Food Scraps - Compost New Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 20 -06
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 40-1 DEFINING
FOOD SCRAPS AND OTHER COMPOSTABlE MATERIALS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Section 40-1 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 40-1. Definitions:
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
Building Materials: Any material such as lumber, floor coverings, brick, plaster, sheet
metal or any other substances accumulated as a result of repairs or additions to existing
buildings, construction of new buildings or demolition of existing structures.
Class I Premises: Shall mean and include:
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Multiple-family dwellings up to and including six (6) dwelling units.
(3) Dwelling units in business or commercial premises.
Where two (2) or more laterally connected or joined dwelling units, including
condominiums, townhouses and row houses, in which each dwelling unit has separate
access and utility service, each dwelling unit shall constitute a single-family dwelling.
Class /I Premises: Residential premises other than class I residential premises,
including:
(1) Dwellings in trailer courts;
(2) Schools, colleges, churches, convents, nursing homes, rooming houses and other
semiprivate institutions; and
(3) Multiple-family dwellings exceeding six (6) dwelling units.
Class 11/ Premises: All business and commercial premises, including that part of a
residential premises with a business or commercial use.
Dwelling: Shall mean and include any building or portion thereof containing one or more
dwelling units.
Dwelling Unit: Shall mean and include one or more connected rooms having complete
kitchen facilities and arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family only.
Food Scraps: Solid, semisolid and liquid animal and vegetable residuals resulting from
the handling, preparing, cooking, storing, serving and consuming offood.
Gamage: All solid and semisolid, putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting
from the handling, preparing, cooking, storing, serving and consuming of food or of
material intended for use as food, and all offal, excluding useful industrial byproducts,
and shall include all such substances from all public and private establishments and
from all residences.
Hazardous Wastes: Waste materials, including, but not limited to, poisons, pesticides,
herbicides, acids, caustics, biohazardous wastes, flammable or explosive materials and
similar harmful wastes which require special handling and which must be disposed of in
such a manner as to conserve the environment and protect the public health and safety.
Other Compostable Materials: Napkins, plates, cups, bowls, towels, tissues, and take-
out containers made from paper as well as other materials as approved by the city
manager.
Owner: In addition to the record titleholder, any person residing in, renting, leasing,
occupying, operating or transacting business in any premises and as between such
parties, the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereafter imposed shall be
joint and several.
Premises: A building or part of a building and its grounds.
Recyclable Materials: Materials, including, but not limited to, food container glass,
aluminum, steel (tin) cans, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, uncontaminated newspapers and
glossy paper (magazines). Newspapers and glossy paper shall be considered
uncontaminated if they have not been exposed to substances or conditions rendering
them unusable for recycling.
Refuse: Putrescible and nonputrescible wastes including, but not limited to, garbage,
rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residues, street c1eanings, market and
industrial solid wastes and sewage treatment wastes in dry or semisolid form.
Rubbish: Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as furniture, appliances, tires, building materials or similar wastes.
Solid Waste: Garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or semisolid
materials, including, but not limited to, such materials resulting from industrial,
commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. Solid waste includes vehicles. Solid
waste does not include toxic and hazardous wastes as defined by the Iowa department
of natural resources.
Yam Waste: Debris such as grass clippings, leaves, garden wastes, brush and trees as
defined by the Iowa department of natural resources. Yard waste does not include tree
stumps. (Ord. 54-93, ~ 1, 9-20-1993; Ord 19-97, ~ 1, 3-4-1997, eff. 7-1-1997)
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the 3rd day of April, 2006.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of March, 2006.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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out containers made from paper as well as other materials as approved by the city
manager.
Owner: In addition to the record titleholder, any person residing in, renting, leasing,
occupying, operating or transacting business in any premises and as between such
parties, the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereafter imposed shall be
joint and several.
Premises: A building or part of a building and its grounds.
Recyclable Materials: Materials, including, but not limited to, food container glass,
aluminum, steel (tin) cans, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, uncontaminated newspapers and
glossy paper (magazines). Newspapers and glossy paper shall be considered
uncontaminated if they have not been exposed to substances or conditions rendering
them unusable for recycling.
