TITLE 4
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 1
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SECTION:
4-1-1: Purpose And Application
4-1-2: Definitions
4-1-3: Sanitary Service Required
4-1-4: Preparation Of Garbage And Rubbish
4-1-5: Garbage And Rubbish Containers
4-1-6: Sanitation Service Rates
4-1-7: Burning Restrictions
4-1-8: Penalties
4-1-1: PURPOSE AND APPLICATION:
This chapter is declared to be passed in order to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the residents of the city and is enacted for promotion and the protection of the public health and safety and to prevent nuisances, the spread of disease and fire hazards. It is the purpose of these provisions to aid residents in keeping the city clean, safe and sanitary and free from petty annoyances, nuisances and health and safety hazards. This chapter applies to all residential, business and institutional garbage and rubbish disposal in the city, except such persons as are allowed to be exempt herefrom by the city council and have specific written permission of the city council to use other garbage or rubbish disposal services. (Ord. 435, 12-3-1991)
4-1-2: DEFINITIONS:
The following terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall, unless context dictates otherwise, have the meanings set out in this section:
GARBAGE: All animal and vegetable refuse from kitchens and other places where food is prepared, all offal from fish, meat and vegetable markets and all organic substances unfit for food and subject to decay.
ITEMS EXCLUDED FROM CITY COLLECTIONS: Discarded household furniture, dirt or earth debris from construction or lawn renovation, rocks, concrete, stones, automobile bodies, parts, assemblies, tires, batteries, dead animals, manure, offal or waste materials from animals, hazardous materials as defined by the laws of the United States and the state of Idaho 1 and material containing asbestos, paints, paint thinner, turpentine, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides and all other chemicals. Building materials, such as concrete, mortar, plaster, scrap lumber and wood shavings must be collected and disposed of by the building contractor or owner or occupant of the premises.
PERSON: A normal person, his/her heirs, personal representatives and assigns and shall also include a firm, corporation, trust or partnership, its or their successors or assigns. Singular includes plural; male includes female.
RUBBISH: All waste and refuse, such as newspapers, magazines, wrapping and all other paper products, packing cases and discarded clothing, metals, tin cans, bottles, broken glass, ashes, lawn and tree trimmings and cuttings and weeds and leaves from residential property.
SHALL AND MAY: "Shall" means mandatory; "may" means permissive. (Ord. 435, 12-3-1991)

 

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1. IC §§39-4403, 39-7103.
4-1-3: SANITARY SERVICE REQUIRED:
No person shall deposit garbage or rubbish on or below the surface of the ground in a manner otherwise than herein prescribed. No person shall deposit or place or bury any garbage or rubbish in or upon a public street, alley, other public area or upon the premises of another person, whether or not the garbage or rubbish is in a prescribed container. No garbage, dirt or rubbish of any kind shall be thrown, swept or pushed into the street in front of any place of business or residence, and the proprietor of the business and the owner or occupant of the premises shall be responsible for the disposal of all such garbage or rubbish. All garbage and rubbish shall be placed in containers and at locations prescribed in this chapter. (Ord. 435, 12-3-1991)
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