GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 91.001 PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.

   This chapter is enacted by the Common Council for the purpose of better serving and protecting the inhabitants of the city and promoting their well being and health and protecting their property; to provide for a method of disposal of garbage and other waste accumulations within the city and for the maintenance, installation, or improvement of such service; to make illegal the promiscuous accumulation of garbage, rubbish, and other unsanitary, unsightly, and harmful waste substances, and the improper disposal thereof; to prevent injury or annoyance to the public or to individuals from things dangerous, offensive, or unwholesome; to compel the abatement and removal of nuisances caused by unauthorized accumulations and disposal of refuse; and, in general, to preserve and promote the public health by providing regulations for the disposal of refuse.

(Prior Code, § 13-1)

§ 91.002 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   GARBAGE. Include all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of small animals, kitchen and table refuse, swill, and every accumulation of both animal and vegetable matter that attends the preparation, decay, or storage of meats, fish, fowl, birds, or vegetables, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and shall include all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residents.

   REFUSE. Include garbage and trash, either or both.

   TRASH. Includes all nonputrescible wastes, including discarded and abandoned articles.

(Prior Code, § 13-2)

§ 91.003 REQUIREMENTS AS TO MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE.

   (A)   Refuse which originates upon any premises within the city shall not be suffered by the owner or occupant of the premises to accumulate in such manner or in such quantity as to constitute a fire or safety hazard or a danger to health, or so as to become unsightly or otherwise give offense to persons in the neighborhood. Garbage and trash shall be disposed of regularly, as provided in this chapter. Wastes other than garbage and trash shall be disposed of by the owner or occupant promptly as it originates, in a sanitary and lawful manner.

   (B)   Garbage and trash to be collected as provided by this chapter shall be stored, pending collection, in conformity with the requirements of this chapter.

   (C)   It shall be the duty of owners, occupants, and persons in charge of premises not devoted to agricultural uses to keep the grass thereon cut to a height of not more than six inches and to keep all premises free of noxious weeds and of undergrowths which afford breeding places for insects, reptiles, and rodents, and to prevent all building materials from accumulating on the premises for any period longer than 90 days.

(Prior Code, § 13-3) (Ord. passed 12-1-2014)

§ 91.004 PROHIBITED DISPOSAL; EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION.

   (A)   No person shall deposit or dispose of any garbage, trash, or other waste matter, or any carcass or part thereof or any offal upon any street, sidewalk, public place or vacant lot, or upon private premises owned or occupied by another, except that garbage and trash may be set out in receptacles for collection as provided in this chapter. No person shall deposit or dispose of any garbage, trash, or other waste matter or any carcass or part thereof or any offal in any pond, lake, spring, well, or watercourse or in any gutter or drain. The provisions of this section shall apply within the city, and within public places (other than an approved dump) and with respect to ponds, lakes, springs, and watercourses in unincorporated places within one mile beyond the city in all directions.

(Prior Code, § 13-4)