§ 12-7. City landfills.

The city council is hereby authorized to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation suitable lands for the establishment of places where refuse may be lawfully deposited or placed, and in lieu of acquisition of title to lands for such purpose, may procure from the owner thereof a license, permit, lease or other agreement entitling a person licensed under the terms of this chapter and any other persons to dump or deposit such materials on such lands. Premises thus selected shall be so selected as to best effect the filling in and reclamation of low or submarginal lands. Such operations shall be conducted under the direction of the city manager and shall be operated by the sanitary landfill method, consisting of the immediate covering of the materials placed or deposited with earth or other nonnoxious materials to a sufficient depth as to render such covering impermeable to fumes or odors. No licensee or person shall place or deposit garbage, refuse, rubbish, ashes, glass, cans or other containers or any noxious substance save within the confines of the sanitary landfill as thus established, nor shall he place or deposit the same at any other times than Monday through Saturday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or as hereafter fixed by resolution of the city council. It shall be the duty of the city manager to erect suitable and legible signs at the entrance or entrances to such landfills, which signs shall clearly indicate the times during which dumping shall be permitted and shall also set forth the penalty accruing for violations of this chapter. The city manager shall also provide suitable gates, fences or barricades at the entrance or entrances to such landfills which gates, fences, or barricades shall be securely closed during all times when dumping is prohibited, as above set forth.

(Ord. No. 2012-39, § 2, 11-13-12; Ord. No. 2014.22, § 2, 9-11-14, eff. 10-9-14)