(A) (1) Acceptable refuse. The following refuse shall be considered to be acceptable for collection:
(a) Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and/or consumption of foods;
(b) The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible materials;
(c) Nonputrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes, consisting of paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, metals, and similar materials; and
(d) Small, dead animals, not exceeding 70 pounds each in weight, which die in the normal course of community activity, excluding condemned animals, animals from a slaughterhouse, or other animals normally considered agricultural or industrial refuse, shall be removed upon request to the City Clerk/Treasurer, or the person collecting the refuse for the city.
(2) Unacceptable refuse. The following refuse shall be considered not acceptable for collection:
(a) Dangerous materials or substances, such as poisons, acids, caustics, infectious materials, and explosives;
(b) Unusual quantities of materials resulting from the repair, excavation, or construction of buildings or structures, such as earth, plaster, mortar, roofing, and building materials;
(c) Materials which have not been prepared for collection in accordance with this chapter and the regulations that may from time to time be passed by the City Council for the collection and storage of refuse;
(d) Solid wastes resulting from industrial process; and
(e) Car bodies or vehicle bodies, barbed wire, excessive amounts of brush and trees.
(B) The matters set forth in division (A)(2) above as not acceptable for collection may only be dumped in the city landfill by first obtaining a permit from the City Clerk/Treasurer.
(2015 Code, § 3-3-9)