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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. Every accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable waste generated by or resulting from the decay, deterioration, storage, preparation or handling of any animal and vegetable matter in any place or at any point where food is prepared for human consumption, including all kitchen and dining room refuse produced by households, hotels, restaurants, lunchrooms, clubs, hospitals, schools, stores, warehouses, cold storage plants, creameries, bakeries or any other source whatsoever existing in the village.
(Prior Code, § 4-201)
RUBBISH or TRASH. Discarded machinery, chips, pieces of wood, sticks, dead trees, branches, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin cans, boxes, papers, rags or any other litter or debris that is not an immediate hazard to the health of the residents of the municipality.
(Prior Code, § 4-202)
WASTE. Cinders, ashes, plaster, brick, stone, sawdust or sand.
(Prior Code, § 4-203)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep in, on or about any dwelling, building or premises, or any other place in the municipality, decayed vegetable or animal substance, garbage or refuse matter of any kind that may be injurious to the public health or offensive to the residents of the municipality, unless the same is kept in receptacles not exceeding a 30-gallon capacity and as nearly air-tight as may be practical. It shall be unlawful to throw or sweep into the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds any dirt, paper, nails, pieces of glass, refuse, waste or rubbish of any kind. No person may permit garbage, rubbish, waste or refuse to collect and all persons shall remove the same from their property within 72 hours after being notified to do so by the Village Marshal who shall represent the Board of Health. In all cases where the owner of the property is a non-resident of the municipality, the notice shall be sent by registered mail to the last known address of such owner and then in that event, the owner of such premises shall have ten days’ time in which to comply with the order of the Village Marshal. Any person having garbage, rubbish, waste or refuse that is subject to decay or fermentation within a short period of time shall be required to place the same in a standard garbage can with a tight cover, or a durable plastic container that is securely tied at its opening. All persons shall have the contents of their garbage cans removed at least once a week.
(Prior Code, § 4-204) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 19-2106
If any person shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove any garbage, trash or waste from his or her dwelling, building or premises after notice has been given and the time limit has expired as set out in § 51.02, it shall then be the duty of the Village Marshal to cause such garbage, trash or waste to be removed from such dwelling, building or premises. The actual cost paid for such removal shall be certified to the Municipal Clerk, and such amount shall be billed to the owner of the property from which the garbage, trash or waste was removed. If such bill for removal of garbage, trash or waste remains unpaid on the fifteenth day following receipt of the bill by the property owner, a penalty charge shall be added thereto in the amount of $0.50 per month while the bill remains unpaid. Bills not paid within three months of receipt of the bill by the property owner shall be deemed to be delinquent, and such delinquent bills shall be assessed against the property and collected and enforced in the same manner as other taxes. Such assessment shall be a lien upon the real estate from and after the date of assessment.
(Prior Code, § 4-205) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-207
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