For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
- BULKY RUBBISH
- Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishments which are either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded in solid waste transportation vehicles by solid waste collectors with the equipment available therefor.
- CITY
- The City of New Melle, Missouri.
- COLLECTION
- Removal of solid waste from its place of storage to the transportation vehicle.
- COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE
- All solid waste generated from a source other than a dwelling unit.
- CONTRACTOR
- Such person, firm or corporation as may be contracted with to provide solid waste transportation and disposal for the City.
- CURBSIDE
- A location adjacent to and not more than five (5) feet from any street.
- DISPOSABLE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
- Disposable plastic or paper sacks with a capacity of twenty (20) to thirty-nine (39) gallons or, if specifically designated for storage of solid waste, a maximum of fifty-five (55) gallons.
- DWELLING UNIT
- Any room or group of rooms located within a structure and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, or are intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. Units of multiple-housing facilities may be billed as dwelling units upon request by the owner of said dwelling units.
- GARBAGE
- Putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving or consumption of food.
- HAZARDOUS WASTES
- Any waste or combination of wastes, as determined by the Hazardous Waste Management Commission by rules and regulations, which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or pose a present or potential threat to the health of humans or the environment.
- MAJOR APPLIANCES
- Clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors, dishwashers, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, wood stoves, air-conditioners, refrigerators and freezers.
- OCCUPANT
- Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or of any other improved real property, either as owner or as a tenant.
- PERSON
- Any natural individual, firm, partnership, trust, association or corporation. As applied to partnerships or associations, the word includes the partners or members thereof; and as applied to corporations, it includes the officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible for the act referred to.
- PROCESSING
- Incinerating, composting, baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting and other processes whereby solid waste characteristics are modified or solid waste quantity is reduced.
- PROHIBITED ITEMS
- Items which are eliminated by State law from being disposed of in a solid waste disposal area including, but not limited to, major appliances, waste oil, lead acid batteries, waste tires and the like as the same may be now or hereafter defined by State law.
- RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
- Solid waste resulting from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units.
- SOLID WASTE
- Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials including, but not limited to, solid and semi-solid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and domestic activities, but does not include hazardous waste as defined in Sections 260.360 to 260.432, RSMo., recovered materials, overburden, rock, tailings, matte, slag or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or smelting. Solid waste does not include "Yard Waste" as defined herein.
- SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
- Receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during the interval between solid waste collections.
- SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
- The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material. In particular the final disposition of solid waste by man.
- SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
- The entire solid waste system of storage, collection, transportation, processing and disposal.
- STORAGE
- Keeping, maintaining or storing solid waste from time of its production until the time of its collection.
- TRANSPORTATION
- The transporting of solid waste from the place of collection or processing to a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area.
- YARD WASTES
- Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden vegetation and Christmas trees. The term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls.
A.
The
occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial
or business, industrial or agricultural establishment producing solid
waste within the corporate limits of the City shall provide sufficient
and adequate containers for the storage of all solid waste, except
bulky rubbish and demolition and construction waste, to serve each
such dwelling unit and/or establishment and to maintain such solid
waste containers at all times in good repair.
B.
The
occupant of every dwelling unit and of every institutional, commercial,
business, industrial or agricultural establishment shall place all
solid waste to be collected in proper solid waste containers and shall
maintain such solid waste containers and the area surrounding them
in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times. Accumulation
of waste in suitable containers shall not be stored upon any site
in the City for a period longer than ten (10) days.
C.
Residential
solid waste shall be stored in containers except that residential
solid waste may be stored in trash bags of adequate strength in a
size not to exceed fifty-five (55) gallons except those emptied into
the solid waste vehicle by mechanical means. All containers, including
bags, shall be leakproof and waterproof, fly-tight and properly covered,
tied or enclosed, except when depositing waste therein or removing
the contents thereof. Containers other than bags shall have handles,
bails or other suitable lifting devices or features. Containers other
than bags shall be of a type originally manufactured for residential
solid waste with tapered sides for easy emptying. They shall be of
lightweight and sturdy construction. The weight of any individual
container, including bags and its contents, shall not exceed seventy-five
(75) pounds. Galvanized metal containers or rubber, fiberglass or
plastic containers which do not become brittle in cold weather may
be used in addition to bags. Disposable solid waste containers with
suitable frames or containers as approved by the City may also be
used for storage of residential solid waste. Galvanized metal containers
or rubber, fiberglass or plastic containers with suitable frames or
containers as approved by the City may also be used for storage of
residential solid waste.
D.
Solid
waste containers which are not approved will be collected together
with their contents and disposed of.
A.
All
transportation vehicles shall be maintained in a safe, clean and sanitary
condition and shall be so constructed, maintained and operated as
to prevent spillage of solid waste therefrom. All vehicles to be used
for transportation and conveying of solid waste shall be constructed
with watertight bodies and with covers which shall be an integral
part of the vehicle or shall be a separate cover of suitable material
with fasteners designed to secure all sides of the cover to the vehicle
and shall be secured whenever the vehicle is transporting solid waste
or, as an alternative, the entire bodies thereof shall be enclosed
with only loading hoppers exposed. Provided however, other vehicles
may be used to transport bulky rubbish which because of its size or
weight is not susceptible to being loaded or unloaded in vehicles
described above, but in no event shall such vehicles be operated without
adequate cover or binding to prevent spillage or waste therefrom and
in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the Board.
B.
Permits
shall not be required for the removal, hauling or disposal of earth
and rock material from grading or excavation activities. However,
all such material shall be conveyed in tight vehicles, trucks or receptacles
so constructed and maintained that none of the material being transported
shall spill upon the public rights-of-way.
C.
Transportation
and disposal of demolition and construction wastes shall be in accordance
with this Section.
