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3/2/22, 12:18 PM South Bend, IN Code of Ordinances <br />1/1 <br />(a) <br />(b) <br />(a) <br />(b) <br />(a) <br />(b) <br />ARTICLE 5. - REFUSE REGULATIONS <br />Sec. 16-37. - Dumping restricted to landll areas; fee. <br />No person shall dump any garbage, refuse or trash of any type, kind or nature, except in such <br />areas as have been designated by all required federal, state and local agencies as landfill areas, <br />or upon such terms and regulations as may be provided for in this chapter. <br />Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 16-6, a licensed hauler or any other person may <br />dump or dispose of any garbage, refuse or trash of any kind, type or nature in those areas <br />designated by all required federal, state and local agencies as landfill areas except that yard <br />waste shall be disposed of as provided in Article 4, above. <br />(Ord. No. 8436-93, § I) <br />Sec. 16-38. - Dumping refuse on private and public areas or into streams. <br />Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall dump dirt, garbage, yard waste, refuse or <br />trash of any type, kind or nature on any private or public areas or into any streams running <br />through or adjacent to the City. This prohibition shall not apply to transfer stations operated as a <br />part of the City's system of refuse collection and disposal. <br />This prohibition shall not apply to any materials both produced by an industrial process and <br />stored in a safe, sanitary and unoffensive manner by such person on property owned or operated <br />by such person for further processing or use; and provided further that this prohibition shall not <br />apply to the temporary dumping of topsoil or mulch upon property, dumping resulting from <br />excavations, and dumping resulting from landscaping all as a part of the construction process. <br />(Ord. No. 8436-93, § I) <br />Sec. 16-39. - Obnoxious materials in sealed containers; combustible materials to be segregated. <br />All odoriferous, unwholesome or obnoxious materials, things and objects, while located on the <br />property of any person, shall be kept tightly and securely sealed within a container. <br />All materials, things or objects which are combustible shall be segregated and kept in a covered <br />container. <br />(Ord. No. 8436-93, § I)