Legal Documents of Jefferson City

The disposal of refuse in any quantity by any individual, householder, establishment, firm, or corporation in any place, public or private, other than at the site designated by the city council is expressly prohibited. All disposal of refuse and garbage shall be by methods approved by the department of health. Such methods shall include the maximum practical rodent, insect, and nuisance control at the place of disposal. NO garbage shall be fed to swine unless said garbage has first been heated to at least 2120 F, and held there about 30 minutes in apparatus and by methods approved by the health officer. Animal offal and carcasses of dead animals shall be buried or cremated under circumstances approved by the health officer. (1996 Code, § 8-407)