[CC 1983 §60.010]
As used in this Chapter the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
All normal kitchen waste such as vegetables and animal offal,
or the by-product of vegetable or animal products, but does not include
sewage or body waste.
The person appointed to said position or the Chief of Police
if no such person is appointed specifically as Health Officer.
Such items as brush, bundled and tied paper, construction
or repair refuse, grass, shrubbery cuttings, and tree limbs not exceeding
four (4) feet in length and tied in bundles of not more than seventy-five
(75) pounds each, and other normal house and yard refuse.
Non-bundled and untied paper, empty food and drinking containers,
cans, pottery, glass and crockery.
[CC 1983 §60.020]
No owner or lessee of any public or private premises shall permit
trash, rubbish or garbage to accumulate upon his/her premises in any
manner detrimental to adequate sanitation. Containers shall be rodent
proof, insect proof, and shall be kept covered at all times except
when trash or garbage is being deposited therein or removed therefrom.
In case garbage and trash is disposed of separately, separate containers
may be required by the Health Officer.
[Ord. No. 294 §60.030, 8-6-1987]
A.
All
trash, rubbish and garbage shall be collected and disposed of sufficiently
frequently to prevent nuisance.
B.
No
person, firm or corporation shall collect trash, rubbish or garbage
who does not possess a permit from the City of Hollister, and said
permit shall be issued only after the City of Hollister has satisfied
himself/herself that the applicant is capable of complying with this
Chapter.
C.
Collection
of trash, rubbish and garbage shall be by means of public vehicles,
or by means of other vehicles approved by the City of Hollister.
D.
All
trash, rubbish and garbage to be collected shall be placed at the
street curb no earlier than 7:30 A.M. the day prior to scheduled collection
and no later than 7:30 A.M. on the day such collection takes place.
All trash, rubbish and garbage to be collected shall be placed and
totally contained within a container with lid provided for this purpose
as prescribed by regulations of the City of Hollister. All trash containers
will be removed from the street curb and stored in a suitable location
at least 25 feet from the street curb within 24 hours following collection.
[Ord. No. 18-61, 12-6-2018]
E.
The
City of Hollister, Missouri, shall provide by its servants or employees,
or by people with whom said City shall contract, for the collection
of trash, rubbish and garbage from all residential housing units having
City water connections, which includes apartment houses with residential
housing units having one or more City water connections for each two
(2) apartments, but excludes stores, filling stations, cafes, tourist
courts, rooming houses, motels, hotels, apartment houses with only
one (1) water connection having more than two (2) apartments, or any
other commercial type business, with the said collection to be made
at least once a week; and for such services, the occupant of each
residential housing unit as described shall pay to the said City of
Hollister, Missouri, a monthly sum as established by the Board of
Aldermen of said City, with the said occupant to be billed monthly
by the said City until the said occupant notifies the City of its
desire to discontinue the service. The said charge shall continue
each month whether or not the occupant has any trash, rubbish or garbage
to be collected.
F.
All
other owners, occupants, or lessees of premises within the City limits
of said City, not classified as one (1) of such residential housing
units having a City water connection, shall be responsible for the
collection and disposal of all trash, rubbish and garbage upon his/her
premises at his/her own expense under the rules and regulations as
herein set out.
[CC 1983 §60.040]
All disposal of trash, rubbish and garbage shall be by a method
or methods specifically approved by the Division of Health; provided
that such method or methods shall include the maximum practicable
rodent, insect and nuisance control at the place or places of disposal.
[CC 1983 §60.050]
It shall be the duty of the occupants of each premises to maintain
in a sanitary condition at all times the trash, rubbish and garbage
facilities serving said premises.
[CC 1983 §60.070; Ord. No. 05-07, 3-17-2005]
A.
The
charge for collection may be amended by resolution of the Board of
Aldermen from time to time upon thirty (30) days' notice to the customers
of the change.
B.
Each
residential housing unit having a City water connection and not paying
for commercial trash pickup will be required to pay for trash, rubbish
and garbage collection as part of their monthly fees charged for services.
C.
The
City of Hollister will contract, through the open public bid process,
with a licensed, certified agency to provide exclusive residential
trash collection and recycling services for the City. This contract
will be in force for a period not to exceed three (3) years, at which
time new bids will be entertained.
[CC 1983 §60.080]
Any person, persons, firm, association, corporation, or the
agent thereof, who shall neglect, fail or refuse to comply with the
provisions of this Chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and when convicted, shall be fined in the sum of not less than ten
dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five ($25.00), and each day
that such person, persons, firm, association, corporation or agent
thereof, shall neglect, fail, or refuse to comply with any of the
provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed separate offenses and punished
as herein provided.
