Ord 284 Solid Waste, GarbageCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE No. 284
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 264
(Codified Ordinance No. 1004)
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, ordains
as follows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 264 (codified as Ordinance No. 1004),
known and referred to as "An Ordinance Regulating
the Disposal of Garbage and Rubbish Providing for
the Collection Thereof, and Licensing the Business
of Garbage and Rubbish and Recycling Collection,
is hereby amended in the following respects:
The following paragraph is hereby added to Section
2 of said Ordinance:
2.13 "MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE" means, for the
purpose of this ordinance, garbage, other refuse,
and other solid waste from residential, commercial,
industrial, and community activities which is
generated and collected in aggregate, but excluding
auto hulks or construction debris, mining waste,
sludges, household hazardous waste, tree and
agricultural wastes, tires, lead acid batteries,
used oil, yard waste, and other materials
collected, processed and disposed of as separate
waste streams.
The following paragraphs are hereby added to
Section 3 of said Ordinance:
3.3 Exemption from License Requirement: The license
requirements of this Section shall not apply to
persons who haul recyclables, yard waste, or mixed
Municipal solid waste from their own residences or
business properties, provided that they are
disposed of in an environmentally sound manner by
meeting the following conditions:
A. Garbage is hauled in a timely manner such that
it does not accumulate and become a nuisance
as defined under Ordinance 901 and by State
and County laws;
B. Garbage is hauled in containers equipped with
tight-fitting covers and which are also
watertight on all sides and the bottom;
C. Other refuse, recyclables and recyclable
materials are hauled in a manner that prevents
leakage or any possibility of a loss of cargo;
D. Garbage and other refuse is only dumped or
unloaded at designated sanitary landfills,
municipal solid waste composting facilities,
resource recovery facilities, or other
facilities authorized by Dakota County;
E. Recyclables and recyclable materials are only
dumped or unloaded at a recycling facility, an
organized recycling drive, or through licensed
haulers;
F. Yard waste is privately composted, or is only
dumped or unloaded at a composting facility
authorized by Dakota County, or through a
licensed hauler.
G. Items excluded in Mixed Municipal Solid Waste
(as defined in Section 2.13) shall be
collected, processed and disposed of according
to State and County laws.
The following paragraphs are hereby added to
Section 6 of said Ordinance:
6.6 Required Collection
Every household
establishment in the
be under a contract f
and other refuse with
July 1, 1992. A
residential dwelling
garbage collection
,f Garbage and Other Refuse:
and commercial/industrial
City of Mendota Heights must
or the collection of garbage
a licensed garbage hauler by
household in a multiple
is considered to be under a
contract if the owner,
association or management entity has a contract
with a licensed garbage hauler.
6.7 Exemption from Collection Requirement: A household
or commercial/industrial establishment may be
exempt from the requirement to be under a garbage
and other refuse contract if the household or
commercial/ industrial establishment hauls garbage
or other refuse from their own residence or
business property and complies with the standards
set forth in Section 3.3.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its publication according to law.
Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this 19th day of May, 1992.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By 4?e'
Charles E. Mertensotto, Mayor
ATTEST:
•'athleen M. 9wanson, City Clerk