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MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM:
SUBMITTED BY:
June 4, 2009
Council Agenda Item 10 C
Ordinance Amendment -Refuse
Administration/Police
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City has been receiving more and more complaints about garbage
that sits at the curb on a weekly basis. It is not uncommon for Cities to require that refuse containers to
be removed from the curb with 24 hours of collection or to be placed at the curb 24 hours prior to
collection. The City Attorney has prepared a draft ordinance for review and consideration. The Council
has discussed this matter a couple of times so the amendment has been prepared.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:
ATTACHMENTS:
Draft Amendment
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: If the Council wishes to impose this regulation, a motion would be
required to authorize the Mayor and Administrator to execute the amendment to Ordinance 107,
causing the same to be published and effective upon publication.
CHAPTER X -NUISANCES & OFFENSES
ORDINANCE 107 .......................................................................GARBAGE AND REFUSE ORDINANCE
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Section 107.01: DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE RESTRICTED .................107-1
Section 107.02: GARBAGE AND REFUSE CONTAINERS .......................................107-1
Section 107.03: COLLECTION BY CITY ....................................................................107-1
Section 107,04: FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES ...........................................1 i)7-2~~}~--1-
Section 107.05: DEBRIS ......................................................................................... 107-2
Section 107.06: STORAGE OF MATERIAL ................................................................107-2
Section 107.07: COMPOST SITE ..................................................................................107-2
Section 107.08: PENALTY ............................................................................................107-2
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CHAPTER X -NUISANCES & OFFENSES
ORDINANCE 107 GARBAGE AND REFUSE ORDINANCE
Section 107.01: DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE RESTRICTED. No person
shall hereafter deposit or cause to be deposited any garbage, kitchen or table refuse, or any
decayed animal or vegetable substance or any noxious or offensive substance or any substance
injurious to life or health, upon any street, avenue, vacant lot or vacant part of any lot or upon
any yard, back yard or other ground or place appurtenant to any dwelling house, boarding house,
lodging house, hotel, restaurant, store, saloon, factory, laundry, work shop or other inhabited
building, in the City of St. Joseph except in proper containers and in the manner as herein
provided. No person shall hereafter deposit or cause to be deposited soil, gravel, lawn waste,
grass clippings, leaves, garden waste, refuse, or construction debris on the property of another
without the explicit consent of the property owner.
Section 107.02: GARBAGE AND REFUSE CONTAINERS. Every owner or occupant,
or person in control or possession of any dwelling house, hotel, restaurant, boarding house,
lodging house, store, laundry, factory or other inhabited building or structure shall provide at his
own expense and put and keep on the grounds back yard or other part of the lot appurtenant to
any such specified premises and in a convenient place, easy of access for collection as provided
in Section 3 of this ordinance, a container of a type or kind approved for use by the City's
contract refuse hauler; and every such person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in such can
all garbage and other refuse and substances specified in Section 1, of this ordinance, which shall
accrue on his or her premises or on premises in his or her control or possession and shall deposit
in said container the same drained of water or other fluid, and wrapped in paper in parcels, and
shall keep such container covered.
Section 107.03: COLLECTION BY CITY. For non-rental residential property, the City
Council shall provide for the collection of all garbage and other refuse and recyclables deposited
in the containers and shall provide for the removal of the same to such place as shall be provided
by the City Council for that purpose. The City Council may contract for such collection and
removal of such garbage and other refuse, but all such employment or procuring of means shall
be done in the name of and for and on behalf of the City, and the expense thereof shall be paid
out of the funds of the City generated by a charge to users. The City Council may adopt such
reasonable rules and regulations for the deposit, collection and removal of such garbage and
other refuse aforesaid as it may deem necessary or useful. Non-residential property shall
privately contract for the removal of refuse in a manner consistent with this ordinance.
a) Garbage or other refuse and recvclable containers shall not be placed on the curb line
more than 24 hours prior to scheduled collection or be left on the curb line more than 24 hours
after scheduled collection.
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Section 107.04: FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES. No person shall place or allow to
remain any furniture constructed and originally sold for use inside a structure, including but not
limited to bed mattresses, sofas, and couches, at a place or location where the time would be
exposed to the weather elements and within the view of the general public, except under the
following circumstances:
a) When the item has been set out to be picked up for removal and transportation to
a disposal site. The item must be removed within 48 hours.
Section 107.05: DEBRIS. No person shall deposit or allow the deposit of and
construction debris, construction scraps, packing or shipping debris, inoperable appliances,
containers, wrappers or other debris at any outside location, except in a properly permitted
garbage or refuse container, or in a truck or trailer for transportation to a permitted disposal site.
Section 107.06: STORAGE OF MATERIAL. No person shall store or maintain
construction material, machinery, equipment, or used pallets, crates or barrels, at an outside
location where visible from off the property on which it is stored in any area zoned for
residential use.
Section 107.07: COMPOST SITE. No yard waste may be included in garbage or refuse
pick up. The City shall provide a compost site for the deposit of all yard waste by residents of
the City. For purposes of this ordinance, yard waste shall include grass clippings, garden
growth, leaves, sticks, branches, thatch, vines, or wood chips. Use of the compost site shall be
pursuant to reasonable rules and regulations established by the City.
Section 107.08: PENALTY. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provisions
of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Updated 7/18/94
Updated 6/2003 -Section 107.04
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