or pickup per week. The charge for each additional ninety-six (96) gallon container shall be seven dollars and seventy-seven cents ($7.77) per month for one (1) collection of pickup per month in addition to the base fee. Each apartment unit, rooming house unit, trailer or mobile home, including those located in trailer or mobile home parks, shall be deemed a separate residence. For each residence, as defined in this chapter, which is utilizing one (1) garbage container of a capacity of ninety-six (96) gallons and which is occupied by at least one (1) person sixty-five (65) years of age or older who completes an appropriate application, the monthly charge shall be ttwenty-four dollars and thirty cents ($24.30).
(2) 
For each premises, other than a residence, “premises” and “residence” being both defined in this chapter, a monthly utilizing charge shall be made as follows:
(A) 
For each such premises utilizing one (1) garbage containers of a capacity of 96 gallons, the monthly charge shall be thirty-eight dollars and sixty cents ($38.60) for one (1) collection pickup per week.
(B) 
The charge for each additional ninety-six (96) gallon container shall be twenty dollars and twenty-seven cents ($20.27) per month for one (1) collection of pickup per week in addition to the base fee.
(C) 
For each such premises utilizing garbage containers of a capacity of more than 96 gallons, the monthly charge shall be based on the size of the container and frequency of service to be charged as follows:
Container Size/Frequency of Service
Rate per Month
Two (2) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$120.10
Two (2) service per week
$198.42
Three (3) service per week
$276.92
Four (4) service per week
$355.24
Three (3) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$139.52
Two (2) service per week
$229.41
Three (3) service per week
$319.11
Four (4) service per week
$409.02
Four (4) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$156.81
Two (2) service per week
$269.35
Three (3) service per week
$359.14
Four (4) service per week
$460.31
Six (6) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$164.07
Two (2) service per week
$316.55
Three (3) service per week
$440.40
Four (4) service per week
$564.44
Five (5) service per week
$688.26
Eight (8) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$187.80
Two (2) service per week
$358.38
Three (3) service per week
$528.13
Four (4) service per week
$674.76
Five (5) service per week
$822.18
Ten (10) yard container
 
One (1) service per week
$295.73
Two (2) service per week
$465.16
Three (3) service per week
$634.52
Four (4) service per week
$803.86
Five (5) service per week
$973.06
(3) 
All monthly collection and disposal rates are based on the type of premises receiving service, the size container utilized at each such premises, and the frequency of pickups per week.
(4) 
Any owner, manager, operator or occupant of a premises subject to the rates as determined in this section, and who is the customer receiving garbage service at such premises, being dissatisfied with the charges for collection of garbage as determined by the provisions of this section, shall have the right to appeal his charge by giving notice to the city council in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, the council shall fix a date, not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice, for hearing of the appeal and shall cause notice in writing of such date to be given the grievant not less than five (5) days prior to the date fixed for hearing.
(5) 
For each residence and each premises, as defined in this article, there shall be charged for the collection, pickup and hauling of tree limbs, brush, and cuttings, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per load.
(6) 
The utilities department and the employees thereof shall keep and maintain all books, records and accounts of each person receiving garbage collection service and/or the service described in subsection (5) of this section, compute all charges, prepare and render statements of accounts to customers and collect the established charge. Charges for service rendered under this section shall be billed at the close of each calendar month and shall appear upon the bill for electric and/or water service if the customer received either of such services. If electric and/or water service is not furnished the customer, statements shall be rendered at the close of each calendar month and shall be payable on or before the tenth day of the following month. All accounts and charges for garbage collections and other service under this section shall be payable at the office of the utilities department.
(7) 
Payment of electric and/or water charges shall not be accepted unless the charges incurred under this section are paid at the same time.
(8) 
Electric and/or water service shall be discontinued to any customer who has not paid charges for electric service, water service or both when he receives both such services, and the charges arising under this section, within the time specified.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-14; Ordinance 14-01, sec. 3, adopted 2/10/14; Ordinance 20-07 adopted 9/14/20; Ordinance 23-07 adopted 9/11/2023)