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A. All residential patrons shall place garbage in a regulation garbage container furnished by contractor. No green/yard waste, rubbish or hot ashes shall be placed in any garbage container.
B. Garbage containers shall be kept tightly closed except during the collection or deposit of garbage. The contents of all receptacles shall be so protected that wind cannot blow out or animals scatter same over the streets, alleys and premises of the city. (Ord. 870 (part), 2022: Ord. 825 (part), 2019: Ord. 750 (part), 2014: Ord. 343 (part), 1990: prior code § 10-205)
A. All participating residential patrons shall place only recyclable materials in a regulation recycling container furnished by contractor. Only recycling material shall be placed in such containers.
B. Recycling containers shall be kept tightly closed except during the collection or deposit of recycling material. The contents of all receptacles shall be so protected that wind cannot blow out or animals scatter same over the streets, alleys and premises of the city.
(Ord. 870 (part),
Every garbage and/or recycling container required by this chapter shall be maintained by the owner or user in as sanitary condition as possible. The residential patron shall notify the contractor to repair or replace any damaged container.
(Ord. 870 (part), 2022: Ord. 750 (part), 2014: Ord. 343 (part), 1990: prior code § 10-206)
Editor’s Note: The prior code contained two sections numbered 10-206.
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall place any liquid waste, hazardous materials, oil or infectious waste in containers within the city which are to be transported to a landfill, no matter where the landfill is. In the event any person, firm, corporation or other entity shall place any such material in a container or containers which are to be transported to a landfill, he, she or it shall forthwith pay to the city a fee equal to one and one-half times the actual cost to the city, its heirs, successors or assigns, or a landfill, to correct the situation created thereby, including but not limited to the costs of isolating the area, removing the material, rehabilitating the disposal site, opening a new disposal site on the landfill as necessitated by the presence of such material, and technical and professional costs including but not limited to testing, engineering, investigation and legal fees and charges. The city shall not be responsible for the proper disposal of such materials; however, if the city should arrange for such disposal, the costs thereof shall be included in the above-listed costs. Infectious waste which has been treated to remove its infectious potential in such a manner acceptable to the director or board overseeing the particular landfill the city, its heirs, successors or assigns, is using at the particular time, may be placed for disposal provided the site manager is informed of its presence at the time of entry upon the landfill.
(Ord. 870 (part), 2022: Ord. 750 (part), 2014: Ord. 407, 1994: prior code § 10-206)
Editor’s Note: The prior code contained two sections numbered 10-206.
The city, having reviewed and documented that the cost of recycling of all printed paper products, corrugated paper or other cardboard paper will cost more than the true and total cost of unsubsidized land filling of all printed paper products, corrugated paper or other cardboard paper and having followed the designated opt-out procedure, will be opting out of the waste reduction target effective on January 1, 1997. The city will review its determination for this specific waste reduction target at least once every two years starting with the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section.
(Ord. 870 (part), 2022: Ord. 750 (part), 2014: Ord. 471, 1996: Ord. 465, 1996)
A. On the days of the garbage collection, the garbage shall be put in such a place as shall be convenient for the garbage collectors or haulers. Garbage containers shall be placed on the premises adjacent to the street or alley bordering the premises. Garbage containers shall be so placed that the collectors of garbage do not have to carry such containers for a distance of more than three feet to reach the collection vehicle.
B. No garbage collection vehicle shall be required to use any private driveway in collecting garbage under the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 870 (part), 2022: Ord. 750 (part), 2014: Ord. 343 (part), 1990: prior code § 10-207)
A. On the day of the recycling collection, the recycling shall be put in such a place as shall be convenient for the recycling collectors or haulers. Recycling containers shall be placed on the premises adjacent to the street or alley bordering the premises. Recycling containers shall be so placed that the collectors of recycling do not have to carry such containers for a distance of more than three feet to reach the collection vehicle.
B. No recycling collection vehicle shall be required to use any private driveway in collecting recycling under the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 870 (part), 2022)
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