(a) All composting shall be performed in porous containers or pits. The porous container or pit may utilize up to 25 square feet in the rear yard only. The maximum height of the container, pit or composting pile shall be four feet measured from ground level, and the maximum depth of the container or pit shall be two and one-half feet. All composting containers or pits shall be kept at least two feet from the rear property line, at least two feet from the side property line, and at least 40 feet from any habitable structures, porches or patios. All composting items shall be turned and mixed with approved compost material, lime or dirt. This turning and mixing shall be performed at least once a month. All composting containers or pits shall be kept in an orderly condition to prevent blowing debris, insect and rodent attraction, offensive odors and unsightly appearances. The Director of Public Safety may cause to be promulgated such reasonable rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to insure the safe, healthy and sanitary use of composting containers or pits in the City.
(b) Composting items shall include grass, shrub clippings, leaves, flowers and garden plants only. No owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot or land located within the City shall do any of the following with respect to composting containers or pits:
(1) Keep or leave human waste, refuse or the bodies of dead animals in composting containers or pits;
(2) Deposit, store or dispose of manure, garbage or any other substance which will attract vectors;
(3) Store, discharge or deposit sewage, human waste, wash water, garbage or other substances that will make composting containers or pits a potential transmission agent of disease; or
(4) Store or deposit any waste or other substance which will pollute the water or soil.
(Ord. 145-13. Passed 7-1- 13.)