§ 14-01-120. Plastic bags for garbage.

(a)

This ordinance shall apply to all wet waste to be picked up by the city refuse system.

(b)

Wet waste includes: wet or moist waste, including without limitation, food, food scraps, food containers, liquids of any type, green or fresh yard waste, pet waste, or disposable diapers.

(c)

No garbage, rubbish, or trash shall be collected by the city refuse system or placed outside for collection by the city refuse system except garbage, rubbish, and trash from premises within the city limits. No person shall move any materials from one location to another to evade the provisions of this ordinance.

(d)

On the day curbside collection is scheduled for any premises, or not earlier than 6:00 P.M. of the night before collection is scheduled, all garbage, trash, and rubbish shall be placed at the street in front of the premises. Wet waste shall be in a securely tied plastic bag and all garbage shall be placed inside the container designated by the City's trash haulers. Any person responsible for overloading a trash container shall be subject to a twenty dollar charge to compensate the trash hauler for its additional expense in unloading the container. The twenty dollar fee shall be an item added to the responsible party's water bill.

(e)

No person shall tamper with any plastic bag containing any garbage, refuse, or trash. No person shall tamper with any bundle or box of material placed for collection under this ordinance. No person shall interfere with or tamper with any receptacle placed for collection. No owner of any dog shall permit their dog to damage or open any plastic sack or garbage receptacle or any bundle of papers or tree limbs or shrubs anywhere in the city. It shall be the responsibility of the dog owner to control the actions of the dog.

(f)

No person shall place anything for collection in the public streets and public alleys in the city except in accordance with the terms of this ordinance. No dead animals shall be placed for collection under the terms of this ordinance. No bricks, concrete, lumber, hot ashes, dirt, plaster, sand or gravel or large chunks of metal, such as automobile frames, or other heavy materials shall be placed for collection under the terms of this ordinance. These items may be removed in accordance with the trash hauler's bulky item pickup service.

(g)

Neither oil wastes nor dangerous substances, as defined by the city ordinance on transportation of hazardous material, defined in Section 14-01-050, shall be placed for collection by the city's trash hauler or collected by the city's trash hauler.

(h)

The provisions of this ordinance are separable, and if any phrase or part of this ordinance should be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the ordinance.

(i)

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined in accordance with this code. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.

(Ord. 899, § 1, 1-25-94)