(A) No person shall abandon large airtight containers and appliances such as refrigerators that have not been rendered incapable of being made airtight again or have been rendered incapable of locking or closing. The container or airtight appliance, all household garbage and other refuse covered by this chapter shall be stored in a manner or fashion as individual homeowners or garbage contractors may choose so long as the same does not constitute or create a health hazard.
(B) No owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any property may deposit, store or permit to accumulate any solid waste upon his or her property that is not stored or disposed of in a manner prescribed by this chapter or other applicable state and federal regulations.
(C) The owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any property shall remove or cause to be removed all solid waste from his or her property in a period of time so that the same shall not constitute a health hazard.
(D) Garbage shall be stored in containers as the owner, occupant, tenant or lessee may choose so long as the same is kept clean and does not produce an odor or other nuisance condition.
(E) Refuse shall be stored in a manner that will not provide harborage to rodents and vermin and will not create a fire hazard.
(F) No owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any building or dwelling may leave outside the building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or unattended icebox, refrigerator or other receptacle that has an airtight door without first removing a locking or closing mechanism of the door.
(G) Solid waste shall be disposed of only in one of the following ways:
(1) In the county’s transfer station, as approved by the State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources;
(2) In other disposable area as has obtained all local, state and federal air pollution control permits; and/or
(3) By any other method, including reclamation and recycling processes, that has been approved by the State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources.
(H) In addition to the methods listed in division (G) above, household garbage may be disposed of only at the county’s convenience/recycling centers. The recycling/convenience centers provided by the county shall not be used at any time by any commercial or for profit hauler or transporter of garbage or solid waste.
(I) Demolition wastes shall be separated from household garbage and disposed of in the county demolition landfill as approved by the county or its designees.
(J) Infectious, hazardous and radioactive wastes shall be disposed of according to written procedures approved by the State Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources.
(K) Any person collecting and transporting solid wastes for disposal shall dispose of solid wastes at the transfer station provided by the county.
(L) Disposal of nonfriable asbestos at the transfer station must be arranged through the Solid Waste Director no less than two working days prior to removing it from its original location, except for friable asbestos which the person in possession of the friable asbestos must dispose of or cause to be disposed of at the facility to which solid waste from the transfer station is removed for disposal.
(M) Disposal of sharp containers must be arranged through the Solid Waste Director at least three working days prior to removal from the facility.
(N) Recyclable corrugated cardboard; aluminum cans; brown, clear and green glass containers; plastic containers produced by use of the plastic resins polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE); and newspaper shall be separated from industrial, commercial, institutional and household solid waste and disposed of in a recycling container or delivered to a recyclables processing facility.
(Ord. passed 12-16-1991; Ord. 95-1, passed 1-9-1995; Ord. passed 7-21-1997; Ord. passed 9-22-1997) Penalty, see § 50.99