[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Manawa 10-18-1993
as Title 8, Ch. 3 of the 1989 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Ordinance
of the City of Manawa," hereinafter referred to as "this chapter."
It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of this chapter to
enhance and improve the environment and promote the health, safety and welfare
of the city by establishing minimum standards for the storage, collection,
transport, processing, separation, recovery and disposal of solid waste.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings given herein, unless different meanings are clearly indicated
by the context:
An establishment engaged in the rearing and slaughtering of animals
and the processing of animal products or orchard and field crops.
Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by
normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
All property other than residential units and shall include boardinghouses,
motels and resorts.
The back edge or curb and gutter along a paved street or where one
would be if the street was paved and had curb and gutter.
That portion of solid wastes consisting of wastes from the repair,
remodeling or reconstruction of buildings, such as lumber, roofing and sheathing
scraps, rubble, broken concrete, asphalt and plaster, conduit, pipe, wire,
insulation and any other materials resulting from the demolition of buildings
and improvements.
The orderly process of discarding useless or unwanted material.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A land site where solid waste is disposed of in a manner that does
not protect the environment.
A place of habitation occupied by a normal single-family unit or
a combination of persons who may be considered as equivalent to a single-family
unit for the purposes of this chapter.
Every refuse accumulation of animals, fruit or vegetable matter,
liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in
or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables originally used for foodstuffs.
Toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances which require special
handling to avoid illness or injury to persons or damage to property and the
environment.
Waste material, except garbage, rubbish and refuse, directly or indirectly
resulting from an industrial processing or manufacturing operation.
Solid waste scattered about in a careless manner, usually rubbish.
Solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial or institutional
activities or a building or group of buildings consisting of four or more
dwelling units.
Individuals, firms, corporations and associations, and includes the
plural as well as the singular.
Collection services provided by a person licensed to do the same
by the DNR.
Waste material that can be remanufactured into usable products, and
shall include, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation, glass,
plastics, newspapers, cardboard and metals (aluminum, steel, tin, brass, etc.).
All waste material, including garbage, rubbish and industrial waste,
and shall, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation, include grass,
leaves, sticks, tree branches and logs, stumps, stone, cement, boards, furniture
or household appliances and garden debris.
All solid waste that normally originates in a residential environment
from residential dwelling units.
An individual household capable of independent habitation by a family
unit. A single-family dwelling shall be considered to be one residential unit.
Multifamily dwellings shall be considered to be multiple residential units,
the number of residential units to equal the number of family units to be
housed therein. Residential units shall not include boardinghouses, motels
or resorts.
Combustible and noncombustible waste material, except rocks, concrete,
bricks and similar solid materials, plaster or dirt, that is incidental to
the operation of a building and shall include, by way of enumeration but not
by way of limitation, tin cans, bottles, rags, paper, cardboard and sweepings.
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in solid waste
management.
Garbage, rubbish and other useless, unwanted or discarded material
from agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial or institutional activities.
Solid waste does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage.
The interim containment of solid waste in an approved manner after
generation and prior to collection and ultimate disposal.
Areas where persons place containers during noncollection days as
well as areas where containers are set out on collection days.
Storage areas shall be kept in a nuisance- and odor-free condition.
Litter shall not be allowed to accumulate. Collection crews will not be responsible
for cleaning up loose materials from any containers which have become ruptured
or broken due to wet conditions, animals, vandalism or other cause. The occupant
and/or owner shall be responsible for cleaning up this litter. Litter not
collected shall not be allowed to accumulate. Violation will result in the
occupant and/or owner being notified to clean up his or her area, with continued
violation resulting in the owner being prosecuted under the provisions of
this chapter and other city ordinances.
A.
General container standards. Suitable containers of a
type approved by the city shall be provided by the property owner or tenant
in which to store all solid waste except for bulky or certain yard wastes
as provided for herein. Containers, in order to be approved, shall provide
for efficient, safe and sanitary handling of solid wastes. They shall be maintained
in a nuisance- and odor-free condition and shall be sufficient to prevent
the scattering of contents by weather conditions or animals.
B.
Approved containers. All garbage created, accumulated
or produced shall be deposited in containers of a type approved by the Common
Council. Each container for a residential unit shall be equipped with suitable
handles and tight-fitting covers, shall be watertight and shall have the capacity
of not less than five gallons and not more than 30 gallons. All garbage containers
shall be kept in a neat, clean and sanitary condition at all times. All garbage
containers for residential units shall be of metal, durable plastic or other
suitable, moisture-resistant materials, including heavy-duty refuse disposal
plastic bags, and shall not exceed thirty-gallon capacity. Other containers
for multifamily residential units (such as dumpsters) may be used with the
express approval of the Common Council. Containers, including contents, shall
not exceed in weight that which one person can safely lift (40 pounds). Metal
garbage cans shall be of sufficient thickness to resist denting during normal
handing by collection crews. Plastic garbage bags must be closed with a tie
and shall consist of plastic material not damaged by freezing and not susceptible
to melting. They shall be capable of being handled during hot and cold weather
without damage during normal handling by collection crews. Plastic bags shall
be of sufficient strength to allow lifting and loading of contents without
tearing.
