As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COLLECTOR
The person or persons specifically authorized by the Village
Board to collect garbage, rubbish, yard waste, and recyclable materials
and dispose of the same.
GARBAGE
All organic kitchen waste that attends the storage, preparation,
use, cooking or serving of food.
RUBBISH
Includes all useless waste, except leaves, trees, tree limbs,
brush, earth or stone. Construction waste or materials shall be classified
as rubbish provided that said waste or materials do not exceed in
quantity two thirty-gallon containers or 100 pounds per collection.
SOLID WASTE
Has the meaning specified in §
180-18 and further includes all garbage and rubbish as herein defined.
Persons shall not pilfer or disturb recyclables, garbage, rubbish,
solid waste or yard waste once those materials are placed for collection.
All recyclable materials, garbage, rubbish, solid waste or yard waste
placed for collection pursuant to this chapter shall thereupon become
the property of the municipality or the municipality's authorized
agent or a private collector/hauler which persons in the municipality
have contracted to perform functions pursuant to the recycling plan
provided in this chapter. Only persons authorized by the municipality
or the generator of waste shall collect or handle recyclable materials
once those materials have been placed appropriately for collection.
Any and each collection by unauthorized persons in violation of this
provision shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Municipal Code.