As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BULK TRASH
Every refuse accumulation which cannot be fully placed inside
of a ninety-five-gallon trash container and which is categorized as
one of the following:
[Added 2-3-2014 by Ord. No. 363]
A.
Household appliances and electronics, such as dishwashers, washing
machines, dryers, microwaves, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, televisions,
vacuum cleaners and stereos;
B.
Yard waste, such as limbs and branches that are four feet or
less in length and four inches or less in diameter, grass clippings,
pine needles and cones and flower bed and garden debris, provided
that all limbs and branches shall be bundled and all other yard waste
shall be bagged; or
C.
Furniture and large household items, such as beds, mattresses,
box springs, chairs, sofas, desks, dressers, shelving, stands, bookcases,
lamps, picnic tables, shelving and pool covers.
GARBAGE
Every refuse accumulation of organic matter.
RUBBISH
Every refuse accumulation of inorganic matter of every character,
except garbage, and shall include, by way of enumeration but not by
way of limitation, grass clippings, fallen leaves, sticks, tree branches,
stone, concrete, old boards, broken glass, used furniture, household
appliances, cans, paper, magazines, clothes and any other household
items.
TOWN
The Commissioners of Ridgely, also known as the "Town of
Ridgely."
TRASH
Anything and everything discarded or abandoned, including,
without limitation, garbage, bulk trash and rubbish, and is to be
construed broadly to effect the purpose of this article.
[Amended 2-3-2014 by Ord. No. 363]
[Amended 2-3-2014 by Ord. No. 363]
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to dispose of or dump trash of any kind, upon the streets of the town
or upon any public or private premises within the corporate limits
of the town unless allowed either by this article or by special permission
of the Town Commissioners. It is also unlawful for any person who
is neither a Town resident nor an owner of a business located within
the incorporated limits of the Town to place his or her trash for
collection in the incorporated limits of the Town. Nothing herein
is intended to preempt or establish a less strict standard than the
state's Anti-Littering Law.
[Amended 2-3-2014 by Ord. No. 363]
All trash shall be placed in a covered, standard-size
container, which is hereby defined as a metal or plastic trash can
made for that purpose and not over 35 gallons in size (95 gallons
if using a trash collection contractor's container). Said container(s)
shall be placed for pickup at the curb or alley where designated by
the Town's Supervisor of Public Works. All other containers are prohibited.
All bulk trash shall be placed at the curb, roadside or alley abutting
the property from which the bulk trash is to be collected.
Not more than four of the thirty-five-gallon
size containers nor one of the ninety-five-gallon size containers
shall be put out for collection each week, except by special arrangement
by the owner with the trash collection contractor and provided that
such special arrangement is approved by the Town's Supervisor of Public
Works.
[Amended 2-3-2014 by Ord. No. 363]
A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and subject to citation and punishment pursuant to Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Town of Ridgely, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
B. The Town
Code Enforcement Officer or his or her designee shall notify, in writing,
any person(s) found to be in violation of any provision of this article
and direct the abatement of any such violation within 10 days of the
date of the written notification. If any such violation remains unabated
at the expiration of the prescribed period, then the Town Code Enforcement
Officer or his or her designee is authorized and empowered to abate
the violation and assess the cost thereof against the owner of the
property upon which the violation exists or the property abutting
any sidewalk, street, alley or lane upon which the violation exists.
Such cost shall also be a lien against the property and shall be collected
in the same manner as municipal taxes or by suit at law.
Nothing herein obliges trash collection service
to be provided by the Town, which may, if it so determines, contract
with another person, firm or corporation to provide such service.