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REFUSE
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GARBAGE. Discarded material resulting from the handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving and consumption of food.
RECYCLABLES. Includes paper, plastic, tin cans, aluminum, motor oil, glass and other metal goods, each separated or otherwise prepared so as to be acceptable to the recycling center where they are to be deposited.
RECYCLING CENTER. Premises within the city approved by the Council for receipt, storage and processing of recyclables, and premises outside the city approved as a RECYCLING CENTER by the local unit of government having jurisdiction.
REFUSE. Garbage and rubbish, but shall not include sewage.
RUBBISH. Non-garbage solid waste such as tin cans, glass, paper, yard clippings and sweepings, or litter of any kind, but shall exclude earth and fill, boulders, rock and other materials normally handled in construction operations (hereinafter referred to as CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS), and further shall exclude sewage.
SANITARY LANDFILL or LANDFILL. A land disposal site established by the city for the disposal of refuse.
(Ord. 94, passed 3-22-1983)
(A) Unauthorized accumulation. Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse, sewage or construction materials on any premises is a nuisance and prohibited.
(B) Refuse in streets. No person shall place any refuse, sewage or construction materials in any street, alley or public place or upon private property except in proper containers for collection or lawful disposal. No person shall throw or deposit any of that material in any stream or other body of water.
(C) Scattering of refuse. No person shall deposit anywhere within the city any refuse in a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any public place or any other premises within the city.
(D) Burying of refuse. No person shall bury any refuse, sewage or construction materials in the city except in an approved sanitary landfill. This division (D) does not prevent anyone from composting leaves, grass clippings and other easily biodegradable, nonpoisonous garbage on his or her own premises. Composting of garbage is allowed so long as the composting is done in a rodent-proof structure and in an otherwise sanitary manner.
(Ord. 94, passed 3-22-1983) Penalty, see § 51.99
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