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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-09 - Regulation of Storage, Collection, and Transportation of Solid WasteBILL N0.~9 ORDINANCE NO.~ 9 AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, REGULATID?G STORAGE, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR STORAGE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE. All persons, firms or corporations owning or operating any dwelling unit, house or apartment producing refuse, solid waste, or garbage and all persons owning, operating, managing or conducting any commercial, industrial, business or institutional establishment producing refuse, within the corporate limits of the city, shall provide sufficient and adequate refuse containers, as provided herein, for the storage of such refuse and shall make adequate provision for the storage, collection and disposal of all refuse produced upon such premise in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. SECTION 2. SOLID WASTE STORAGE. The occupant of every dwelling unit and every institutional, commercial or industrial establishment producing solid waste within the corporate limits of the City shall provide sufficient and adequate containers for the storage of all solid waste, shall maintain such solid waste container in good repair and the area surrounding the container in a neat, clean and sanitary condition at all times. Providing however, no said container shall be required for bulky rubbish or demolition or construction waste. SECTION 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS. The following are required. for solid waste containers: a. The container shall be not less than five (5) nor more than thirty-five (35) gallons in nominal capacity. b. The weight of any individual container and contents shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. c. The container shall be leakproof, and waterproof and fitted with tight fitting lid. d. The container shall be durable and cleanable. e. Each container, when not placed in position for trash pick-up, shall be screened from the public highway or street by appropriate land- scaping, or framing. f. No container shall be maintained within thirty-five (35) feet of any public street or public highway for more than twenty-four (24) hours. Provided, however, commercial so]_id waste containers may be used at the option of the residents and when used, the commercial solid waste container shall be capable of being mechanically lifted and emptied into a collection vehicle. In the event that commercial solid waste containers are used then sub-paragraphs a. and b. shall not be applicable but al.l the other portions of this section shall be in full force and effect. SECTION 4. FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION. Refuse collection shall be at intervals not greater than once each week for residents. Refuse collection for commercial, business or industrial refuse shall be at intervals not greater than once each week, provided however, the City Health Commissioner upon a determination that lesser intervals are necessary for the preservation of the general health with respect to a particular establishment producing refuse, then said collection shall be made at such intervals as are fixed by the Health Director and approved by the Board of Aldermen for the preservation of the public safety with respect to any particular establishment. SECTION 5. NAME OF REFUSE COLLECTOR TO BE REVEP_LED. In order to assure that each resident of the City has been contacted for refuse removal the application for city automobile stickers shall be amended so that each resident shall at the time of said application BILL NO. / 1 J (r ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, f., REGULATING STORAGE, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS ` OF THIS ORDINANCE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR STORAGE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE. All persons, firms or corporations owning or operating any dwelling unit, house or apartment producing refuse, solid waste, or garbage and all persons owning, operating, managing or conducting any commercial, industrial, business or institutional establishment producing refuse, within the corporate limits of the city, shall provide sufficient and adequate refuse containers, as provided herein, for the storage of such refuse and shall make adequate provision for the storage, collection and disposal of all refuse produced upon such premise in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. SECTION 2. SOLID WASTE STORAGE. The occupant of every dwelling unit and every institutional, commercial or industrial establishment producing solid waste within . the corporate limits of the City shall provide sufficient and adequate containers for the storage of all solid waste, shall maintain such solid waste containe in good repair and the area surrounding the container in a neat, clean and sanitary condition at all times. Providing however, no said container shall be required for bulky rubbish or demolition or construction waste. SECTION 3. REQUIRED~lENTS FOR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS. The following are required for solid waste containers: a. The container shall be not less than five (5) nore more than thirty-five (35) gallons in nonimal capacity. b. The weight of any individual container and contents shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. c. The container shall be leakproof, and waterproof and fited with tight fitting lid. d. The container shall b~e~„ durable and cleanable. e. Each container, when placed in position for trash pick-up, shall be screened from the public highway or street by appropriate land- scaping, or framing. 'I'~_f~~e f. No container shall be maintained within ~~) feed ,Pf any ~...._ public street or public highway for more than hours_ Provided, however, commercial solid waste containers may be used at the option of the residents and when used, the commercial solid waste container shall be capable of being mechanically lifted and emptied into a collection vehicle. In the event that commercial solid waste containers are used then sub-paragraphs a. and b. shall not be applicable but all the other portions of this section shall be in full force and effect. SECTION 4. FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION. Refuse collection shall be at intervals not greater than once "~ ~ each week for residents. Refuse collection for commercial, business ~'" or industrial refuse shall be at intervals not greater than once each week, provided however, the City Health """~~' `upon a determination that lesserintervals are necessary for the preservation of the general health with respect to a particular establishment producing refuse, then said collection shall be made at such intervals as are fixed by the Health Director and approved by the Board of Aldermen for the preservation of the public safety with respect to any particular establishment. SECTION 5. NAME OF REFUSE COLLECTOR TO BE REVEALED. ' In order to assure that e h res ent of t e City as been contaotec `'~~,.~ for refuse removal the applicator city automobile stickers shall be amended so that each resident shall at the time of said application ~~-~ reflect on said application the name of the contractor disposing of his refuse. The clerk or assistant city clerk shall give the name and address of any person, not living in an apartment complex, failing to reveal this information on said application for a city automobile license to the City police chief. i~G'Y~~S~`l-w' ~,~.zi SECTION 6. INSPECTION~PERMITTED. The City Health ~ or city police officer may enter upon all realty within the City to determine if violation of this ordinance does exist, provided, however, the inside of any residential unit shall not be inspected unless authorized by the occupant or by due process of law. SECTION 7. OTHER PROHIBITED PRACTICE. It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his own without the written consent of the owner of such container. 2. Burn solid waste, unless an approved incinerator is utilized ~~~ , .• 3. Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved and which does not hold a permit issued by the Missouri Division of Health. 4. Engage in the business of collecting,. transporting, processing or disposing of solid waste within the corporate limits of the City without a permit from the City or operate under an expired permit or operate after a permit has been suspended or revoked. 5. To cast, throw, sweep or deposit in any manner upon any public way or river, drain, creek, sewer or receiving basin within the corporate limits of the City any rubbish, waste, article, garbage or trash. SECTION 8. PENALTY/. Any person vio'~at~ing any of the .provisions of this ordinance upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or confinment in the ity jail for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine and confinment, provided however, each day's violation shall be a separate offense for the purpose hereof. SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this ordinance are severable and if any provision or part thereof shall be held invalid or unconstitutional or inapplicable to any person or circumstances such invalidity or unconstitutionality or inapplicability shall not effect or impair the remaining portions of this ordinance. SECTION 10. CODE SECTION. This ordinance shall be deemed code section NO. 10.5 and the City Clerk is directed to add this ordinance to the City Code at the appropriate place. PASSED THIS ~,~ DAY OF / ' ~t~-~t'%~/ , 1974 . Ma~C~~~~~ ATTEST: ~..,,,~~ City Clerk APPROVED THIS ~ z DAY OF ~~~~~`~C 5 , 1974 . ~_