A. It shall be unlawful for any person to burn, dump, collect, or in any manner dispose of garbage, debris, or refuse upon any street, alley, public place, trail, or stream or private property within the city. Recycling may be carried on by nonprofit institutions or clubs under a permit from the city manager, and under rules and regulations prescribed by the city council. No charge for removal of such items shall be made against garbage customers by such institutions or clubs, and no claim shall be made by the collector because of such loss of business or salvage. (Ord. 785)
B. Wastepaper, boxes, brush, leaves, grass, prunings from trees (except in commercial quantities), may be burned on private property, in furnaces, or upon special permit from the city manager, they may be burned in private incinerators, or in open fires, under safe conditions expressed in the permit. (1956 Code § 4-003)