721.01 Refuse collection service.
721.02 Definitions.
721.03 Collection by contractor.
721.04 Collection supervised by Mayor or her designee.
721.05 Refuse containers.
721.06 Accumulation of refuse.
721.07 Points of collection.
721.071 Time limitations.
721.08 Frequency of collection.
721.09 Bulk items.
721.10 Refrigerant items.
721.11 Vehicles used.
721.12 Rules and regulations.
721.13 Fees.
721.14 Billings.
721.15 Delinquent accounts.
721.16 Scattering or pilfering refuse.
721.17 Curbside collection and disposal of recyclable materials.
721.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Collection and disposal of garbage - see Ohio R.C. 715.43, 717.01
Employment of scavengers - see Ohio R.C. 3707.39
Disposal and transportation upon public ways - see Ohio R.C. 3767.20 et seq.
Contracts with county garbage and rubbish disposal districts - see Ohio R.C. 343.08
Solid waste disposal regulations - see OAC Ch. 3745-27
Vehicle loads dropping, sifting, leaking - see TRAF. 339.08
Littering - see GEN. OFF. 521.08
Time limitations - see GEN. OFF. 521.08.1
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. "Shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
(a) "Ashes" means the residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel such as wood, coke, charcoal, and like substances.
(b) "Brush" means tree trimmings too large to containerize including branches not over four inches in diameter and sixty inches in length.
(c) "Building or Construction Waste" means waste materials and rubbish resulting from the construction, alteration or repair of buildings and structures such as walls, driveways, sidewalks and the like. Building or construction waste may consist of wood, plaster, metal, cement, lime, brick, mortar, concrete, lathing, roofing, earth, stone, slag, cinders and structural material.
(d) "Bulk items" means nonrefrigerant appliances, unpurged refrigerant appliances, furniture, mattresses and carpets.
(e) "Contractor" means the current holder of the contract with the Village for the collection and disposal of refuse and/or recyclable materials.
(f) "Dead animals" means the carcasses of dogs, cats, horses, and all dead animals of like size as distinguished from the carcasses of birds, small animals, rats and mice.
(g) "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(h) "Industrial wastes" means wastes that result from manufacturing, industrial and wholesale businesses.
(i) "Multiple family residence or apartment" includes the grouping together under a common roof or on a single lot of two or more residential units.
(j) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(k) "Reasonable accumulation" means the amount of refuse determined by the Mayor or her designee to be considered within reason during a collection period for the standard charge. For residential units the amount shall be considered to be five(5) thirty-five (35) gallon bags.
(l) "Refrigerant appliance" means any appliance containing a chemical refrigerant, including air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators and freezers.
(m) "Refuse" includes all solid waste, except body waste, including garbage, rubbish, brush, ashes and street cleanings.
(n) "Regular Collection" means the weekly scheduled and routinely performed collection of normal accumulation of refuse.
(o) "Residential unit" means the place of abode of a person or persons living separately or together as an independent family.
(p) "Recyclable materials" means the following items for recycling: newspaper, office paper (Village Hall), glass, PET and HDPE plastic, aluminum, bi-metal and tin beverage and food containers.
(q) "Unacceptable refuse" means automotive vehicle parts, tires, land clearing residue (stumps, logs, etc.), animal excrement and dead animals, building and construction waste, earth, large rocks, commercial waste and industrial waste, hazardous waste or any refuse not properly bagged, containerized or bundled.
(r) "Village" means the Village of Perry, Lake County, Ohio.
(s) "Mayor or her designee" means the Mayor or her designee appointed by the Mayor.
(t) "Yard Waste" means grass, leaves, tree and brush trimmings.
(Ord. 2014-005. Passed 2-13-14.)
(a) Residential Collection. The Village shall enter into an agreement with a contractor and/or other governmental agency for the exclusive license or privilege to remove all acceptable refuse from all single-family residential units and two and three-unit multiple family residences, and no other person, firm or corporation or governmental entity shall, during the period of the license, be permitted to affect such removal. Collection of refuse from four or more unit multiple family residential, commercial, industrial, institutional or nonprofit locations shall be by private haulers, between the hours of 7:00a.m. and 5:00p.m. on the date scheduled for collection.
(b) Residents of any detached residential units occupying a lot alone, including two and three-unit multiple-family residences shall advise the contractor prior to their choice of type of service among the following options:
Service Level A:
Minimum generator service Per Bag.
Customers shall have no limit on the number of bags they may place out for collection. There shall be no monthly charge for refuse service.
Service Level B:
Unlimited Service with 90 Gallon Toter
Unlimited Service with 65 Gallon Toter Per Month
(Ord. 2014-005. Passed 2-13-14.)
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