[Adopted 3-13-2006 as
Title 8, Ch. 3, of the 2006 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BIMETAL CONTAINER
A container for carbonated or malt beverages that is made
primarily of a combination of steel and aluminum.
COLLECTOR
The contractor selected by the Village to collect solid waste.
CONTAINER BOARD
Corrugated paperboard used in the manufacture of shipping
containers and related products.
CONTAINER GLASS
Includes container glass only. "Glass" does not include ceramic
cups, dishes, ovenware, plate glass, safety and window glass, heat-resistant
glass such as Pyrex®, lead-based glass such as crystal, or TV
tubes.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Includes corrugated cardboard only; it does not include waxed
cardboard or chipboard, such as cereal boxes, shoe boxes, and similar
materials.
FOAM POLYSTYRENE PACKAGING
Packaging made primarily from foam polystyrene that satisfies
one of the following criteria:
A.
Is designed for serving food or beverages.
B.
Consists of loose particles intended to fill space and cushion
the packaged article in a shipping container.
C.
Consists of rigid materials shaped to hold and cushion the packaged
article in a shipping container.
GARBAGE
Includes all waste resulting from the use, preparation, cooking
or consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any substance or combination of substances, including any
waste of a solid, semisolid or gaseous form, which may cause or significantly
contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible
or incapacitating reversible illness or which may pose a substantial
present or potential hazard to human health or environment because
of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics. This term includes, but it not limited to, substances
which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers
or explosives as determined by the Village.
HDPE
High-density polyethylene, labeled by the SPI Code #2.
LDPE
Low-density polyethylene, labeled by the SPI Code #4.
MAGAZINES
Magazines and other materials printed on similar paper.
MAJOR APPLIANCE
A residential or commercial air conditioner, clothes dryer,
clothes washer, dishwasher, freezer, oven, refrigerator or stove,
residential and commercial furnaces, boilers, dehumidifiers and water
heaters, and allowing the disposal of microwaves if the capacitor
has been removed.
MIXED PAPERS
Includes all grades of papers, including white, colored,
ledger, shiny, coated, carbonless or NCR papers; envelopes, including
windowed, labeled and kraft; magazines, phone books, computer printout
paper, glued pads and tablets, file folders, key punch cards, Post-it®
notes, spiral notebooks, cereal boxes, shoe boxes, etc.; can include
paper clips and staples; does not include hand towels or other paper
products from restrooms or soiled napkins and paper plates; also does
not include carbon paper, cellophane, or any waxed paper.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A property containing five or more residential units, including
those which are occupied seasonally.
NEWSPAPERS
Includes newspapers and newspaper advertisements printed
on newsprint, but does not include catalogues, magazines, cardboard,
or other paper products.
NONRECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Any material other than a recyclable material and includes
garbage, rubbish and other solid waste, including but not limited
to ashes, plastic material other than the type included within recyclable
materials, ceramics, broken glass of all types, window glass, styrofoam,
Pyrex®, light bulbs, mirrors, china, waxed paper, waxed cardboard,
furniture, carpeting, used clothing and other materials not defined
as recyclable materials for purposes of this article.
OFFICE PAPER
High-grade printing and writing papers from offices in nonresidential
facilities and properties. Printed white ledger and computer printout
are examples of office paper generally accepted as high grade. This
term does not include industrial process waste.
PERSON
Includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
local governmental unit as defined in § 66.0131(1)(a), Wis.
Stats., state agency or authority or federal agency.,
PETE
Polyethylene terephthalate, labeled by the SPI Code #1.
PLASTIC BOTTLES
Includes only plastic bottles clearly marked with the recycling
emblem, encircling the #1 (PET or PETE) or the #2 (HDPE); does not
include motor oil bottles, even if they are labeled #1 or #2.
POST-CONSUMER WASTE
Solid waste other than solid waste generated in the production
of goods; hazardous waste, as defined in § 291.01(7), Wis.
Stats.; waste from construction and demolition of structures; scrap
automobiles; or high-volume industrial waste, as defined in § 289.01(17),
Wis. Stats.
PP
Polypropylene, labeled by the SPI Code #5.
PS
Polystyrene, labeled by the SPI Code #6.
PVC
Polyvinyl chloride, labeled by the SPI Code #3.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Includes lead acid batteries, major appliances, waste oil,
yard waste, aluminum containers, corrugated paper and other container
board, glass containers, magazines, newspapers, office paper, rigid
plastic containers including those of PETE and HDPE, steel containers,
waste tires and bimetal containers.
RECYCLABLE PLASTIC GENERALLY
High-density polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate
plastic containers and specifically means any plastic containers described
as recyclable on the list maintained at the office of the Village
Clerk-Treasurer, which list is incorporated herein by reference and
is subject to revision and updating at any time.
