Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of words and terms as used in this article shall be as follows:

(a)   Garbage. Any rejected or condemned vegetable or animal matter and scraps thereof, such as attends the handling, preparation and use of food.

(b)   Trash. Any and all litter, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood and excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, furniture, bedding, metals, tin cans, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, ashes, sweepings, leaves, catch-basin residue, contents of litter receptables, dead animals, discarded clothing and goods, and other similar materials, including earth and wastes from building operations.

(Ord. 115; Code 2010; Code 2022)

The owner or tenant of any premises in the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, on which garbage and trash collects shall provide or cause to be kept or provided suitable receptacles for the storage of garbage and trash.

Garbage and trash receptacles shall be of watertight construction and of such size as to receive and hold all garbage and trash that may accumulate on said premises between the times of collection without leakage or overflow. Garbage and trash receptacles shall at all times be kept clean by the owners thereof and garbage and trash shall be deposited therein in such manner as to avoid the slopping and scattering of same on or about the outside thereof.

(Ord. 115; Code 2010; Code 2022)

No person shall place or store any trash or garbage receptacles at any place which is visible from any private or public street or road within the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, EXCEPT on the day of collection. On the day of collection, only, grass clippings and yard wastes may be placed at or near the street curb for collection, providing said wastes are stored within suitable containers or disposable bags so constructed and maintained as to prevent the dispersal of the wastes stored therein. On the day of collection, only, tree trimmings and limbs may be placed at or near the street curb line for collection, providing said trimmings are securely tied in bundles acceptable to the solid waste collector. No person shall collect or cause to be collected any trash or garbage placed or stored in violation of the above standards.

(Ord. 115; Code 2010; Code 2022)

No person shall throw or discard any trash or garbage into any public or private road, street or right-of-way or upon any property, public or private, within the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas.

(Ord. 115; Code 2010; Code 2022)

A violation of this Section shall be a Class A Offense.

(Ord. 115; Code 2010; Code 2022)