Woodside Municipal Code § 50.02 Definitions

The Council hereby establishes health and sanitation rules and regulations as set forth in this chapter.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.01) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Garbage. All putrescible wastes, including kitchen and food wastes; animal or vegetable wastes resulting from storage, preparation, cooking, processing, or handling of food or food stuffs; non-putrescible wastes that are mixed in the same container with or are contaminated by putrescible wastes; infectious wastes, such as used tissues, which are normally produced at residential premises; small dead animals not exceeding ten pounds in weight; and any putrefactive or easily decomposable waste material which is likely to attract flies, vermin, birds or rodents. Garbage does not include materials that are separated and set aside for recycling, and does not include stable matter (manure and other waste matter normally accumulated in stables or on livestock or poultry enclosures) or hazardous material.

Refuse. Any and all matter and materials which are rejected, abandoned, or discarded by the owner or producer thereof as offensive or useless and which, by their presence or accumulation, may injuriously affect the health, comfort, or safety of the community in any manner whatsoever.

Scavenger. An agent or employee of the Town or any person, or the agents or employees thereof, with whom the Town shall have duly contracted to collect, receive, carry, and transport garbage, swill, refuse, and waste matter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Swill. All putrefactive or easily decomposable animal or vegetable matter having a property value and attractive to flies and rodents.

Waste matter. Any and all matter and materials, whether they be organic, inorganic, combustible, or noncombustible, which cannot be defined as refuse but which are rejected, abandoned, or discarded by the owner or producer thereof as useless or no longer desired by the owner or producer.

Watercourse. Any natural or artificial drainage ditch, channel, stream, creek, or river which flows through, originates in, or terminates within the Town.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.02) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57; Am. Ord. 1963-130, effective - -63)

(A) Except as otherwise set forth in division (C) below of this section, all garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill shall, by the person upon whose premises the same shall have been produced or accumulated, be placed in a watertight galvanized metal container of not less than ten nor more than 30 gallons net capacity and of a design approved by the Health Officer, or such other person as may be designated by the Council, which container shall be kept clean and continuously closed by a tight-fitting galvanized metal cover, except when garbage, refuse, waste matter, or swill is being dumped within or removed therefrom, and which container shall be proofed against the access of flies and rodents. The contents of such container shall be delivered not less than once a week to the scavenger authorized by the Town to collect such contents in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, swill may be placed in separate containers of the type and size indicated in this section, or as may be approved by the Health Officer, or such other person designated by the Council, for delivery to swill collectors pursuant to the rules and regulations for the collection of swill set forth in this chapter.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.03)

(B) All receptacles required by the provisions of this chapter shall be located in such a place as to be readily accessible for removing and emptying but shall not be placed within the limits of any street, road, avenue, way, alley, public place, or anywhere so as to constitute a nuisance.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.04)

(C) The producer or owner of garbage, refuse, waste matter or swill may elect to segregate non-putrefactive materials from other garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill, and the same may be placed in a box or barrel located near the galvanized container, but the material so segregated shall be kept in a dry condition and in such a manner as not to be offensive, attractive to flies and rodents, and so as not to create a nuisance or fire hazard. All cardboard and wooden boxes, except containers of refuse or waste matter, shall be broken up so as to facilitate their collection by the scavenger. Such refuse shall be delivered to the scavenger in the same manner as the contents of the galvanized containers.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.05) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

No person shall dump or deposit, or cause or allow to be dumped or deposited, or allow to accumulate any waste material of a combustible nature on any property within the Town without first obtaining written permission from the Health Officer and the Fire Chief.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.14) (Ord. 1963-130, effective - -63)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

It shall be unlawful to deposit, place, or burn garbage, refuse, waste matter, or swill of any kind upon public streets, alleyways, or public places. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place, or burn garbage, refuse, waste matter, or swill upon any public or private lot or park, except as otherwise provided in this section. Dry refuse and waste matter may be burned by owners or producers of the same only pursuant to a permit from the Woodside Fire Protection District and under the terms and conditions thereof, but such burning shall not create any offensive odor or smoke screen.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.15) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

(A) No person shall dump or deposit, or cause or allow to be dumped or deposited, in any watercourse, waste material of any nature whatsoever.

(B) No person shall dump or deposit, or cause or allow to be dumped or deposited, waste material within 20 feet of the bank or slope of any watercourse without first having obtained the written permission of the Town Engineer, the Health Officer, the Fire Chief, and the Council.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.16)

(C) No person shall dump or deposit, or cause or allow to be dumped or deposited, waste material upon public streets or other public property within the Town.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.17) (Ord. 1963-130, effective - -63)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

All garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill collected by the scavenger shall be disposed of at a dump operated by the scavenger or other persons in such a manner as to comply with all State, County, Town, or district regulations governing such dumps.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.18) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit a person, other than the scavenger, from transporting, without spilling, his/her own trash, refuse, or waste matter, except garbage or swill, over the streets of the Town without obtaining a permit.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.19) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

The Health Officer, Police Chief (or such other officials of the Town or county who are acting therefor pursuant to authorization by the Council) and the Fire Chief or Acting Fire Chief shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, and they shall have the right to enter upon any and all premises for the purposes of determining the sanitary conditions thereof and ascertaining whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with, and any person denying or obstructing such entry shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in Chapter 10 of this Code.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.20) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)