(A) Preparation of refuse. All refuse entering the solid waste management system of the town shall be prepared in the following uniform manner:
(1) Garbage. All garbage, before being placed in a container for collection, shall have drained from it all free liquids and must be bagged.
(2) Rubbish. All rubbish shall be drained of liquid before being deposited for collection.
(3) Excess garbage, rubbish and residential trash. Garbage, rubbish and residential trash that cannot be placed in the wheeled container shall not be placed next to the container for collection. This type of waste shall be the responsibility of the waste producer to remove and dispose of via a non-curbside collection method.
(4) Yard waste. Tree trimmings, hedge clippings and similar material shall be cut to a length not to exceed four feet and shall be the responsibility of the waste producer to remove and dispose of via a non-curbside collection method. Each residence shall be limited to a maximum of eight cubic yards of yard waste per month to be disposed at the town’s solid waste convenience site.
(5) Recyclable materials. All recyclable materials being placed in a container for collection shall have drained from it all free liquids.
(B) Refuse producers.
(1) Residential producers. Residential refuse producers have available to them the use and enjoyment of the town solid waste convenience site and pursuant to § 42.02. Some neighborhoods have the use and enjoyment of curbside solid waste collection by a contractor. For those residential producers with curbside solid waste collection, refuse containers for residential units shall be a wheeled container provided by the town, county or contractor. Any owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any residential unit desiring additional wheeled containers beyond what is provided for by the town, county or contractor as part of the basic service, shall have the option of contacting the town, county or contractor for additional containers. For those residential producers with convenience site collection only, § 42.02 promulgated regulations shall apply for the use of the town solid waste convenience site. For residential producers with curbside solid waste collection, the convenience of curbside recyclable collection is available for a fee. For residential producers without curbside solid waste collection, no curbside recyclable collection is available. For all residential producers of garbage, refuse, yard waste and recyclables, the town convenience site is available and governed under rules promulgated pursuant to § 42.02.
(2) Commercial and business producers. No commercial, industrial, business or nonresidential waste shall be allowed into the solid waste management system of the town.
(C) Storing of refuse.
(1) Containers. All refuse which readily fits into the container shall be placed in a container.
(2) Public places. No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley or other public place, or on any private property whether owned by the person or not, within the town except in proper containers for collection, or under express approval granted by the Director of Public Works. Nor shall any person throw or deposit any refuse in any stream or other body of water.
(3) Scattering of refuse. No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within the town any refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements on any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public place, or into any occupied premises within the town. Remedy for the correction of such a situation shall be performed by the property owner at the direction of the town.
(D) Points of collection.
(1) Wheeled containers. Where the wheeled container is used the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises shall be responsible for causing the wheeled container to be placed at the curb or side of the street, but not in the portion of the street used for vehicular travel, at a place readily accessible for collection by the town, county or contractor. The wheeled containers shall be so located not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day prior to collection nor later than 8:00 a.m. on the day of the pickup and must be removed from the street location not later than 6:00 p.m. the same day. If there is no member of the premises or household to which a wheeled container is assigned who is capable of moving the wheeled container as required herein, he or she shall notify the town, county or contractor in writing of the existence of the disability. In this event, the disabled person shall furnish a physician’s certificate confirming the disability and on the failure of the alleged disabled person to furnish the certificate within ten days after required, the alleged disabled person shall be deemed physically able to comply with all the provisions of this section. No person shall molest or interfere with the contents of any wheeled container or the container itself which has been set out for collection and removal by the town.
(2) Roll-off container, detachable containers and dumpster. Where a roll-off container, detachable containers or dumpster is used, the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises shall provide a location for the container off the right-of-way.
(3) Obstacles to collection. The owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises shall have the responsibility of keeping the premises free from dogs or any other obstacle which would hinder or impede town, county or contractor/personnel from removing or renaming the container to the premises.
(Ord. passed 9-4-2014)