SOLID WASTE
Has the meaning specified in § 289.01(33), Wis.
Stats.
SOLID WASTE TREATMENT
Any method, technique or process which is designed to change
the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of solid
waste. "Treatment" includes incineration.
TIN CANS
Includes tin-coated metal cans and steel containers.
WASTE TIRE
A tire that is no longer suitable for its original purpose
because of wear, damage or defect.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden debris and brush,
including clean woody vegetative material no greater than six inches
in diameter. This term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with
intact root balls.
The separation requirements of §
385-3 do not apply to the following:
A. Occupants of single-family and two- to four-unit residences, multiple-family dwellings and nonresidential facilities and properties that send their post-consumer waste to a processing facility licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that recovers the materials specified in §
385-3 from solid waste in as pure a form as is technically feasible.
B. Solid waste which is burned as a supplemental fuel at a facility
if less than 30% of the heat input to the facility is derived from
the solid waste burned as supplemental fuel.
C. A recyclable material specified in §
385-3 for which a variance has been granted by the Department of Natural Resources under § 287.11(2m), Wis. Stats., or § NR 544.14, Wis. Adm. Code.
No person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility or burn in a solid waste treatment facility any of the materials specified in §
385-3 which have been separated for recycling, except waste tires may be burned with energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility.
[Adopted 3-13-2006 as
Title 8, Ch. 4, of the 2006 Code]
This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Ordinance
of the Village of Centuria," hereinafter referred to as "this ordinance"
or "this article."
It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of this article
to enhance and improve the environment and promote the health, safety
and welfare of the Village by establishing minimum standards for the
storage, collection, transport, processing, separation, recovery and
disposal of solid waste.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given herein unless different meanings are
clearly indicated by the context:
AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment engaged in the rearing and slaughtering
of animals and the processing of animal products or orchard and field
crops.
BULKY WASTE
Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling
by normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
COMMERCIAL UNIT
Commercial units shall be all property other than residential
units and shall include boardinghouses, motels and resorts.
CURB
The back edge or curb and gutter along a paved street or
where one would be if the street was paved and had curb and gutter.
DEMOLITION WASTES
That portion of solid wastes consisting of wastes from the
repair, remodeling or reconstruction of buildings, such as lumber,
roofing and sheathing scraps, rubble, broken concrete, asphalt and
plaster, conduit, pipe, wire, insulation and any other materials resulting
from the demolition of buildings and improvements.
DISPOSAL
The orderly process of discarding useless or unwanted material.
DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DUMP
A land site where solid waste is disposed of in a manner
that does not protect the environment.
DWELLING UNIT
A place of habitation occupied by a normal single-family
unit or a combination of persons who may be considered as equivalent
to a single-family unit for the purposes of this article.
GARBAGE
Includes every refuse accumulation of animals, fruit or vegetable
matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, cooking,
dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables originally
used for foodstuffs.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Those wastes such as toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances
which require special handling to avoid illness or injury to persons
or damage to property and the environment.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Waste material, except garbage, rubbish and refuse, directly
or indirectly resulting from an industrial processing or manufacturing
operation.
LITTER
Solid waste scattered about in a careless manner, usually
rubbish.
NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial or
institutional activities or a building or group of buildings consisting
of four or more dwelling units.
PERSON
Individuals, firms, corporations and associations, and includes
the plural as well as the singular.
RECYCLABLE WASTE
Waste material that can be remanufactured into usable products
and shall include, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation,
glass, plastics, newspapers, cardboard, metals (aluminum, steel, tin,
brass, etc.).
REFUSE
Includes all waste material, including garbage, rubbish and
industrial waste, and shall, by way of enumeration but not by way
of limitation, include grass, leaves, sticks, tree branches and logs,
stumps, stone, cement, boards, furniture or household appliances,
garden debris.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
All solid waste that normally originates in a residential
environment from residential dwelling units.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
An individual household capable of independent habitation
by a family unit. A single-family dwelling shall be considered to
be one residential unit; multifamily dwelling shall be considered
to be multiple residential units, the number of residential units
to equal the number of family units to be housed therein. Residential
units shall not include boardinghouses, motels or resorts.
RUBBISH
Includes combustible and noncombustible waste material, except
rocks, concrete, bricks and similar solid materials, plaster or dirt,
that is incidental to the operation of a building and shall include,
by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation, tin cans, bottles,
rags, paper, cardboard, sweepings.
SCAVENGING
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in solid
waste management.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, rubbish and other useless, unwanted or discarded
material from agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial or
institutional activities. Solid waste does not include solid or dissolved
material in domestic sewage.
STORAGE
The interim containment of solid waste in an approved manner
after generation and prior to collection and ultimate disposal.
STORAGE AREAS
Areas where persons place containers during non-collection
days as well as areas where containers are set out on collection day.
