(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. Food wastes from kitchens, shops and stores, including peelings, vegetable tops, wastes from meats, fish and poultry and such leftovers as are not usable or suitable for keeping, spoiled fruits, vegetables and meats and other perishable wastes, that attend the preparation, use, cooking or the dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables.
RUBBISH or TRASH. Discarded machinery, chips, pieces of wood, sticks, dead trees, branches, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin cans, boxes, papers, rags or any other litter or debris that is not an immediate hazard to the health of the residents of the municipality.
SPECIAL REFUSE. All manner of waste materials which, due to weight, bulk, quantity or composition of the material, renders it impractical or impossible to handle in garbage packer trucks. Some examples of SPECIAL REFUSE are: building materials waste such as lumber, plaster, concrete, stone, brick and tile; large metal objects such as car bodies or stoves; limbs, branches or tree trunks over two and one-half inches in diameter; sod, dirt and all other refuse when the quantity exceeds 100 pounds at any one pick up, or where dimensions exceed four feet in length and two feet in girth, regardless of weight.
WASTE. Cinders, ashes, plaster, brick, stone, sawdust or sand.
YARD REFUSE. All nonburnable rubbish normally accumulated in the process of caring for a yard and garden. It shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, leaves, grass and hedge clippings and/or trees hedge and shrub trimmings not to exceed two and one-half inches in diameter. It shall not include dirt, trees, hedges or shrub branches over two and one-half inches in diameter.
(B) Garbage; trash and waste. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep in, on or about any dwelling, building or premises, or any other place in the municipality, decayed vegetable or animal substance, garbage or refuse matter of any kind that may be injurious to the public health or offensive to the residents of the municipality unless the same is kept in receptacles of heavy plastic or metal as nearly airtight as may be practical. It shall be unlawful to throw or sweep into the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds any dirt, paper, nails, pieces of glass, refuse, waste or rubbish of any kind. No person may permit garbage, rubbish, waste or refuse to accumulate and all persons shall remove the same from their property within 24 hours after being notified to do so by the Municipal Police Chief who shall represent the Board of Health. Any person having garbage, rubbish, waste or refuse that is subject to decay or fermentation within a short period of time shall be required to place the same in a standard garbage can constructed of heavy plastic or metal, with a tight cover.
(C) Garbage; care and disposal. Garbage shall be drained, wrapped and placed in covered metal or heavy plastic containers or cans, said containers to be placed at the curbside adjacent to the premises, or in such other place as may be designated by the governing body. Garbage collection shall be made by a municipally licensed garbage collector. Garbage pick-up shall commence no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 p.m. on days established by the collector and the municipality. In no event shall any garbage collection occur or take place on Sunday.
(D) Yard refuse; care and disposal. Yard refuse such as grass clippings and small hedge clippings shall be piled in a neat pile beside the garbage container. Larger hedge, plant and tree trimmings not exceeding two and one-half inches in diameter shall be tied in bundles, not to exceed four feet in length and two feet in girth, and not weighing more than 100 pounds, and shall be placed beside the garbage container for pick up.
(E) Special refuse; care and disposal. Special refuse must not be placed or piled in the streets or alleys of the city but must be kept on the premises of the person responsible for the refuse until it can be properly hauled away. Such refuse must be kept piled as neatly as possible and under no circumstances be allowed to blow or scatter over adjacent areas. Special refuse must not be permitted to accumulate over long periods of time but must be regularly disposed of before it becomes a nuisance or health hazard. In the event that special refuse is allowed to accumulate until the City Health Department has deemed it to be a nuisance or health hazard, the city shall notify the owner of such refuse by regular mail to remove it from the premises. Upon receipt of such notice, the owner shall be given 72 hours to remove the refuse. If said refuse is not removed at the end of this period, the City Health Department shall cause the refuse to be removed and the owner thereof shall be billed by the municipality for the cost of such services. Special refuse, as defined herein, may be hauled and/or collected, and/or disposed of by municipally licensed garbage collectors. If this is done, such special refuse shall be carried in such a manner that there is no scattering or blowing of the refuse while it is being hauled to the ultimate place of disposal.
(F) Dead animals. All dead animals shall be immediately removed by the owner of such animals and, if the owner of such animals cannot be found within two hours after discovering the same, then, and in that event, such animals shall be removed and buried by and at the expense of the city. Dead animals shall not be buried within the corporate limits of the city nor in or above the course of ground water that is used for drinking purposes by the city or its inhabitants.
(G) Manure. It shall be the duty of all property owners and tenants occupying premises upon which manure of any kind accumulates to provide receptacles with a tight, fly-proof cover therefor, and said receptacles shall be emptied promptly and completely when full, and the contents thereof shall be disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
(H) Violations; penalty. Any person who shall violate, disobey, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $100 for each such offense. Each day that any violation shall continue to exist shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such.
(Ord. 372, passed 3-3-1987; Ord. 444, passed 5-11-1992) Penalty, see § 4-701