As used in this chapter, the term "refuse" shall mean garbage, rubbish and ashes.
(Code 1964 § 13-19; Code 1985 § 25-1)
(1)
No person shall place, deposit or cast, or cause to be placed, deposited or cast, upon or in any street, highway, alley, gutter, sidewalk, park, playground or other publicly owned, rented or otherwise publicly controlled land or building within the city, any refuse, timber, wood, lumber, litter, trash, leaves, earth, mud, glass or similar material, metal scraps, nails or similar material or any substance whatsoever, which may obstruct any such street, highway, alley, gutter, sidewalk, park, playground, school ground or other publicly owned, rented or otherwise publicly controlled land or building, or impede or hinder travel thereon, or which may injure or disfigure the same or tend to the injury or disfigurement thereof, or to render the same unsafe, unclean or a nuisance.
(Code 1964 §§ 13-18, 25-6; Code 1985 § 25-2)
(1)
No person shall transport or remove from private premises within the city any refuse for the purpose of depositing the same in any publicly owned can or other receptacle within the city parks, at publicly owned buildings or along publicly owned rights-of-way, nor shall any person deposit in any such can or other receptacle any refuse which has been transported or removed from private premises.
(Code 1964 § 13-26; Code 1985 § 25-3)
(1)
No garbage or decayed or spoiled matter shall be hauled on any vehicle on the streets or alleys of the city, except in containers with tight-fitting covers and solid bottoms, and no refuse or other matter shall be hauled in or on any vehicle in such manner that the same may be strewn along the streets or alleys of the city.
(Code 1964 § 13-27; Code 1985 § 25-4)
(1)
No person shall engage in the business of collecting refuse in the city, unless he has a permit to do so issued by the health officer. Every such person shall comply with the collection methods employed by the city.
(Code 1964 § 13-27; Code 1985 § 25-5)
(1)
There are hereby imposed charges for disposal of solid waste at any landfill owned or operated by or for the city in accordance with the following schedule:
Passenger tires | $4.00 per tire |
Passenger tires, on a rim | $6.00 per tire |
Truck tires | $12.00 per tire |
Heavy equipment-tractor tires: | |
agriculture use | $12.00 per tire |
by the ton | $215.00 per ton |
Yard waste | $35.00 per ton |
Commercial or industrial waste | $52.00 per ton |
Construction demolition debris | $52.00 per ton |
Residential waste, privately hauled by passenger car or pickup truck | No charge |
Mulch and wood chips | $20.00 per ton |
Clean fill dirt | No charge |
Freon-bearing appliance | $12.00 |
(2)
In the event the scale is not operable, the rates shall be as follows:
Pickup truck with no racks | $5.00 |
Single axle trailer, pulled by car or pickup truck, or pickup truck with racks | $20.00 |
Single axle dump truck (small, less than 1 ton) | $25.00 |
Single axle dump truck (standard) plus tandem axle trailer | $60.00 |
Stake body truck or equivalent | $75.00 |
Tandem axle dump truck or equivalent | $125.00 |
Compactor type or open top vehicle with a capacity less than 10 cubic yards or equivalent, commercial or industrial waste | $150.00 |
Compactor type or open top vehicle with a capacity greater than or equal to 10 cubic yards but less than 20 cubic yards or equivalent, commercial or industrial waste | $250.00 |
Compactor type or open top vehicle with a capacity greater than or equal to 20 cubic yards but less than 30 cubic yards or equivalent, commercial or industrial waste | $300.00 |
Compactor type or open top vehicle with a capacity greater than 30 cubic yards or equivalent, commercial or industrial waste | $350.00 |
(3)
For all commercial or industrial customers whose loads consist of waste that weighs less than 20 pounds, but is greater in volume than one cubic yard, the tipping fee shall be calculated at a rate of $40.00 per cubic yard. The same rate shall apply in the event it is determined that a commercial or industrial customer's load is greater in volume than one cubic yard, and such customer has incidentally increased the weight of such load in an effort to avoid calculation of the tipping fee in accordance with this subsection.
(4)
All commercial haulers, haulers for hire, commercial or business enterprises hauling and disposing of their own waste or that of others and contractors and subcontractors engaged in construction or excavation for private, residential, commercial or industrial development shall be liable for payment of the charges prescribed in this section.
(Code 1964 § 13-27.1; Code 1985 § 25-6; Ord. 9-28-89; Ord. 2-28-91; Ord. 3-12-92; Ord. 5-13-93; Ord. 5-12-94; Ord. 6-28-95; Ord. 6-13-96; Ord. 2007-17; Ord. 2015-07; Ord. 2024-14)