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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
THE CHARTER
PART ONE--ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN--BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - ZONING CODE
PART TWELVE - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
PART THIRTEEN--BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
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919.04 FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION.
   Except as otherwise provided in the City's Codified Ordinances, every person who is the owner or tenant of a premises shall have all solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances accumulating on his premises collected and disposed of, in accordance with the law, on at least a weekly basis; unless, solid waste collection by the sanitation services public utility, the residential hauler, the commercial hauler serving the premises or the City has been delayed during the week. No person who is an owner or tenant of a residential premises shall permit solid waste accumulating on his residential premises to be collected or disposed of by anyone other than a sanitation services public utility, the residential hauler serving the premises or the City. No person who is an owner or tenant of a premises shall allow any solid waste accumulating on his premises, other than residential premises, not collected and disposed of by a sanitation services public utility or the City to be collected and disposed of by any person other than a commercial hauler.
(Ord. 90-639. Passed 12-4-90.)
 
919.05 UNLAWFUL ACCUMULATION OF SOLID WASTE.
   Except as otherwise provided in the City's Codified Ordinances, no owner or tenant of any premises shall knowingly allow solid waste, demolition matter or dangerous substances to accumulate in or on his premises, or upon any alley, street or other public way adjacent to his premises, for a period in excess of one week. Solid waste and demolition matter accumulated from engaging in clearing land, building, rebuilding or otherwise erecting or altering a building or other structure shall be removed by the person or licensed building contractor generating such solid waste, demolition matter or both; provided, however, that an owner or tenant of a residential premises may employ a residential hauler to remove and dispose of such solid waste and demolition matter and that a licensed building contractor or the owner or tenant of the premises, other than a residential premises may employ a commercial hauler to remove and dispose of such solid waste and demolition matter.
(Ord. 90-639. Passed 12-4-90.)
 
919.051 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDED BY OWNER.
   On and after January 1, 1997, no owner of real property within the City upon which living quarters are, or have been, maintained and in which garbage or refuse, or both, are created shall fail to assure the collection of all such garbage or refuse from the premises by solid waste collectors licensed by the City pursuant to Chapters 921 and 922 of the Codified Ordinances of The City of Springfield, Ohio.
(Ord. 96-319, passed 9-24-96; Ord. 16-83, passed 3-29-16.)
 
919.06 DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE, DEMOLITION MATTER AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall bury or otherwise dispose of any solid waste by depositing it or causing it to be deposited upon any property, public or private, other than those properties licensed by the State as a solid waste disposal site or facility pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3734.
 
   (b)   No person shall deposit their solid waste, demolition matter or dangerous substances upon the property of another for any purpose, including the purpose of having such solid waste, demolition matter or dangerous substances collected by a residential hauler or commercial hauler, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
 
   (c)   No person shall dispose of any demolition matter by depositing it or causing it to be deposited upon any premises other than those designated by the City Manager as a demolition dump pursuant to Chapter 923.
 
   (d)   No person shall deposit solid waste accumulated from a private premises, in a public litter receptacle.
 
   (e)   No person other than a sanitation services public utility, residential hauler or the City shall collect and dispose of solid waste generated at a residential premises in the City, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.
(Ord. 87-740. Passed 12-29-87.)
 
919.07 PERMITTING VEHICLE TO STAND.
   No person shall cause or permit any vehicle containing solid waste to stand upon any street, alley or thoroughfare, or public or private property within the City for more than one hour, except when in actual use in receiving or loading solid waste.
(Ord. 90-639. Passed 12-4-90.)
 
919.08 NUISANCE PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No person shall maintain, collect, receive, remove, transport, convey or dispose of any solid waste, demolition matter or dangerous substances in such manner or by such means to constitute a public or private nuisance, or to constitute a source of injury or damage to the person or property of another.
 
   (b)   In the event the Board of Health determines that the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City will be threatened by the continuance of the condition of the public nuisance described in this section, and determines that the public nuisance must be removed immediately to prevent injury to the life or property, or both, of the residents of the City, the Board of Health shall cause the immediate abatement of such public nuisance at the expense of the property owner. The Board of Health shall conduct such nuisance abatement actions and shall recover the costs of such nuisance abatement actions in accordance with the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 3707.
 
   (c)   The enforcement measures contained in this section shall be in addition to other methods of enforcing the provisions of Chapters 919, 921, 922 and 923, which the City may have.
(Ord. 87-740. Passed 12-29-87.)
 
919.09 POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITY MANAGER.
   It shall be the duty of the City Manager to supervise, see to and provide for the control of the keeping, collection, removal and disposal of all solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances which accumulate within the City, and to enforce or cause the enforcement of the provisions of Chapters 919, 921, 922 and 923, and any rules, regulations and orders promulgated by him pursuant thereto. For the purpose of carrying out the spirit and intent of Chapters 919, 921, 922 and 923, and in furtherance thereof, the City Manager is authorized and directed to promulgate and record in his official journal such rules, regulations and orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and on behalf of the City, relating to the keeping, collection, removal and disposition of solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances and the sweeping of the streets, as he shall deem necessary for the health, safety and sanitary requirements of the public. Such rules, regulations and orders, without limitations on the generality thereof, may include or relate to the subject matter of the places or points on or about premises where containers, bags or bundles prescribed by this chapter, may be kept or placed for collection purposes; schedules, whether daily or otherwise, for collection; types of containers which may be utilized for keeping solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances on any premises and types of vehicles and containers in which solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances may be collected and transported over the streets and public ways of the City, places and methods of disposal of solid waste, demolition matter and dangerous substances; the designation of solid waste dumps and the operation and maintenance thereof. Every such rule, regulation and order when recorded in his official journal by the City Manager shall have the same force and effect as if specifically set forth in Chapters 919, 921, 922 and 923.
(Ord. 90-639. Passed 12-4-90.)
 
919.10 SUITABILITY OF SANITATION SERVICE PUBLIC UTILITY.
   Any prospective franchisee shall provide an officer's certificate to the City certifying, under oath, and documenting any and all adjudicated or pending actions or matters brought or filed against it or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries by any governmental authority, whether federal, state, administrative, local or otherwise, which involve compliance or noncompliance with environmental rules or regulations, the violation of which did or could result in criminal or civil penalties being assessed or settlements in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000), or of a criminal or civil nature filed by such a governmental authority which involves allegations including, but not limited to, antitrust matters, price-fixing, bid rigging, fraud or bribery, covering a period of five years prior to the first reading of the ordinance establishing the prospective franchisee as a sanitation services public utility.
(Ord. 87-240. Passsed 7-17-87.)
 
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