5.40.040 Frequency of solid waste collection and removal.
Regular and additional collections and removals. Exception. Meaning of solid waste.
(1) Regular collections and removals. Solid waste shall not accumulate on any premises located in any zone district to which the provisions of this Chapter are applicable for more than eight calendar days. Every person in charge of a premises shall collect all solid waste and arrange with a solid waste collector to have it removed from that premises on a regular basis consistent with the provisions of this Section 5.40.040.
(2) Additional collections and removals. Any time between regular collections more solid waste accumulates on a premises than can be contained within the solid waste containers located on that premises, extra collections and removals must be arranged for by the person in charge of the premises.
(3) Exception – compacting solid waste containers. A person in charge of a premises where solid waste from that premises is collected in a self-contained, liquid-tight, compacting solid waste container shall have the solid waste removed from that container on an on-call basis by a solid waste collector as necessary to meet the standards of the Whitman County Health Department.
(4) Meaning of solid waste. The term “solid waste” as used in this section is not intended to include
(a) abandoned vehicles, dead animals, problem wastes, or septage the responsibilities or procedures for the removal and disposal of which are provided for under the provisions of 5.40.030(2)(b), (2)(d), (2)(f), and (2)(g).
(b) dangerous wastes unless the provisions of 5.40.030 (2)(e) have been satisfied.
(c) solid waste for waste recycling the removal and disposal of which is provided for under the provisions of 5.40.030(3) and 5.40.060(3)(c). (Ord. 90-13 §4, 1990).