CHAPTER 41: GARBAGE AND REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
Section
   41.01   Definitions
   41.02   Approved containers
   41.03   Burning or burying garbage
   41.04   Accumulation of garbage and refuse prohibited
   41.05   Containers required
   41.06   Precollection practices
   41.07   Collection schedule
   41.08   Unlawful to displace containers
   41.09   Special or bulk collections regulated
   41.10   Separation of garbage and refuse
§ 41.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   "BUILDING MATERIAL SCRAPS." Scrap building material from the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, or repair of a building, walkway, driveway, sign, and other structure, including but not limited to, excavated earth, tree stumps, rocks, gravel, bricks, plaster, concrete, lumber, or any other similar material used in construction or the containers or wrappings therefor.
   "GARBAGE." All putrescible wastes, including animal and vegetable matter, animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable industrial byproducts but excluding sewage and human wastes.
   "REFUSE." All nonputrescible wastes.
   "SOLID WASTE." Garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, and other discarded solid materials, including "SOLID WASTE" materials resulting from homes, businesses, industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants.
   "TREE TRIMMINGS." Tree limbs, leaves, shrubbery, weeds, plants, or grass.
§ 41.02 APPROVED CONTAINERS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place, or deposit any garbage or refuse of any kind on any public or private property except in approved containers or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
§ 41.03 BURNING OR BURYING GARBAGE.
   It shall be unlawful to burn or set fire to any garbage for the purpose of disposal. In addition, it shall be unlawful to bury any refuse for the purpose of disposal unless a permit therefor has been granted by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
Editorial Note: Extensive state regulations are in effect with respect to the open burning of trash and refuse; see Dept. of Environmental Management; Regulations Governing the Control of Air Pollution.
§ 41.04 ACCUMULATION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROHIBITED.
   All garbage and refuse shall be collected and placed in containers as required by this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any person to permit garbage or refuse to accumulate or remain on any premises longer than is reasonably necessary to remove and deposit same in approved containers as required herein.
§ 41.05 CONTAINERS REQUIRED.
   The occupant of every building or premises where garbage and refuse does or may exist shall provide containers made of substantial galvanized iron, plastic, rubber, or other nonrusting material in which shall be deposited all garbage and refuse existing at such building or premises. Each container shall be provided with handles or bails and with a tight fitting cover made of the same material as the container. All containers shall be watertight and they shall be of a size that can be conveniently handled by the collectors, and no container shall be more than 30 gallons in capacity nor measure over 22 inches in diameter or 30 inches in height. All containers shall be kept in a reasonably clean condition.
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