(A) Accumulation of garbage, trash, or refuse unlawful. Any accumulation of garbage, trash, or refuse on any premises, occupied or unoccupied in a manner other than that authorized by this chapter, within the limits of the town, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and is prohibited.
(B) Unlawful dumping. No garbage, trash, or refuse shall be stored or accumulated anywhere within the limits of the town in a manner other than authorized by this chapter or thrown or swept into any street, gutter, sewer, intake, alley, vacant lot, pond, or other property. Every occupied premises within the town shall be responsible for the keeping of the sidewalks in front of any buildings or improvements located thereon, if any, free from any accumulation of all garbage, trash, or refuse. Every property owner and occupant of every family, domestic unit, or commercial unit shall, however, be authorized to keep and store garbage, trash, and refuse in the manner defined by this chapter.
(C) Burning unlawful. No garbage, trash, leaves, or refuse of any kind shall be burned within the limits of the town, other than approved state regulated incinerators.
(D) Collections. Pursuant to South Dakota Codified Law and ARSD, the town shall regulate the manner of handling of garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish, and other waste material in the following manner.
(1) Family domestic units. The town hereby specifically reserves unto itself the exclusive right to collect, remove, and dispose of all garbage, trash, refuse, and rubbish from all family domestic units within the corporate limits of said town; provided, however, nothing herein shall limit or prevent the town from making and entering into contracts with private persons or other governmental subdivisions for the purpose of contracting for the collection, removal, and disposal of all garbage, or to obtain by contract, any and all services for which the town may be responsible by virtue of this chapter.
(2) Commercial units. All commercial units shall make arrangements for disposal of their garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish, and waste material with a commercial hauler.
(E) Private contractors. The town shall be authorized upon the advertising and letting for bids, as provided for by law, to contract with private individuals, for the removal of all or any specified part of any garbage, trash, or refuse, and upon such terms and for such periods as the Board of Trustees may obtain from the lowest and best possible bid or bidders therefor.
(F) Removal to authorized restricted use rubble site. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the town, or such persons or subdivisions with whom it has contracted, is hereby required to dispose of all such garbage, trash, or refuse at an authorized dump grounds and dispose of in the manner required by law. The deposit, dumping, collection, and other disposition of all garbage, trash, and refuse within the limits of the town, at any other unauthorized area, is hereby declared unlawful.
(G) Rubble site open schedule. The Board of Trustees shall establish the days of the week and hours during which the town rubble site shall be open to the public for the disposal of lawful materials.
(H) Items accepted. Items accepted will be allowed according to state regulations for this type of facility.
(2008 Code, § 3.4.2) (Ord. 26, passed 11-16-2014) Penalty, see § 53.99