For purpose of this article, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
Plastic or paper sacks designed to store garbage, refuse,
rubbish, and/or yard waste with sufficient wall strength to maintain
physical integrity when lifted by the top.
Stoves, refrigerators (free of CFCs), water tanks, washing
machines, furniture and other residential waste materials other than
construction debris, dead animals, hazardous waste or stable matter.
No individual bulky waste item shall exceed one hundred (100) pounds
in weight.
Tree, shrub and brush trimmings or newspaper and magazines
securely tied together, forming an easily handled package not exceeding
four (4) feet in length, three (3) inches in diameter, or thirty-five
(35) pounds in weight. Limbs within the bundle must be no more than
four (4) inches in diameter.
A portable, watertight container for residential refuse with
a capacity of greater than 20 gallons but less than or equal to 95
gallons constructed of plastic, metal or fiberglass, having handles
of adequate strength for lifting, and having a tightfitting lid capable
of preventing entrance into the container by vectors. The mouth of
a container shall have a diameter greater than or equal to that of
the base. The weight of a container and its contents shall not exceed
100 pounds.
Any premises, location or entity, public or private, requiring
frequent refuse collection within the corporate limits of the city
and not a residential unit.
A metal receptacle designed to be lifted and emptied mechanically
for use only at commercial and industrial units or multifamily complexes.
A person in the business of collecting and transporting solid
waste.
Waste resulting from construction or demolition activities
or that is directly or indirectly the byproduct of such activities,
including, but not limited to, cartons, concrete, excelsior, gypsum
board, metal, paper, plastic, rubber and wood products. Construction
debris does not include hazardous waste, residential refuse, or bulky
waste.
Animals or portions thereof equal to or less than ten pounds
in weight that have expired from any cause, except those slaughtered
or killed for human use.
Any and all dead animals, except those slaughtered for human
consumption, and every accumulation of waste (animal, vegetable and/or
other matter) that results from the preparation, processing, consumption,
dealing in, handling, packing, canning, storage, transportation, decay
or decomposition of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, grains or other
animal or vegetable matter (including, but not by way of limitation,
used tin cans and other food containers, and all putrescible or easily
decomposable waste animal or vegetable matter which is likely to attract
flies or rodents); except (in all cases) any matter included in the
definition of "bulky waste," "construction debris," "dead animals,"
"hazardous waste," "rubbish," or "stable matter."
Materials, in any amount, which are defined, characterized
or designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or appropriate state agency by or pursuant to federal or state
law. For purposes of this article, the term "hazardous waste" shall
also include motor oil, gasoline, paint and paint cans.
Any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association,
firm, cooperative, resident, or any other entity public or private.
Any apartment, business, industrial or institutional building
or residence where persons work or reside, where animal or vegetable
food is prepared or served, or solid waste accumulates or occurs.
An occupant of a commercial and industrial unit, institution,
construction site, or residential unit who generates refuse.
Corrugated cardboard, boxboard containers, food boxes (such
as dry food boxes and frozen food containers), soda and beverage boxes
and carriers, shoe boxes, newspapers (including slick paper inserts),
magazines, catalogs, telephone books., wrapping paper, sticky notes,
paperback books, paper bags, Kraft paper, chipboard, junk mail, junk
mail inserts, residential mixed paper, high-grade paper, white and
colored ledger, copier paper, office paper, laser printer paper, computer
paper (including continuous-formed, perforated white bond or green
bar paper), book paper, cotton fiber content paper, duplicator paper,
form bond, paper envelopes, facsimile paper, manila folders;
Plastic containers: #1-#7 (excluding plastic bags and expanded
polystyrene), such as bottles, cups, jugs, bowls, plastic eating utensils,
other rigid plastics such as buckets, baskets, carriers, crates, toys
(free of metal), laundry baskets, lawn furniture, pots and trays,
dish drainers, trash cans, metal beverage containers, food cans, durable
baking tins, metal and bi-metal containers with or without paper labels,
rings and caps or lids;
Glass (including bottles and jars with paper labels, rings and
caps or lids), excludes window glass, Pyrex, porcelain, china, ceramics,
and light bulbs;
Other recyclable items of a similar nature.
A container designed for the curbside collection of recyclable
materials constructed of heavy-duty plastic, with attached lid and
wheels.
A producer who generates residential refuse at a residential
unit within the corporate limits of the city.
All garbage and rubbish generated by a producer by a residential
customer.
A dwelling occupied by a person or group of persons comprising
not more than four families. A residential unit shall be deemed occupied
when either water or domestic light and power services are being supplied
thereto. A townhouse, fourplex, duplex or condominium dwelling, whether
single- or multi-level construction, consisting of four or less contiguous
or separate single-family dwelling units, shall be treated as a residential
unit, except that each single-family dwelling, within any such residential
unit shall be billed separately as a residential unit. Those residential
units served by a commercial bin shall not be included in this definition.
All waste wood, wood products, tree trimmings, grass cuttings,
dead plants, weeds, leaves, dead trees or branches thereof, sawdust,
printed matter, paper, pasteboard, rags, straw, used and discarded
mattresses, used and discarded clothing, used and discarded shoes
and boots, combustible waste pulp and other products such as are used
for packaging, or wrapping crockery and glass, ashes, cinders, floor
sweepings, glass, mineral or metallic substances, and any other waste
materials not included in the definition of "bulky waste," "construction
debris," "dead animals," "garbage," "hazardous waste," or "stable
matter."
Any garbage, refuse, rubbish, bulky waste, yard waste, construction
debris, dead animals, hazardous waste or stable matter or other discarded
material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous
material resulting from industrial, municipal, commercial, mining,
automobile, or agricultural operations.
All manure and other waste matter normally accumulated in
or about a stable, or any animal, livestock or poultry enclosure,
and resulting from keeping of animals, poultry or livestock.
All grass clippings and tree, shrub, or brush trimmings.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular
number, and words in the singular number include the plural number.
The use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders wherever
the sense requires. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory and
the word "may" is permissive. The use of captions or headings for
the various sections of this article is for convenience only.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
Any person found to be in violation of any provision of this
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. Such
penalty shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights
or remedies the city may have.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
Police and code enforcement personnel of the city are authorized
to enforce all nonadministrative sections of this article.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
It shall be unlawful for any person in possession or control
of any premises located within the city, or any commercial hauler,
to cause, allow or permit any person to:
(1)
Pour liquid over solid waste or into any refuse cart.
(2)
Deposit any dangerous or hazardous substance into any refuse
cart not approved for that purpose.
(3)
Remove the cover from any refuse cart, except when depositing
or removing the contents, or in any manner interfering with the cart
or the contents thereof.
(4)
Place a dead animal weighing more than ten (10) pounds into
any refuse cart.
(5)
Throw or scatter solid waste onto any premises, vacant lot,
public street, alley, or sidewalk.
(6)
Engage in outdoor burning, dumping, accumulating, or burying
of any waste, garbage, leaves, paper, lumber, shavings, or domestic,
commercial or construction combustible waste materials of any kind,
except as may be specifically authorized by the city for emergency
training exercises.
(7)
Dispose of any solid waste into a trash cart belonging to or
under the control of another person, or place any solid waste material
on the premises or at the curbside of another person, or remove or
carry away any solid waste from premises other than one's own
without having first obtained a permission from the city.
(8)
Deposit household solid waste in any public commercial bin,
such as in a public park or municipal building, or other receptacle
located on a sidewalk, or at any other location maintained for disposal
of litter by pedestrians.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
