EDITOR'S NOTE: Ordinance 55-1994, passed March 21, 1994, approved the Final Draft Solid Waste Management Plan of the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District. Copies of such ordinance and Plan may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council.
941.01 Definitions.
941.02 Waste not collected.
941.03 Separation of combustible and noncombustible wastes.
941.04 Waste containers.
941.05 Placement and storage of containers; enforcement procedure.
941.06 Owner's responsibility to provide containers.
941.07 Loose materials.
941.08 Bulky items.
941.09 Depositing garbage.
941.10 Depositing other wastes.
941.11 Upsetting waste containers.
941.12 Street waste receptacles.
941.13 Origin of waste material.
941.14 Private collection; license; fee.
941.15 Scavenging prohibited.
941.16 Private incineration. (Repealed)
941.17 Garbage or waste in sewer system.
941.18 Private vehicles.
941.19 Vehicles with offensive lading.
941.20 Vehicle storage and cleaning.
941.21 Waste spilling or leaking on street.
941.22 Employees uniform; use and misrepresentation.
941.23 Rules of Service Director; violations.
941.24 Enforcement by Police Department.
941.25 Release of claims.
941.26 Properties serviced.
941.27 Hours of collection and transportation.
941.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Collection and disposal of garbage - see Ohio R.C. 715.43, 717.01
Employment of scavengers - see Ohio R.C. 3707.39
Private transfer stations for nonhazardous waste - see B.R. & T. Ch. 760
Municipal incinerator - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 943
Building and housing sanitation - see H. & S. Ch. 1113
Littering - see H. & S. 1129.01
Rubbish, garbage and general property conditions - see B. & H. 1755.24
As used in this chapter;
(a) “Waste” or “refuse” means all trash, rubbish, garbage, offal, ashes and other refuse or discarded matter required to be removed from public and private places.
(b) “Garbage” means all animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable waste matter produced from or resulting from the use and storage of food for human consumption, of either domestic or commercial origin, and shall include spoiled food, meat scraps and bones, the heads, feet, entrails and feathers of chickens and other fowl and the carcasses of small dead animals and birds.
(c) “Combustible wastes” means discarded, relatively dry, miscellaneous refuse material, of either domestic or commercial origin, which is capable of incineration or burning in a high-temperature furnace, including wood, paper, newspaper, magazines, rags, excelsior, straw, leather, rubber, cardboard boxes and cartons, small tree branches and trimmings, shrubbery trimmings, leaves, grass, yard and garden rakings and other similar discarded articles of a combustible nature.
(d) “Noncombustible wastes” means discarded miscellaneous refuse, of either domestic or commercial origin, which is incapable of being burned or incinerated. Noncombustible wastes include downspouts, guttering and other tinware, auto parts, pipe and other metallic substances, including bedsprings and metal furniture. All discarded articles, and appreciable part of which is incapable of incineration or burning, such as storm window screens, window sash, spring upholstered furniture, inner spring mattresses and the like, are noncombustible wastes.
(e) “Ashes” means the residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel such as wood, coal, coke, charcoal and like substances.
(f) “Building or construction wastes” means waste materials and rubbish resulting from the construction, alteration or repair of buildings and structures, such as walls, driveways, sidewalks and the like, and consist of wood, plaster, metal, cement, lime, brick, mortar, concrete, lathing, roofing, earth, stone, slag, cinders, structural members and like material.
(g) “Ordinary commercial wastes” are a defined quantity of general and usual combustible wastes that accumulate in connection with the operation of any retail grocery, fruit and vegetable store, meat market, restaurant and cafeteria, club, lodge, church, hospital or any commercial enterprise for profit, which produces garbage and combustible wastes in appreciable quantities as a result of the operation of such business. Such wastes shall include garbage and combustible wastes as herein defined but shall exclude ashes and noncombustible wastes. The Service Director shall define the limits for the quantity of ordinary commercial wastes as distinguished from extraordinary commercial wastes.
(h) “Extraordinary commercial wastes” means combustible wastes which accumulate in connection with the operation of the above enumerated enterprises in excess of the quantity defined as “ordinary commercial wastes.”
(i) “Industrial wastes” means wastes that result from manufacturing, industrial and wholesale businesses.
(j) “Dead animals” means the carcasses of dogs, cats, horses and all dead animals of like size as distinguished from the carcasses of birds, small animals, rats and mice.
(a) Except as otherwise herein provided, the City will not collect the following waste materials:
(1) Large quantities, in excess of sixty-five pounds or twenty gallons, of building or construction waste;
(2) Extraordinary commercial wastes; or
(3) Industrial wastes.
(b) Except as otherwise herein provided, the City will neither collect nor dispose of the following waste materials:
(1) Poisons;
(2) Explosives;
(3) Manure;
(4) Articles infected with contagious disease;
(5) Waste material originating outside the corporate limits of the City;
(6) Waste material prepared, separated or stored in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
(7) Waste material containing five percent or more of ash, dust, dirt, sand or other dust forming materials which contribute to air pollution upon processing in the City incinerator plant or other disposal facility utilized; or
(8) Any waste material found by the Service Director to be injurious to the health or safety of the citizens or the City employees upon collection or processing at the City incinerator plant or other disposal facility utilized.
(Ord. 45-1976. Passed 2-17-76.)
While the general practice shall be a single collection of garbage and noncombustible wastes, the Service Director is given authority herein to publish rules, pursuant to Section 941.23, to order the separation of combustible and noncombustible wastes by enterprises generating garbage or by others when there is a substantial relationship to the public safety, health and welfare.
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