This article shall be known as and referred to as the city solid waste code.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-16)
The provisions of this article shall apply to all territory within the corporate limits of the city. The service charges provided herein shall apply inside and outside the city limits.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-17)
For the purpose of this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
Brush.
Tree trimmings, large hedge trimmings, weeds, and trees not to exceed three (3) inches in diameter, and cut in lengths not to exceed four (4) feet.
Garbage.
Rubbish, trash, kitchen and household waste which has been properly strained, ashes, paper, food containers, and small hedge and lawn trimmings.
Rubbish.
Tin cans, bottles, glass, and scraps of iron, tin, wire, and any other metals.
Trash.
Paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper containers, old rubber, pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers, weeds, and grass.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-18)
Any person who disagrees with the amount of charges for services rendered shall state in writing his disagreement with the charges, and shall post a good and sufficient bond securing the amount of the charges due before the twentieth day of the month. Any person who shall fail to refuse the charges herein specified or who shall fail to post a sufficient bond before the twentieth day of the month shall have his service suspended. Any person who has posted a bond shall be entitled to a hearing before the city council. Such hearings shall be held at the next following city council meeting or at such a time and place as may be designated by the mayor of the city. If the party disputing the charges shall fail to appear, the council has the option to pursue payment under the bond or to suspend service. If at the hearing the person is found to owe the charges for service, then the person shall have five (5) days to pay such charges or service will be suspended.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-19)
It shall be the duty of every owner, agent, lessee, tenant, or occupant of any house, building, flat, apartment or tenement in the city where persons reside, board or lodge, where animal or vegetable food is prepared or served, or any private residence, to provide for such house, building, flat, apartment or tenement, and at all times to maintain in good order and repair, a garbage container or containers as herein defined, for the deposit of garbage for collection by the city.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-46)
All garbage containers other than special containers furnished by the city shall be watertight receptacles of a solid and durable grade of metal or other suitable material, not to exceed thirty (30) gallons in capacity; the combined weight of the garbage and container shall not exceed one hundred (100) pounds. They shall be provided with a suitable lifting handle or handles on the outside and a close-fitting cover equipped with a handle. Securely tied plastic bags may be used for lightweight materials which will not puncture or penetrate the bags.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-47)
The container must not have any inside structures such as inside bands or reinforcing angles or anything within the container to prevent free discharge of its contents. Containers that have deteriorated, or that have been damaged to the extent of having jagged or sharp edges capable of causing injury to garbage collectors, or to such an extent that the covers will not fit securely, will be condemned by the city, acting through its city administrator or his designated representative, and if such containers are not replaced after notice to the owner or user of their defective condition, they shall be confiscated.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-48)
(a) 
Garbage.
It shall be the duty of the head of every family occupying or in possession of any house, building, flat, apartment, tenement, or dwelling place in the city which is a private residence, and for which a container for garbage has been provided, to place, or cause to be placed, such container on the rear of the lot of such premises, where pickups are made from alleys in the rear of such premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any such container in any alley within the city, and in all cases where garbage is to be collected from the alley, the container shall be placed entirely within the lot line adjacent to, but not in, the alley. Where there is no alley, and where garbage is collected from the street in front of such premises, such garbage can, trash and rubbish shall be placed inside the curbline on the street, or at such other place as may be designated by the city administrator or his designated representative, to be collected by the city garbage vehicles.
(b) 
Brush.
All brush to be collected shall be placed between the curbline and the sidewalk.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-49)
Any business establishment desiring to place garbage, rubbish or trash for collection shall place the container or containers on the lot as directed by the city. All boxes and cartons must be broken down and bundled, and no bundle shall exceed seventy-five (75) pounds in weight. Immediately after the garbage, rubbish or trash has been removed by the collector, the owner of the container or containers shall remove them from the curbline to a place within or behind the business establishment until the next regular scheduled time for the collection of garbage.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-50)
The service charges as fixed in this article shall not include the following services:
(1) 
Wholesale accumulations.
The removal of wholesale accumulations from plants where fowl are killed and dressed, wholesale or abnormal amounts of fruit and vegetables, or daily accumulations of kitchen garbage, trash and rubbish in more than ordinary quantities. Such places are required to remove such waste to the city sanitary landfill or otherwise dispose of same at their own expense, or, if such service is desired from the city, the owner of such business or establishment may agree to pay a fair and reasonable rate to the city, such rate to be fixed by the city.
(2) 
Heavy refuse.
The removal of heavy accumulations such as brick, broken concrete, lumber, ashes, cinders, dirt and plaster, sand or gravel, automobile frames, dead trees, and other bulky or heavy material shall not be included as part of the regular service. These heavy accumulations must be removed and disposed of by the owner or person having same in charge at his expense, but if such service is desired, and if the facilities of the city are available, such owner or person may request same upon payment of a fair and reasonable charge for such additional service. Upon request for this service, an authorized representative of the city will visit the site and estimate the amount to be hauled, and collect this amount from the owner prior to the removal of such heavy accumulations or debris.
