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GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCEPTABLE LOOSE RECYCLING. Newspapers, magazines, cardboard, paper, glass, aluminum cans, steel cans, plastic types one through five (no lids).
AGGREGATE RECYCLING. Brick, stone, concrete, asphalt, sand, dirt, gravel, rock.
GARBAGE. Kitchen refuse, rags, litter, debris that is not an immediate hazard to the health of the residents of the city or anything that may decompose and become offensive to the public health.
(Prior Code, § 4-201)
GREEN WASTE. Wood chips, raw lumber, trees, tree branches, saw dust, sticks, twigs, tree leaves, cut grass, shrubbery, weeds.
METAL RECYCLING. Discarded metal appliances, mowers, bicycles, scrap metal, wire, automobile parts.
RUBBISH or TRASH. Toilet, carpet, linoleum, construction debris, tires, non-raw lumber, dead animals. Any other litter or debris that is not an immediate hazard to the health of the residents of the city.
(Prior Code, § 4-202)
WASTE. Cinders, ashes, plaster, light bulbs, oil, paint. Any other litter or debris that is an immediate hazard to the health of the residents of the city.
(Prior Code, § 4-203) (Ord. 741, passed 6-14-2023)
(A) The owner, duly authorized agent, or tenant of any lot or land within the corporate limits or extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city shall remove garbage or refuse found upon the lot, land, streets, roads, or alleys abutting the lot or land which constitutes a public nuisance.
(B) Notice that removal of garbage or refuse is necessary shall be given to each owner or owner's duly authorized agent and to the tenant, if any. The notice shall be provided by personal service or by certified mail. After providing the notice, the city shall, in addition to other proper remedies, remove the garbage or refuse, or cause it to be removed, from the lot, land, streets, roads, or alleys.
(C) If the Mayor declares that the accumulation of garbage or refuse upon any lot or land constitutes an immediate nuisance and hazard to public health and safety, the city shall remove the garbage or refuse, or cause it to be removed, from the lot or land within 48 hours after notice by personal service or following receipt of a certified letter in accordance with division (B) above if the garbage or refuse has not been removed.
(D) Whenever the city removes any garbage or refuse, or causes it to be removed, from any lot or land pursuant to this section, it shall, after a hearing conducted by the Mayor, assess the cost of the removal against the lot or land.
(Neb. RS 18-1752) (Prior Code, § 4-204) (Ord. 725, passed 2-2-2022)
Penalty, see § 10.99
LANDFILL
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVED CONTAINER.
(1) A container which does protect the contents from the elements, animals, rodents, is not cracked, has a lid, and the like;
(2) A container which does not exceed a capacity of 50 gallons;
(3) A container which is not unreasonably heavy or cumbersome; and
(4) All containers will be approved by the Public Works Supervisor.
(5) Any container that does not protect the contents from the elements, animals, rodents will not be emptied.
(Prior Code, § 3-901)
GARBAGE.
(1) The articles directly associated with personal consumption and private household use. Such articles shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Food;
(b) Food waste;
(c) CDs;
(d) Single use plastics;
(e) Plastic bags and soft plastics;
(f) Clear plastic and Styrofoam cups;
(g) plastic wrap;
(h) Styrofoam products, packaging, and peanuts;
(i) Plastic container lids and caps; and
(j) Crockery;
(k) *Some items of rubbish, trash, waste - fees apply.
(2) NOT GARBAGE
(a) Acceptable recycling;
(b) Green waste;
(c) Aggregate recycling;
(d) Metal recycling;
(e) Rubbish, trash, waste;
(f) Any other articles which the City Council may determine to be not reasonably capable of being removed in a safe, sanitary, or economical manner.
(Prior Code, § 3-902) (Ord. 741, passed 6-14-2023)
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