As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, wastewater sludge, or other combustible materials.
BRUSH Tree trimmings and shrubbery trimmings not exceeding one inch in diameter.
CHIPPER BRUSH Tree trimmings, cuttings, branches and limbs exceeding one inch in diameter but not more than five inches in diameter with all stumps and roots removed for disposal by the chipper machine.
COMPOST A mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter that can be used for fertilizer or for conditioning land.
[Added 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
COMPOST BIN A receptacle for a compost pile.
[Added 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
COMPOSTING Converting to compost.
[Added 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
COMPOST PILE An accumulation of compost.
[Added 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
GARBAGE Rejected food wastes, including waste accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used or intended for food or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable.
HAZARDOUS WASTE Waste or a combination of waste and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material which because of its quality, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or increase in serious irreversible illness or serious incapacitating, but reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
MIXED WASTES Includes animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods and all other organic matter subject to rapid decomposition, as well as cardboard, paper, cartons, boxes, crockery, and ordinary wastes from residential and business establishments. Refuse other than yard waste, newspaper, recyclables, and brush shall also include items too large for regular hand pickup such as discarded furniture, appliances, toys, tools, clothing and similar materials.
PERSON Any individual, firm, owner, occupant, tenant, corporation, partnership or person in charge of premises.
RECYCLABLES Specific garbage, rubbish or solid waste that is required to be picked up separately for the purpose of recycling. These items include newspapers, glass containers, metal cans, Type 1 and 2 plastics, and household batteries but are not necessarily limited to same.
SOLID WASTE Garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, and solid commercial and solid industrial waste, animal waste, but does not include human body waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute, ferrous or nonferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a reuser of ferrous or nonferrous products.
SPECIAL PICKUP The collection of household or institutional items, including but not limited to refrigerators, water heaters, stoves, television sets, batteries, mufflers, bicycles, radios, household furniture, plumbing fixtures, automobile parts, rugs, washers, dryers, furnaces or similar items which may not be collected as part of the regular garbage and refuse service, but may be picked up and disposed of by the City upon payment of a specific charge as determined by resolution of the City Commission.
YARD WASTE Materials resulting from landscaping for collection for composting.
It shall be the duty of the owner, contractor or other person responsible for construction work to maintain the site clean and free of excess debris during construction and to remove from the premises within a reasonable time after the completion of such construction work all surplus construction material and all refuse building material. Such materials shall be removed outside the City limits or disposed of within the City in accordance with the directions of the City Manager or his authorized representative.
[Amended 6-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-11]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport, cart, carry or convey through or over any of the streets, alleys or public places of the City of Royal Oak any garbage, unwashed refuse and unwashed food containers without the written consent of the City Manager. Whenever such permission is granted, the vehicle used for such purpose shall be watertight and provided with a suitable covering. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport or otherwise convey through or over any of the streets or public places of the City of Royal Oak any rubbish or other waste material except under written regulations or with the written consent of the City Manager or his designee, except rubbish or waste material accumulating on property owned or controlled by him and then only by approved methods of conveyance.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than the owner or occupant, his/her employees or agents, or City employees or agents to tamper or meddle with, take, carry away, pick through, or scavenge any brush, chipper brush, garbage, mixed waste, recyclables, solid waste, special pickup, or yard waste from the location where the same has been properly placed for collection.
Officers of the Police Department, City Inspectors, City Code Enforcement Officers and Aides, City Fire Chief, and the City Public Works Superintendent are hereby authorized to issue ordinance violation notices to any person violating any provision of this chapter.
[Amended 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 94-12]
A. A person violating this chapter for the first time is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and is subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $25, plus costs.
B. A person violating this chapter for the second time is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and is subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $50, plus costs.
C. A person violating this chapter for the third time is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and is subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $75, plus costs.
D. A person violating this chapter for the fourth or subsequent time is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
[Added 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
The construction and maintenance of composting bins is permitted subject to the following conditions:
A. Composting shall take place in a compost bin that has at least three vertical sides, made of plastic or metal. Compost bins made of wood are prohibited.
B. Compost bins shall be located in a rear yard, at least 15 feet from any dwelling on adjacent property and at least five feet from the property line.
C. Compost piles may include the following materials: yard and garden waste (such as weeds, branches, bark, grass clippings, leaves, stalks, stems, brush and/or vines) and straw.
D. Compost piles may not include meat, dairy products, vegetable or animal oils, animal fats, cooked foods, bones, manure or fish. Plastics, synthetic products or other nonbiodegradable materials are prohibited from the compost pile.
E. Compost bins are not permitted in drainage easements.
F. Compost bins are limited to a maximum of three feet by length and width and three feet in height, and a maximum of three compost bins per yard.
G. Compost bins shall be maintained to prevent the attraction of rodents and pests and to prevent noxious odors.