ORDINANCE NO. 261, THIRD SERIESAN ORDINANCE RELATING TO REFUSE AND RECYCLING BY AMENDING SECTION 3.22, SUBD. 1. A., CREATING A NEW SECTION 3.22, SUBD. 1. E., AMENDING SECTION 3.22, SUBD. 5, AND AMENDING SECTION 3.22, SUBD. 9, AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 3 AND SECTION 3.99 WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONSTHE CITY OF LUVERNE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:SECTION 1. City Code, Section 3.22, Subd. 1. A., is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: A. The term "garbage" means and includes all drained organic material resulting from the preparation of food and spoiled or decayed food from any source, non-recyclable cans, non-recyclable bottles, non-recyclable glassware, non-recyclable paper or paper products, crockery, ashes, rags, discarded clothing, putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, rubbish, and other discarded waste materials and sludge in solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gaseous form. Garbage does not include medical waste, yard waste, or demolition debris. SEC. 2. City Code, Section 3.22, Subd. 1. E., is hereby created in its entirety to read as follows: Subd. 1. E. The term "medical waste" means any waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals by a medical facility, hospital, clinic, dental facility, mortuary, or other facility wherein such wastes are produced, used, or stored. SEC 3. City Code, Section 3.22, Subd. 5, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: Subd. 5. Collection and Disposal of Garbage. All garbage accumulated in residential properties, City-owned facilities, Rock County-owned/operated facilities, and City/Rock County-owned facilities within the City of Luverne shall only be collected by the City of Luverne in a sanitary manner to insure the health, safety, and general welfare of its residents, under such terms and conditions as the City may, from time to time, deem appropriate. Containers shall be placed at the designated collection point on days specified by the City. For purposes of this Section, residential properties shall include, but are not limited to, all single family dwellings, multi-family dwellings including single family residences, duplexes, tri-plexes, four-plexes, and apartment complexes, churches, day-care facilities, retirement homes, homes for the elderly, home care or assisted living facilities, and hospice facilities. Residential properties shall not include nursing homes licensed by the State of Minnesota or commercial, industrial, or institutional properties not specifically included in the meaning or definition of residential properties.A. In the event a large volume of garbage is generated at a residential property, as a result of extraordinary circumstances or events, a special or additional pickup(s) may be requested. The person requesting the special or additional pickup(s) shall be responsible for the costs of such special or additional pickup(s).SEC. 4. City Code, Section 3.22, Subd. 9, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follow: Subd. 9. Additional Collections. The City Council, may from time to time establish guidelines to make provisions for special collections, including, but not necessarily limited to, a spring clean up for the purposes of receiving materials not included in the periodic garbage collection service, a leaf pick up, and a branch or other debris pick up. Such special collections shall apply only to residential properties served by the City of Luverne under Section 3.22, Subd. 5.SEC. 5. This ordinance shall take full force and effect seven (7) days after its publication. (4-1)
