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- CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />Title V - PUBLIC PROTECTION <br />CHAPTER 5.20. SOLID WASTE <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orono, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2025-07-31 14:51:20 [EST] <br /> <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />CHAPTER 5.20. SOLID WASTE1 <br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL (RESERVED) <br />ARTICLE II. STORAGE AND DISPOSAL <br />Sec. 5.20.110. Definitions. <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them <br />in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />Commercial establishment means any premises where a commercial or industrial enterprise of any kind is <br />carried on, and shall include restaurants, clubs, churches, conference centers and schools where food is prepared <br />or served. <br />Multiple dwelling means any building used for residential purposes consisting of more than three dwelling <br />units with individual kitchen facilities for each. <br />Refuse means all organic material resulting from the manufacture, preparation or serving of food or food <br />products, and spoiled, decayed or waste foods from any source, bottles, cans, glassware, paper or paper products, <br />crockery, ashes, rags, and discarded clothing, tree or lawn clippings, leaves, weeds and other waste products, <br />except human waste or waste resulting from building construction or demolition. <br />Residential dwelling means any single building consisting of one through three dwelling units with individual <br />kitchen facilities for each. <br />(Code 1984, § 9.01(1); Code 2003, § 54-31) <br />Sec. 5.20.120. Storage. <br />(a) It is unlawful for any person to store refuse on residential dwelling premises for more than one week. All <br />such storage shall be in five- to 50-gallon metal or plastic containers with tightfitting covers, which shall be <br />maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Tree leaves, weeds and grass clippings may be stored in plastic <br />bags and tree limbs must be stored in bundles weighing no more than 75 pounds and no longer than four <br />feet. <br />(b) It is unlawful for any person to store refuse on multiple dwelling premises for more than one week. Such <br />storage shall be in containers as for residential dwelling premises; except that containers, sometimes <br />referred to as dumpsters, with closefitting covers may be substituted. <br />(c) It is unlawful for any person to store refuse on commercial establishment premises for more than 48 hours. <br />Such storage shall be in containers as for residential dwelling premises; except that containers, sometimes <br />referred to as dumpsters, with closefitting covers may be substituted. <br /> <br />1State law reference(s)—Waste Management Act, Minn. Stats. ch. 115A; littering, Minn. Stats. §§ 169.42, 609.671, <br />subd. 13. <br />33