As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
Kitchen garbage.
All dry kitchen refuse and meat, vegetable and fruit refuse.
Premises.
Any business house, business establishment, private residences, vacant lots, and all other places of business or place in the city where garbage, trash or rubbish accumulates.
Rubbish.
All tin cans, bottles, glass, scraps of iron, tin, wire or other metals, and any other articles to which the term “rubbish” is usually applied.
Trash.
Paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper containers, pieces of wood, tree limbs, hedge cuttings, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers, and any other articles to which the term “trash” is usually applied.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 1, adopted 8/27/98)
The emptying or disposing of any garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish, or the accumulation of any such matters, in any place within the city is hereby prohibited, and no one except the duly authorized agents and employees of the city shall collect garbage and refuse or empty [containers containing garbage or refuse substances, or convey or transport garbage or refuse substances over the streets, alleys, and public thoroughfares of said city, except as otherwise expressly provided in this article].
(Ordinance 117, sec. 2, adopted 8/27/98)
[The city will make or cause to be made regular collections from the containers for the removal of trash and rubbish from all premises in the business district of the city as is necessary to maintain sanitary] conditions. In residential districts, garbage containers (dumpsters) shall be emptied by the city each week as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions. The time of such collection shall be announced by the proper officials of the city.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 5, adopted 8/27/98)
(a) 
Trash or rubbish permitted herein to be deposited in containers (dumpsters) provided by the city shall not exceed four (4) feet in length.
(b) 
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, operator, or occupant of any premises, store, factory, or business for the disposal of all trees, automobile bodies, abandoned automobiles, tires, industrial waste, hazardous waste, including household hazardous waste such as paints and insecticides, tires and household appliances, and similar materials.
(c) 
It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupant of any premises to properly dispose of dirt, grass, trash and other waste resulting from yard work. Grass clippings may be placed in the containers if bagged.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 6, adopted 8/27/98)
In order to defray the cost and expense of collecting and disposing of garbage, trash and rubbish in the city there is hereby levied and assessed, and there shall be charged and collected from each and every person owning, leasing, managing, occupying or operating any premises within the business or residential district the following charges:
(1) 
Residential rate of $22.00 per month per household for 1 pickup per week for a 1-1/2 yard dumpster.
(2) 
Commercial for each business served:
(A) 
One pickup in each week:
(i) 
$47.17 per month for a 1-1/2-yard container;
(ii) 
$55.31 per month for a 3-yard container;
(iii) 
$74.65 per month for a 4-yard container.
(B) 
Two pickups each week:
(i) 
$58.72 per month for a 1-1/2-yard;
(ii) 
$81.30 per month for a 3-yard;
(iii) 
$107.72 per month for a 4-yard.
(3) 
Additional charges as established by the city council on a case-by-case basis shall be made for additional containers.
(Ordinance 117-F adopted 8/21/17)
Payment of all charges assessed for the collection of garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be made at the same time as payment for other utility services provided by the city. Failure to timely pay for trash collection shall authorize the city to discontinue the provision of all utility service.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 8, adopted 8/27/98)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to burn or permit the burning of kitchen garbage, trash, rubbish, including grass clippings or any other yard waste in or upon any premises within the city whatsoever.
(Ordinance 117E adopted 6/25/12)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or dispose of any kitchen garbage, trash or rubbish in or upon any street, alley or sidewalk within the city. Every owner or operator of any premises shall keep the alleys, streets and sidewalks abutting such premises free and clear of all such garbage, trash and rubbish.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 10, adopted 8/27/98)
Any person, firm or individual who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Each and every day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ordinance 117, sec. 11, adopted 8/27/98)