§ 60-4. Removal of garbage and refuse.

A. 

Every owner of any premises, improved or unimproved, in the village shall keep all garbage thereon in a metal or other watertight container or containers, each with a tight-fitting cover which shall be kept on at all times, such container or containers to be of such size as to be easily handled manually, the container and contents thereof not to exceed 100 pounds in weight, and of such number as to receive the garbage accumulation of three days from each such premise, and shall place or cause to be placed such container or containers, for the purpose of having their contents removed, so as not to be conspicuous from the street.

B. 

As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

GARBAGE

Includes all putrescible kitchen waste and other household waste, including cans, bottles, paper, rags, excelsior, cardboard, fireplace or furnace ashes, dirt and dust.

REFUSE OR RUBBISH

Includes all leaves, grass and plant clippings, weeds, branches, limbs, wood, metal, baled paper and any other discarded nonputrescible materials of any character whatsoever.

C. 

The owner or occupant of every residence in the village shall keep separate from their garbage all matter defined as "refuse" or "rubbish." All such refuse shall be placed in containers, each of which, when loaded, shall weigh not more than 75 pounds, or tied in compact bundles, each of which shall weigh not more than 50 pounds. All newspapers to be discarded shall be tied in bundles and placed at the curb for pickup on the dates scheduled by the contractor authorized to collect garbage and refuse in the village.

[Amended 8-15-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]

D. 

When any garbage or refuse container is placed on the outside of any premises, it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the removal of same or for any other person to remove the cover from such garbage container, except for the purpose of emptying its contents into a duly authorized garbage wagon or truck or other receptacle used for the collection of garbage, or to damage it in any way so as to make it leak or to bend it or its cover as to prevent said garbage container from being tightly covered, and all persons engaged in the removal of garbage shall, after emptying said container, replace the cover tightly on such container and return to its proper place on the premises.

E. 

The provisions of this section shall apply to all public and private buildings as well as all places of business, hotels, restaurants and other premises, whether used for business, boarding or residential purposes.

F. 

For the purpose of enforcing this section, any person living on any premises shall be deemed an occupant, and any person receiving the rent, in whole or in part, of any premises shall be deemed an agent; on any premises where construction or any kind is in progress or in any business building employing persons therein and where employees or workmen eat any meals in or about such premises, the contractor or foreman or employer or other person in charge of such workmen and/or the person in charge of any restaurant, hotel or business premises shall be deemed an occupant.

G. 

It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the contractor authorized to collect garbage and refuse in the village, to pick from or remove the contents of any garbage or refuse containers as provided in this section or to remove or disturb any bundles of newspaper placed at the curb.

[Amended 8-15-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]