Dorris Municipal Code Ch. 8.08 Garbage Collection and

DISPOSAL Sections: 8.08.010 8.08.020 8.08.030 8.08.040 8.08.050 8.08.060 8.08.070 8.08.080 8.08.090 8.08.100 8.08.110 8.08.120 8.08.130 8.08.140 8.08.150 8.08.010 Definitions. Compliance required. Garbage cans or receptacles required- Placement. Rubbish and waste matter cans or receptacles required-Placement. Collection along lane or road. Disposal-Restrictions. Garbage burning restrictions. Weekly emptying required. Hauler permit- Revocation. · Collection vehicles- Minimum specifications. Manner of collection. Rates. Hauler-contract with the city. Enforcement. Violation-Penalty. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the follow- ing words and phrases, when used in this chap- ter, shall have the following meanings: "Garbage" consists of every accumulation of animal, vegetable and other matter that at- tends or results from the preparation, consump- tion, or dealing in, or storage of, meats, fish, 91 fowl, birds, fruits or vegetables, or other food products. "Hauler" means any person holding a permit from the city to engage in the occupation of collecting and disposing of garbage, rubbish and waste matter in the city in consideration of the payment to him of the charges for hauler services, as provided in Section 12. ''Rubbish" consists of woods, leaves, branches shrub trimmings, chips, shavings, woodenware, printed matter, paper, grass, cloth, straw, hay, leather, felt and plastic. "Waste matter" consists of bottles, cans, crockery, screenware, china, glass, glassware, ashes,cinders,andshells.(Ord.l74§ 1, 1986)

It is unlawful for any person in the city to accumulate, remove or dispose of garbage, rubbish or waster matter, as defined in this chapter, except in accordance with the provi- sions of this chapter. (Ord. 174 § 2, 1986)

required-Placement. A. It is unlawful for a tenant, lessee or oc- cupant of a private or other dwelling house or building, or trailer residence or duplex, or the keeper of a hotel, motel, restaurant, eating house, boardinghouse or other building where meals or food are furnished or the owner of a furnished flat or apartment house or trailer park or any person or place having garbage in the city to fail to provide upon the premises, and at all times to keep and maintain within the build- ing or on the lot on which the building is situ- ated, suitable and sufficient water-tight metal or plastic cans or receptacles with suitable bails or handles, each can having a capacity of not less than ten (10) gallons nor more than thirty-

two (32) gallons, each having tight-fitting lids, for receiving and holding without leakage or escape of odors, and without being filled to within four inches or less of the top, all of the garbage which would ordinarily accumulate on the premises in one week's time. The cans or receptacles shall be located so that the same are readily accessible for removing and emptying the material therein and in no event shall such garbage cans weigh over seventy (70) pounds. B. Garbage cans or receptacles must be furnished in the minimum number of one per resident family. C. It is also unlawful for any person to fail to place such cans or receptacles so that the bottom thereof will be at least two inches above a well-drained surface, or so that the cans or receptacles are placed entirely beneath the surface of the ground and concrete forms made particularly for such purpose; or to place the same where they will not be a nuisance to any other person or to the public, or to any de- gree be offensive. (Ord. 174 § 3, 1986)

cans or receptacles required-Placement. A. It is unlawful for a tenant, lessee or oc- cupant of a private or other dwelling house or building, or trailer residence or duplex, or the keeper of a hotel, motel, restaurant, eating house, boardinghouse or other building facility where rubbish or waste matter accumulates in the city, or the owner of a furnished flat or apartment house or trailer park, or any person having trash in the city to fail to provide, upon the premises, and at all times to maintain suit- able and sufficient enclosed metal or plastic cans or receptacles with suitable handles, each can or receptacle having a capacity of not more 92 than thirty-five (35) gallons, and having tight- fitting lids sufficient to hold the rubbish or waste matter that would ordinarily accumulate on such premises in one week's time. It is also unlawful for any person to fail to place all rub- bish or waste matter accumulated on the prem- ises in such or receptacles or to fail to place such cans or receptacles so that they are readily accessible for the removal of rubbish or waste matter therein, and must be close to the edge of the road, edge of the street or edge of the alley affording the garbage truck usual reasonable access to the premises. B. Rubbish or waste matter not easily placed in containers must be neatly tied in bun- dles with a maximum length of four feet and must be able to be easily carried. C. Commercial or industrial rubbish and waste matter produced in large quantities may be stored for collection in larger enclosed metal or wooden receptacles and be equipped with suitable lids or covers. D. Rubbish and waste matter, as defined in this chapter, shall not be placed, disposed of or otherwise accumulated and commingled in the same receptacles. (Ord. 174 § 4, 1986)

Any person, firm or corporation maintaining a home, place of business or industrial estab- lishment, access whereto is had by a lane or roadway reasonably sufficient for the safe pas- sage of the garbage collector's truck, may keep and locate the garbage cans or receptacles pro- vided for in Sections 8.08.030 and 8.08.040 at a location not more than seventy-five (75) feet from such lane or road, but shall pay, in addi- tion to all other rates and charges payable for garbage collection service, a rate or charge to

be fixed by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 174 § 5, 1986)

A. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any garbage, rubbish or waste matter origi- nating in the city, other than at a disposal area designated by the city council, excepting that the same may be placed in receptacle as pro- vided by Section 8.08.030 and 8.08.040, pro- vided that the same are emptied and the con- tents thereof removed and disposed of when filled within four inches of the top and, in any event, at least one a week as provided by Sec- tion 8.04.080. B. No garbage, rubbish or waste matter shall be disposed of in unincorporated territory, except at the designated dump site. C. The city council shall be the judge of the sufficiency and sanitary condition of all garbage, rubbish and waste matter containers. (Ord. 174 § 6, 1986)

restrictions. It is unlawful for any person to bum or cause to be burned in the city any garbage or rubbish combined with garbage, excepting upon a written permit granted therefor by the fire chief. No plastics can be burned. (Ord. 174 § 7, 1986)

It is unlawful in the city for a person not to have each and every can, box, barrel or other receptacle used for the accumulation of gar- bage, rubbish or waste matter emptied and the contents thereof removed from the premises and disposed of, as provided in this chapter, 93 when any of the receptacles are filled to within four inches of the top and, in any event, it is unlawful for a person not to have each and all of the receptacles emptied and the contents thereof so removed and disposed of a least once each week. (Ord. 174 § 8, 1986)

The permit of any scavenger may be re- voked for persistent and repeated failure on his part to properly collect garbage, rubbish and waste matter, or for charging for the collection of the same in excess of the rates fixed by the city council. It is unlawful for any hauler whose permit has been revoked to collect garbage, rubbish and waste matter within the city, pro- vided that no permit shall be revoked except upon a hearing before the city council, upon three days' previous notice in writing given to such hauler. (Ord. 174 § 9, 1986)

Minimum specifications. It is unlawful or any hauler to use any truck or other vehicle for the removal and transporta- tion of any garbage, rubbish or waste matter from any premises within the city unless the same first has been approved by the city coun- cil and conforms to the following minimum specifications: A. Collection vehicles may be of two types:

1. Enclosed or covered body truck, satel- lite vehicles with covered bodies;
2. Packer or mechanical compaction-type trucks, of a type approved by the city council. Open body trucks may be used for bulky mate- rial, large objects or material impossible to col- lect with a packer or mechanical compaction unit.

B. Each collection vehicle must be painted such color as is designated by resolution of the city council or by contract entered into with the city upon authorization of the city council. C. Each collection vehicle must be main- tained in a clean, sanitary, well-painted and mechanically safe condition. It shall be in- spected twice yearly without prior notice by authorized representatives of the city council. D. The portion of each collection vehicle in which garbage, rubbish or waste matter is placed for transportation shall be constructed in such manner that the same shall be water-tight so that no leakage or odor can escape there- from. Doors to such vehicle bodies shall be kept closed at all times except when garbage, rubbish or waste matter is actually being loaded or unloaded. (Ord. 174 § 10, 1986)

A. It is unlawful for any hauler or garbage collector to empty or remove the contents of such cans or receptacles as are used for accu- mulation of garbage, rubbish or waste matter in such manner as will create unnecessary noise or from any motel or hotel before six a.m. B. All garbage, rubbish and waste matter shall be removed from the cans or receptacles used for the accumulation of the same and from the premises on which the same are lo- cated in the manner provided by Section 8.08.100. C. Dropping or Spilling Prohibited. It is unlawful for any hauler to allow any garbage, rubbish and waste matter to spill, drop or fall from his or her vehicle. He or she shall be re- sponsible for the pickup of such garbage, rub- bish and waste matter that falls from his or her vehicle. (Ord. 174 §§ II, 12, 1986) 94

The city council, from time to time, shall establish by resolution the maximum rates or charges that may be charged by haulers for the collection of garbage, rubbish and waste matter within the city. The current schedules of rates so fixed by the city council shall be at all times on file in the office of the city clerk, and a copy thereof shall be available to each hauler. It is unlawful for any hauler to charge a rate in ex- cess of that so fixed by the city council. (Ord. 174 § 13, 1986)

city. A. The city council is authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the city with one or more persons, firms or corporations for the collection of all garbage, rubbish and waste matter in the city upon such terms and condi- tions as the council determines will be for the best interest of the city. B. In the event such contract is let, it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other persons in the employ of such contractor, or contractors, to collect for pay, or other con- sideration, any garbage, rubbish and waste matter within the city, except that any firm or corporation producing not less than fifty (50) gallons per week of clean garbage suitable for hogs or other domestic animals may contract for the removal of such garbage outside the city; provided, further, that the same shall all be done upon a permit issued by the chief ad- ministrative officer of the city after determin- ing that the applicant is properly equipped to remove such garbage. C. Such contractor, in addition to meeting all the other requirements of this chapter, shall agree to, and such contract shall require, that

the contractor do the following: prepare and submit to the city administrator, for approval, collection arid disposal routes and schedules showing the days of collection of each route; D. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section to the contrary, any individual shall have the right to remove or haul or dispose of garbage, rubbish and waste matter produced or accumulated upon premises owned by such individual or in such individual's possession, but such individual must nevertheless pay, in any event, the regular monthly fiXed charge set by the city council for hauler service, whether such service is used or not used. E. The monthly fJXed charge for hauler service set by the city council, at the will of the city council, for good cause shown, may be waived for public and quasi-public agencies. The council, in waiving such fees, may impose reasonable conditions in conjunction therewith, and such waiver, at the will of the council, may be revoked at any time. Such request for waiver shall be in writing to the city council and shall be considered at a regularly sched- uled meeting of the city council. (Ord. 174 § 14, 1986)

It shall be the duty of the city administrator to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 174 § 15, 1986)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction. Every violation is punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a first viola- tion; a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for a second violation of the same section within one year; and a fine not exceeding one 95 hundred dollars ($100.00) each additional vio- lation of the same section within one year. (Ord.l74 § 16, 1986)