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ORDINANCE NO. 80.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE COLLECTION, STORAGE
DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WAS'I'E, REFUSE, RUBBISH AND
GARBAGE WITHIN THE CITY OF N~RIDIANt ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: -
FIXING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION: REPEALING TITLE VII CHAPTER
III REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES 011' THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
1955, AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR THE PROVISIONS OF 'I'HIS
ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOH AND CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY t IDM 0 :
Section 1. That Chapter III of Title VII Revised and Com-
piled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, is
hereby repealed, and there is hereby enacted the following ordi-
nances to be designated Title VII, Chapter I as follows:
"7-301: Definitions
A. The Term "waste" shall mean unwanted solid, Liquid or
gaseous materials. ..
B. The Term "refuse" shall mean solid wastes, including
garbage and rubbish.
C. The Term "garbage" shall include all putrescible waste,
except sewage and body waste, including waste .accumulated of
animal, food or vegetabie matter, and including waste that attends
thepreparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat,
fish, fowl, fruit and vegetable, and shall include all of such --
wastes or accumulations or vegetable matter of residences, restau-
rants, hotels and places where food is prepared for human consump-
tion. The term "garbage" shall not include recognized industrial
byproducts.
D. The.Term "rubbish" shall mean refuse other than garbage
(tin cans, bottles, ashes, paper, pasteboa~d, cardboard, or'wooden
boxes, brush, leaves, woods, and cuttings from trees, lawns,
shrubs, and gardens or other easte materials produced in norman
course of everyday living.) . .
E. The Term "person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership,
association, institute or corporation, and in the plural as well
as singular.
F. The Term.s "owner" and "occupant" wherever herein used may~
be used interchangeabl~, and shall mean every person in possession,
charge or in" control of any dwelling, . flat, rooming house, or any
eating palce, show, pl~ce of business, manufacturing or business
establishment where garbage or other refuse is created or accumulated.
,G. The Term "inspector" shall mean the authorized employee
or employees of Meridian having the duty of the enforcement of
this regulation.
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H. The Term "collector" wherever herein used shall mean
the person holding a license or a contract with Meridian and
thereby authorized and designated by Meridian to collect, handle,
transport and dispose of refuse.
7-)92: Responsible Authority
The City Council shall appoint a person vr persons who
shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this
ordinance and other duties as the City Council may prescribe.
Said person or persons so appointed shall work under the direction
of the City Council and in coordination with the Health Officer
or his authorized representative..
7-)03: Linense - Refuse Collection
There is hereby established a system of refuse collection,
transportation and disposal. It shall be unlawf,ul for any person
to engage in the business 01' collecting, transport.ing, hauling,
or conveying any re1'use over the streets or alleys of Meridian,
or to dmmp or dispose of the same, unless and until such person
is licensed therfor, or has a contract therefor.
7-)04: Use of the Collection S~stem
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Every owner and occupant of premises within the prescribed
limits of this regulation should use the refuse collection and
disposal system "herein provided and shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in accordance with this regulation all rubbish.and
garbage'th~t is of such nature that it is perishable, or may de-
compose, or mqy be scattered by wind or otherwise, which is
accumulated on such premises..
7-305: refuse accumulation - Unlawful
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or to suffer to
accumulate in or about any yard, lot, place or premise, or upon
any street, alley. or sidewalR:adjacent to" such lot, yard, place or
premise~ owned or 'occupied by' such person, any garbage or refuse
so as to. cause such yard, 'lot; premise, or the street, 'alley or
sidewalk adjacent thereto, to be or remain in such condition as to
cause or create a nuisance' or offensive odor or atmosphere, or
thereby to be or to become, or cause or create, a'p~blic nuisance.
7-306: Burning, Dumping - Unlawful
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No person shall burn, incinerate, bury, dump, collect, re-
moveor in any other manner dispose 01" rubbish or garbage within
the limits of Meridian except as prOVided by chapter IV, Section
6-401 and 6-403 of the Meridian Code. No person shall throw, dis-
card or deposit any rubbish, garbage, or refuse in or upon any . ~
street, alley, sidewalk or vacant groun, or in or upon any canal,
irrigation'ditch, drainage ditch or other water course.
7-307: Refuse. Containers
.. It shall be the duty or every owner or occupant or any plaoe
where garbage or rUbbish is created or accumulated to at all times
keep or cause to be kept portable appurtenances consisting of
metal or other approved type of container~for the deposit,therein
of rubbish and'garbage, and, except as otherwise provided, to
deposit or"cause to be deposited all rubbish. and garbage therein~
All garbage shall, before deposit in suoh can, be, wrapped. in paper
or other material so as to prevent the escape'of liquids there-from..
