[Adopted 4-1-1953 by Ord. No. 73 (§§ 10-1,
10-2, 10-4 to 10-10 of the 1976 Code)]
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
All waste substances that are easily ignited and burned,
such as paper, excelsior, wood and the like.
All waste substances that cannot be easily ignited and burned,
such as garbage, offal, metals, glass, earthenware, ashes and the
like, and also discarded articles, the greater part of which cannot
be burned.
All trash, rubbish, garbage, offal and other refuse or discarded
matter.
All owners or tenants of real estate in the
Town shall keep such real estate free from accumulation of waste that,
because of its nature, condition or improper storage, may invite the
breeding or collecting of flies, mosquitoes or rodents or that may
in any other manner be prejudicial to the public health.
The Town Council shall designate an area in
the Town as the Town waste disposal facility and shall appoint a person
as superintendent of such facility.
A.Â
All waste shall be transported to the Town waste disposal
facility at the expense of the owner thereof. For disposal purposes,
all combustible and noncombustible waste shall be separated, and the
waste so separated shall be left at the Town waste disposal facility
at such places as shall be designated by the superintendent of the
waste disposal facility or as are indicated on signs that may be placed
at the Town waste disposal facility at the direction of the Town Council
and in accordance with the rules and regulations that may from time
to time be adopted by the Town Council for the proper control of the
facility and that shall be posted at the facility.
B.Â
All noncombustible waste shall be covered with dirt
or fill at the close of each day of disposal.
C.Â
All combustible matter shall be burned at the discretion
of the superintendent. No fires will burn before 8:00 a.m. or after
5:00 p.m., with exceptions to be made by authority of the Fire Department.
No burning shall be done on Sunday.
No waste shall be disposed of or left on any
private property, on any road or highway or property of the Town other
than the Town waste disposal facility.
All household garbage, before being deposited
at the Town waste disposal facility, shall be drained of moisture
and wrapped in paper and tied so that the garbage will not break out
from the wrapper.
No carcass of an animal shall be deposited at
the Town waste disposal facility. Such carcass shall be buried by
the owner of the animal or by the person on whose property the carcass
may be found.
No person other than a resident of the Town
shall deposit waste at the Town waste disposal facility or make any
use of the facility.
The Town Council shall designate the hours during
which the Town waste disposal facility shall be open, with an attendant
present during the open period, and shall make such other rules and
regulations as it may from time to time deem necessary for the proper
management and control of the Town waste disposal facility. No person
shall deposit any material at the Town waste disposal facility in
violation of such rules and regulations.
