(a) Each subscriber shall place his garbage and refuse at the curb line or alley lie, and shall provide for himself and at his own expense, in the following manner:
(1) Sealed plastic bags, designed as refuse containers, with a mil thickness of at least 1.5 and a maximum capacity of thirty gallons or eleven pounds, and metal or plastic cans or barrels, with two handles and a tightly-fitting lid, are considered to be authorized containers for refuse or garbage.
(2) Cardboard boxes shall be acceptable containers for bulky or loose material other than garbage; however, the contractor may refuse to accept such boxes if they are overloaded or become wet.
(3) The contractor shall tag all containers which are unauthorized or unserviceable, which do not have serviceable handles for lifting and carrying, which have holes in the bottom, or which are otherwise not suitable for use. These tags shall advise the subscriber of the reason why the container may not be used.
(4) The subscriber shall properly wrap garage before depositing it in collection containers.
(5) Recyclable items eligible for a curb side recycling program maintained by the City's refuse collection contract shall be placed at the curb line or alley line in such separate and distinctly marked containers as shall be provided by our contractor or as specified by the City's Director of Public Service.
(b) Additional items not fitting within the containers named above shall be collected by the contractor as follows:
(1) Bulk material (brush, tree or shrub trimmings, boards, fencing, paneling, carpeting and the like) shall be cut into four-foot lengths and tied in eighteen-inch bundles, weighing not more than fifty pounds. Small shrubs shall be picked up in one place if they are within the specified limitations.
(2) Loose material (rocks, bricks, blocks, dirt, sand, cement and the like) shall be bagged, boxed, or placed in trash cans, and is also subject to the above weight restrictions. Cardboard boxes used as receptacles shall not be picked up if they have become wet.
(3) The contractor shall not be required to collect animal wastes or disposable diapers unless they are wrapped in a moisture proof material and are undetectable by odor.
(4) The contractor shall collect Christmas trees, in one piece, whenever placed at the point of collection by the resident.
(5) Residents shall be required to place all items for pickup at their regular place of pickup.
(c) Each container placed at the curb or alley as designated above, and each other item set out for collection, shall be placed at the location no earlier than twenty-four hours prior to the regular date for collection in the locality as established by the contractor. The containers shall be removed from the required location within twenty-four hours after the collection has taken place.
(Ord. 104-91. Passed 12-16-91.)