All such containers shall be water tight, not easily corrodi-
ble, rodent and fly proof, and shall be equipped with handles and
a close fitting lid.. . Such containers shall not be less than 20~
gallons capacity or more than 32^gallons capacity. The containers
shall not be of less than 30 guage metal or the equivalent, and be
hop-dipped after fabrication to insure non-leaking cans or a can
that is guaranteed by the manufacturer, and so'labeled, to be
leakpro~f regardless of manufacturing processes. Such lid shall
not be removed except when necessary to place garbage and rubbish
in such container or to take the. same therefrom. Whenever
~i~bage or rubbish is placed therein or taken thererrom, such lid
shall be replaced by the person placing or taking therrrom such
garbage or .ruboish. Such containers shall be kept' in a sanitary
condition, whith the inside and outside thero!' washed at such
times as to keep the same 1'ree and clean 01' all accwnu-lated grease
and decomposing material and so that no odor nuisance shall exist.
All garbage or refuse cans shall be kept in a place accessi-
ble to the collector, provided that in the case or isolated
dwellings or places 01" business or wheore reasonable access cannot
be had by a truck, the cans may be kept in such places as may be
agreed upon by the owner and collector, or at such place as. may
be designated by the inspector.
7-308: Collection PeriOd
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Collectors shall collect rubbish and garbage from each
customer or such collector at least t~ice each week Tor the six
months period May 1 Through October 3~, and at least once e8ch week
for the remaining months of the year, or as provided. Persons
not retaining the services or a licensed collector shall be bound
by the ~rovisions OT this section as it pertains to rrequency of
disposal; furthermore, all other sections shall be in foroe
where a"pplicable. Collectors shall Tollow the traveled portion
or striets and alleys, or the ~egular ~81ks Tor pedestrians while
on private property, and shall take care in the loading of such
rubbish and garbage so that none or the material to be collected
is left either upon the private property or the streets and alleys.
The collector shall return the container with all contents re-
moved and replace the lid thereon;
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7-309: RUbbish - Special Handling
Rubbi sh consist ing only 01' cara board, or wooden boxes, brush,
leaves, weeds and cuttings rrom trees, lawns, shrubs, and garden,
may be kept separately without depositing in such containers pro-
viding that bulk materials, such as leaves shall be in a can, bOX,
sack, or receptacle ror ease or loaaing ana that brush and etc.
shall be tied in bunales. Compost piles may be maintained ror
rertilization purpose, and-matter used 1'01' pertilization purposes
only may be transported, kept, and used. Nothing in this s~ction'
shall be construed so as to permit the violation or any ordinance,
or any rule or ~egulation or the rire department or Meridian.
7-310: License ror Collector
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Collectors engaged in the business 01' haUling, conveying or
transp~rting rubbish or garpage ror hire over upon the streets or
alleys within Meriaian shall have a valid license therefor issued
by Meridian. Application for such license shall be made in writ-
ing upon a form to be provided by the city clerk. The application
shall show the name, telephone number and street address of the
applicant, number of vehicles to be operated by the applicant in
such business, and such other pertinent information as may be re-
quired by tJ:'is chapter or as the City Council may from time to
time require. Whenever a new or different vehicle, other than as
shown in such application, is used or operated insuch business,
such person shall furnish ilnmediately such information to the
city clerk.
7-311: License - Expiration
If the City Council shall so order, the city clerk shall issue
a license to the applicant, which license shall be issued for the
calendar year and shall expire on the 31st of December of the year
in which issue, provided, that the license fee shall 'be-payable
by the month as in this chapter provided. No license issued under
the provisions hereof may be transferred.
7-312: Vehicles
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,All Collectors shall furnish vehicles designed for the
collection and hauling of garbage and rubbish. The Collectors
shall keep such vehicles clean, sanitary, neatly painted and in
good running order, and shall wash, clean and disinfect all such
vehicles at least once a week. Each vehicle shall be equipped
with a tight metal body~ or, if a wooden body, shall be metal lined
so as to be water tight, and each vehicle shall at all times b~
provided with a suitable or other approved cover having eyelets.
provided so that it may be securely fastened whenever required to
retain dust and prevent scattering of rubbish or garbage.
Each vehicle used for the collection and transportation of
rubbish and/or garbage shall have the name and phone number of the
owner painted plainly on both sides of such vehicle in letters not
less than six (6) inches in height and four (4) inches in width in
contrasting color so as to allow for easy reading and identificatior~
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
COllecting and transporting rubbish and garbage solely from pre-
mises of which such person is the owner.
