§ 38-12. Regulations.

(a)

No person, firm or corporation shall dump any waste, rubbish, junk, or debris in any area in the city, unless the same is municipally maintained and operated for dumping-ground purposes, or unless the area is zoned to permit such use of property under city's zoning ordinances.

(b)

No such dumping of waste, rubbish, junk, or debris shall be allowed except during such hours on such days as the city commission shall by resolution designate.

(c)

No garbage, paper manufacturing waste, explosives, human or animal excretions or odorous materials shall be dumped in any such dumping ground or elsewhere in the city without the prior written approval of the city fire chief. Any brush dumped in a municipally operated dumping ground shall be dumped only in the particular area designated therefore according to signs posted on the premises.

(d)

The burning of waste material in any dumping area shall be prohibited and forbidden without the prior written approval of the city fire chief and in no case shall be allowed within 50 feet of the utility poles or towers of the Consumers Power Company, its agents, successors, or assigns.

(e)

The material dumped in any such dumping ground shall be substantially covered with fill dirt periodically as the degree of dumping may require to maintain the area in as neat a condition as possible.

(f)

Any dumping in a municipally operated dump shall be accomplished by depositing waste material over the bank of the dump, and no such waste material shall be allowed by the person dumping to remain on the approachway to such bank.

(g)

There shall be no dumping of waste, rubbish, junk, or debris within 25 feet of the nearest point of the base of any tower, pole, support, or any structure of the Consumers Power Company, its agents, successors, or assigns.

(h)

Any person, firm, or corporation dumping in any municipally operated dump shall do so at his, her, or its own risk, and the city shall not be held liable for any injuries or damages occurring therein.

(Ord. No. 14, § 2, 8-5-57; Ord. No. 57, 4-18-69)