CHAPTER 50: GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
Section
   50.01   Effectiveness
   50.02   Definitions
   50.03   Sanitation collection service and duty to pay required
   50.04   Container required; placement
   50.05   Meddling with trash receptacles prohibited
   50.06   Containers to be kept sanitary and secure
   50.07   Unauthorized private collections prohibited
   50.08   Sanitation service: city options.
   50.09   Removal of building materials
   50.10   Prohibited acts
   50.11   Nonresidential customers; container types; collection schedules
   50.12   Manner of collection and transportation
   50.13   Licensing for collection
   50.14   Collection of leaves, trees or tree limbs
Cross-reference:
   Health and Safety; Nuisances, see Chapter 92
§ 50.01 EFFECTIVENESS.
   The provisions of this chapter are not effective until the City Council has complied with the notice and hearing requirements of M.S. § 115A.94, as it may be amended from time to time.
§ 50.02 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   GARBAGE. Organic refuse resulting from the preparation of food, and decayed and spoiled food from any source.
   RUBBISH. All inorganic refuse matter such as tin cans, glass, paper, ashes and the like.
§ 50.03 SANITATION COLLECTION SERVICE AND DUTY TO PAY REQUIRED.
   (A)   Sanitation collection service requirement. Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing or renting any premises or any place where garbage or rubbish accumulates in excess of 33 gallons per week shall subscribe to a sanitation collection service.
   (B)   Duty to pay. The City Council provides for the regular collection and disposal of garbage from residential dwellings and places of business in the city. The owners of all property receiving such service must pay the proportionate cost of such service to their properties.
   (C)   Default of payment. If a property owner fails to pay such service charges, the City Council may annually impose an assessment equal to the unpaid charges as of September 30 of each year against each affected lot or parcel of land.
   (D)   Penalty and interest. Each assessment will also include a penalty of 10% and shall bear interest at 6% per year.
   (E)   Certification of assessments. Assessments may be annually certified to the County Auditor.
   (F)   Notice and hearing. Unpaid charges shall not be certified as assessments to the County Auditor until notice and an opportunity for a hearing are provided to each owner of property subject to an assessment. The notice shall be sent by first class mail and shall state that, if payment is not made before the date for certification, the entire amount unpaid plus any penalty and interest owing will be certified to the County Auditor. The notice shall also state that the occupant may, before the certification date, attend or schedule a hearing on the matter to object to the certification.
(Ord. 2016-10, passed 10-3-2016)
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