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Village of Osceola, WI
Polk County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Osceola 8-10-1993 by Ord. No. 7-93 as Secs. 9.08 through 9.11 and 9.15 of the 1993 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garbage removal in mobile home parks — See Ch. 153, § 153-5.
Nuisances — See Ch. 160.
Littering and junk — See Ch. 168, §§ 168-17 and 168-18.
Rubbish and dirt on sidewalks — See Ch. 186, § 186-5.
No person shall dump any material at the village dump in such a manner as to obstruct the regular use of the dump.
No person shall deposit human waste products upon or urinate or defecate upon any public or private property other than into a toilet or other device designed and intended to be used to ultimately deposit such human waste products into a septic or sanitary sewer system.
[Amended 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95]
A. 
Service established. Refuse collection service charges will be established for all households in the village in accordance with a refuse service contract with the village signed by a refuse collection service providing curbside service from every single-family residence and apartment or rooming house with four units or fewer.
B. 
Commercial services. All industrial and commercial establishments, apartments of more than four units and mobile home parks shall secure their own sanitation service. The bills and arrangements for such service shall be the sole responsibility of the owner and the sanitation service.
C. 
Pickup service.
(1) 
A refuse collection service shall provide curbside pickup at every single-family residence and every apartment or rooming house of four units or fewer.
(2) 
Pickup of oversized items, such as discarded appliances and construction materials, shall be arranged for by and charged directly to the customer.
D. 
Licensing. Any refuse collection service which desires to serve households, industrial and commercial establishments, apartments or mobile home parks shall:
(1) 
Apply to the Village Administrator for the license as a village-designated service before commencement of service.
(2) 
Pay a one-time, nonrefundable license fee as set by resolution of the Village Board from time to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A222, Fees and Salaries. Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3) 
Complete an application form to be supplied by the Village Administrator.
(4) 
Provide to the village proof of liability insurance indemnifying and holding harmless the village and all of its agents and employees for not less than $2,000,000 for any act, conduct or failure thereof by the collection service.
(5) 
Annually before January 1 notify the village, in writing, of the location where refuse is being delivered for disposal.
E. 
Collection equipment.
(1) 
The collection service licensed to collect refuse and recyclables within the village shall comply with all specifications regulating vehicles used in refuse removal. The vehicles shall provide a leakproof container so as not to spill liquid from refuse collection within or upon the streets of the village.
(2) 
The collection service shall provide to all industrial premises, commercial establishments, mobile home parks and apartment premises a commercial-type container maintained in a presentable manner.
F. 
Hours of collections. The time of collections for refuse and recyclables shall be between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
[Amended 11-9-1993 by Ord. No. 8-93; 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95]
A. 
Policy. It is the policy of the village that recycling of all recyclables as set forth herein shall be required throughout the village for residential, commercial, industrial and public authorities.
B. 
Required. Each commercial, industrial and public authority, apartment of more than four units and mobile home park shall establish a recycling program in conformance with W.S.A. s. 287.11.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
C. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Newspaper; brown, green and clear glass containers; aluminum cans and clean aluminum foil, trays and pie plates; metal food cans; and plastic containers, limited to those containers made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthlate (PETE) and having "HDPE" and "PETE" imprinted on the bottom of the container, or plastic containers Number 1 and Number 2 and any other material determined by the service to be recyclable.
D. 
Pickup days. Pickup days shall be determined by contract.
E. 
Recyclables to be placed without trash, etc. Each type of recyclable shall be placed at the curbside with no other type of trash, rubbish or garbage. Improper items shall be handled under terms of the service contract.
F. 
Preparation. All recyclable materials shall be prepared for recycling in accordance with the service contract.
G. 
Refuse collection service. Any refuse collection service providing service to any household, industrial or commercial establishment, apartment and/or mobile home park shall, as part of its refuse collection agreement, provide recycling services.
H. 
Penalty. Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties as provided in § 1-19 of this Code, with the exception that the first such violation in any calendar year shall be a warning, in writing, to individuals accused of violating this section.
I. 
Charges. Recycling and collection service charges are established in the village in accordance with a schedule adopted by resolution of the Village Board.
Except as otherwise provided, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-19 of this Code.