(A) Premises served by bulk containers. Subject to the remaining provisions of this chapter, all premises served by bulk containers shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) The size, type and location of bulk containers shall be approved in writing by the Administrator after consultation with the owner of the premises concerned. In making this determination, the Administrator shall consider the needs of the occupants of the premises, the welfare of the occupants and neighbors.
(2) All bulk containers shall be cleaned by the owner periodically to minimize offensive odors, and the tops or openings to all bulk containers shall be kept closed at all times pending collection. In addition, all bulk containers shall at all times be kept (by the owner) clean, neat, painted and in a good state of repair.
(3) The town shall not provide service to bulk containers.
(4) Household furniture and appliances, small dead animals, ashes, cardboard boxes and cartons and hypodermic instruments will be collected only pursuant to the provisions of § 92.033.
(‘87 Code, § 11-18)
(B) Premises not served by bulk containers. Subject to the remaining provisions of this chapter, all premises not served by bulk containers shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) Pending collection by the town, garbage, household trash and business trash shall be stored in conformity to the following regulations:
(a) All garbage, household trash and business trash shall be stored only in appropriate refuse receptacles as set forth in § 92.031(B), and the receptacles shall be covered at all times with tight-fitting covers or, in the case of plastic bags, shall be tightly sealed.
(b) Garbage shall be bagged in a plastic bag with sufficient wall strength to maintain their physical integrity while being lifted by the top when the weight of the bag and its contents equals 35 pounds. Any liquid waste, such as grease, shall be sealed in its own separate container before being placed in the refuse receptacle.
(c) All dangerous trash items and all waste material of a hazardous nature, such as broken glass, light bulbs, sharp pieces of metal, fluorescent tubes and television tubes shall be securely wrapped to prevent injury to the collection crews.
(d) Garbage and household trash will be collected by the town collection crews.
(e) No refuse shall be collected where refuse receptacles cannot be serviced by sanitation personnel without unlocking, opening or reaching over a door, gate or similar obstacle, encountering a porch, carport or garage, encountering a dog, or otherwise being denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, yard tools, equipment or similar objects.
(2) Pending collection by the town, yard trash shall be stored in conformity with the following regulations:
(a) All yard trash shall be stored in refuse receptacles with lids tightly fastened or yard trash containers of a size, shape and weight that, when full, they do not weigh more than 75 pounds. The containers shall be securely fastened or covered at all times and when plastic or paper bags are used, these shall be tightly sealed.
(b) Yard trash stored in refuse receptacles or yard trash containers shall be placed at curbside for collection.
(3) Tree trimmings shall be stored pending collection and shall be collected by the town in conformity with the following regulations:
(a) Tree trimmings shall be placed at curbside for collection by the town on scheduled garbage pick up days.
(b) No tree trunks, branches or limbs larger than four inches in diameter, longer than four feet or heavier than 75 pounds shall be collected by the town.
(c) Tree limbs shall have protruding branches trimmed and shall be neatly stacked and placed in an orderly manner at curbside. Thorny vegetation shall be placed near the curbside in small, neat piles. All trimmings shall be effectively secured to prevent scattering by the wind.
(d) Collection of tree and shrubbery trimmings shall be limited to one truck load per week per residence; additional service may be approved by the Administrator upon request.
(e) The town shall not collect tree and shrubbery trimmings resulting from work performed by landscaping or tree service contractors or other commercial workmen or resulting from land clearing work.
(4) Loose leaves may be placed pending collection by the town at the front of the premises in the grass strip between the street and the sidewalk where these strips are available; otherwise, they may be placed just off that portion of the street right-of-way normally used by vehicles or pedestrians or used for surface drainage purposes.
(5) Refuse receptacles and recycle bins may be placed at the street on the evening prior to the following day collection. Containers and bins must be returned to the dwelling by 9:00 p.m. the evening of pick up. All receptacles and bins must be stored in the rear yard of the dwelling and screened from view from a public street.
(6) Receptacles or containers other than those described in § 92.31 may be treated as solid wastes and may be collected by the town.
(7) Receptacles or containers weighing, when full, more than 75 pounds will not be collected by the town. Small dead animals, household furniture and appliances, ashes, hypodermic instruments and cardboard cartons and boxes will be collected only pursuant to the provisions of § 92.33.
(‘87 Code, § 11-19) (Am. Res. 2018-04, passed 5-17-18; Ord. passed 1-10-2022) Penalty, see § 92.999