The Director of Public Works and those assistants and employees designated by the Director shall be authorized to issue warning violations and bring court complaints, civil or criminal, for violations of the provisions of this article. When enforcing the provisions of this article, the Director of Public Works and the assistants and employees shall be and are hereby constituted ordinance officers and shall have all the powers conferred upon ordinance officers by the general laws of this state for the purpose of enforcing this article.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context early indicates a different meaning:
ACT 641 Act No. 641 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978 [MCL § 299.401 et seq.; MSA § 13.281(1) et seq.], as amended, and the administrative rules promulgated thereunder from time to time by the State Department of Natural Resources.
FACILITY or FACILITIES Either the material recover facility (MFR) or the landfill, or when used in the plural, means both the MRF and the landfill.
HAZARDOUS WASTE A. Any material or substance which, by reason of its composition or characteristics, is:
(1) Toxic or hazardous waste, as defined in either the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., or Section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2605(e), or any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder; or any laws of similar purpose or effect, and any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder.
(2) Special nuclear or by-products materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
B. Any waste managed under Act No. 64 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1979 [MCL § 299.501 et seq.; MSA 13.30(1) et seq.] as amended, being MCL § 299.501 et seq., and known as the Hazardous Waste Management Act.
C. Any other materials which the State Department of Natural Resources or any governmental agency or unit having appropriate jurisdiction shall determine from time to time is ineligible for disposal in the landfill, whether by reasons of being harmful, toxic, dangerous or otherwise.
MRF A material recovery facility.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Materials that are designated to be separated from solid waste prior to the collection of refuse from sites of generation and delivered to the MRF, including but not limited to plastics, glass, cans, newspapers and yard waste.
REFUSE The miscellaneous waste material resulting from housekeeping, also referred to as "rubbish."
SITE OF GENERATION Residential dwellings and premises receiving municipal refuse service in or on which solid waste and recyclable materials are generated and accumulated.
SOLID WASTE Waste which may be disposed of in a Type Two sanitary landfill, pursuant to Act 641 and any regulations, rules or policies promulgated thereunder.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTE B. Includes drums, barrels, containers explosives, including but not limited to dynamite, hand grenades, blasting caps, shotgun shells, fireworks, gasoline, kerosene, turpentine, waste oil, ether, batteries, naphtha, acetone, solvents, paints, alcohol, hydraulic oil, petroleum, caustics, sewage or process wastewaters, leachate, sewage sludge, foundry sand, dusty type material, flammable or volatile liquids, any other liquids, chemical liquid wastes, acids, paste or sludge, asbestos, infectious, pathological, chemotherapeutic, biological and other medical waste, ashes of any kind, including but not limited to fly ash or incinerator ash, radioactive materials, human or animal remains, agricultural and farm machinery and equipment, tar, tree stumps or tree limbs over two inches in diameter, and vehicular bodies, and any other material determined from time to time to be unacceptable by the landfill.
WASTE HAULER A private company or organization in the business of collecting, transporting, delivering or disposing of solid waste and recyclable materials generated within the city. Waste hauler specifically includes the contractor hired by the city to collect, process and dispose of solid waste and recyclable materials from sites of generation.
YARD WASTE Miscellaneous waste material resulting from the maintaining of landscaping of a residence which includes but is not limited to grass, weeds, shrub and bush clippings, leaves, brush and tree trimmings.
Between weekly collections of solid waste and recyclable materials, the owner, lessee or occupant of any site of generation shall store such materials as follows:
A. Refuse containers.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 1278]
(1) Every owner, occupant, tenant or lessee receiving residential refuse collection shall be provided and maintain refuse containers of sufficient number and size in order to store such refuse tending to accumulate on such premises during the week between collections. Said containers shall be ninety-six-gallon containers to be provided by the Department of Public Services, and/or its waste hauler. The first ninety-six-gallon refuse container shall be provided by the City at no cost to the person receiving residential refuse collection. Any additional containers or replacement containers shall be paid for by the person receiving residential refuse collection. Refuse containers that deteriorate or otherwise fail to meet the requirements of this section may be claimed as refuse and, after due notice to the parties responsible for such container, shall be collected as refuse.
(2) These portable refuse containers shall be made of synthetic material and shall not be less than 96 gallons in capacity, unless otherwise provided by the City of Roseville's refuse policy, watertight and verminproof, with handles so that such containers can be conveniently emptied.
B. Recycling bins. Recyclable materials, other than yard waste, placed curbside or at the end of the driveway for collection shall be in the approved eighteen-gallon recycling bin or the sixty-four-gallon recycling cart as provided by the Department of Public Works or the approved waste hauler. Replacement or additional carts may be obtained from the City for purchase by the person receiving residential refuse collection.
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C. Storage of containers. The refuse containers and storage area of same must be maintained in a sanitary condition. This storage area shall be at or near the rear of the residence or property and in a location where there will be no interference with the healthful enjoyment of adjoining property.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 1278]
A. All solid waste and recyclable materials shall be placed curbside or the end of the driveway pursuant to the policies and procedures of the City of Roseville Department of Public Works for weekly collection by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection, but not before 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding this collection. The area for collection is in front of the curb or driveway in front of the residence, or side, if approved by the waste hauler. Containers shall be placed in such a way as to not be obstructed by vehicles, and containers shall be readily accessible for collection. In the event of snow on the street/road surface, the containers may be placed at the end of the driveway of the residence. The Department of Public Works shall have authority to designate the location for collection, if necessary.
B. Containers must be removed from the collection area to the storage area by 12:00 noon of the day following collection.
All materials shall become the property of the city or approved waste hauler at the time these materials are placed out for collection. It shall be a violation of this article for any person other than the city or its approved waster hauler to collect, remove or pick up, or cause to be collected, removed or picked up, any such materials.
Owners, lessees or occupants shall not dispose of any solid waste or recyclable materials generated at residences within the city other than by means of the city's or approved waste hauler's collection. This provision shall not prevent a person from transporting solid waste or recyclables from a person's private property to a transfer station or similar facility or recyclables to the city's recycling dropoff center.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article or any lawful order issued in pursuance of the provisions hereof shall be punished as provided in Chapter
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