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(A) Rates and charges, generally. The owner or occupant of any premises served by the city collection system within the city shall pay to the city a service charge as provided herein. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish a system of service charges for refuse collection. In the resolution it shall fix the charges, including any special charges for extra hauling or collecting from an excessive number of containers and classify users, of the service according to the type of occupancy and number of collections per week.
(B) Billing. The service charge for each premises shall be made to the owner and occupant. The refuse collection charge may be separately billed by the City Clerk-Treasurer or may be billed as a separate entry on the water or sewer bill.
(C) Payment. Service charges shall be payable at the same time as bills for water service and subject to the same conditions of payment. If any charge is unpaid on September 1 of any year, the Council may levy an assessment equal to the unpaid charges as of that date plus interest at the rate of 10% from that date, or any other interest rate as provided by Council resolution. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall certify the assessment to the County Auditor for collection in the same manner as assessments for local improvements.
(D) Fund. All service charges shall be deposited in a separate account in the General Fund.
(E) Adjustments. The City Council may, by Council resolution, determine and issue rules and regulations providing for a waiver or reduction in the payment of the service charges in the event premises are unoccupied or other equitable circumstances, and may, in connection therewith, provide reasonable requirements in connection with same.
(Ord. 94, passed 3-22-1983)
(A) The City Council may, by resolution, set aside certain property owned or otherwise controlled by the city for use as a sanitary landfill to provide for the disposal of refuse by the city refuse collectors or by individuals.
(B) (1) The City Council, by resolution, shall issue rules and regulations for the use of the landfill, including the hours that it is open, restrictions on disposal, and fees to be levied and to be assessed for the use of same.
(2) The resolutions may provide that the rates and charges for refuse collection shall constitute payment of the fees for use of the landfill, and further, the resolutions may provide a separate fee or charge for users of the city’s refuse collection system and non-users.
(C) (1) Persons shall not dispose of any garbage, rubbish, refuse, sewage or construction materials at the landfill in violation of regulations of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and a violation of same shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(2) No person shall violate any of the rules or regulations provided by Council resolution in connection with the use of the landfill.
(D) All service charges connected herewith shall be deposited in the General Fund or in a separate account in the General Fund for the landfill or for the landfill and refuse collection.
(Ord. 94, passed 3-22-1983) Penalty, see § 51.99
No person shall place or cause to be placed any rubbish, garbage, other refuse, construction materials or anything he or she intends to dispose of or abandon within or next to a garbage can or dumpster or anywhere else unless he or she owns or leases the receptacle, or have the permission of the property owner or tenant. This does not prohibit the placement of recyclables within the approved recycling center.
(Ord. 120, passed 4-13-1993) Penalty, see § 51.99
SANITARY LANDFILL
A municipal sanitary landfill to be known as the city sanitary landfill, be and the same is hereby established on the following described real estate in the City of Hoyt Lakes, County of St. Louis, State of Minnesota, which premises are leased for the use by the city:
A 40-acre tract in the center of the south one-half of the northeast quarter (S l/2 of NE 1/4) and the north one-half of the southeast quarter, (N l/2 of SE 1/4), Section Four, Township 58, North Range 14.
(Ord. 55, passed 3-9-1971)
The dumping of any waste refuse, garbage, rubbish, material or materials of any kind whatsoever by any person, persons or corporation within the city, except as may be permitted by this subchapter, is prohibited and unlawful.
(Ord. 55, passed 3-9-1971) Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) No person who is not a resident of the city shall deposit on the city sanitary landfill refuse, garbage, rubbish or other materials of any character whatsoever, excepting under the supervision and direction of the caretaker of the sanitary landfill. No person shall deposit on the sanitary landfill refuse, garbage, rubbish or other material of any character, which refuse or garbage, rubbish or material did not originate in the city.
(B) Persons who are nonresidents of the city, but who are occupying campsites in the city camping grounds, shall be considered residents of the city during the occupancy.
(Ord. 55, passed 3-9-1971) Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) The City Council shall, by resolution, determine the days and hours of the week when, the sanitary landfill shall be open to the public for the depositing of refuse, rubbish, garbage or other material of any character.
(B) No person shall deposit refuse, garbage, rubbish or any other materials on the sanitary landfill at any other time or times.
(C) Notice of the days and hours of the week during which the sanitary landfill will be open for public use shall be posted at the sanitary landfill, and shall be published in the official city newspaper.
(Ord. 55, passed 3-9-1971)
Every person using the sanitary landfill shall deposit refuse in areas designated and shall not deposit any refuse, garbage, rubbish or any other materials in any area posted for “no dumping” and shall only deposit refuse, garbage, rubbish or any other materials as directed by the caretakers, and in accordance with posted signs stating rules and regulations for the dumping and depositing of waste.
(Ord. 55, passed 3-9-1971) Penalty, see § 51.99
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