CHAPTER 941
Solid Waste/Recycling Collection
941.01    Definitions.
941.02    City to provide collection and disposal for residential buildings at City expense.
941.021    Fees for collection and disposal for residential buildings.
941.03    Solid waste collection and disposal service.
941.04    Solid waste preparation.
941.05    Container requirements.
941.06    Location of containers.
941.08    Materials not considered refuse.
941.09    Solid waste collection and disposal by non-City contractors.
941.10    Dumping of solid waste in public place; burning prohibited.
941.11    Burning or burying solid waste prohibited.
941.12    Commercial establishment containers.
941.13    Christmas tree removal.
941.14    Bulk items.
941.15    Leaf collection.
941.16    Public waste receptacles. (Repealed)
941.17    Green yard waste collection.
941.18    Title to recyclable materials.
941.19    Theft of recyclable materials.
941.20    Donation or sale of recyclable materials.
941.99    Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
   Power of Council to collect and dispose of garbage and refuse - see CHTR. Art.
      III, Sec. 10.0
   Disposal and transportation upon public ways - see Ohio R.C. 3767.20 et seq.
   Vehicle loads dropping, sifting, leaking - see TRAF. 339.08, 339.09
   Littering - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 503
941.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   “Refuse” as used herein, means all putrescible (perishable) substances, including vegetable and fruit waste; animal offal or manure (securely wrapped or bagged); household wastes (non-hazardous); and empty paint cans.
   (b)   “Resident”, “owner” or “householder” includes any owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or any person in charge of any dwelling, hotel or motel, restaurant, apartment house, office building, public building, store building, churches, schools or other building within the City.
   (c)   “Commercial establishments” includes each location occupied by a retail and/or wholesale firm, a firm furnishing sales and/or services, each location occupied by a quasi-public institution and each multiple family building consisting of more than six family dwelling units.
   (d)   “Residence” includes each single family dwelling unit, and each unit of a multiple family structure containing up to a maximum of six family dwelling units.
   (e)   “Collection contractor” means the person, partnership or corporation awarded the contract to collect refuse as herein defined from all residences within the limits of the City; and to transport such refuse to the disposal facility which shall be designated by the City.
   (f)   “Disposal contractor” means the person, partnership, or corporation having available a disposal facility sufficient to accept and dispose of the refuse from all residences within the limits of the City.
   (g)   “Bulk items” includes appliances; water tanks/boilers; sinks & fixtures; furniture; mattresses; carpeting (rolled in four-foot lengths and tied); dismantled swing sets (concrete bases removed).
   (h)   “Recyclable materials” means materials that would otherwise become refuse and that may be collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream as a raw material or product and shall include the following materials:
      (1)   Aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans;
      (2)   Glass containers;
      (3)   Plastic milk, water, juice and detergent containers;
      (4)   Corrugated paper (cardboard and paper boxes);
      (5)   Newspaper;
      (6)   Computer print-out paper;
      (7)   Other materials as set forth by rules promulgated by the Director of Public Service and published for a minimum of fifteen days.
   (i)   “Recycling program” means a resource recovery method that involves the collection and treatment of waste products for use as raw materials in manufacturing the same or a similar product.
   (j)   “Solid waste” means refuse and recyclable materials, all inclusive, to be disposed of.
   (k)   “Green Yard Waste” means yard waste, grass clippings, tree limbs (folded, bundled, and tied in lengths of no more than four feet with a diameter of no more than one foot and not more than forty pounds in weight).
      (Ord. 27-2021. Passed 6-7-21.)
941.02 CITY TO PROVIDE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AT CITY EXPENSE.
   The City shall provide, at the sole expense of the City, for the removal and disposition of solid waste from each residence within the City. The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to establish reasonable rules and regulations that are consistent with any ordinances of the City and as may be reasonably necessary to the public safety and health regarding the manner and method of collecting, handling, storing and disposing of solid waste within the City. (Ord. 27-2021. Passed 6-7-21.)
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