4-3-11: DUMPING 1 :

   A.   General Dumping Restrictions; Penalty:

      1.   It shall be unlawful for any person to dump any refuse, trash, garbage or any tangible items of any type or abandon any physical object on any real estate belonging to the city or to litter, drop, abandon or place any refuse, trash, garbage, goods or any tangible item of any type on any real estate belonging to the city, including, but not limited to, the city dump; provided, that such items may be dumped in the open pit or hole in the ground at the city dump which has a sign, "Dump Here Only", if: a) such dumping is done only between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays or between eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and twelve o'clock (12:00) noon on Saturdays, and b) the person notifies the city employee at the city dump that said person intends to dump items as above stated and states when and where said person intends to dump such items.

      2.   Any person violating any provision of this subsection A shall, upon conviction in the municipal court, be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 537, 1969; amd. 1994 Code)

   B.   Organic Refuse; Carcasses; Litter:

      1.   It shall be unlawful for any person to unload, dump or wilfully leave any of the following within the corporate limits of the city:

         a.   Organic refuse, fruit or vegetables of any kind or character.

         b.   Trash or rubbish of any kind or the carcass of any dead animal.

      2.   Any person violating this subsection B or any of the provisions thereof, upon conviction, shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 67, 1-3-1930; amd. 1994 Code)

   C.   Prohibited Disposal: The disposal of kitchen garbage, trash or rubbish and that designated under sections 4-3-8 and 4-3-9 of this chapter or any kind of rubbish in any place within the city limits, except at the sanitary landfill, is prohibited. (Ord. 197, 5-2-1956; amd. 1994 Code)

 

Notes

1	1. See also section 4-3-12 of this chapter.

4-3-12: GARBAGE DUMP 1 :

   A.   Persons Permitted At Dump: Employees of the city, officers directing operation of the city garbage department and persons delivering garbage or other rubbish to the city garbage dump are allowed on the garbage dump grounds, all other persons are prohibited.

   B.   Ownership Of Materials Dumped: All junk and other material of the dump is the property of the city, and no person is allowed to separate and collect, carry off or dispose of same except under the direction of the designated official. (Ord. 197, 5-2-1956)

 

Notes

1	1. See subsection 4-3-11A of this chapter for hours of dumping and other dumping provisions and section 8-5-5 of this code for sanitary landfill rates and regulations.

4-3-13: VIOLATION AND PENALTIES:

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 197, 5-2-1956; amd. 1994 Code)