For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
DISPOSAL:
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, burning or placing of any solid wastes or hazardous wastes into or on any land or water.
HAZARDOUS WASTE:
A solid waste, or combination of solid wastes which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious character, may pose a threat to human health, safety or welfare, or to animal, plant life or property, when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
PERSON:
An individual, family, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission or political subdivision of the state, or any interstate body, whether organized for profit or not.
SOLID WASTE:
Any garbage, trash, refuse, sludge or discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from residential, industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural activities and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or in irrigation return flows or discharge for which a permit is required under Utah Code Annotated, as amended.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY:
Any land, facility or appurtenances thereto used for the treatment or disposal of solid wastes, including hazardous wastes.
(Ord. 13-15A, 9-12-1979)
A. 
Use Of Approved Sites: It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any solid waste at any site or facility within the city limits except those sites approved by the city.
B. 
Utilize Collection Service: All persons having charge of or occupying any property in the city shall make all solid waste created or collected on said property available for collection and disposal on a regular basis in accordance with the terms hereof and with such ordinances, rules and regulations as the city council shall make, and shall be liable for fees charged in connection with such collection and disposal.
(Ord. 13-15A, 9-12- 1979)
A. 
Service Provided By City Or Contract: The city council shall provide for the weekly collection and disposal of residential waste and refuse either by a department of the city or by contract with one or more duly licensed contractors and shall establish and notify all property owners and occupiers within the city of such rules and regulations as deemed necessary concerning the manner and frequency of collection and methods of disposal.
B. 
Mandatory Service; User Fees: All property in the city shall be served under such provisions as are adopted, and the entire costs shall be paid through user fees.
C. 
Placement Of Containers For Collection: Persons served shall be responsible for taking containers to the street for collection and shall take in empty containers within twenty four (24) hours after collection. Ownership of the contents of such containers when placed out for collection shall vest in the city.
D. 
Disposal At Solid Waste Facility: The disposal of all solid waste shall be at an approved and designated solid waste facility and in accordance with the rules and regulations now and hereinafter established for said facility.
(Ord. 13-15A, 9-12-1979)
A. 
Schedule Adopted By Council: A schedule of fees shall be adopted by the city council for the collection and disposal of solid waste, which schedule shall be filed with the city recorder and may be amended from time to time.
B. 
Monthly Payments; Service Discontinued For Nonpayment: Said fees shall be collected monthly as part of the customer utility billing and shall be paid by all persons who have the service available to them. Failure to pay fees will result in the discontinuance of utility service.
(Ord. 13-15A, 9-12-1979)
It shall be unlawful to burn any solid waste within the corporate limits of the city except as permitted by city ordinance and by rules and regulations of the fire department and the state board of health.
(Ord. 13- 15A, 9-12-1979)
Failure to comply with the provisions as set forth in this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance, punishable as a class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.
(amd. 2007 Code; Ord. 13-15A, 9-12-1979)
The use of city streets, sidewalks, other public property or private property for the deposit or growth of injurious or noxious weeds, garbage, refuse or any unsightly or deleterious objects or structures is hereby prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or cast, or having thrown or cast, to allow to remain, upon or in any street, road, ditch, gutter, public place, private premises, vacant lot, watercourse, lake, spring or well, any house refuse, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter, or organic waste substance of any kind.
(Ord. 16-B, 8-24-1983; Ord. 2-2020, 2-19-2020)
A. 
Examination; Notice To Responsible Person: The zoning administrator is hereby directed to make a careful examination and investigation of growth and spread of such injurious and noxious weeds, and of garbage, refuse or unsightly or deleterious objects or structures, and it shall be his duty to ascertain the name of the person responsible for the foregoing, and to serve notice in writing upon said person, either personally or by mailing notice, postage prepaid, and addressed to said person or said person's last known post office address, requiring said person to eradicate or destroy and remove the same within such time as the zoning administrator may designate, which shall not be less than ten (10) days from the date of service of such notice.
B. 
Remedial Action; Covering Or Fencing Unsightly Conditions:
1. 
The zoning administrator is hereby directed to make a careful examination and investigation of growth and spread of such injurious and noxious weeds, and of garbage, refuse or unsightly or deleterious objects or structures. It shall be the duty of the zoning administrator to make a careful examination and investigation to determine if any unsightly or deleterious objects or structures can be covered or fenced so as to obscure from view. Height of fences must comply with regulations of the city building code.
2. 
If said person shall fail or neglect to eradicate, destroy, fence or cover such weeds, garbage, refuse, objects or structures upon the premises in accordance with such notice, it shall be the duty of the zoning administrator to take steps to enforce the rules and regulations of this chapter pertaining to legal enforcement of such neglect.
(amd. 2007 Code; Ord. 16-B, 8-24-1983; Res. 2-1993, 5-21-1993)
A. 
Failure To Remedy: If a person responsible for conditions as described in section 4-3-2 of this chapter shall fail or neglect to eradicate, or destroy and remove, such weeds, garbage, refuse, objects or structures upon the premises in accordance with such notice, it shall be the duty of the zoning administrator, at the expense of the city, to employ necessary assistants, and cause such weeds, garbage, refuse, objects or structures to be removed or destroyed.
B. 
Statement Of Expenses; Payment Required: The zoning administrator shall prepare an itemized statement of all expenses incurred in the removal and destruction of same, and shall mail a copy thereof to the person responsible, demanding payment within twenty (20) days of the date of mailing. Said notice shall be deemed delivered when mailed by certified mail addressed to said person's last known address.
C. 
Suit For Nonpayment: In the event the owner fails to make payments of the amounts set forth in said statement to the city treasurer within twenty (20) days, the zoning administrator, on behalf of the city, may cause suit to be brought in an appropriate court of law. The city may sue for and receive judgment upon all said costs of removal and destruction, together with reasonable attorney fees, interest and court costs. The city may execute on such judgment in the manner provided by law, may further enforce the provisions of this chapter in any other method authorized by Utah Code Annotated sections 10-11-1 through 10-11-4, as amended, and may enforce this chapter by injunction.
(amd. 2007 Code; Ord. 16-B, 8-24-1983)
In addition to the civil remedies provided for in subsection 4-3-3C of this chapter, violation of this chapter is a class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.
(amd. 2007 Code; Ord. 16-B, 8-24-1983)