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AN ORDINMI:E PROVIDING FOR' THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SANITARY
SERVICE SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR GARBAGE, RUBBISH, AND TRASH DISPOSAL,
AND OTHER DEBRIS "FROM THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, AND PROVIDIllZ CHARGES
AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SAME, PROVIDING FOR THE
LICENSING OF COLLECTORS, SETTING FORTH SCHEDULES AND CHARGES, IM-
POSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERJWTI'H, AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
SECTION 1. 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 "garbqe" shall inolude all putrescible waste, except
sewage and body waste, includirig- Waste accumulated of animal food
or vegetable matter, and inoluding lAste that attends the prepara-
tion, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, f'ruit
and vegetable, and shall include all of such wastes or accumulations
of' vegetable matter of residences, restaurants, hotels and places
where food is prepared for human consumption. 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.rd, cardboard, or wooden boxes.
brush leaves, weeds, and cuttings from trees, lawns, shrubs, and
gardens or other wast.e materials produced in no:rm.a.l course of doing
business or everyday living.) ~ The t.erm "rubbiSh" shall not include
recognized industrial byproducts.
E. The term "persontl shall mean any person, firm, partnership,
association, institutie or corpGl'ation, md in the plural as _lIas
singular .
F. The terms "owner" and "occupant" whereever herein used may be
used interchangeably, and shall mean every person in possession,
charge or in control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house, or any
eating place, shop, place of business, manufacturing or business
establishment where garbage or other refuse is created or accwnu-
lated.
G. The term. "inspector" shall mean the authorized employee or
employees of City ot Meridian or some individual designated by the
City Council as having the duty of the enforcement of this Ordinance.
H. The term"colleotor", wherever herein used, shall mean the
person holding a license or contract with the City of Meridian, or
employed by the City of Meridian, and thereby authorized and desig-
nated by the City of Meridian to collect, handle, transport and
dispose of refuse and wastes.
Section 2. RESPONSIBLE AutHORITY-The Chief of Police of' the
City of Meridian and such other persons as may be appointed. by the
Mayor and CounCil, shall be responsible for the enforcement of the
provisions of this ordinance, and other duties as the City Council
may prescribe, and there shaJ.I be designated as a member of the
Police Department, a Sanitary Inspector, who shall enforce the same
under the supervision of the Chief of' Police.
Section 3. COMPULSORY USE OF THE SYSTEM-
A. Every owner and occupant of premises wlthin the prescribed
limits of the City of Meridian must 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
that is of' such nature that it is perishable, or may decompose, or
may be scattered by wind or otherwise, which is accumulated on such
premises.
B. Provided further, that in areas of the City where the collec-
tion of garbage and refuse on the schedules hereinafter set forth
would be impr'IQticable, the City Counci may issue a special permit
altering the time and extent of collection.
Section 4. REFUSE COLLEOTION--There is hereby established a
system of refuse collection, transportation and disposal. It shall
be unlald'ul for any person to engage in the business of collecting,
transpGrting, hauling, or conveying any refuse over the streets or
alleys of Meridian, or to dump or dispose of the same, unless and
until such person is licensed therefor, or has a contract therefor
as an authorized representative of the City of' Merid.ian.
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Section 5. REFUSE ACCUMULATION UNLAwfUL-It shall be unlawful
for 8J.ly person to permit or to suffer to accumulate in or about any
yard, lot, place or premise, or upon any street, alley or sidewalk
adjacent to such lot, yard, place or premise, owned or occupied by
cuch.person, any garbage or refuse eo as to cause such yard, lot,
prem~se, or the street, alley or sidewalk adjacent thereto, to be
or reaain in such confli1tion as to cause or create a nuisance er
offensive OQor Qr atmDaphere or rodent harborage, or thereby to be
or to become, or cause or create, a public miisance, within the
limits of the City ef Meridian.
