(A) The following practices are hereby prohibited and violators shall on conviction, be punishable as provided in § 51.99. Each violation shall continue shall be considered a separate offense.
(B) It shall be unlawful to do any of the following:
(1) Throw or deposit any garbage, rubbish or waste matter, or to cause the same to be thrown or deposited, on or in any street, alley, vacant lot or yard;
(2) Keep, place or deposit garbage or waste on any private grounds or premises whatsoever, except in cans or receptacles as designated in this chapter;
(3) Store or keep any garbage, rubbish or waste matter where rodents, flies or insects can have access thereto or feed thereon;
(4) Sell or dispose of wet garbage. All wet garbage must be delivered to the city, its agents or contractors, for removal and disposal;
(5) Bury any such garbage or waste matter at any place within the corporate limits of the city, except as specifically authorized by the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or the public health officer;
(6) Deposit any rubbish or waste matter in or on any vacant lot, yard, street, alley, gutter, highway, park or other public place within the city, except building materials and related supplies in use for construction by virtue of an authorized current building permit;
(7) Burn any garbage or refuse, waste paper, boxes, rubbish or debris except that the materials may be burned in a furnace or private incinerator, or pursuant to a permit issued by and under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department, nor shall any person collect, remove or dispose of same except as provided in this chapter;
(8) Deposit or cause to be deposited in any manner garbage or rubbish or any other waste matter into the sewer system of the city;
(9) The owner or operator of any truck or other vehicle carrying manure, swill, garbage, offal, rubbish or other noxious, offensive or dangerous substance or the contents of any privy vault, cesspool or sink to allow the scattering, spilling or leakage of the contents thereof on any street or other public way; or in any yard, driveway or within any premises, whether public or private; or to allow the vehicle to stand or remain near any building, place of business or residence; or to unreasonably delay the time of loading or unloading or in passing along any street or through any inhabited place; or connection therewith to be kept in an unsanitary or unwholesome condition or to be stored in any place where needless offense is caused to any person;
(10) Engage in the collection, hauling or transportation of any garbage or other similar waste or refuse for hire, except by the city or its authorized agent. This is not intended to preclude the hauling for hire of commercial garbage or waste or of any private or commercial rubbish or waste matter or hazardous waste or materials, as defined in § 51.01 above, or of cesspool or privy contents, or of any waste building or construction materials left over from construction or demolition of any building, which is the specific duty of the owner, operator, contractor or his or her agent; and/or
(11) Keep or allow to accumulate for more than one week any kind of putrescible garbage or waste material.
(2000 Code, § 11-27)
Cross-reference:
Burning of leaves and trash, see § 93.10
Disposal of grass and other yard debris, see § 93.11