This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Management Ordinance
of the Town of Trenton," hereinafter referred to as this "this article."
It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of this article to
enhance and improve the environment and promote the health, safety and welfare
of the Town of Trenton by establishing minimum standards for the storage,
collection, transport, processing, separation, recovery and disposal of solid
waste.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meaning given herein unless different meanings are clearly indicated
by the context:
An establishment engaged in the rearing of animals. Establishments
engaged in slaughtering animals or processing of animal products or orchard
and field crops shall be regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection.
Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by
normal collection, processing or disposal methods.
All property other than residential units and shall include boardinghouses,
motels and resorts.
The back edge or curb and gutter along a paved street or where one
would be if the street was paved and had curb and gutter.
Yard wastes such as leaves, grass clippings, flowers and other similar
vegetation, but specifically excludes sod, dirt, twigs, fruit, vegetables
and other similar material.
That portion of solid wastes consisting of wastes from the repair,
remodeling or reconstruction of buildings, such as lumber, roofing and sheathing
scraps, rubble, broken concrete, asphalt and plaster, conduit, pipe, wire,
insulation and any other materials resulting from the demolition of buildings
and improvements.
The orderly process of discarding useless or unwanted material.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A land site where solid waste is disposed of in a manner that does
not protect the environment.
A place of habitation occupied by a normal single-family unit or
a combination of persons who may be considered as equivalent to a single-family
unit for the purposes of this article.
Includes every refuse accumulation of animals, fruit or vegetable
matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing
in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables originally used for
foodstuffs.
Those wastes, such as toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances,
which require special handling to avoid illness or injury to persons or damage
to property and the environment, or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis.
Adm. Code.
Waste material, except garbage, rubbish and refuse, directly or indirectly
resulting from an industrial processing or manufacturing operation.
Solid waste scattered about in a careless manner, usually rubbish,
or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
Solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial or institutional
activities or a building or group of buildings consisting of four or more
dwelling units, or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
Individuals, firms, corporations and associations, and includes the
plural as well as the singular.
Collection services provided by a person licensed to do same by the
DNR.
Waste material that can be remanufactured into usable products and
shall include, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation, glass,
plastics, newspapers, cardboard, and metals (aluminum, steel, tin, brass,
etc.).
Includes all waste material, including garbage, rubbish and industrial
waste, and shall, by way of enumeration but not by way of limitation, include
grass, leaves, sticks, tree branches and logs, stumps, stone, cement, boards,
furniture or household appliances, garden debris, or as defined in Chs. NR
500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
All solid waste that normally originates in a residential environment
from residential dwelling units.
An individual household capable of independent habitation by a family
unit. A single-family dwelling shall be considered to be one residential unit;
a multifamily dwelling shall be considered to be multiple residential units,
the number of residential units to equal the number of family units to be
housed therein. Residential units shall not include boardinghouses, motels
or resorts.
Includes combustible and noncombustible waste material, except rocks,
concrete, bricks and similar solid materials, plaster or dirt, that is incidental
to the operation of a building and shall include, by way of enumeration but
not by way of limitation, tin cans, bottles, rags, paper, cardboard, and sweepings.
The uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in solid waste
management.
Garbage, rubbish and other useless, unwanted or discarded material
from agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial or institutional activities.
Solid waste does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage,
or as defined in Chs. NR 500 to NR 690, Wis. Adm. Code.
The interim containment of solid waste in an approved manner after
generation and prior to collection and ultimate disposal.
Areas where persons place containers during noncollection days as
well as areas where containers are set out on collection day.
Storage areas shall be kept in a nuisance- and odor-free condition.
Litter shall not be allowed to accumulate. Collection crews will not be responsible
for cleaning up loose materials from any containers which have become ruptured
or broken due to wet conditions, animals, vandalism or other cause. The occupant
and/or owner shall be responsible for cleaning up this litter. Litter not
collected shall not be allowed to accumulate. Violation will result in the
occupant and/or owner being notified to clean up his area, with continued
violation resulting in the owner being prosecuted under the provisions of
this article and other Town ordinances.
A.
General container standards. Suitable containers of a
type approved by the Town shall be provided by the property owner or tenant
in which to store all solid waste, except for bulky or certain yard wastes
as provided for herein. Containers, in order to be approved, shall provide
for efficient, safe and sanitary handling of solid wastes. They shall be maintained
in a nuisance- and odor-free condition and shall be sufficient to prevent
the scattering of contents by weather conditions or animals.
B.
Approved containers.
(1)
All garbage created, accumulated or produced shall be
drained, wrapped and deposited in containers of a type approved by the Town
Board. Each container for a residential unit shall be equipped with suitable
handles and tight-fitting covers and shall be insect-tight and watertight.
All garbage containers shall be kept in a neat, clean and sanitary condition
at all times. All garbage containers for residential units shall be of metal,
durable plastic or other suitable, moisture-resistant materials, including
heavy-duty refuse disposal plastic bags, and shall not exceed 30 gallons'
capacity.
(2)
Other containers for multifamily residential units (such
as dumpsters) may be used only with the express approval of the Town Board.
(3)
Containers including contents shall not exceed 75 pounds
each in weight.
(4)
Metal garbage cans shall be of sufficient thickness to
resist denting during normal handing by collection crews.
(5)
Plastic garbage bags must be closed with a tie and shall
consist of plastic material not damaged by freezing and not susceptible to
melting. They shall be capable of being handled during hot and cold weather
without damage during normal handling by collection crews. Plastic bags shall
be of sufficient strength to allow lifting and loading of contents without
tearing.
