§4-301   Falls City Code   §4-304.01

Article 3. Garbage Disposal
§4-301 GARBAGE; DEFINED. The term “garbage” as used herein
shall be defined to mean kitchen refuse, decayed waste, dead
animals, or anything that may decompose and become offensive to the
public health.
§4-302 RUBBISH; DEFINED. The terms “rubbish” or “trash” as used
herein shall be defined as discarded machinery, chips, pieces of
wood, sticks, dead trees, branches, bottles, broken glass,
crockery, tin cans, boxes, papers, rags, or any other litter or
debris that is not an immediate hazard to the health
of the residents of the Municipality.
§4-303 WASTE; DEFINED. The term “waste” as herein defined shall
mean cinders, ashes, plaster, brick, stone, sawdust, or sand.
§4-304 GARBAGE; TRASH, AND WASTE. It shall be unlawful for any
person to keep in, on, or about any dwelling, building, or premise,
or any other place in the Municipality, decayed vegetable or animal
substance, garbage, or refuse matter of any kind that may be
injurious to the public health or offensive to the residents of the
Municipality unless the same is kept in receptacles as nearly airtight
as may be practical. It shall be unlawful to throw or sweep
into the streets, alleys, parks, or other public grounds any dirt,
paper, nails, pieces of glass, refuse, waste, or rubbish of any
kind. No person may permit garbage, rubbish, waste, or refuse to
collect and all persons shall remove the same from their property
within twenty-four (24) hours after being notified to do so by the
Municipal Police Chief who shall represent the Board of Health.
Any person having garbage, rubbish, waste, or refuse that is
subject to decay or fermentation within a short period of time
shall be required to place the same in a standard garbage can with
a tight cover, or a durable plastic container that is securely tied
at its opening. (Ref. 19-2106 RS Neb.)
§4-304.01 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; YARD WASTE; DEFINED. The term
“yard waste” shall mean grass and leaves. (Ref. 13-2016.01 RS
Neb.) Added Ord.95-109.
§4-305 UNLAWFUL DEPOSIT. No person shall deposit, place, throw,
or sweep any waste paper, cans, junk, ashes, garbage, dirt, waste
material, refuse, trash, or other objectionable material
constituting a nuisance into any street or alley, or throw or dump
the same upon any vacant lot within the Municipality. No trash,
garbage, or other substance shall be deposited in or left upon any
street or alley so that the drainage thereof is affected in any
way.
§4-306 LITTERING. No person shall knowingly place or cause any
paper or other material to clutter or litter the streets or any
property, where it can become an obstruction or nuisance, or where
the same may be blown about.
§4-307 LEAKING LOAD. No person shall drive or move on any
street a vehicle which drops, sifts, leaks or allows to escape
material from its load.