(A) Any private citizen who is a resident of the county may dispose of solid waste at a county solid waste disposal site including the sanitary landfill, one of the compaction mini-stations, or a county recycling collection site. Only solid waste generated in the county shall be disposed of at any of the county solid waste facilities. All compaction mini-stations shall accept only household waste from private citizens. No solid waste of any businesses or solid waste collectors shall be deposited at the compaction mini-stations. All solid waste collected by municipalities, institutions, businesses, or commercial haulers must be disposed of at the sanitary landfill.
(B) Solid waste shall only be disposed of during normal operating hours as determined by the Board of Commissioners. The county shall have the landfill manager or one of his or her representatives at all solid waste disposal sites during the hours of normal operation.
(C) Solid waste shall be disposed of at all solid waste disposal sites in the manner and according to the procedures required by the landfill manager or his or her representative. Construction and demolition waste, white goods, scrap tires, or any other designated waste shall only be disposed of in the area designated for disposal of that particular waste.
(D) Mini station container sites, sanitary landfill sites, including all equipment, appurtenances, and fixtures thereon, are property of the county and it shall be unlawful for any person to destroy, deface, misuse, or damage said property in any manner whatsoever. All such public property shall be used and operated solely in the county, and shall not be removed from the county without written authority from the Solid Waste Director. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful for any person, not expressly authorized, to enter any of the above properties when the same shall be posted as closed.
(E) All persons using mini-station container sites, sanitary landfills, or recycling collection sites, assume all risks and are requested to employ all possible safety precautions while on any of these sites. The county shall not be held liable in case of injury or accident.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to set or cause to be set any fire in a solid waste container at the landfill or a mini-station location. No person shall place in a container embers, ashes, or other material which would create a fire hazard. The county offers a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone found guilty of burning or causing to burn solid waste containers.
(G) Solid waste placed in containers owned by the county becomes the property of the county. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any item from a solid waste collection site at the landfill, a mini-station location, or a recycling station. No person shall climb on, around, or inside a container. No person shall open or attempt to open any solid waste container.
(H) No person or persons shall loiter and/or congregate on any container site property, landfill property, or recycling station. No vehicle shall be left unattended on said property. Any vehicle left unattended shall be towed away at the owner’s expense.
(I) (1) All persons entering the sanitary landfill shall follow instructions of the attendant and all signs for access to unloading areas, and all vehicles shall unload and depart as expeditiously as possible so as not to unnecessarily interfere with the operation and maintenance of the sanitary landfill.
(2) All vehicles, including all municipal and county vehicles, upon entering the landfill gates shall follow all speed, directional, and instructional signs, and shall proceed in an orderly fashion.
(3) All vehicles, including all municipal and county vehicles, shall have a maximum of ten minutes to unload.
(4) All vehicles, including municipal and county vehicles, after unloading shall follow all directional signs and exit in the appropriate traffic lane.
(J) The following shall be the responsibility of the landfill or mini-station user:
(1) Define accurately the nature, content, and source of all materials delivered;
(2) Ensure that their vehicles are in good mechanical condition to aid traffic snarls and the like;
(3) Require that all children (15 years old or less) remain inside the vehicle on site;
(4) Obey all instructions of county landfill personnel both written and oral; and
(5) Respect hours of operation. Dump only during hours of operation.
(Ord. passed 7-23-1990) Penalty, see § 50.99