Storage areas shall be kept in a nuisance- and odor-free condition.
Litter shall not be allowed to accumulate. Collection crews will not
be responsible for cleaning up loose materials from any containers
which have become ruptured or broken due to wet conditions, animals,
vandalism or other cause. The occupant and/or owner shall be responsible
for cleaning up this litter. Litter not collected shall not be allowed
to accumulate. Violation will result in the occupant and/or owner
being notified to clean up his/her area, with continued violation
resulting in the owner being prosecuted under the provisions of this
and other Village ordinances.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A. General container standards. Suitable containers of a type approved
by the Village shall be provided by the property owner or tenant,
in which shall be placed all solid waste for collection except for
bulky or certain yard wastes as provided for herein. Containers, in
order to be approved, shall provide for efficient, safe and sanitary
handling of solid wastes. They shall be maintained in a nuisance-
and odor-free condition and shall be sufficient to prevent the scattering
of contents by weather conditions or animals.
B. Approved containers. All garbage created, accumulated or produced
shall be deposited in containers of a type approved by the Village
Board. Each container for a residential unit shall be equipped with
suitable handles and tight-fitting covers, shall be watertight and
shall have the capacity of not less than five gallons and not more
than 30 gallons. All garbage containers shall be kept in a neat, clean
and sanitary condition at all times. Other containers for multifamily
residential units (such as dumpsters) may be used with the express
approval of the Village Board. Containers, including contents, shall
not exceed in weight that which one person can safely lift (50 pounds).
Plastic garbage bags must be closed with a tie and shall consist of
plastic material not damaged by freezing and not susceptible to melting.
They shall be capable of being handled during hot and cold weather
without damage during normal handling by collection crews. Plastic
bags shall be of sufficient strength to allow lifting and loading
of contents without tearing.
C. Householder to provide containers. It shall be the duty of every
occupant, tenant and proprietor of any residential unit to provide,
and at all times keep in a suitable place readily accessible to the
garbage collector, garbage containers capable of holding all garbage
which would ordinarily accumulate on such premises between the times
of successive collections. The owner of any multiple dwelling shall
furnish or require the tenant thereof to furnish proper garbage containers.
Garbage containers located at multiple dwellings shall be marked so
as to indicate the residential unit to which they belong.
D. Ashes. Cold, completely extinguished, ashes may be left for collection
in cardboard containers.
E. Illegal containers. Containers not approved consist of metal barrels
and drums, wooden or cardboard barrels, wheelbarrows and other such
containers not approved by this article. These containers will not
be emptied regardless of contents or weight.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A. Placement for collection.
(1) Residential solid waste shall be accessible to collection crews.
Residential solid waste in approved containers shall be placed immediately
behind the curb of the public street for collection. Yard and bulky
wastes from residential units shall likewise be placed in neat, orderly
fashion behind the curb. During winter months, solid waste shall not
be placed on top of the snowbank, nor shall it be placed in the roadway.
The owner shall either shovel out an area behind the curb in which
to place his/her wastes or he/she shall place it in his/her driveway.
Collection crews will not collect residential solid waste unless it
is placed at the curb of a public street. Residential units shall
bring their solid waste to the public right-of-way for collection.
Should collection crews be unable to discharge contents of garbage
cans into collection vehicles using normal handling procedures, the
cans, including contents, will be left at curbside. The owner shall
make provisions to assure that the solid waste therein can be collected
on the next collection day. Collection crews will not empty garbage
cans by means other than dumping.
(2) No garbage containers or other containers for refuse other than those
of the Village shall be placed, kept, stored or located within the
right-of-way of a street or alley; provided, however, that the Village
Board may authorize the location of such containers within the public
right-of-way at specified places and times when such location is necessary
for the expeditious collection and disposition of refuse.
B. Restriction on time of placement. All receptacles and containers for refuse and rubbish and all bundles of rubbish shall be placed in collection locations as designated in Subsection
A above only after 6:00 p.m. on the evening prior to the regular collection time the following day. All receptacles and containers for refuse and garbage disposal shall be removed from the curbside collection point within 24 hours after the regular collection time. Village employees or employees of licensed collectors will not enter any structures to remove garbage or refuse, except by written agreement with the property owner.
The accumulation or deposit of garbage, trash or putrescible
animal or vegetable matter in or upon any lot or land or any public
or private place within the Village, which causes the air or environment
to become noxious or offensive or to be in such a condition as to
promote the breeding of flies, mosquitoes or other insects, or to
provide a habitat or breeding place for rodents or other animals,
or which otherwise becomes injurious to the public health, is prohibited
and declared to constitute a nuisance.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place,
deposit or cause to be deposited, for collection, any waste or refuse
not generated within the corporate limits of the Village of Centuria.