Heavy Trash and Ordinance Reminder (October 17th)

 

This would be a great time to clean out your garage, or haul any old junky items you may have in your yard to the curb for pickup.

Please read the Town Ordinance on Trash and Waste Disposal.

 

STATE OF INDIANA                  )

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COUNTY OF MADISON           )

 

ORDINANCE 7-1997

WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATION

 

(a)   For the purposes of this section, the following terms and words have the meanings stated below unless those meanings are inconsistent with the context of their use.

(1)   “Garbage” means putrescible wastes resulting from consumption, cooking, growing, handling, preparation or storage of food.

(2)   “Hazardous material” means explosives, pathological wastes, and radioactive chemicals and materials, but is not limited to those items.

(3)   “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, syndicate, or any other entity recognized as a person by law.

(4)   “Refuse” means all putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes and includes ashes, dead animals, construction and industrial ashes, rubbish and street sweepings.

(5)   “Rubbish” means all non-putrescible wastes, including ashes, boxes, broken glass, cans, crockery, dirt, grass, metal ware, sweepings, weeds, wood or litter of any kind.

(b)   No person shall allow any garbage, hazardous material, refuse or rubbish to accumulate upon any premises within the Town or upon or along the sidewalks, gutters, alleys, or streets immediately abutting any premises. 

(c)    The owner, occupant or lessee of property within the Town shall dispose of the materials listed in (a) and not to permit the accumulation of such materials.

(d)   The superintendent of utilities shall inspect, from time to time, the various lots, parts of lots, and parcels of land lying within the Town and the adjacent and abutting alleys, public ways and gutters.  If he or she shall find that material has accumulated in violation of this section, then notice of that fact shall be given to the owners, occupants or lessees of such property.  These persons shall immediately remove and dispose of the accumulated material.

(e)   Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).   (82’ Code, Ord. No. 9-1982 passed 12/22/82)

(f)     The monthly charge for trash disposal and curbside recycling shall be assessed against each business and residential utility customer receiving service, in the amount of $12.40 per month fee per utility customer.

 

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