(3) 
Manure or waste oil.
Manure from cow lots, horse stables, poultry yards, and pigeon lofts, and waste oils from garages or filling stations, shall not be included as a part of the regular service, but must be disposed of at the expense of the owner or persons controlling the same in a manner approved by the city.
(4) 
Improperly prepared or placed waste.
The city garbage collectors will not make collection of kitchen garbage, trash, rubbish or tree limbs where the same is not prepared for collection and placed as designated by the terms of this article.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-23)
Rock waste, scrap building materials, or other trash resulting from construction or major remodeling, or resulting from a general cleanup of vacant or improved property just prior to its occupancy, or resulting from sizeable amounts of trees, brush and debris cleared from property in preparation for construction, will not be removed by the city as regular service, but may be done for the owner on payment of an extra charge, to be fixed from time to time by the city council. The owner, at his option, will have such debris removed at his expense by private haulers. Waste materials shall be dumped only at sites approved by the city.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-24)
All industrial solid waste resulting from manufacturing operations must be disposed of by the owner or occupant of the building or premises where such industrial wastes originate.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-25)
No person, owner, occupant, corporation, tenant, or lessee shall deposit garbage, trash, rubbish, brush, or heavy accumulations such as brick, broken concrete, lumber, ashes, cinders, dirt, plaster, sand, gravel, dead trees, or waste oils in any drainage easement, drainage right-of-way, street, gutter, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, manholes or inlets which are part of the street or sewer system of the city.
(Ordinance 03102015 adopted 3/10/15)
Dogs, cats or any other dead animals shall not be placed in garbage containers. The dead animal will be picked up and removed by the city upon notice.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-27)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or throw, or permit or cause to be placed, deposited or thrown, any garbage, brush, loose waste or refuse of any kind on public or private property outside of any house, building, flat or tenement in the city unless the same has been deposited in accordance with the provisions of this article. The following acts, among others, are declared to be unlawful and in violation of this section, and are declared to be trespasses subject to the penalties of this article, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, to wit:
(1) 
Placing vegetation trimmings on private property.
The throwing, placing, dumping or depositing of lawn trimmings, hedge trimmings, or any other cuttings or trimmings of weeds, flowers or other vegetation on lots, vacant or occupied, driveways or any other private property.
(2) 
Placing vegetation trimmings on public property.
The throwing, placing, dumping or depositing of any lawn trimmings, hedge trimmings or other cuttings or trimmings of weeds, flowers, or other vegetation on or in any gutter, street, sidewalk, parkway, curb, alley or any other public place in the city.
(3) 
Depositing garbage, refuse, etc., on private or public property.
The throwing, placing, dumping, or depositing of any garbage, refuse or animal or vegetable waste matter of any kind on or in any gutter, street, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, curb, alley, or any other public property of the city.
(4) 
Unsanitary matter.
The throwing, placing, dumping, or depositing, or causing or permitting to be or remain in and upon any premises, private or public, any animal, vegetable or mineral matter or composition or residue thereof, which is in an unsanitary condition or injurious to public health.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-28)
Meddling with garbage cans or trash or rubbish receptacles or in any way pilfering, searching or scattering of contents of such garbage cans or rubbish receptacles in or upon any street, avenue or alley within the city limits is hereby declared to be unlawful and in violation of this section.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-29)
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport garbage or refuse of any kind in any cart, wagon, truck or vehicle in which such garbage or refuse can or is being permitted to drip or escape. All carts, wagons, trucks or other vehicles shall be so equipped that no trash, paper, rubbish or other waste material can be blown from, fall from or escape from such vehicle, and covers for all such vehicles shall be provided to prevent waste from being scattered over the public streets and alleys of the city.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-30)
The city will designate the location of dumping grounds for the disposal of all garbage, rubbish, trash and brush, and all those engaged in the business of removing and disposing of all such waste will obtain information from the city concerning the location of such dumping grounds.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-31)
All garbage, trash, rubbish or brush placed on disposal sites may first be inspected and approved by a duly authorized city inspector, and in no case shall any rubbish, refuse, or manure be placed on such grounds in a manner which, in the judgment of such inspector, shall create a nuisance by reason of emitting disagreeable odors, or that will in any way operate to make such dumping grounds unwholesome or affect the public health.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-32)
All junk and other material of the dump ground is the property of the city, and no person is allowed to operate and collect, carry off or dispose of the same except under the authority and direction of the city administrator, or his designated representative of the city.
(1987 Code, sec. 11-33)