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City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota
<br />Garbage and Refuse
<br />Ordinance No. 45
<br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, AND OTHER REFUSE
<br />PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
<br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE ORDAINS:
<br />Section 1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this ordinance to regulate the disposal of garbage, rubbish, and other refuse
<br />in the City of Gem Lake so as to control rats and other vermin and otherwise protect the health of the inhabitants and
<br />property located in the City.
<br />Section 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations
<br />shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include
<br />the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the
<br />plural number. The word "shall' is always mandatory and not merely directory.
<br />1. Commercial Establishment. Shall mean any premises where a commercial or industrial enterprise of any
<br />kind is carried on, and shall include hotels and boarding houses, clubs, churches, and establishments of
<br />nonprofit organizations where food is prepared or served or goods are sold.
<br />2. Garbage. Shall mean animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking,
<br />service and consumption of food and shall also include all other animal wastes, but shall not include refuse
<br />or hazardous waste
<br />3. Hazardous Waste. Shall mean hazardous waste as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 116.06,
<br />subdivision 13.
<br />4. Incinerator. Shall mean any device sued for the destruction of refuse, rubbish, or waste materials by fire.
<br />5. Open Burning. Means the burning of any matter whereby the resultant combustion products are emitted
<br />directly to the atmosphere without passing through an adequate stack, duct, or chimney.
<br />6. Refuse. Shall include all wastes which normally result from the operation of a household, except body
<br />wastes and garbage, including, but not limited to, rubbish, tin cans, paper, cardboard, glass jars, bottles,
<br />wood, grass clippings, Christmas trees, ashes, sod, dirt, tires, rocks, household construction material,
<br />cement bricks, trees, leaves, hedge or tree trimmings, burning barrels and mesh backyard burners,
<br />household appliances and furniture, or any other household refuse or materials small enough for one man to
<br />handle. The term "refuse" shall not include hazardous waste, construction material or other waste or debris
<br />resulting from construction or reconstruction of buildings and other improvements by contractors, or trees
<br />in excess of six (6) inches in diameter.
<br />7. Residential Dwelling Unit. Shall mean any single building consisting of four (4) or less separate dwelling
<br />places, with individual kitchen facilities for each. Any building containing more than four (4) dwelling
<br />places, with individual kitchen facilities, shall be deemed "multiple dwelling residences."
<br />Section 3. Disposal of Garbage and Refuse. Every tenant, lessee, owner, or occupant of every private dwelling,
<br />house multiple residence, store, motel, restaurant, and every other type of property in the city which accumulates
<br />garbage or refuse or both on such premises shall dispose of such garbage and refuse as provided in this section.
<br />Garbage and refuse shall be disposed of at least once each week from residential dwelling unit properties. Garbage
<br />and refuse in outside storage at any commercial establishment shall be disposed of at least once each week and as
<br />often as once each day if necessary to protect the public health. No person shall accumulate or permit to accumulate
<br />any refuse on any property in the city which might constitute a nuisance by reason of appearance, odor, sanitation,
<br />possible littering of neighboring properties, littering of the property on which the refuse is accumulated, attracting
<br />rats or other vermin, or a fire hazard.
<br />Ordinance No. 45 Garbage and Refuse
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