Refuse: Putrescible and nonputrescible wastes including, but not limited to, garbage,
rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residues, street cleanings, market and
industrial solid wastes and sewage treatment wastes in dry or semisolid form.
Rubbish: Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as furniture, appliances, tires, building materials or similar wastes.
Solid Waste: Garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or semisolid
materials, including, but not limited to, such materials resulting from industrial,
commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. Solid waste includes vehicles. Solid
waste does not include toxic and hazardous wastes as defined by the Iowa department
of natural resources.
Yard Waste: Debris such as grass clippings, leaves, garden wastes, brush and trees as
defined by the Iowa department of natural resources. Yard waste does not include tree
stumps. (Ord. 54-93, S 1, 9-20-1993; Ord 19-97, S 1, 3-4-1997, eff. 7-1-1997)
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the 3r ii, 2006.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of Mar h, 2005.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 40-1. Definitions:
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
Building Materials: Any material such as lumber, floor coverings, brick, plaster,
sheet metal or any other substances accumulated as a result of repairs or
additions to existing buildings, construction of new buildings or demolition of
existing structures.
Class I Premises: Shall mean and include:
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Multiple-family dwellings up to and including six (6) dwelling units.
(3) Dwelling units in business or commercial premises.
Where two (2) or more laterally connected or joined dwelling units, including
condominiums, townhouses and row houses, in which each dwelling unit has
separate access and utility service, each dwelling unit shall constitute a single-
family dwelling.
Class /I Premises: Residential premises other than class I residential premises,
including:
(1) Dwellings in trailer courts;
(2) Schools, colleges, churches, convents, nursing homes, rooming houses and
other semiprivate institutions; and
(3) Multiple-family dwellings exceeding six (6) dwelling units.
Class 11/ Premises: All business and commercial premises, including that part of
a residential premises with a business or commercial use.
Dwelling: Shall mean and include any building or portion thereof containing one
or more dwelling units.
Dwelling Unit: Shall mean and include one or more connected rooms having
complete kitchen facilities and arranged, designed or used as living quarters for
one family only.
Food Scraps: Solid. semisolid and liauid animal and veaetable residuals
resultina from the handlina. preparina. cookina. storina. servina and
consumina of food.
Garbage: All solid and semisolid, putrescible animal and vegetable wastes
resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking, storing, serving and consuming
of food or of material intended for use as food, and all offal, excluding useful
industrial byproducts, and shall include all such substances from all public and
private establishments and from all residences.
Hazardous Wastes: Waste materials, including, but not limited to, poisons,
pesticides, herbicides, acids, caustics, biohazardous wastes, flammable or
explosive materials and similar harmful wastes which require special handling
and which must be disposed of in such a manner as to conserve the environment
and protect the public health and safety.
Other Compostab/e Materials: Napkins. plates. cups. bowls. towels.
tissues, and take-out containers made from paper as well as other
materials as approved bv the city manaaer.
Owner: In addition to the record titleholder, any person residing in, renting,
leasing, occupying, operating or transacting business in any premises and as
between such parties, the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations
hereafter imposed shall be joint and several.
Premises: A building or part of a building and its grounds.
Recyclable Materials: Materials, including, but not limited to, food container
glass, aluminum, steel (tin) cans, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, uncontaminated
newspapers and glossy paper (magazines). Newspapers and glossy paper shall
be considered uncontaminated if they have not been exposed to substances or
conditions rendering them unusable for recycling.
Refuse: Putrescible and nonputrescible wastes including, but not limited to,
garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residues, street cleanings,
market and industrial solid wastes and sewage treatment wastes in dry or
semisolid form.
Rubbish: Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of combustible and
noncombustible wastes, such as furniture, appliances, tires, building materials or
similar wastes.
Solid Waste: Garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or
semisolid materials, including, but not limited to, such materials resulting from
industrial, commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. Solid waste includes
vehicles. Solid waste does not include toxic and hazardous wastes as defined by
the Iowa department of natural resources.
Yard Waste: Debris such as grass clippings, leaves, garden wastes, brush and
trees as defined by the Iowa department of natural resources. Yard waste does
not include tree stumps. (Ord. 54-93, 9 1, 9-20-1993; Ord 19-97,9 1, 3-4-1997,
eft. 7-1-1997)