957.01 Definitions.
957.02 Duty to remove garbage and offal.
957.03 Contracts for disposal of garbage; bond.
957.04 Storage regulated.
957.05 Receptacles required.
957.06 Hauling of garbage, offal and rubbish.
957.07 Collector’s compensation.
957.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Contracts with county garbage and rubbish disposal districts - see Ohio R.C. 343.08
Collection and disposal of garbage - see Ohio R.C. 715.43, 717.01
Employment of scavengers - see Ohio R.C. 3707.39
Disposal and transportation upon public ways - see Ohio R.C. 3736.20 et seq.
Vehicle loads dropping, sifting, leaking - see TRAF. 339.08
Littering - see GEN. OFF. 521.08
(a) “Garbage and offal” means all refuse and waste of animals, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, which accumulated in the use and preparation of food for the table, that has been discarded and abandoned and is no longer of value to the owner for ordinary purposes of domestic consumption. The term also includes all refuse matter arising from the dealing in or storing of such substances.
(b) “Refuse matter” means only such matter as was either in fact noxious or has been refused and abandoned by its owner as worthless.
(c) “Rubbish” means dirt, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, crocker, tin, cast or wooden ware, shoes, cans, boxes, rags, dead weeds, paper, circulars, handbills, boots, ashes or any other litter or trash whatsoever. It does not include branches of trees or leaves.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
Each person, firm or corporation producing or having garbage or offal shall remove the same, or cause it to be removed by persons properly authorized to the place permitted or provided for by the Municipality, at times and in the manner prescribed herein.
(a) Residential collections must be made once each week and on the same day of the week, as near as possible, in the period commencing May 1 and ending September 30. Collections shall be made once in each uniform period of ten days from October 1 to April 30, and during such period, rubbish shall be collected when such service is required.
(b) The commercial collections shall be from any and all restaurants, hotels, public eating places and other mercantile establishments handling perishable food supplies daily or as necessary during the period from May 1 to September 30 and at least three times each week from October 1 to April 30. During the entire year collection shall be made as may be necessary, but frequently enough to remove the hazard of fire.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
(a) If at any time the exclusive right is given to one person, firm or corporation for the disposal of all garbage from the entire Municipality, a contract shall be entered into for a period of not less than two years executed by the Village Administrator and approved by Council, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this chapter.
(b) Before entering into a contract with any person, firm or corporation for the exclusive right to dispose of all the garbage of the Municipality, the contractor shall furnish a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with good and sufficient surety, to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Council, insuring that the contractor shall dispose of all or any garbage produced and collected in the Municipality in a good, proper and lawful manner and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any additional regulations and conditions that might be adopted by Council.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
No person, firm or corporation producing or responsible for or having any garbage or offal shall deposit, throw or place such refuse on any street, alley, public place or ground or upon the floor, stairway or hallway of any public building in the Municipality, or any private property whether owned by such person, firm or corporation or not, or throw the same into any stream or body of water or into any sewer, catch basin, or other opening in such sewer in the Municipality or deposit or remove the same otherwise than as is provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
(a) Every owner, tenant, housekeeper or other person or persons, occupying any dwelling, apartment house, other building or a portion thereof in the Municipality, and producing garbage for collection shall provide and renew when necessary, a sufficient number of garbage cans to hold the garbage accumulating therein. All garbage cans shall be of metal with tight-fitting covers, strong handles on the outside and shall be watertight. Each can shall have a capacity of not less than five gallons nor more than twenty gallons. All garbage cans shall be maintained by the user in good and sanitary condition.
(b) All rubbish for collection shall be placed in a practical receptacle that can be readily handled for emptying, located near the garbage can.
(c) No person shall deposit in a garbage can, trash, tin cans, glass or any rubbish or refuse other than garbage. Garbage shall be wrapped in paper when deposited in the garbage can for collection if requested by the collector.
(d) The can or cans shall be set in plain view at the rear of the house in an accessible location at the ground level or on an open platform or open porch not more than four feet above ground level and placed that they may be reached from the ground by the collector. If underground cans are used, then the location shall be clearly indicated. If the lot is accessible by a through alley, the garbage can may be set at the rear of the lot or house adjacent to the alley.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
No garbage shall be removed or hauled in the Municipality, except in sanitary steel tanks or drums that are securely covered and so constructed as to prevent the escape of offensive odors. The County Board of Health may prescribe further regulations.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)
(a) Where the garbage, offal and rubbish are collected by collectors having a permit, in accordance with this chapter, such collectors shall be entitled to charge on a monthly basis the persons or firm receiving the service.
(b) If any person or firm receiving services of a collector, fails to pay at the end of each month the amount due, the collector may discontinue the service and certify the amount and the name of the person to the Fiscal Officer. Such person or firm so certified shall not be placed on another collector's route until such service is paid in full.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-18-51.)