A. Containers And Storage: It shall be the duty of every owner, agent, tenant, lessee, occupant of any residence, house, building, apartment, store or business establishment of any kind, where persons reside, gather or congregate or where food is prepared or served, where trash collection accumulates, within the City, to provide or cause to be provided, to maintain or cause to be maintained, in good order and repair, a container for the deposit of garbage, refuse and trash for collection by the City or a licensed third party contractor contracted by the City for the performance of such function. These containers may be provided by the City or the licensed third party contractor in which case the provided container shall be the only type of container used for the purposes of collection of garbage, trash and refuse within the City, and it shall be unlawful to use any other container except as provided by the City or such licensed third party contractor. Such containers shall be kept in a sanitary condition and closed tightly. The contents of all containers shall be so protected that the wind cannot blow and scatter the same over the streets, alleys and premises located within the City.
B. Placement For Collection: All residential containers comprising of ninety five (95) gallon containers or equivalent for residential use as furnished by the City or licensed third party contractor shall be placed for collection on a schedule to be established by the City Manager and licensed third party contractor, from time to time if applicable, and such garbage shall be placed for such residential purposes inside the curb line of the street where it is to be collected by the garbage collection vehicles. No garbage, refuse or trash containers utilized for residential purposes shall be placed in the alleyways for collections after the effective date hereof. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any garbage, refuse or trash container for collection in any other location except as provided for in this Section. For all commercial-type containers, the placement for collection shall be as designated by the City Manager or licensed third party contractor.
C. Interference With Garbage Or Containers: The interference with garbage cans, trash or rubbish receptacles or in any way pilfering, scattering contents or junk, can or container in any alley or street or upon public or private premises within the City limits is unlawful.
D. Hours For Placement And Removal Of Containers On Collection Day: All garbage, refuse and trash containers for residential purposes must be placed behind the curb as prescribed by this Section not later than seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. on the day of the scheduled collection and removal of such container shall not be later than seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on such date of collection. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a container to remain outside at the curb after the period as prescribed herein.
E. Moving Garbage Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to transport, carry or deliver trash, brush, garbage or refuse from the point of generation of such material to another location for the purposes of depositing any such material in a container as required by this Section.
F. Dumpster bin containers provided by the City or its solid waste provider typically for non-residential users such as for commercial, industrial, or institutional uses; or similar containers for a multi-family use, shall be entirely buffered with an opaque fence and/or masonry material, and equipped with gates to entirely visually obscure it from within or without its premises. Furthermore, this provision shall apply to existing dumpster bin users, regardless of pre-existing tenure, should there be a health risk to the public; however, should the dumpster historically be on City ROW, the matter will be resolved on a case-by-case basis as assessed/determined by the City Manager’s Office, the operator/owner, the city’s solid waste provider, and/or other appropriate city departments. Prior to its construction, the owner or his/her authorized agent will directly confer with the City’s solid waste provider to sanction its approach, placement, and/or the proposed containment buffer to assure its proper pick-up.
(Ord. 9-16-97D, 9-16-1997; amd. Ord. 44-09-23, 9-5-2023)