Section 6. BURNOO, DUMPING-UNLAWFtrr--No person shall burn,
incinerate, bury, duap, collect, ,remove or in any-other manner dis-
pose of rubbish or garbage within the limits of Meridian, except as
hereinafter provided:
A. Interior Incinerators-Any person, firm, or corporation may use
an incinerator in the interior of a building between the hours - of
7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M., provided such incinerator meets the require-
ment B ot the Building Code.
B. ~r Incinerators--Burning of rubbish is allCDwed in exter- .
ior incinerators between the hours of 9:00; A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Such
incinerators shall be built of noncumbustible material and shall
have a minimum ten-foet stack covered by one-inch wire mesh screen.
Nothing l1:erein shall be construed to prohibit the use of outdoor
fireplaces, barbecue pits, or grills, in preparing food or for re-
creational purposes.
C. Open Burning-Burning of rubbish may be done in vacant lots by
the owner thereof upon obtaining a permit - from the Fire Department
for sllch burning.
D. rit person shall throw, d.iscard or depesit any rubbish, garbage,
or refuse.in or upon any street,alley, sid.ei~ or .vacantground,
or in or upon any canal, irrigatIon ditch, drainage ditch or other
water course.
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Section 7. REFUSE CONTAINERS--It shall be the duty of eV'ery
owner or occupant of any place where garbage or rubbish is created
or accumulated to at all times keep or cause to be kept portable
appurtenances consist.ing of metal or other approved type of con-
tainer 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
such can, be wrapped in paper or other material 80 as to prevent
the escape of liquids therefrom. All' suoh containers shall be
water tight, nct easily oorrodible, rodent, and flyproof, and.-
shall be equipped with handles and a close fitting lid.. Such con-
tainers shall not be less than twenty (20) gallons capacity- or more
than Thirt1-tw (32) gallons capacity, and limited. to 100 pounds in
weight. The conta.iners shall not be less than twenty-eight (28)
gauge metal or the equivalent, and. be hot-dipped after fabrication
to insure non-leaking cans or a can that is guaranteed by the manu-
facturer, and so labeleel, t.obe leakproCDf 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. WheneTer garbage or rubbish is placed therein or taken
therefrom such lid shall be replaced by the person placing or taking
therefrom such garbage or rubbish. Such containers shall be kept in
sanitary condition, with the inside and outside thereof washed at
such times as to keep the same free and clean of all accumulaing
grease and decomposing material and so that no odor nuisance shall
exist. . All garbage or refuse cans shall be kept in a place acces-
sible to the collector provided that in the case of isolated dwell-
ings or places of business or where 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 desig-
nated by the inspector, ProTicled further, that whereas there is no
alley entrance, such cans shall be placed on the street curb on
collection day.
Section.8. COLLECTION PERIOD--C.llect.ors shall collect rub-
bish and garbage from each customer of such cellector as least
twice each wek for the five (5) JII.Onths's period, May 15, through
Oct.her 15, and at least once each week for the remaining months of
the year, or as provicied by the rules and regulations of the City
Council .f Meridi_.
Section 9, RUBBISH-SPECIAL HANDLINJ-Rubbish consisting only
.f cardboard, or .oden boxes, brush, leaves, weeds, and cuttings
from trees, lawns, shrubs, and gardens, may be kept separately with-
out depGsiting in such containers providing that bulk materials,
such as leaves shall be in a can, box, sack, or receptacle for ease
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of loading and that brush, ete., shall be tied in bundles not to
exceed four (4) feet in length. Compost piles may be maintained
for fertilization purposes, and matter used for fertilization pur-
posess only may be transported, kept and used, provided the same '
shall not constitute Ii. nuisance.
Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to perm:it the
violation of any ordinance, or any rule or regulation of the Fire
Department of Meridian.
Section 10. 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, put not limited to, .
restaurants, grocery stores, hospitals, butcher shops and establish-
ments wherein large accumulations of garbage occur, are nuisances to
the extent that the same shall be, and are hereby- in the manner and
met)1o~ hereinafter provided, designated as a separate class of pre-
mises for the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish and the-
same shall be deposited separately in suitable cans and containers.
From and after the effective date of this ordinance, the inspector
shall designate such premises wherein large accumulations of garbage
occur and shall notify the owner of such premises of such designation.
