This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Ordinance
of the Town of Trenton," hereinafter referred to as this "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 of Trenton 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 of animals. Establishments
engaged in slaughtering animals or processing of animal products or orchard
and field crops shall be regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection.
BULKY WASTE
Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by
normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
COMMERCIAL UNIT
All property other than residential units and shall include boardinghouses,
motels and resorts.
CURB
The back edge or curb and gutter along a paved street or where one
would be if the street was paved and had curb and gutter.
DECIDUOUS MATERIALS
Yard wastes such as leaves, grass clippings, flowers and other similar
vegetation, but specifically excludes sod, dirt, twigs, fruit, vegetables
and other similar material.
DEMOLITION 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 animals, 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, or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis.
Adm. Code.
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,
or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial or institutional
activities or a building or group of buildings consisting of four or more
dwelling units, or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
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
grass, leaves, sticks, tree branches and logs, stumps, stone, cement, boards,
furniture or household appliances, garden debris, or as defined in Chs. NR
500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
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
or resorts.
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 and shall include, by way of enumeration but
not by way of limitation, tin cans, bottles, rags, paper, cardboard, and sweepings.
SCAVENGING
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in solid waste
management.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, rubbish 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,
or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
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 wet 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 provisions 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 of Trenton.