Chapter 15.70
REFUSE SERVICE
Sections:
15.70.010 Mandatory subscription.
15.70.020 Rates, fees, charges and payments.
15.70.010 Mandatory subscription.
(a) The owner and the occupant of every inhabited dwelling within the city boundaries including places of business and employment shall be jointly and severally responsible to subscribe to sanitary sewer service in accordance with Chapter 15.60 and shall be jointly and severally responsible to subscribe for refuse collection services for such inhabited dwelling.
(b) The owner and occupant of every inhabited dwelling, including places of business and employment shall be jointly and severally responsible to provide and maintain at least one garbage can upon the premises. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)
15.70.020 Rates, fees, charges and payments.
Billings for refuse services shall be mailed to each customer as scheduled in accordance with duly enacted rules and regulations, and shall be mailed at least ten days prior to the date the bill becomes delinquent, which date shall be shown on the bill. Upon determination of a delinquency in payment as provided above, the utility manager shall commence necessary collection proceedings. The total amount due and owing on a delinquent account shall accrue interest at the rate of ten percent per annum, or the maximum rate of interest provided by law, whichever is less, from the due date to collection of the account. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)
15.70.030 Prohibited acts.
It is unlawful for any person to:
(a) Use containers for the disposal of refuse other than garbage cans unless the person or their agent regularly transports the refuse to the sanitary landfill or unless the utility manager authorizes the use of larger containers to promote more effective and efficient operation of the refuse collection service;
(b) Maintain or permit the accumulation of refuse in or around premises for more than seventy-two hours unless the refuse is contained in garbage cans;
(c) Place, deposit or permit to be placed or deposited refuse upon the property of another, including public property, except with the consent of the owner of said property and only when such placement or deposit is for the purpose of collection;
(d) Carry, remove or transport refuse on a street or alley unless the refuse is contained or otherwise covered to prevent accidental discharge;
(e) Dispose of human waste in any method other than a state-approved septic system or holding tank or through use of a sanitary sewer service;
(f) Fail or refuse to provide a lawful means of sanitarily disposing of human waste for any property that is held out for rent, or otherwise offered for use, as a dwelling. The person listed as the owner of any such property on the municipal tax rolls commits an infraction if he fails to provide such a means of disposal that is sufficient to accommodate the number of dwelling units on the property in a safe and sanitary manner. (Ord. O-14-01-02 § 38, 2014: Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)
15.70.040 Sanitary landfill.
The city may maintain a sanitary landfill for the disposal of refuse and waste materials in accordance with rates, rules and regulations adopted by the council. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)
15.70.050 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
“Garbage can” means a leakproof thirty-two-gallon or smaller standard container with a tight-fitting lid, used for the collection of refuse.
“Person” means the head of the household occupying or maintaining a dwelling or the owner or manager of an office, light commercial enterprise or other premises.
“Premises” means an occupied dwelling, office, light commercial business or related structure whose occupants create or accumulate refuse weekly. Each unit in a multi-occupied structure is considered to be a separate premises.
“Refuse” means garbage, rubbish, ashes and similar material discharged from the routine operation of a premises, and susceptible of placement in garbage cans.
“Sanitary landfill” means the area or areas designated by the city for the deposit of refuse. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)