(A) Containers required. Any person operating or keeping any place where any garbage or refuse might collect shall provide and maintain sanitary, fly-proof receptacles for the depositing of such materials.
(B) Use of plastic bags. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person from placing any garbage or refuse in a plastic bag which is approved by the Superintendent of Streets.
(C) Use of containers required. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to place any garbage or refuse in a container or in a plastic bag approved by the Superintendent of Streets.
(D) Containers; specifications generally. A garbage or refuse container shall be made of galvanized iron, plastic, or another suitable substitute and shall be of such a size and shape that it can be easily handled. All containers shall be not less than three nor more than 30 gallons in capacity.
(E) Containers; covers required. All garbage or refuse cans shall have tight-fitting covers which shall be kept on them at all times, except when they are being filled or emptied.
(F) Containers; handles required. All containers required by this chapter, except plastic bags approved by the Superintendent of Streets, shall have convenient handles upon them.
(G) Garbage containers; bail required. All garbage or refuse containers shall have a bail for the handling and drainage of garbage.
(H) Responsibility of owner to keep containers clean. All garbage or refuse containers required by this chapter shall be kept clean by their owners. Strewn trash is the responsibility of the residents.
(I) Container housings. A garbage or refuse receptacle may be kept in a housing constructed of concrete or other suitable material built at a convenient point for collection, but such a housing shall not be placed upon any city property or in a street or alley or where it can be easily struck or damaged by motor vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 50.20) (Ord. 869, passed 11-14-1966; Ord. 1289, passed 6-15-1992) Penalty, see § 50.99