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(A) The Public Works Department is hereby charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the collecting, transporting and disposing, by approved methods, of all garbage, litter, refuse, yard waste and waste materials within the city.
(B) Approved methods of disposal for garbage, litter, refuse and waste materials are as follows:
(1) By delivery to a licensed garbage or refuse collector;
(2) By hauling to the city-operated transfer station and dispensing there as directed by the person in charge; provided, that the transportation conforms to the requirements of § 50.20 of this code; and
(3) By disposal of garbage in a home garbage disposal unit.
(Prior Code, § 50.02)
The transfer station shall be opened to licensed garbage collectors and all other individuals hauling their own garbage or refuse during those hours as established by the Director. All licensed garbage collectors and all non-licensed individuals hauling their own garbage or refuse shall at all times comply with the rules and regulations covering the use of the transfer station dump areas as adopted and promulgated by the City Council or Director.
(Prior Code, § 50.03) (Ord. 89-8, passed 3-20-1989)
COLLECTION
(A) No collector shall engage in the business of hauling any garbage/refuse or leasing roll-offs for use within the city without having first procured a license from the City Clerk’s office. No collector shall procure a license from the Clerk until he or she posts a bond with the City Clerk. Each collector shall supply to the city a bond protecting the city in an amount equal to one-fourth of the total transfer station fee charges incurred by the collector during the preceding calendar year. Any collector who has been engaged in the business of hauling garbage or refuse for less than one full calendar year immediately preceding the filing of the application shall post a bond in an amount as set by resolution. All fees for use of transfer station as set by resolution shall be paid at the time of use or may be charged by the collector and paid to the city by the collector on a monthly basis. The condition upon which the bond is to be held is that the collector shall be allowed to charge fees for the use of the transfer station. However, all charges shall be paid monthly to the City Clerk, and each payment shall be made no later than the first of the month immediately following the billing. If the payment is not made to the City Clerk as described above by the first day of the month immediately following the billing, the collector shall pay in cash or certified check, for all fees which the collector incurs as a result of using the transfer station. If all of the payments are not paid as due to the City Clerk as set forth, the bond shall be deemed forfeited up to the amount of the total fee as charged but unpaid by the collector.
(B) After approval of the application by the City Council for the license and bond as posted by the applicant, the Clerk shall issue a license to haul garbage in the city, after payment has been received in a sum as set by resolution, and which license shall expire on the last day of April next following the date of issuance thereof. A license issued under the provisions of this section shall further authorize the licensee to haul refuse as defined in this chapter, provided, however, that all refuse shall be no greater than eight feet in length. Any material dumped which is longer than eight feetshall be required to pay an additional fee, as set by resolution, for each such occurrence over and above the regularly established fees.
(C) (1) A license issued under the provisions of this section may be revoked or suspended by the City Council after a hearing to determine if any provisions of this chapter have been violated by the collector.
(2) If a license is suspended, the equipment of the license holder may not be used by any other party, person or entity for the purpose of picking up or hauling garbage or refuse for a period of one year from and after the date of revocation or suspension of the license.
(Prior Code, § 50.20) (Ord. 91-02, passed 4-1-1991; Ord. 05-22, passed 3-21-2005; Ord. 08-23, passed 8-18-2008) Penalty, see § 50.99
A person having a license to collect garbage and/or refuse shall call at least once every two weeks throughout the year, at each place where garbage accumulates, and more often if the Director shall deem it necessary. All garbage and refuse so collected shall be conveyed and disposed of at such place and in such manner as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 50.21) (Ord. 88-11, passed 3-21-1988; Ord. 05-22, passed 3-21-2005) Penalty, see § 50.99
It shall be the duty of a person having a license as herein specified for the collection and removal of garbage and/or refuse to maintain an office with at least one telephone therein. The office shall be kept open and in the charge of a person from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. of each day, except Sunday and legal holidays, for the purpose of receiving calls for the collection and removal of garbage and refuse and the receiving of such information as may be conveyed to the collector.
(Prior Code, § 50.22) (Ord. 88-11, passed 3-21-1988) Penalty, see § 50.99
Only a licensed septic tank waste hauler shall be permitted to clean out and haul away the contents of any privy vault or cesspool in the city, and the contents shall be disposed of in such manner as directed by the Director.
(Prior Code, § 50.23) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) It shall be unlawful, except as set forth herein, to unload or deposit any garbage, refuse, yard waste and the contents of privy vaults and cesspools hauled from any premises within the corporate limits of the city and destined for disposal within the state at any place other than the approved disposal site. The prohibition herein shall not apply to garbage or refuse processed at a materials recovery facility operated pursuant to a permit issued by the State Department of Environmental Quality and Energy.
(B) Any garbage or collector, as defined in § 50.01 of this code, failing to dispose of garbage, refuse, yard waste, dead animals and contents of privy vaults or cesspools at the disposal sites so designated by the city shall be subject to having the collector’s license revoked.
(C) The operator of the transfer station shall, at the operator’s sole and absolute discretion, have the right to refuse burn barrels or fireplace ashes if in the operator’s judgment, based on the time of day as relating to the time of closing of the transfer station, the disposal will create the potential of fires. All masonry rubble and tree limbs (over one inch in diameter) shall be deposited at a disposal site designated by the Director.
(Prior Code, § 50.24) (Ord. 97-21, passed 8-18-1997) Penalty, see § 50.99
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