This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Ordinance
of the Town of Cedarburg," hereinafter referred to as "this article."
It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of this article
to enhance and improve the environment and promote the health, safety
and welfare of the Town by establishing minimum standards for the
storage, collection, transport, processing, separation, recovery and
disposal of solid waste.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning given herein, unless different meanings are
clearly indicated by the context:
AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment engaged in the rearing and slaughtering
of animals and the processing of animal products or orchard and field
crops.
BULKY ITEMS
Items whose large size prevents placement in a refuse cart
or precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection, processing
or disposal methods.
CONSTRUCTION WASTES
That portion of solid wastes consisting of wastes from the
repair, remodeling or reconstruction of buildings, such as lumber,
roofing and sheathing scraps, rubble, broken concrete, asphalt and
plaster, conduit, pipe, wire, insulation and any other materials resulting
from the demolition of buildings and improvements.
DISPOSAL
The orderly process of discarding useless or unwanted material.
DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DUMP
A land site where solid waste is disposed of in a manner
that does not protect the environment.
DWELLING UNIT
A place of habitation occupied by a normal single-family
unit or a combination of persons who may be considered as equivalent
to a single-family unit for the purposes of this article.
GARBAGE
Includes every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable
matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, cooking,
dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables originally
used for foodstuffs.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Those wastes, such as toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances,
which require special handling to avoid illness or injury to persons
or damage to property and the environment.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Waste material, except garbage, rubbish and refuse, directly
or indirectly resulting from an industrial processing or manufacturing
operation.
LITTER
Solid waste scattered about in a careless manner, usually
rubbish.
PERSON
Individuals, firms, corporations and associations, and includes
the plural as well as the singular.
RECYCLABLE WASTE
Waste material that can be remanufactured into usable products
and shall include, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation,
glass, plastics, newspapers, cardboard and metals (aluminum, steel,
tin, brass, etc.).
REFUSE
Includes all waste material, including garbage, rubbish and
industrial waste, and shall, by way of enumeration but not by way
of limitation, include ash, boards, furniture or household appliances
and bulky items.
REFUSE CARTS
Includes all carts that are approved and/or purchased from
the Town of Cedarburg or provided by the refuse collection contractor.
The minimum refuse cart size shall be 35 gallons, with the maximum
refuse cart size not to exceed 96 gallons.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
All solid waste that normally originates in a residential
environment from residential dwelling units.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
An individual household capable of independent habitation
by a family unit. A single-family dwelling shall be considered to
be one residential unit; a multifamily dwelling shall be considered
to be multiple residential units, the number of residential units
to equal the number of family units to be housed therein. Residential
units shall not include boardinghouses, motels, resorts or bed-and-breakfasts.
RUBBISH
Includes combustible and noncombustible waste material, except
rocks, concrete, bricks and similar solid materials, plaster or dirt
that is incidental to the operation of a building, or recyclables.
SCAVENGING
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in solid
waste management.
SHARPS
Needles, syringes with needles attached and disposable lancets.
SHOULDER
That part of the road right-of-way, normally gravel, that
lies between the edge of pavement and the side of the ditch.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, rubbish, refuse, and other useless, unwanted or
discarded material from agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial
or institutional activities. Solid waste does not include solid or
dissolved material in domestic sewage.
STORAGE
The interim containment of solid waste in an approved manner
after generation and prior to collection and ultimate disposal.
STORAGE AREAS
Areas where persons place containers during noncollection
days as well as areas where containers are set out on collection day.
Storage areas shall be kept in a nuisance- and odor-free condition.
Litter shall not be allowed to accumulate. Collection crews will not
be responsible for cleaning up loose materials from any containers
which have become ruptured or broken due to weather conditions, animals,
vandalism or other cause. The occupant and/or owner shall be responsible
for cleaning up this litter. Litter not collected shall not be allowed
to accumulate. Violation will result in the occupant and/or owner
being notified to clean up his area, with continued violation resulting
in the owner being prosecuted under the provision of this article
and other Town ordinances.
The accumulation or deposit of garbage, trash or putrescible
animal or vegetable matter in or upon any lot or land or any public
or private place within the Town which causes the air or environment
to become noxious or offensive or to be in such a condition as to
promote the breeding of flies, mosquitoes or other insects, or to
provide a habitat or breeding place for rodents or other animals,
or which otherwise becomes injurious to the public health, is prohibited
and declared to constitute a nuisance.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place,
deposit or cause to be deposited, for collection, any waste or refuse
not generated within the corporate limits of the Town.