C.
Householder to provide containers. It shall be the duty
of every occupant, tenant or proprietor of any residential unit to provide,
and at all times keep in a suitable place readily accessible to the garbage
collector, garbage containers capable of holding all garbage which would ordinarily
accumulate on such premises between the times of successive collections. The
owner of any multiple dwelling shall furnish or require the tenant thereof
to furnish proper garbage containers. Garbage containers located at multiple
dwellings shall be marked so as to indicate the residential unit to which
they belong.
D.
Illegal containers. Containers not approved consist of
metal, pasteboard or plastic barrels and drums, paper grocery bags, wooden
or cardboard barrels, wheelbarrows and other such containers not approved
by this article. These containers will not be emptied regardless of contents
or weight.
E.
Number of containers per residence. Two thirty-gallon
garbage cans or their equivalent are the maximum allowed per residential unit
for each weekly collection.
F.
Dead animals. It shall be unlawful to deposit any dead
animals or parts thereof for garbage collection. This subsection shall not
apply to animal parts from food preparation for human consumption or remnants
from deer processing.
A.
Placement for collection.
(1)
Residential solid waste and refuse shall be accessible
to collection crews. Garbage cans and other bagged or bundled trash shall
be placed on the curb or shoulder of the road but not on the driven part of
the road. During winter months, solid waste shall not be placed on top of
the snow bank, nor shall it be placed in the roadway. The owner shall either
shovel out an area behind the road edge in which to place his wastes or he
shall place it in his driveway. Collection crews will not collect residential
solid waste unless it is placed at the roadside of a public street. Should
collection crews be unable to discharge contents of garbage cans into collection
vehicles using normal handing procedures, the cans, including contents, will
be left at the roadside. The owner shall make provisions to assure that the
solid waste therein can be collected on the next collection day. Collection
crews will not empty garbage cans by means other than dumping.
(2)
No garbage containers or other containers for refuse
other than those for Town collection shall be placed, kept, stored or located
within the right-of-way of a street or alley; provided, however, that the
Town Board may authorize the location of such containers within the public
right-of-way at specified places and times when such location is necessary
for the expeditious collection and disposition of refuse.
B.
Restriction on time of placement.
(1)
Receptacles and containers for refuse and rubbish shall be placed in collection locations as designated in Subsection A above prior to 7:00 a.m. of the scheduled collection day, but not more than 12 hours prior to such time.
(2)
All receptacles, bags and containers for refuse and garbage
disposal shall be removed from the curbside collection point within 12 hours
after the regular collection time.
(3)
Town employees or employees of licensed collectors will
not enter any structures to remove garbage or refuse, except by written agreement
with the property owner.
C.
Weekly collection. The Town shall provide one collection
of garbage and refuse per week, pursuant to a schedule established by the
Town.
D.
Holidays. There shall be no collection on regular holidays
established by the State Legislature. Collections which would ordinarily be
made on a regular holiday will occur on the following secular day.
A.
Undrained food wastes. It shall be unlawful to place
any garbage or other food wastes in a container for collection unless it is
first drained and wrapped.
C.
Improper placement. It shall be unlawful to place, or
allow to be placed, any solid waste upon the roads, streets, or public or
private property within the Town contrary to the provisions of this article.
D.
Compliance with article. It shall be unlawful to store,
collect, transport, transfer, recover or dispose of any solid waste within
the boundaries of the Town contrary to the provisions of this article.
E.
Improper transportation. It shall be unlawful to transport
any solid waste in any vehicle which permits the contents to blow, sift, leak
or fall therefrom. If spillage does occur, the collection crew shall immediately
return spilled materials to the collection vehicle and shall properly clean,
or have cleaned, the area. All vehicles used for the collection and transportation
of solid waste shall be durable, easily cleanable and leakproof, if necessary,
considering the type of waste and its moisture content.
F.
Interference with authorized collector. No person other
than an authorized collector or a law enforcement officer shall collect or
interfere with any garbage after it shall have been put into a garbage receptacle
and deposited in the proper place for the collector, nor shall any authorized
person molest, hinder, delay or in any manner interfere with an authorized
garbage collector in the discharge of his duties.
G.
Scavenging. It shall be unlawful for any person to scavenge
any solid waste or refuse placed for collection on the terrace without the
permission of the owner.
H.
Private dumps. It shall be unlawful for any person to
use or operate a dump.
I.
Noncollectible materials. It shall be unlawful for any
person to place for collection or deposit at the Town Hall yard any of the
following wastes:
J.
Hospital wastes. It shall be unlawful for any person
to place for collection any pathogenic hospital wastes. Such items as needles
and syringes may be disposed of as long as they are contained to eliminate
injury to collection crews.
K.
Mandatory separation of materials for composting. No
person in the Town shall place for collection or dispose of deciduous materials.
The accumulation or deposit of garbage, trash or putrescible animal
or vegetable matter in or upon any lot or land or any public or private place
within the Town which causes the air or environment to become noxious or offensive
or to be in such a condition as to promote the breeding of flies, mosquitoes
or other insects, or to provide a habitat or breeding place for rodents or
other animals, or which otherwise becomes injurious to the public health,
is prohibited and declared to constitute a nuisance.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, deposit
or cause to be deposited, for collection, any waste or refuse not generated
within the corporate limits of the Town of Trenton.
