Chapter 8.04
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL
Sections:
8.04.010 Definitions.
When used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Refuse” means waste, including garbage and rubbish.
(2) “Garbage” means all putrescible waste, except sewage and body wastes, including waste-accumulated animal, food or vegetable matter; waste that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit and vegetables; all cans, boxes, cartons, papers or other organic materials of any nature in or adhering thereto; and wastes or accumulations of vegetable or animal matter of residences, restaurants, motels and places where food is prepared for human consumption.
(3) “Rubbish” means refuse other than garbage, including but not limited to tin cans, bottles, ashes, paper, pasteboard, cardboard or wooden boxes, brush, leaves, weeds and cuttings from trees, lawns, shrubs, and gardens, and other waste materials resulting from the normal course of everyday living.
(4) “Person” means a corporation, association or partnership, as well as an individual. (Ord. 12 § 1, 1974)
8.04.020 Transporting refuse.
Any person who shall carry or haul any refuse on the highways or roads within Crook County or to a refuse dump or landfill shall protect such refuse from wind or rain, and load it in a manner so that none of it shall drop or spill, and shall provide his vehicle carrying such refuse with a suitable cover securely fastened, or the load sufficiently bound so as to prevent the scattering or dropping of the refuse from the vehicle. (Ord. 12 § 2, 1974)
8.04.030 Penalties.
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by county ordinance. (Ord. 12 Amd. 1, 1984; Ord. 12 § 3, 1974)
8.04.040 Jurisdiction.
The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all violations under this chapter and subsequent amendments to this chapter. (Ord. 12 Amd. 2 § 1, 1998)