(A) Storage.
(1) No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any property shall permit solid waste emanating from said premises to accumulate upon such premises unless stored in a manner prescribed by this chapter.
(2) All putrecible waste shall be stored in containers which are durable, rust resistant, watertight, and easily cleaned with a close fitting, fly-tight cover in place. Each container shall be kept clean so that no odor or other nuisance condition exists.
(3) The owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any property shall remove or cause to be removed all solid waste from his or her property at least once each week (seven-day period).
(4) No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any building or dwelling may leave, outside the building or dwelling in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or unattended ice box, refrigerator, or other receptacle that has an airtight door without first removing the door.
(B) Disposal. Acceptable methods of disposal shall be as follows:
(1) In a sanitary landfill approved and permitted by the state’s Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Division of Solid Waste Management;
(2) In a demolition landscape landfill approved and permitted by the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Division of Solid Waste Management;
(3) In an incinerator that has all applicable local, state, and federal permits;
(4) In solid waste station, landfill container, or recycling collection site provided by the county;
(5) A householder may dispose of solid waste generated at his or her residence on his or her property provided that such disposal is in accordance with all state and local solid waste directives; and
(6) By reclamation, recycling, or other resource recovery methods.
(C) Hazardous and radioactive wastes. Hazardous and radioactive wastes shall be disposed of according to the applicable federal and state regulations.
(D) Requirements if choosing not to use a collection service.
(1) It is anticipated that many of the persons in the county will be offered collection service by a collector of solid waste.
(2) Any person not using a collector will be required, upon request, for cause or as a result of complaints received by the Solid Waste Director, to explain and show the Solid Waste Director the method and means of disposal of his or her solid waste and where refuse is being disposed.
(E) Burning of solid waste. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow open burning of any solid waste, except as authorized, if at all, by applicable state air quality control regulation.
(Ord. passed 7-23-1990) Penalty, see § 50.99