CHAPTER 4
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

SECTION:

8-4-1: Municipal Function

8-4-2: Purpose

8-4-3: Definitions

8-4-4: Charges For Solid Waste Collection And Disposition

8-4-5: Accumulation; Containers; Dumpsters

8-4-6: Burning Of Solid Waste

8-4-7: Penalty

8-4-1: MUNICIPAL FUNCTION:

The collection and disposal of garbage, trash and refuse and other solid waste is hereby declared to be a Municipal function of the City as a protection of the public health. The police powers of the City shall be invoked when necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. In addition, the City may collect and dispose of refuse, as it deems necessary; provided, that such disposal shall be an approved method of incineration (not open burning) or by landfill and daily cover. (1991 Code § 16-50)

8-4-2: PURPOSE:

It is the purpose of this chapter and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the City, pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act 1 , to regulate the collection and disposal of solid wastes in a manner that will protect the public health and welfare, prevent air and water pollution, prevent the spread of disease and the creation of nuisances, conserve the natural resources, and enhance and preserve the beauty and quality of the community's environment. (1991 Code § 16-51; amd. 2013 Code)

 

Notes

1	1. 27A OS § 2-10-101 et seq., as amended.

8-4-3: DEFINITIONS:

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

REFUSE: Tree trimmings, junked building and roofing materials, manufacturing waste, rocks, dirt and other waste material not defined as "solid waste" or "trash".

SOLID WASTE: All putrescible and nonputrescible refuse in solid or semisolid form, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, rubbish, ashes or incinerator residue, street refuse, demolition wastes, construction wastes, solid or semisolid commercial and industrial wastes and hazardous wastes (including explosives, pathological wastes, chemical wastes, herbicide and pesticide wastes).

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: The entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing and burying solid wastes at or in a site approved by the State Department of Environmental Quality.

TRASH: Paper, rags, containers of paper, tin cans, yard and house sweepings and all other household waste; but not tree trimmings, building and manufacturing waste, rocks, and raw dirt, or sewage, rainwater and other liquid refuse properly disposable through the sanitary sewers of the City. (1991 Code § 16-52; amd. 2013 Code)