[Adopted 8-14-1989 by Ord. No. 168]
This article shall be known as the "Debris Ordinance
for the Township of Grosse Ile."
It is recognized that the proper handling and
prompt removal of litter, garbage, debris, waste material, dust, sand,
mud and dirt from construction sites, buildings under construction,
and areas, streets, roads, and highways abutting or adjacent thereto,
is essential to the preservation of the public health, safety and
welfare. The failure to properly handle and promptly remove said matter
has severe adverse effects on the Township by tending to create a
nuisance and creating hazardous conditions which may result in injury
to persons or property and also detracts from the aesthetics of the
neighborhood. The purpose of this article is to provide regulations
for the prevention of such adverse effects and to provide for procedures
to remove objectionable matter and charge the cost of said removal
to the owner or party in interest in whose name the subject property
appeared upon the last local tax assessment records.
The following words and phrases when used in
this article shall, for the purpose of this article, have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
clearly indicates a different meaning:
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
Any material used for the purpose of the erection, alteration,
repair, reconstruction, conversion, demolition, moving, or equipping
of any building or structure, or the excavation, filling, grading
or regulation of a lot in connection therewith.
CONSTRUCTION SITE
A lot on which the erection, alteration, repair, reconstruction,
conversion, demolition, moving, or equipping of any building or structure,
or the excavation, filling, grading or regulation of a lot in connection
therewith, is taking place, has taken place, or will take place.
DEBRIS
Any accumulation of broken or detached matter, including
but not limited to pieces of stone, brick, cement, plaster, lumber,
pipe, wallboard, and shingles.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable matter.
LITTER
Garbage and debris, as defined herein, and all other matter
which, if thrown, dumped, placed, left or deposited as herein prohibited,
may tend to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
OWNER
The person or party whose name appears upon the last tax
assessment records of the Township of Grosse Ile.
PERSON
Any individual, copartnership, association or corporation
and their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever.
PRIMARY CONTRACTOR
The person, firm or corporation that has obtained the building
permit for building on the construction site or the person, firm or
corporation that is in control of construction on the construction
site.
WASTE MATERIAL
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body
wastes), including but not limited to garbage, debris, uprooted vegetation
and herbage, tree limbs and stumps and any other matter which, if
thrown, dumped, placed, left or deposited as herein prohibited, may
tend to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
A person who owns, controls, or is in possession
of a construction site or building under construction shall:
A. Provide a receptacle or receptacles at each construction
site and building under construction which shall be of sufficient
size and dimensions to adequately contain such litter, garbage, debris
and waste material as may be found at the construction site or building
under construction.
B. Place all litter, garbage, debris and waste material
within said receptacle or receptacles.
C. Place all construction materials within the confines
of the lot lines of a construction site or building under construction.
D. Sweep the streets, roads or highways adjacent to or
abutting the construction site or building under construction at least
once per week, or more frequently if litter shall be dumped, deposited,
placed or thrown on said streets, roads or highways.
If a primary contractor or owner of a construction site or building under construction, notified pursuant to §
226-6 herein, shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove litter, garbage, debris, waste material, dust, sand, mud or dirt from a construction site, building under construction, area adjacent thereto, or a street, road or highway adjacent to or abutting the construction site or building under construction within five days after the effective date of written notice as provided in §
226-6C, the Building Inspector or his designated representative is hereby authorized and empowered to remove such matter or to order its removal by agents or employees of the Township of Grosse Ile.
In a proceeding for a violation of §§
226-4,
226-5 and
226-7, proof that a building permit was issued to a person for the subject construction site or building under construction shall constitute in evidence a presumption that the building permit holder owns or controls that construction site or building under construction.
[Amended 7-22-2002]
Penalties for violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-3. The provisions of Chapter
1, Article
II, Municipal Civil Infractions, also apply to violations of this article.
[Adopted 2-27-1995 by Ord. No. 214]
No person shall deposit or place any solid waste,
as defined in this article, in any alley, roadway, waterway or other
public place within the Township, nor shall any person deposit, place
or store any solid waste upon private property or upon property open
to the public, whether owned by such person or not, within the Township,
unless the same shall be deposited, placed and stored in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
[Added 7-22-2002]
Penalties for violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-3. The provisions of Chapter
1, Article
II, Municipal Civil Infractions, also apply to violations of this article.