From and af'ter such notification by the inspector, all rubbish and
garbage accumulated upon such premises shall be deposited separately,
in cont~titers for garbage as approved by .the City COUDell of the
City of Meridian.
Section 11. COLLECTION FEES-..;Fees and rates for the collec-
tion of garbage and refuse shall be set by rules and regulations of
the CouncU of the City of Meridian. The fee for the collections
at residence.s shall be $1.25 per month for single family residences.
The fees for business houses or multiple family residences shall be
set by negotiation and contract between the City and the business.
Provided further, that where the enforcement of the provisions
of this ordinance will work a financial hardShip, or where the -amount'
of refuse and garbage is of such small amounts as to not warrant
the collection G~ .the full charges as herein provided, the Mayor
and Council may issue a special permit altering the provisions of
this ordinance.
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Sectionl2. METHOD OF COLLECTION--Fees shall be ca.rried on the
water and sewer bill, and the same shall be paid with the water and
sewer bills, and the Water and Sewer Department is authorized to
discontinue service to any permises if the entire water, sewer and
garbage bill shall not.be paid, said charges to become delinquent as
provided for..water charges, and shall be subject to the same penal";
ties provided for in the water and sewe~ ordinance.
Section 13. SANITARY FUND--The proceeds f~om thecQ11ection of
fees and charges herein provided shall be placed in a special fund
to be known as the Sanitary Service Revenue Fund., anq, all expenses
of the City of Meridian i11 the operation of the sanitary collection.
system shall be paid out of suoh fund, and any surplusses remaining
therein at the end of each fiscal year may be transferred by the
City CoUncil to the General Fund of the City .f Meridian.
Section 14. DISPOSAL SITE--For the purpose of the protection
and preservation of the health and welfare of the inhabitants of
the City 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, 8. place for the dumping and depositing of rubbish
and garbage-and any such p1aee or location shall be known and the
same is hereby designated as the City disposal site. The inspector
shall ha.ve the authority of a police officer to enforce all ordi-
nances, rules and regulations governing the City dispGsal site.
~he site of the City disposal site shall be chosen with regard to
drainange and topography for the operatiCllD 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, and amount and depth of layers, of earth, and regulations
for rodent and pest control shall be prescribed by the inspector,
in cooperation and agreement ~with the 'hea.1th authorities, for each
City disposal site as the site for the same is designated.
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Section 15. INSPECTION--The Chief of Police, or such person
as may be designated as Sanitary Inspector, or any other person con-
cerned with the enforcement of laws shall have the right of ingress
or egress to any premises ror tho purpose of in$pecting all places
and containers where rubbish or garbage is accumulated or kept.
Section 16.
LICENSING AND GONTRAGTIoo.~The Mayor arid Council
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of the City ot Meridian is the sole authority to license, contract
or perform. all services pertaining to sanitary collection and dis-
posal under this ordinance, 'and to establish reasonable fees for
licenses and is authorizeid to enter into contracts with one or
more contractors, and may establish reasonable rules and regulations
governing the conduct and operation of such licenses or contractors.
The City Council ma.y require of any such collector or contractor
a bon. in a reasonable amount, and the condition ot which shall be
the satisfactory performance of the contract.
Section 17. MATERIALS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR COLLIDTION -Dirt or
earth debris from construction or lawn renovation, rocks, stones,
automobile bGdies and parts, dead animals, building materials such
as masonry, plaster, scrap lumber, and. wood shavings, 'are not ac-
ceptable for COllection, and such items shall be collected and dis-
posed of by the building contractor, owner, or occupant of the pre_
mises.
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Section 18. PENALTIES-Any person vailating any of the pro-
visions of this 'ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ONE DOLIAR ($1.00)
nor .re than ONE HUNDRED OOLLARS ($100.00).
Sectiol1 19. All ordinances and parts and sections of ordi-
nances which might be in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
This Ordirt8nceshall be in' full force and effect on. and after
July I, 1958,
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Passed by the City- Council and approved by-the Mayor of the
City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 2nd. day of June,
1958. .
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