TITLE 6
HEALTH AND SANITATION

Chapters:

6.01 Garbage and Refuse

6.02 Litter

6.03 Outdoor Burning

Chapter 6.01
Garbage and Refuse

Sections:

6.01.010 Definitions.

6.01.020 Refuse to be contained.

6.01.030 Description of containers required.

6.01.040 Burning or dumping prohibited.

6.01.050 Collection of garbage and refuse.

6.01.060 Contract for collection of garbage and refuse.

6.01.070 Rates for collection.

6.01.075 Repealed.

6.01.080 Repealed.

6.01.090 Civil penalty.

6.01.010 Definitions.

  “Garbage” shall include all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including vegetable wastes, animal offal, and carcasses of dead animals.

“Refuse” shall include garbage, and shall also include rubbish, ashes, swill and all other putrescible and nonputrescible wastes, except sewage.  (Ord. 12 § 2, Aug. 9th, 1951).

6.01.020 Refuse to be contained.

  It shall be the duty of every person in charge of any building or premises in the City of DuPont where refuse is created or accumulates to cause the same to be kept in portable cans pending the collection thereof as herein provided, except that special accumulations of waste paper, boxes, rubbish, debris, brush, leaves, grass, wood or cuttings from trees, lawns, shrubs or gardens may be burned on private property in furnaces or, upon special permit from the City fire department, may be burned in outside fireplaces, private incinerators or open fires, or may be left in suitable containers for collection if no fire hazard is thereby created.  (Ord. 12 § 3, Aug. 9th, 1951).

6.01.030 Description of containers required.

  Cans shall be standard watertight garbage cans, rodent- and insect-proof, and shall have handles at the sides and tight-fitting lids.  Larger suitable containers may be used by commercial establishments, and by domestic users with the permission and approval of the collector of refuse.  (Ord. 12 § 4, Aug. 9th, 1951; Ord. 05-796 § 1).

6.01.040 Burning or dumping prohibited.

  It shall be unlawful for any person to burn, or to dump or deposit on any street or alley, public place or private property, or to collect, remove or dispose of any garbage within the City of DuPont except as in this chapter provided.  (Ord. 12 § 5, Aug. 9th, 1951).

6.01.050 Collection of garbage and refuse.

  All garbage and refuse collected within the City shall, except as provided in DMC 6.01.020, be collected and disposed of by a collector of refuse.  (Ord. 12 § 6, Aug. 9th, 1951).

6.01.060 Contract for collection of garbage and refuse.

  The City shall contract with some private person, after solicitation of bids or not, as seems expedient to the council, for the exclusive right to remove and dispose of garbage and refuse within the City of DuPont.  Such contract shall provide for the collection of refuse and garbage from domestic premises at least once per week, and from commercial establishments as required.  The contractor shall also agree to collect and dispose of any special accumulations of refuse and also dead animals.  The contractor shall be required to furnish surety to the City in such manner and in such amount as the City Council may require, conditioned upon his faithful performance of his contract, and insuring the City against all consequential damage from his failure to perform his agreements.  The contractor shall also be required to maintain adequate insurance on his equipment and operations and to comply with all pertinent laws, ordinances and regulations.  Said contract may also contain any other suitable or applicable provisions.  (Ord. 12 § 8, Aug. 9th, 1951; Ord. 03-745 § 1).

6.01.070 Rates for collection.

  Rates for collection and billing procedures shall be as set forth pursuant to the terms of the City’s garbage and refuse contract.  (Ord. 12 § 9, Aug. 9th, 1951; Ord. 415 § 3, Sept. 12th, 1990; Ord. 511 § 1, March 28th, 1995; Ord. 05-796 § 2).

6.01.075 Dumpster service charge.

  Repealed by Ord. 05-796.  (Ord. 388 § 1, June 14th, 1989).

6.01.080 Billing procedure.

  Repealed by Ord. 05-796.  (Ord. 12 § 10, Aug. 9th, 1951).

6.01.090 Civil penalty.

  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.00.  (Ord. 12 § 11, Aug. 9th, 1951; Ord. 98-606 § 1).

Chapter 6.02
Litter

Sections:

6.02.010 Definition.

6.02.020 Deposit of litter prohibited.

6.02.030 Civil penalty.

6.02.010 Definition.

  Litter shall include any abandoned or discarded paper, wood, metal, glass or organic material except the following:

(a) Material placed in a lawful refuse container for further disposition;

(b) Material placed in a location lawfully designated for refuse or garbage disposal;

(c) Grass and other plant clippings or cuttings deposited as an unavoidable incident to gardening or farming on adjacent or nearby premises;

(d) Signs;

(e) Material deposited by any public agency or any individual acting under the authority thereof.  (Ord. 137 § 2, Dec. 12th, 1973).

6.02.020 Deposit of litter prohibited.

  The deposit of litter on any street, alley or other public property within the City of DuPont, except in conformity with this chapter, is prohibited.  Any person violating the prohibition herein contained is a disorderly person.  (Ord. 137 § 1, Dec. 12th, 1973).

6.02.030 Civil penalty.

  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.00.  (Ord. 98-607 § 1).

Chapter 6.03
Outdoor Burning

Sections:

6.03.010 Barrels, drums prohibited.

6.03.020 Other burning prohibited.

6.03.030 Violation--Penalty.

6.03.010 Barrels, drums prohibited.

  The use of barrels, drums or other containers for outdoor burning is hereby prohibited in the City of DuPont.  (Ord. 417 § 1, Nov. 14th, 1990).

6.03.020 Other burning prohibited.

  Outdoor burning as prohibited by applicable regulations of Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency, whether or not included within the scope of Section 6.03.010, is prohibited in the City of DuPont.  (Ord. 417 § 2, Nov. 14th, 1990).

6.03.030 Violation--Penalty.

  Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by up to $300.00 fine, thirty (30) days in jail, or both such fine and jail sentence.  (Ord. 417 § 3, Nov. 14th, 1990).