CHAPTER 16 GARBAGE ARTICLE I - GENERAL REGULATIONS 16-1-1 DEFINITIONS. As used in this Code, the following definitions shall apply: “GARBAGE” shall mean wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. “RUBBISH” shall mean combustible trash, including, but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, wood furniture, bedding; non-combustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street rubbish, including, but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles, provided, however, that refuse shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings. “YARD WASTE” shall mean material such as tree branches, yard trimmings, leaves and grass. 16-1-2 TRUCK REQUIREMENT - CLEANLINESS. The firm that handles the collection of trash shall be of good character and give evidence that the equipment used by him is adequate for the purposes intended. The successful firm shall have a truck or trucks which shall be so designed that garbage and rubbish that is collected will be covered at all times except in the loading of garbage or rubbish, so that offensive odors are not permitted to permeate the air and cause a nuisance within the City. The trucks and all containers in which garbage is collected and transported shall be cleaned daily and the collector shall not collect any garbage on any day without having a clean truck and hand containers if containers are used. 16-1-3 PARKED GARBAGE TRUCKS. No truck carrying garbage or rubbish, or both, shall be parked or be permitted to stand anywhere in the City except as provided for in Section 16-1-10 any longer than is necessary to pick up containers; however, providing that the standing of such vehicle was made necessary by mechanical trouble, traffic conditions, accident or obedience to the direction of policemen or traffic signals, shall not be considered a violation of this Code. 16-1-4 TRUCK WASTEWATERS. A garbage truck or other equipment shall not be washed on City streets or public property and will not be washed where the wastewaters will cause any offensive odors to adjoining property owners. 16-1-5 WINDBLOWN GARBAGE UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful to place garbage or rubbish in such a manner as to allow the same to be blown by the wind onto the property of other residents. 16-1-6 GARBAGE FALLING FROM TRUCK. It shall be unlawful to deposit or permit to fall from any vehicle any garbage, refuse or ashes on any public street or alley in the City, provided that this Code shall not be construed to prohibit placing garbage, refuse, or ashes in a container complying with the provisions of this Code, preparatory to having such material collected and disposed of in the manner provided herein. 16-1-7 ACCUMULATION OF GARBAGE UNLAWFUL. The fact that garbage or rubbish remains on an occupant's premises in the City in violation of this Chapter shall be prima facie evidence that the occupant of such premises is responsible for the violations of the Chapter occurring. 16-1-8 LOCATION OF YARDS FOR EQUIPMENT. A licensee shall designate the location of the yards on which his equipment will be parked while not in use and the equipment shall not be parked within the City limits unless the designated location shall not, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, create any nuisance for adjoining property owners. The licensee shall have as additional equipment a truck for the disposal of large or unusual items of rubbish which cannot be placed in the designated containers and shall have available for such pickups such equipment at least one (1) day each week or on such additional days as may be necessary to satisfy the needs of the public. 16-1-9 INDUSTRY, CONSTRUCTION, ETC. Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to prevent or regulate the hauling of rubbish or refuse from industrial processes, from construction projects or other matter not normally collected on a regular schedule and haulers of rubbish not normally collected in regular collections shall be excused from the requirements of obtaining a collector's license as provided in this Chapter. 16-1-10 REVOCATION OF PERMIT. If the licensee fails to perform any services according to his application and rate schedule, the Mayor may revoke his permit. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/11-19-1, et seq.)