Cross Reference: See duplicate provisions in Ch. 230, Solid Waste.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.010]
For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms shall be
deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
A battery designed to contain lead and acid of the type intended
for use in motor-driven vehicles.
All non-putrescible, non-liquid solid wastes, whether combustible
or non-combustible, which are either too large or too heavy to be
safely and conveniently loaded into vehicles designed for solid waste
collection (packer trucks) without additional loading equipment and/or
manpower.
Uncontaminated soil, rock, sand, gravel, concrete, asphaltic
concrete, cinder blocks, brick, minimal amounts of wood and metal,
and inert solids as approved by rule or policy of the Department of
Natural Resources, for fill, reclamation or other beneficial use.
The pickup and removal of all waste materials as specified
herein, in a manner and by a method that fully contains all such materials
to be delivered to the disposal site, both in loading and transportation
phases of the operation.
A place where a business is conducted by a person, persons,
firm, or corporation in the pursuit of gainful profit.
Those waste products generated by either construction or
demolition activities of any nature, including construction materials,
brush, wood wastes, solid rock, concrete and other like inert solids
which are insoluble in water.
A solid waste disposal area used for the controlled disposal
of demolition wastes, construction materials, brush, wood wastes,
soil, rock, concrete and inert solids insoluble in water.
The State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
The delivery of solid waste to any appropriate site designated,
permitted or licensed by the appropriate State agency(ies), including
but not necessarily limited to incineration, composting, recycling,
baling, shredding, salvaging, compacting, landfill and/or other facility.
Any room or group of rooms located within or on any premises
and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used
or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States
Government.
All putrescible wastes except sewage and body wastes, including
all meat, vegetable and fruit refuse and carcasses of small dead animals
and dead fowls from or on any premises within the City limits.
Include, but may not be limited to explosive wastes, corrosive
or caustic wastes, flammable wastes, pesticide wastes, herbicide wastes,
toxic wastes, radioactive materials or containers or any other material
or container so designated by EPA or DNR regulations.
Waste in quantities and characteristics as determined by
DNR by rule, including medical isolation wastes, culture and socks
of etiologic agents, blood and blood products, pathological wastes,
other wastes.
Clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, ovens, ranges,
heating appliances, air conditioners, refrigerators and freezers.
Any person who alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall be in the actual possession of any dwelling unit or any other
improved real property, either as owner or tenant receiving solid
waste services.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
city, county, other political subdivision, authority, State agency
or institution or Federal agency or institution.
Those materials which have been diverted or removed from
the solid waste stream for sale, use, reuse or recycling, whether
or not they require subsequent separation and processing.
The separation and reuse of materials which might otherwise
be disposed of as solid waste.
A process by which recyclable and recoverable material is
removed from the waste stream to the greatest extent possible, as
determined by DNR and pursuant to DNR standards, for reuse or remanufacture.
A solid waste disposal area, licensed and permitted by the
State of Missouri, which accepts commercial and residential solid
waste.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials, including,
but not limited to, solid and semisolid waste materials resulting
from industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and domestic
activities, but excluding hazardous or infectious waste as defined
herein, recovered materials, overburden, rock, tailings, matte, slag
or other waste material resulting from mining, milling or smelting.
The entire composite solid waste system of storage, collection,
transportation, processing and disposal of any waste.
Any facility where solid waste is salvaged and processed,
including:
Keeping, maintaining, storing, and depositing for collection,
of solid waste from its time of production until its time of collection.
A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling
the wheel of a motor vehicle, trailer or wheels or other machinery.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.020]
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 to serve each such dwelling unit and/or establishment,
and shall maintain such solid waste containers at all times and in
good repair and the area surrounding them shall be maintained in a
clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.030]
A.
Residential
solid waste shall be stored according to the following requirements
and restrictions:
1.
In containers designed for the purpose of waste containment and constructed
of galvanized metal, rubber, fiberglass, non-brittle polypropylene,
or other appropriate material approved by the City Manager, which
containers have tight-fitting lids of the same or like material.
2.
In boxes, bags or other containers not exceeding forty (40) pounds
or seventy-five (75) pounds loaded gross weight and having handles,
bails or other appropriate lifting devices and which shall be leakproof
or contain no liquid materials.
3.
Plastic bags in tied or sealed plastic bags manufactured for solid
waste containment which does not exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight
and do not leak.
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Solid waste containers, bags or bundles not meeting the standards
shall not be required to be collected.
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[R.O. 1993 § 240.040]
Commercial solid waste shall be stored in solid waste containers
as approved by the City Manager. The containers shall be waterproof,
leakproof and shall be covered at all times except when depositing
waste therein or removing the contents thereof.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.050]
A.
The
City shall provide for the collection of all residential solid waste
in the City; provided however, that the City may provide the collection
service by licensing one (1) or more private collectors to collect
residential solid waste or by contracting with one (1) or more contract
collectors, a County, or another city or a combination thereof, for
collection of residential solid waste from the entire City or portions
thereof, as deemed to be in the best interests of the City.
