Loading...
The town shall contract for all residential garbage and trash collection within the town including single-family or multi-family, up to and including 4-plex units; residents receiving garbage service are required to utilize the contracted service provider through the municipality. All residents of single family residences and multi-family units within the town receiving town garbage service shall pay the charges and fees specified in resolution and shall comply with the following rules and regulations pertaining to the collection of trash and garbage.
(A) Residents of the town, subject to this chapter, shall comply with collection approved by the town in the manner which follows:
(1) All residents of the town and each family unit (single through 4-plex) who are subject to this chapter shall be issued one collection container by the contracted service provider.
(2) Each family unit (single through 4-plex) shall have one collection container for garbage unless a request is submitted at town hall.
(3) Only garbage service provided collection containers shall be allowed for use.
(4) All requirements of the garbage service provider shall be followed.
(5) If the container is stored outside, it shall be kept so as to protect the container and its content from animals. Garbage placed in the containers shall be bagged and tied to prevent blowing during collection. Loose garbage placed in the container is prohibited.
(6) Residents should place the collection containers in a location suitable and readily accessible for collection by the collection truck no later than 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. Containers shall be removed from the curb within 24 hours of being emptied.
(B) Residents of the town are responsible for picking up trash and garbage from tipped containers.
(C) If a collection container becomes unusable due to damages resulting from causes other than the collection truck, the resident shall be responsible for purchasing a new container from the service provider.
(Ord. passed 6-19-2018)
Yard waste collection is limited to residents who live within municipal town limits. Yard waste will not be collected for disposal, it must be delivered without any container to the yard waste disposal containers located on 1st Street. No yard waste shall be commingled with any trash, rubbish, infectious or hazardous waste, or other non-yard waste materials.
(Ord. passed 6-19-2018; Ord. passed 12-20-2022)
(A) The town shall make a charge for each month for the collection of refuse from each family domestic unit. The charge shall be billed on the monthly water bill to each family domestic unit and shall be immediately due and payable upon the billing date. It shall be payable with, and in addition to, the water bill.
(B) In the event refuse collection is provided by the town under the provisions of this chapter to a family domestic unit within the garbage service district not independently served by the town water service and billed therefor, the owner and occupant of the dwelling unit occupied by the family domestic unit shall be billed for each month at the same rate that the water users are billed. The refuse collection charge shall be forthwith payable to the town by either the owner or occupant of the dwelling unit.
(C) Bills shall be payable at the Town Finance Office or at the authorized bank depository by automatic withdrawal upon enrollment.
(D) The rates for any and all charges the town shall make under this provision shall be prescribed by resolution of the Common Council.
(E) In addition to the foregoing methods of billing and collecting the charges for refuse collection, the Finance Officer, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, may from time to time adopt, use, and enforce such other methods of billing and collection of the charges as may be reasonably efficient, feasible, and appropriate, to the end that in every case all collection charges provided by this section shall be paid.
(Ord. passed 6-19-2018)
No person shall deposit, place, or throw any refuse in or upon any street, alley, or other public place. No person shall place any refuse upon any private property, whether owned by the person or not, unless the garbage shall be enclosed in a collection container meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 6-19-2018)
(A) Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to the general penalty provision of § 10.99.
(B) Further, any person violating this chapter shall be subject to a civil action for the recovery of any damages occurring as a result of the violation(s).
(Ord. passed 6-19-2018)