7-313: Vehicles - In&pection
The inspector shall regularly, at such times artd places" to -
be designated by him, and at least quarterly, inspect vehicles
designed for the purpose of the collection and transportation of
such rubbish and garbage and shall certify his approval or dis-
approval as to compliance with the provisions or this ordinance.
From and after the approval date of this ordinance, no person sh-
all use or operate any vehicle for the collection or transportation
of rubbish and garbage unless such vehicle is- approved by the
inspector. Any person hauling his own garbage or rubbish shall
provide suitable coverings in order to prevent scattering or
blowing or loss of the material being transported.
7-314: Collection - Business Houses
To insure the health of the inhabitants of Meridian, the City
Council of said city hereby ordain that premises and businesses,-
such as, but not limited to, restaurants, grocery stores, hospitals,
butcher shops and establi~hI?-ec.r:~s ~h~rEiin l~.r~e accumulations of ~
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garbage occur, are nuisances to the extent that the same should bej
and are hereby in the manner and methodhereiriatterprovided, de-
signated as a separate class of premises for the collection and
disposal of garbage and rubbish ~nd the same shall be deposited,
separately in suitable cans and containers. From and after the
effective date of this ordinance, the inspeotor shall designate
such' premises wherein large accumulations of garbage occur and
shall notify the owner of such premises of such designation. From
and fter such notirication by the inspector, all. rUbbish and
garbage accumulated upon such premises shall be deposited
separately, in approved containers for garbage as provided in
section 9.
The City Council shall require a special type of vehicle or
equipment for the collection and transportation of garbage from :
premi ses designated. under the provisio,'1s b'f this sectiOn 'and' shE'll
enter into a contract with, or shall designate, the collector for
such garbage. It shall be unlawful for any person, except the
collector so designated by the City Council to collect, or to haul
or transport garbage, from any premises so designated under the
provisions or this section.
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7-315: City Disposal Site
For the purpose or the protection and preservation of the
health and welfare of the inhabitants of Meridian there is hereby
established at such'places and locations as the City Council may
from time to time designate by motion or order, a place t"or the
dumping and depositing of rubbish and garbage, and any such,place
or location shall be known and the same is hereby designated, as
the city disposal site. The inspector shall have the authority
of a police officer, to enforce all ordinances, rules and regula-
tions governing the city disposal site. Until $uch time as the
City Council of Meridian designates such pl~ces or locations as
official disposal sites, the places or locations jointly designated
as the official disposal sites by the Ada County Cornnissioners
shall be the only approved disposal sites used by the residents of
Meridian. "
The site or the city disposal site shall be chosen with
regard to drainage and topography for the operation of a sanitary
landfill. All rubbish and garbage deposited at the city disposal
site shall be covered with alternate layers of earth. The exact
method of earth fill, ana amount and depth of layers of earth,
and regulations f'or rodent and pest con~rol shall be prescribed
by the inspector, in cooperation anq agreement with ,the health
authorities, for each city disposal site oas the site for the same
is designated.
7-316: City Disposal Site - Rules and Regulations
All persQns transporting rubbish or garbage to the city dis-
posal site shall dump the same at the places or spots designated
by the inspector for that purrose. The inspector is hereby autho-
rized to make rules and regulations in cooperation and agreement
with the health authorities designating the manner of and hours
and limits or time of dumping or depositing rubbish and garbage at
the city disposal site, and no person shall dump or deposit
rubbish or garbage in violation thereof, providing that before
such rules and regulations become effective, appropriate signs
shall be placed at or upon the premises of the city disposal site
giving notice of such rules and regulations.
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7-317: Permit
No collector shall haul or transport any rUbbish or garbage
from Me~idian except to the designated city disposal site, pro-
vided that, upon application to.Clty Council, the City Council
may permit, or may contract for, rubbish or garbage, or both, to
be hauled or transported to such other location as may be desig~
nated by the City Council.
7-318: Inspection
No person shall deny the inspector the right of ingress or
egress to any premises for the purpose of inspecting all places,
and containers where rubbish or garbage is accumulated or kept.
7-]19: License - Revocation
Any license issued under the provisioIls, of' thlo. c~lapt,~r
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May be revoked, or a renewal thereor denied, by the City Council
for any violation of this chapter.
7-320: License Fee
All Collectors under the provisions of this chapter shall pay
a license fee or $ 12.50.per month per truck.
7-321: Penalty
Any person violating the provlslons 01' this chapter shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
PASSED-BY the Council and approved by the Mayor of: the City
of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 7th day of June , 1956.
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