B.
Garbage
and solid waste to be removed at each collection shall be limited
to the contents of five (5) containers herein described, and no more
than ten (10) plastic bags or bundles as herein described (or any
combination thereof), together with any container provided by the
contractor to any dwelling unit.
C.
It
is the responsibility of all residents to make solid waste available
and accessible either in alley, at curbside, or at the back door for
collection.
D.
No
solid waste shall be placed for collection which is prohibited to
be placed in a landfill by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
or the United States Environmental Protection Agency. It is the responsibility
of the resident to properly dispose of the prohibited waste.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.060]
It is the responsibility of all commercial units to provide
for the proper disposal of their solid waste.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.070]
A.
The
City Manager shall make, amend, revoke, and enforce reasonable and
necessary rules and regulations, governing, but not limited to:
1.
Preparation, drainage, and wrapping of garbage deposited in solid
waste containers.
2.
Specifications for solid waste containers, including the type, composition,
equipment, size and shape thereof.
3.
Identification of solid waste containers and of the covers thereof,
and of equipment thereto appertaining, if any.
4.
Weight limitations on the combined weight of solid waste containers
and the contents thereof, and weight and size limitations on bundles
of solid waste too large for solid waste containers.
5.
Storage of solid waste in solid waste containers.
6.
Sanitation, maintenance and replacement of solid waste containers.
7.
Collection points of solid waste containers.
8.
Collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.
9.
Handling of special wastes such as toxic wastes, sludges, ashes,
agriculture, construction, bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils,
greases, etc.
10.
Hours of operations for collecting trash.
11.
Haulers vehicle weights.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.080]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his/her
own, without the written consent of the owner of such container and/or,
with the intent of avoiding payment of the service charge hereinafter
provided for solid waste collection and disposal;
2.
Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection and transportation
equipment, or with solid waste collectors in the lawful performance
of their duties as such;
3.
Burn solid waste unless an approved incinerator is provided or unless
a variance has been obtained from the appropriate air pollution control
agency.
4.
Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
by the Missouri Division of Health;
5.
The meddling with refuse containers or in any way pilfering, scavenging,
scattering contents or junking any alley or street within the City
limits is prohibited.
6.
Collection haulers must clean up all refuse spillage caused as a
result of their collection.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.090]
A.
All
hauler vehicles operating within the City limits 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 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 alternate, the entire bodies thereof shall
be enclosed, with only loading hoppers exposed. No solid waste shall
be transported in the loading hoppers.
B.
Hauler
vehicles must be hosed and cleaned daily and must be steam cleaned
weekly.
C.
All
hauler vehicles shall not be overloaded, shall not unduly interfere
with traffic, and shall not be left standing unattended in streets.
D.
Hauler
vehicles shall not use private driveways to turn around and shall
keep the vehicles on the pavement or road surface at all times.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.100]
A.
Solid
wastes shall be deposited at a processing facility or disposal area
complying with all requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources.
B.
The
City Manager may classify certain wastes as hazardous wastes which
will require special handling and shall be disposed of only in a manner
acceptable to the City Manager and which will meet all local, State
and Federal regulations.
C.
In
order to insure compliance with the laws of this State, this Chapter
and the rules and regulations authorized herein, the City Manager
is authorized to inspect all phases of solid waste management with
the City. No inspection shall be made in any residential unit unless
authorized by the occupant or by due process of law.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.110]
There is hereby levied a charge, as set by the Council from
time to time, against each dwelling unit, within the boundaries of
the City of Charleston, Missouri for the collection and disposal of
refuse, garbage and rubbish, as defined herein.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.120]
The monthly charge for collection and disposal of refuse, garbage
and rubbish, shall be added to and collected along with the water
bill for each dwelling unit or separate water customer.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.130]
Each person, firm or corporation, being responsible for the payment of the water bill for each dwelling unit as defined in Section 715.120 shall be responsible for the payment of the refuse, garbage and rubbish collection and disposal charge.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.140]
The monthly charge for collection and disposal of refuse, garbage
and rubbish, may be collected from each person, firm or corporation
responsible for, or in charge of each dwelling unit entitled to the
use of such service, by legal action brought by the City in a court
of competent jurisdiction, with the costs therefore to be charged
against and collected from the person entitled to the use of such
service, including a reasonable attorney fee to be set by the court.
[R.O. 1993 § 240.150]
A.
The monthly charge provided for in Section 715.110 hereof shall be paid to the City Collector, and shall be deposited as collected, in the Water Revenue Fund, along with water collection.
B.
The
City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to each month transfer
from the Water Revenue Fund to the General Revenue Fund of the City
of Charleston, such funds as may have been deposited therein from
the monthly charge for collection and disposition of refuse, garbage
and rubbish.
