(A) Unauthorized accumulation. Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premises is a nuisance and prohibited.
(B) Refuse in streets and the like.
(1) No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley or public place or upon any private property except in proper containers for collection.
(2) No person shall throw or deposit refuse 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 so that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any public or private premises within the city.
(D) Burying the refuse; composting.
(1) No person shall bury any refuse in the city except in an approved sanitary landfill, but leaves, grass clippings and easily biodegradable, non-poisonous garbage may be composited on the premises where the refuse has been accumulated.
(2) Garbage may be composited only in a rodent-proof structure and in any otherwise sanitary manner and after the Health Officer gives its approval to the composting after it finds that the composting will be done in accordance with these standards.
(E) Collection of ashes.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to store, deposit or dispose of any refuse which is in flame or heated to the point where it could cause danger of fire or any other material which is flammable as to create a danger of fire or explosion.
(2) The garbage collector will pick up ashes only if stored in a sealed plastic bag.
(F) Burning of leaves.
(1) Burning shall be prohibited within 100 feet of the ordinary high water level of a general development and recreational development lake.
(2) A wood burning campfire less than 3 feet in diameter, designed to enclose ash for removal would be exempt from this rule as well as agricultural zoned lands.
(1986 Code, § 502.02) (Am. Ord. 19, passed 10-2-1995; Am. Ord. 66, passed 8-7-2006) Penalty, see § 10.99