Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of words and terms as used in this article shall be as follows:

(a)   Commercial Waste. - All refuse emanating from establishments engaged in business including, but not limited to stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers, theaters, hospitals, governments and nursing homes.

(b)   Dwelling Unit. - Any enclosure, building or portion thereof occupied by one or more persons as living quarters;

(c)   Garbage. - Waste resulting from the handling, processing, storage, packaging, preparation, sale, cooking and serving of meat, produce and other foods and shall include unclean containers;

(d)   Multi-Family Unit. - Any structure containing more than four individual dwelling units;

(e)   Refuse. - All garbage and/or rubbish or trash;

(f)    Residential. - Any structure containing four or less individual dwelling units, rooming houses having no more than four persons in addition to the family of the owner or operator, and mobile homes;

(g)   Rubbish or Trash. - All nonputrescible materials such as paper, tin cans, bottles, glass, crockery, rags, ashes, lawn and tree trimmings, stumps, boxes, wood, street sweepings and mineral refuse. Rubbish or trash shall not include earth and waste from building operations or wastes from industrial processes or manufacturing operations;

(h)   Single Dwelling Unit. - An enclosure, building or portion thereof occupied by one family as living quarters.

(i)    Solid Waste. - All non-liquid garbage, rubbish or trash.

(Code 2007)

All solid waste accumulated within the city shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the city or by contractors specifically authorized to collect and dispose of solid waste.

(Code 2007)

The city shall have the right to enter into a contract with any responsible person for collection and disposal of solid waste.

(Code 2007)

The owner or occupant of every dwelling unit, and all owners of other properties generating solid waste including commercial enterprises, shall use a container for solid waste provided by the City in accordance with its Trash Cart Rules promulgated pursuant to Code Section 15-514.. No owner or occupant shall permit to accumulate quantities of refuse or other waste materials within or close to any structure within the City unless the same is stored in approved containers and in such a manner as not to create a health or fire hazard.

(Code 2007; Ord. 976; Code 2014)

Solid waste collectors, employed by the city or operating under contract with the city, are hereby authorized to enter in and upon private property for the purpose of collecting solid waste therefrom as required by this article.

(Code 2007)

Ownership of solid waste when placed in containers by the occupants or owners of premises upon which refuse accumulates, shall be vested in the city and thereafter shall be subject to the exclusive control of the city, its employees or contractors.  No person shall meddle with refuse containers or in any way pilfer or scatter contents thereof in any alley or street within the city.

(Code 2007)

All garbage shall be drained of all excess liquid, and wrapped in paper or other disposable container before being placed in solid waste containers.

(Code 2007)

Heavy accumulations such as brush, tree limbs, broken concrete, sand or gravel, automobile frames, dead trees, and other bulky, heavy materials shall be disposed of at the expense of the owner or person controlling same.

(Code 2007)

No person shall deposit in a solid waste container or otherwise offer for collection any hazardous garbage, refuse, or waste.  Hazardous material shall include:

(a)   Explosive materials;

(b)   Rags or other waste soaked in volatile and flammable materials;

(c)   Chemicals;

(d)   Poisons;

(e)   Radio-active materials;

(f)    Highly combustible materials;

(g)   Soiled dressings, clothing, bedding and/or other wastes, contaminated by infection or contagious disease;

(h)   Any other materials which may present a special hazard to collection or disposal personnel, equipment, or to the public.

(Code 2007)

It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(a)   Deposit solid waste in any container other than that owned or leased by him or under his control without written consent of the owner and/or with the intent of avoiding payment of the refuse service charge;

(b)   Interfere in any manner with employees of the city or its contractors in the collection of solid waste;

(c)   Burn solid waste except in an approved incinerator and unless a variance has been granted and a written permit obtained from the city or the appropriate air pollution control agency;

(d)   Bury refuse at any place within the city except that lawn and garden trimmings may be composted.

(Code 2007)

Manure from cow lots, stables, poultry yards, pigeon lofts and other animal or fowl pens, and waste oils from garages or filling stations shall be removed and disposed of at the expense of the person controlling the same and in a manner consistent with this article.

(Code 2007)

No person shall haul or cause to be hauled any garbage, refuse or other waste material of any kind to any place, site or area within or without the limits of the city unless such site is a sanitary landfill, transfer  point or disposal facility approved by the Kansas State Department of Health and Environment.

(Code 2007)

Any vehicle used by any person for the collection and transportation of solid waste shall be maintained in a good mechanical condition.  Vehicle shall be equipped with an enclosed covered body to prevent the contents leaking or escaping therefrom.  Only tree trimmings or brush may be transported in open-bodied vehicles provided the material is securely tied in place to prevent scattering along the streets and alleys.

(Code 2007)

The collection and transportation of trash and waste materials shall be at all times under the general supervision of the mayor or his or her duly authorized agent, who shall have the authority by and with the consent of the governing body to make additional rules and regulations not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this article requiring that the collection and transportation of trash and waste materials shall be conducted in such manner as not to endanger the public health, or to become an annoyance to the inhabitants of the city, and providing for a proper fee to be charged to the customer.

(Code 2007)

The city shall establish and collect a service charge to defray the cost and maintenance of the collection and disposition of solid waste within the city.

(Code 2007)

(a)  

Residential Rates

Commercial rates

(b)   The rates established in this section will be effective January 1, 2021 and upon the giving of notice of these modifications to City waste disposal customers as provided in Ordinance 1007 section 1(b).

(Ord. 854; Code 2007; Ord. 966; Ord. 976; Ord. 1007; Res. 2014-02; Res. 2016-02; Res. 2020-02)