C.
Householder to provide containers. It shall be the duty
of every occupant, tenant and proprietor of any residential unit to provide
and at all times keep, in a suitable place readily accessible to the garbage
collector, garbage containers capable of holding all garbage which would ordinarily
accumulate on such premises between the times of successive collections. The
owner of any multiple dwelling shall furnish or require the tenant thereof
to furnish proper garbage containers. Garbage containers located at multiple
dwellings shall be marked so as to indicate the residential unit to which
they belong.
D.
Ashes. Cold, completely extinguished ashes may be left
for collection in cardboard containers.
E.
Illegal containers. Containers not approved consist of
metal barrels and drums, wooden or cardboard barrels, wheelbarrows and other
such containers not approved by this chapter. These containers will not be
emptied regardless of contents or weight.
A.
Placement for collection.
(1)
Residential solid waste shall be collected by private
haulers as contracted individually by the land owner. Refuse shall be placed
in containers immediately behind the curb of the public street. The city will
pick up yard waste the first Monday of each month starting in April and running
through September. Brush must be in four-foot lengths or less, 2 feet in diameter,
tied with string or rope and left at curb side.[1]
(2)
No garbage containers or other containers for refuse
other than those of the city shall be placed, kept, stored or located within
the right-of-way of a street or alley; provided, however, that the Common
Council may authorize the location of such containers within the public right-of-way
at specified places and times when such location is necessary for the expeditious
collection and disposition of refuse.
(3)
To be collectable, brush will be cut and securely tied
in bundles not to exceed four feet four inches in length and 12 inches in
diameter, with individual branches or limbs not to exceed two inches in diameter.
B.
Restriction on time of placement. All receptacles and containers for refuse and rubbish and all bundles of rubbish shall be placed in collection locations as designated in Subsection A above only after 6:00 p.m. on the evenings prior to the regular collection time the following day. All receptacles, bags and containers for refuse and garbage disposal shall be removed from the curbside collection point within 24 hours after the regular collection time. City employees or employees of licensed collectors will not enter any structures to remove garbage or refuse, except by written agreement with the property owner.
A.
Dead animals. It shall be unlawful to place any dead
animal, or parts thereof, in a container for collection; provided, however,
that this subsection shall not apply to animal parts from food preparation
for human consumption.
B.
Undrained food wastes. It shall be unlawful to place
any garbage or other food waste in a container for collection unless it is
first drained and wrapped.
D.
Improper placement. It shall be unlawful to place or
allow to be placed any solid waste upon the roads, streets or public or private
property within the city contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
E.
Compliance with chapter. It shall be unlawful to store,
collect, transport, transfer, recover, incinerate or dispose of any solid
waste within the boundaries of the city contrary to the provisions of this
chapter.
F.
Improper transportation. It shall be unlawful to transport
any solid waste in any vehicle which permits the contents to blow, sift, leak
or fall therefrom. If spillage does occur, the collection crew shall immediately
return spilled materials to the collection vehicle and shall properly clean,
or have cleaned, the area. All vehicles used for the collection and transportation
of solid waste shall be durable, easily cleanable and leakproof, if necessary,
considering the type of waste and its moisture content. Collection vehicles
shall be cleaned frequently to prevent nuisances and insect breeding and shall
be maintained in good repair.
G.
Interference with authorized collector. No person other
than an authorized collector shall collect or interfere with any garbage after
it shall have been put into a garbage receptacle and deposited in the proper
place for the collector, nor shall any authorized person molest, hinder, delay
or in any manner interfere with an authorized garbage collector in the discharge
of his or her duties.
H.
Scavenging. It shall be unlawful for any person to scavenge
any solid waste placed for collection.
I.
Private dumps. It shall be unlawful for any person to
use or operate a dump.
K.
Noncollectable materials. It shall be unlawful for any
person to place for collection any of the following wastes:
L.
Animal or human wastes. It shall be unlawful for any
person to place animal wastes and/or human wastes for collection. These wastes
should be disposed of in plastic bags or in the sanitary sewer system. Such
items as kitty litter may be placed for collection if animal wastes are removed
prior to disposal.
M.
Hospital wastes. It shall be unlawful for any person
to place for collection any pathogenic hospital wastes. Such items as needles
and syringes may be disposed of as long as they are contained to eliminate
injury to collection crews.
N.
Building waste. All waste resulting from remodeling,
construction or removal of a building, roadway or sidewalk shall be disposed
of by the owner, builder or contractor.
The accumulation or deposit of garbage, trash or putrescible animal
or vegetable matter in or upon any lot or land or any public or private place
within the city which causes the air or environment to become noxious or offensive
or to be in such a condition as to promote the breeding of flies, mosquitoes
or other insects or to provide a habitat or breeding place for rodents or
other animals or which otherwise becomes injurious to the public health is
prohibited and declared to constitute a nuisance.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, deposit
or cause to be deposited for collection any waste or refuse not generated
within the corporate limits of the City of Manawa.