Chapter 8.12
GARBAGE DISPOSAL SITE
Sections:
8.12.030 Access to disposal site.
8.12.040 Disposition of garbage.
8.12.050 Operation of disposal site.
8.12.070 Days and hours of operation.
8.12.080 Municipally owned vehicles exempt.
8.12.090 Penalty for violations.
8.12.010 Definitions.
The following definitions of terms as used in this chapter shall apply in the enforcement and application thereto:
A. “Waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible waste from all public or private dwellings and establishments and except carcasses of dead animals, including, but not limited to, all garbage, waste, rubbish, debris, discarded food, swill, animal and vegetable matter, waste papers, cans, glass, ashes, offal, boxes, brush, shrubs, and garden leaves, unattached portions of trees, bushes or shrubs, and refuse, except sewage from all public or private dwellings and establishments and except carcasses of dead animals;
B. “Industrial waste” means that material resulting from a manufacturing process, not the manufactured product, but the accumulation of debris or waste material which is thrown away, discarded or not used to comprise the finished product, including, but not limited to all waste generated at an industrial or manufacturing site;
C. “Disposal site” means that area of land described in Section 8.12.020 and any other area of land acquired, owned or occupied by the city for the purpose of receiving garbage, waste and refuse for disposal. (Prior code § 10.53.020)
8.12.020 Site boundaries.
The maintenance of health and sanitation in the city require that the city exercise control over that area of land owned and occupied by the city commonly referred to as the city disposal site at 36th and Maple Streets in the city, and more particularly described as follows:
All of Blocks 13, 14, 17, 18, 27, 28, 31, and 42, less a portion of Block 1 described as follows: All in Sines Acre Tracts beginning at the SE corner of Block 31; thence W 79 feet; thence northeasterly on a radius of 1,860 feet for 407.5 feet to NE corner of said block; thence S to point of beginning; and all land leased by the city from the Northern Pacific Railway Company contiguous with the above described real property. Further, it is necessary to provide for the proper maintenance of health and sanitation control for the city. That the disposal site be operated as a sanitary landfill; and it is further necessary for the city to provide for the handling of the delivery of waste material to the disposal site. (Prior code § 10.53.010)
8.12.030 Access to disposal site.
No person shall enter the premises of the city disposal site, except through the streets and areas designated by the city for such ingress and egress. All persons shall observe the hours for access to such site as may be established from time to time by the sanitation superintendent. All persons shall pay to the attendant in charge at the gate of the disposal site before disposing of any garbage, refuse, or waste material, the fees set forth in Section 8.12.060. No person shall deposit garbage, waste or refuse, or any other waste material at the disposal site, except in those areas and in such manner and at such time as may be provided by the attendant or persons in charge of the disposal site. (Prior code § 10.53.030)
8.12.040 Disposition of garbage.
No person shall dump, deposit, throw away, scatter, or permit to be deposited or scattered, any garbage, refuse or waste material in the city, except at the disposal site established and maintained by the city for such purposes. All garbage and refuse material brought to the disposal site must be in covered containers or hauled in a covered vehicle. The sanitation superintendent is directed to study the problems involved in the city in the disposal of industrial waste and septic tank effluent or sewage waste from private sewage disposal systems and to recommend to the city council appropriate rules and regulations or proposed ordinances concerning the disposition of such material in the city. The sanitation superintendent is directed to cooperate with industry and with collectors of effluent from private sewage disposal systems. (Prior code § 10.53.040)
8.12.050 Operation of disposal site.
The garbage disposal site referred to in Section 8.12.020 shall be maintained and operated by the city under the direction of the sanitation superintendent. The sanitation superintendent shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing access to the disposal site, and such other rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter that will facilitate the receiving of refuse material at the disposal site and provide for the safety of the individuals bringing materials to the disposal site in various types of vehicles. (Prior code § 10.53.050)
8.12.060 Fees for dumping.
A. The following fees are fixed for the acceptance of garbage, waste and refuse material at the disposal site, and the fee shall be paid to the attendant in charge, or in case of commercial firms and garbage contractors, charges may be accumulated and billed at the end of each month. Minimum monthly billing shall be ten dollars.
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Explanation |
Minimum Per Vehicle |
Minimum Per Cubic Yard |
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1. Private passenger cars including station wagons licensed as private passenger cars when bringing refuse from private residences in the city, the vehicle being owned by city residents |
$ .45 |
$ .45 |
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2. Private passenger cars, noncity residents |
.45 |
.45 |
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3. Station wagons not licensed as private passenger cars or hauling commercial refuse |
.45 |
.45 |
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4. Pickup trucks |
.45 |
.45 |
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5. Panel trucks |
.45 |
.45 |
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6. Commercial refuse trucks |
none |
.45 |
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7. All refuse delivered by methods in vehicles other than above listed |
none |
.45 |
B. All private passenger cars and station wagons and pickup trucks which display to the attendant in charge a receipt showing that the bearer is a city resident who has currently paid in full the collector of refuse and/or the city for garbage service to his private residential dwelling, shall be admitted to the waste disposal site free of the charges set forth in subdivisions one through five of this section; provided the waste material being disposed of at this disposal site is garbage, waste and refuse material of the private residence of the owner of such vehicle.
C. The attendant in charge shall have authority to refuse to accept materials for disposal at the disposal site from any person not paying the fees herein set forth. Further, he shall have authority to refuse to accept materials for disposal at the disposal site from commercial haulers and collectors who have not paid for disposal services at the disposal site by the tenth of the month following the rendering of a statement from the city to such contractor. The attendant in charge shall maintain accurate records in a daily log of all fees received at the disposal site, and further a log or record that will include information on the number of vehicles that use the site, the type and volume of waste received and any deviation from normal operations that may have occurred during any particular day. The records of the disposal site and all accounts for fees collected shall be under the direction of the finance and budget director who shall establish that system of accounting to obtain the information herein set forth as may be prescribed by the mayor from time to time. (Prior code § 10.53.060)
8.12.070 Days and hours of operation.
The disposal site herein described shall be open and available for receiving garbage, refuse and waste material during the hours of eight a.m. to four-thirty p.m. Monday through Saturday, and the hours of ten a.m. to four p.m. on Sunday. The disposal site shall be closed on the following holidays:
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (Prior code § 10.53.070)
8.12.080 Municipally owned vehicles exempt.
Vehicles owned by the city and operated by the city or any of its divisions of municipal government taking refuse to the disposal site shall be exempt from the fees set forth in Section 8.16.060. (Prior code § 10.53.080)
8.12.090 Penalty for violations.
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter shall upon conviction of such violation or failure be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 293-74 § 2 (part), 1974; prior code § 10.53.090)