CHAPTER 51: SOLID WASTE
Section
   51.01   Definitions
   51.02   Administration; authority
   51.03   Accountability
   51.04   Containers; construction and placement
   51.05   Collection; districts and hours
   51.06   Unlawful deposit; brown goods
   51.07   Yard trash; trimmings and prunings
   51.08   Construction wastes
   51.09   Notice of violations; review
   51.10   Fees
 
   51.99   Penalty
§ 51.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ASHES. The cold residue from the burning of wood, coal or other combustible materials.
   COMMERCIAL CONTAINER or BULK CONTAINER. A metal container, provided by the customer, of not less than four cubic yards or larger than eight cubic yards capacity, to be water tight, of all steel construction, with doors opening on top and on sides in larger containers, and shall be constructed to be emptied by a self-loading truck. The container shall be of standard design, suitable for pick-up by city vehicles, and approved by the Public Works Director and subject to approval of the City Administrator.
   CONSTRUCTION WASTE or BUILDING WASTE. Any and all refuse or residue resulting from building construction, repairs or demolition, and shall include grading, shrubbing, and the like, in connection with any building or landscape work on any premises, commercial or residential, or from replacement of building equipment or appliances.
   CURBSIDE. The area at the edge of the road where garbage and trash shall be placed. That area immediately adjacent to the edge of the roadway.
   ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR. Any police officer, inspection officer, litter control officer or other city employee as may be designated an ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR by the Administrator.
   GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
   HAZARDOUS WASTE. Includes paint, poison, acids, caustics, explosives, chemicals, petroleum derivatives, hot ashes or coals or highly contaminated material such as human or animal waste, which would constitute a danger to collection personnel or to anyone who may come in contact with the waste.
   HOUSEHOLD. A house or tenement.
   HOUSEHOLDER. One who occupies a house or tenement alone or as the head of a household.
   REFUSE or RUBBISH. Includes yard clippings, cardboard boxes, leaves, tree trimmings, grass clippings and clippings from shrubs in the yard of a house holder. This is to include white goods, washing machines, stoves, hot water heaters, refrigerators, and the like.
   ROLL-A-WASTE CONTAINER. A type of garbage container provided by the city and specified by the City Council and/or City Administrator, for use in garbage collection. The container shall remain the property of the city.
(Ord. 94-07-01, passed 7-12-94; Am. Ord. 019-01-020, passed 1-15-19)
§ 51.02 ADMINISTRATION; AUTHORITY.
   (A)   (1)   The City Administrator as the chief administrative officer of the city is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the provisions contained in this chapter.
      (2)   Whenever in this chapter the City Administrator or the Public Works Director are vested with discretion to act in certain matters, under guidelines established for the proper exercise of the discretion, either may, at his election, act through a designee observing the same guidelines which would be applicable to the City Administrator or Public Works Director.
   (B)   The City Administrator shall empower specified employees of the city to be environmental inspectors and to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Environmental inspectors shall inspect alleged violations, issue warning notices of violations setting forth the corrective measures required, perform reinspections to determine compliance, order abatement measures, initiate police or court action, testify if indicated, and shall perform other duties as shall be required for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
   (C)   An environmental inspector of the city shall have the responsibility of making a systematic, street-by-street inspections of the city to determine compliance with this chapter. An environmental inspector shall promptly inspect and make required determinations whenever a complaint is made by a citizen.
   (D)   The environmental inspectors of the city are hereby expressly authorized to go upon private property for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, hinder or refuse to allow any properly identified public official to enter upon private property for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 94-07-01, passed 7-12-94)
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