As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
All solids remaining after liquids and slop have been drained
off of kitchen garbage.
All dry refuse, meat, vegetable and fruit refuse, small dead
animals and dead fowl.
Any business house, business establishment, grocery store,
dry goods store, mercantile store, department store, boardinghouse,
hotel, tourist camp, apartment house, hospital, roominghouse, school,
theater, barbershop, beauty shop, filling station, garage, cafe, restaurant,
lumberyard, electric shop, plumbing shop, tailor shop, private residence,
vacant lot, and all other places of business or places in said city
where garbage, trash or rubbish accumulates.
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.
Paper of all kinds, rags, old clothing, paper containers,
pieces of wood, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers, and any other article
to which the term “trash” is usually applied.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-50)
Any person failing or refusing to comply with the terms of this article shall be deemed to be in violation of same, and any person violating this article or any part thereof shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined as provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-68; Ordinance 503, sec. 1, adopted 2/9/88)
This article shall be cumulative of all other sanitary ordinances
and regulations of the city, except when in conflict with the terms
of such ordinances and regulations, in which case the terms of this
article shall prevail.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-69)
The emptying or disposing of any garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish,
or the accumulation of such matters, in any place within the city
except in accordance with the provisions of this article 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.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-51)
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
such premises to become unsanitary or unsightly.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-52)
(a)
The city shall provide metal containers of sufficient size and number
in the residential and commercial districts for the deposit of garbage,
refuse, rubbish or trash. These containers shall be fitted with a
tight-fitting lid or cover, which cover shall remain closed on the
container at all times, except when garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash
is being deposited or collected.
(b)
All garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash, including cardboard boxes,
shall be deposited in the containers by the person having control
or custody of such. 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.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place into containers
any roofing or building materials, dirt, rocks or heavy items, heavy
metals, engine blocks or other auto parts, dead animals, burning or
smoldering materials, tree limbs or tree trunks.
(d)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle or object
whatsoever in a manner such that it interferes with the movement of
the garbage truck or emptying of a detachable container. Upon notification,
the police department shall remove or cause to be removed 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.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-53)
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, each day except Saturday, Sunday
and holidays, as is necessary to maintain sanitary conditions. 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.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-54)
It is unlawful to place any waste material including but not
limited to brush, tree trimmings, grass clippings, rubbish, garbage,
refuse, trash, construction material or any household or industrial
waste in the alley or street unless is properly placed in a garbage
container approved by the city that is designed for that purpose.
Residential containers shall be used only for disposal of residential
waste.
(Ordinance 609, sec. 1 (22-55),
adopted 6/11/02)
Every owner, operator or occupant of any premises, store, factory
or business shall dispose of all trees, over four (4) feet in length,
tree trunks, automobile bodies, abandoned automobiles, tires, industrial
waste, etc. Arrangements of this special service may be made with
the city garbage department if personnel and equipment are available
for such service. Charges for such special service shall be on a cost
basis.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-56)
The city may provide recycling facilities at designated areas
for materials that can be recycled or reused. The city administrator
may set guidelines and policies to facilitate orderly recycling. In
the event the city or its agent are unable to provide recycling facilities,
materials not allowed in garbage containers may be disposed of only
at a sanitary landfill location by the citizen disposing of such materials.
It shall be a violation of this section to disobey recycling directives
as posted at said facilities.
(Ordinance 609, sec. 2 (22-57),
adopted 6/11/02)
(a)
The general contractor on each construction or demolition project
shall remove all trash, scrap lumber, scrap masonry and concrete and
other items of refuse from the construction site. All material shall
be promptly transported to and disposed of at a sanitary landfill.
If there is no general contractor, the owner of the premises shall
fulfill the duty.
(b)
Any person contracting to trim or remove shrubs, bushes, trees or
other vegetation, whether for a bid price or hourly wage, shall remove
such vegetation from the premises and transport such to a sanitary
landfill, or an alternate disposal site provided by the city, for
disposal. Roofing materials shall be disposed of at a sanitary landfill
and shall not be placed in containers supplied by the city or placed
in any area within the city limits.
(Ordinance 609, sec. 3 (22-58),
adopted 6/11/02)
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to burn
or permit the burning of kitchen garbage, dry kitchen refuse, trash
and rubbish on any premises in any manner whatsoever.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-61)
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 such premises free and clear of all such garbage, trash and rubbish.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-62)
It shall be unlawful for any person to meddle or tamper with
any garbage container or receptacle, or any trash or rubbish receptacle,
or with any garbage, trash or rubbish, or to in any manner pilfer
such receptacles or such garbage, trash or rubbish, or to scatter
the contents thereof in any street, alley, sidewalk or premises in
the city.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-63)
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 cans, paper, trash, paper
containers, rubbish, bottles or any other form of litter or waste
matter.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-64)
(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 wastepaper, wrapping
paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or
waste materials thrown or left on said premises by his customers and
to take reasonable measures to prevent 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 or operator of such business,
accessible to the customers of such business where the above-referred
to articles of waste may be disposed of readily. Such receptacles
shall be emptied regularly by the owner or occupant of such store
or other business into the container provided by the city for that
purpose.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-65)
It shall be unlawful for any customer going upon the premises
of another to in any manner dispose of wastepaper, wrapping paper,
paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste
materials except in receptacles provided for such purposes.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-66)
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 each and every person
owning, leasing, managing, occupying or operating any premises within
the business and residential districts, for furnishing such services
and for making such collections and removals of garbage, trash and
rubbish, such monthly service charges as may be prescribed by resolution
by the city commission from time to time. The monthly service charge
shall be equal to, or exceed, the cost of furnishing such services,
including the repayment of bonds, loans, charges; to provide for interest
and sinking funds; to provide for the purchase of equipment and other
required expenditures for the operation of the collection and disposal
equipment of the city.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-58)
The payment of all charges assessed for the collection of garbage,
rubbish and refuse shall be paid at the same time as the payment of
any and all other utility charges owed to the city by the consumer.
Failure to pay such charges shall authorize the city to discontinue
the service of such utility services.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-60)
It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee,
using or occupying a building, house or structure as a separate unit,
to utilize the garbage containers or receptacles of another owner,
occupant, tenant or lessee for the disposal of his own refuse, garbage,
trash, rubbish or tree limbs, and in this manner try to avoid payment
of the fees levied by this article. Where an apartment house or other
building is served water through one meter, the person in whose name
the water meter stands, or in any case of several users being served
water through one meter, the person in whose name the water account
stands, shall be responsible for the payment of the garbage removal
fee; and regardless of any other provision herein, there shall be
no more than one garbage collection charge per water meter collected
each month.
(1978 Code, sec. 22-67)
