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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 30-90 - Composting Ordinance - 09/18/1990 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 30-90 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.01 TO INCLUDE NEW DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE STORAGE AND DEPOSIT OF YARD WASTE AND COMPOST BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: Section 1. City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.01 shall be and is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 9.01 STORAGE AND DEPOSIT OF REFUSE AND YARD WASTE" Subd. 1. Definitions. The following terms, as used in this Section, shall have the meanings stated. A. "Commercial Establishment" - Any premises where commercial or industrial enterprise of any kind is carried on, and shall include restaurants, clubs, churches, and schools where food is prepared or served. B. "Compost" - A mixture of decaying organic matter in a contained area. C. "Composting" -Any above ground microbial process that converts yard waste to organic soil amendment or mulch by decomposition of material through an aerobic process providing adequate oxygen and moisture. D. "Garden" - Ground area for cultivation of flowers, vegetables and shrubs. E. "Multiple Family Dwelling" - Any building designed or occupied by two or more families together with the lot or parcel of land on which it is situated. F. "Refuse" - Any organic material resulting from the manufacture, preparation or serving of food or food products, and spoiled, decayed or waste foods from any source, bottles, cans, glassware, paper or paper products, crockery, ashes, rags, discarded clothing, and other waste products, except yard waste, human waste or waste resulting from building construction or demolition. 1 i G. "Single Family Dwelling" - Any single building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family together with the lot or parcel of land on which it is situated. H. "Yard Waste" - Lawn clippings and leaves. Subd. 2. Storage . A. It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a single family dwelling to store refuse, except fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds in a compost pursuant to Subd. 3. hereof, at the dwelling for more than one week. All such storage shall be in five to one hundred gallon metal or plastic containers with tight-fitting covers, which shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. B. It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a single family or multiple family dwelling to store yard waste at the dwelling for more than one week unless it is being composted in accordance with the provisions of Subd. 3. herein. C. It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a multiple family dwelling to store refuse, except fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds in a compost pursuant to Subd. 3. hereof, at the dwelling for more than one week. All such storage shall be in containers as for single family dwellings, except that so-called "dumpsters" with tight-fitting covers may be substituted. D. It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a commercial establishment to store refuse at the establishment for more than forty eight hours. All such storage shall be in containers as for residential premises, except that so-called "dumpsters" with tight-fitting covers may be substituted. E. It is unlawful to store refuse, except fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds in a compost pursuant to Subd. 3. hereof, unless it is drained and wrapped and in enclosed containers with tight-fitting covers. F. No yard waste or refuse may be buried without written permission from the City of Eden Prairie. Subd. 3. Compost. A. It is prohibited for the owner or occupant of a single family or multiple family dwelling to engage in composting yard waste, or fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds, at a dwelling except as hereinafter provided. 1. A compost shall be established in such a manner so as not to create an odor or other condition that is a nuisance; i 2 2. A compost may consist only of yard waste, fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds generated from the site on which the compost is located; 3. A compost may not occupy any front yard setback and must be 10' from any side or rear yard lot line; 4. Fruit or vegetable waste, eggshells or coffee grounds must be enclosed in a container or other manner which will prevent animals from disturbing or removing the contents. 5. A compost shall not be larger than .025 to the total lot area and in no case exceed 500 square feet or four feet in height. Every compost must be contained within a fenced area or enclosed container, except a compost consisting of yard waste not exceeding eighteen inches in height may be placed upon a garden area without a fence or closed container. B. It is prohibited for any person to engage in composting on public, commercial, office or industrial property without written permission from the City. Subd. 4. Deposit. It is unlawful for any person to deposit refuse from any source, rubbish, offal or body of a dead animal in any place other than a sanitary landfill or licensed disposal facility. Section 2. City Code Chapter 1 entitled "General Provisions and Definitions Applicable to the Entire City Code Including Penalty for Violation" and Section 9.99 entitled "Violation A Misdemeanor" are hereby adopted in their entirety, by reference, as though repeated verbatim herein. Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication. FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on the Igylday of , 1990, and finally read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City on thec2bMday of MOrrN&, 1990. ATTEST: Cler Mayor PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on theL ay of lkewber , 1990 3 i Storage and Deposit of Refuse and Yard Waste CITY OF EDEN PRAEM HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 30-90 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,MINNESOTA,AMENDING CITY CODE CRAPTF.R 9, SECTION 9.01 TO INCLUDE NEW DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE STORAGE AND DEPOSIT OF YARD WASTE AND COMPOST, AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: Summary This Ordinance describes terms and conditions related to the composting of refuse and yard waste within all zoning district. Effective Date: This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication. ATTEST: J n D. Frane, City Clerk ary . ete n, Mayor PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on the 13*day of cCrAf; 1990. (A full copy of the text of this Ordinance is available from the City Clerk.)