For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
Dry kitchen refuse
means and includes all solids remaining after liquids and slop have been drained off of kitchen garbage.
Kitchen garbage
means and includes all dry refuse, meat, vegetable and fruit refuse, small dead animals and dead fowl.
Premises
means any business house, business establishment, grocery store, dry goods store, mercantile store, department store, boardinghouses, hotels, tourist camps, apartment houses, hospitals, rooming houses, schools, theaters, barbershops, beauty parlors, filling stations, garages, cafes, restaurants, lumber yards, electric shops, plumbing shops, tailor shops, private residences, vacant lots and all other places of business or places in the city where garbage, trash or rubbish accumulates.
Rubbish
means and includes 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
means and includes paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper, containers, pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers and any other articles to which the term “trash” is usually applied.
Wet garbage or wet kitchen refuse
means and includes all garbage or refuse having a water content that could form liquid or water in the bottom of the containers required by this article.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-1; 1998 Code, sec. 6.101)
The emptying or disposing of any garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish, or the accumulation of 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 cans containing garbage or refuse substances, or convey or transport garbage or refuse substance over the streets, alleys and public thoroughfares of the city, except as otherwise expressly provided in this article.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-2; 1998 Code, sec. 6.102)
Every person owning, leasing, managing, operating, using or occupying any building, apartment, house, structure, grounds or premises within the city shall keep such building, apartment, house, structure, grounds or premises clean, free and clear of all garbage, kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, trash, rubbish, manure from lots, stables and poultry yards, all wastes, oils and greases of garages and filling stations, and all other articles and accumulations that may cause the premises to become unsanitary or unsightly.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-3; 1998 Code, sec. 6.103)
The city shall provide metal containers of sufficient size and number in the residential and commercial districts for the deposit of garbage, refuse, rubbish and trash. The containers shall be fitted with a tightfitting lid or cover, which shall remain closed on the container at all times, except when garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash is being deposited or collected.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-4; 1998 Code, sec. 6.104)
All garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash, including cardboard boxes, shall be deposited in containers except as otherwise provided in this article. A sufficient number of containers will be supplied at those businesses where a large number of cardboard boxes are disposed of. All cardboard boxes shall be broken down or flattened out before being deposited in a container.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-5; 1998 Code, sec. 6.105)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place into containers any roofing or building materials, dirt, rocks or heavy items, heavy metals, engine blocks or automobile parts, dead animals and burning or smoldering materials.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-6; 1998 Code, sec. 6.106)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or place any object in a manner which will interfere with the movement of a garbage truck or the emptying of a detachable container. Upon notification, the police department shall remove or cause the removal of such vehicle or object at the owner’s expense. Proof of ownership shall be prima facie evidence that such owner parked such vehicle so as to violate this section.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-7; 1998 Code, sec. 6.107)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place into containers any wet garbage unless the wet garbage is contained within a plastic bag to prevent water from collecting in the bottom of the required metal containers.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-8; 1998 Code, sec. 6.108)
(a) 
Business district.
The city shall make regular collections from the containers as provided by this article for the removal of trash and rubbish from all premises in the business district of the city, each day except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions.
(b) 
Residential districts.
In residential districts, garbage containers shall be emptied by the city each week as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions. The times of such collection shall be announced by the proper officials of the city.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-9; 1998 Code, sec. 6.109)
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, operator or occupant of any premises, store, factory or business to dispose of all trees over three (3) feet in length, automobile bodies, abandoned automobiles, tires, industrial waste and similar items. Arrangements for special service may be made with the city garbage department if personnel and equipment are available for such service. Charges for such service shall be on a cost basis.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-11; 1998 Code, sec. 6.111)
It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupant of any premises to properly dispose of any dirt, grass, trash or similar items resulting from yard work or lot leveling contracted for or performed by the owner or occupant. Disposal shall be made at the city landfill site consistent with provisions of this article and all other ordinances of the city.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-12; 1998 Code, sec. 6.112)
It shall be the responsibility of the general contractor on a construction job to remove and properly dispose of all scrap lumber and trash resulting from construction inside the city. The scrap lumber and trash shall be disposed of at the city sanitary landfill site, or some other site consistent with provisions of this article and all ordinances of the city. If there is no general contractor, then the owner of the property is responsible for the removal and proper disposition of the scrap lumber and trash according to provisions of this article.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-13; 1998 Code, sec. 6.113)
(a) 
In order to defray the cost and expense of collecting garbage, trash and rubbish in the city there is hereby levied and assessed, and there shall be charged and collected from every person owning, leasing, managing, occupying or operating any premises within the business and residential districts, for making such collections and removals, a monthly service charge as may be prescribed by the city council from time to time.
(b) 
The monthly service charges required by subsection (a) shall be equal to, or exceed, the cost of furnishing the services, including the repayment of bonds, loans, charges and to provide for interest and sinking funds for the purchase of equipment and other required expenditures for the operation of the collection and disposal equipment of the city.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-14; 1998 Code, sec. 6.114)
The payment of all charges assessed for the collection of garbage, rubbish and refuse shall be in conformity with and at the same time as the payment of all other utility charges owed to the city by the consumer. Failure to pay the charges shall authorize the city to discontinue the collection service.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-15; 1998 Code, sec. 6.115)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to burn dry kitchen refuse, trash and rubbish on any premises.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-16; 1998 Code, sec. 6.116)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or dispose of any kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, 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 on the premises free and clear of all garbage, trash and rubbish.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-17; 1998 Code, sec. 6.117)
It shall be unlawful for any person to meddle or tamper with any garbage, trash or rubbish receptacle, or with any garbage, trash or rubbish, or to in any way pilfer the receptacles or garbage.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-18; 1998 Code, sec. 6.118)
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, cast or deposit upon any street, alley, sidewalk or any yard or premises, public or private, any filth of any kind, or any cans, paper, trash, paper containers, rubbish, bottles or any other form of litter or waste matter.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-19; 1998 Code, sec. 6.119)
(a) 
Generally.
The owner or occupant of any store or other place of business situated within the city shall exercise reasonable diligence at all times to keep his premises clean of waste paper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste materials thrown or left on the premises by its customers, and take reasonable measures to prevent the same from drifting or blowing to adjoining premises.
(b) 
Receptacles.
Receptacles of sufficient size and number shall be placed on the premises by the owner of the place of business, accessible to the customers of the business where the above referred to articles of waste may be disposed of readily. The receptacles shall be emptied regularly by the owner or occupant of the store or other business into the container provided by the city for that purpose.
(c) 
Signs.
Each and every business establishment shall place upon its premises in a conspicuous place, in close proximity to the receptacle or receptacles above referred to, a sign or signs which shall convey to its customers a request that they use such receptacles for disposal of waste material.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-20; 1998 Code, sec. 6.120)
It shall be unlawful for any customer going upon the premises of another to in any manner dispose of waste paper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste materials except in receptacles provided for that purpose.
(1984 Code, sec. 9-21; 1998 Code, sec. 6.121)