(a) It shall be the duty of each householder or commercial establishment in or upon premises within the City where garbage is accumulated or allowed to be, to procure and keep available for the exclusive use on such premises or the part thereof occupied by the householder or commercial establishment, metal or plastic garbage containers of not more than thirty-three gallons capacity. Such containers shall be watertight and shall be sufficient in number to hold all the garbage accumulated thereon for the period of one week and shall not exceed fifty pounds in weight when full. There shall be no obligation on the garbage collector to collect any garbage, refuse, rubbish or other waste matter that may be contained in any standard container in excess of thirty-three gallons capacity or in excess of fifty pounds in weight. Such containers, if cans, shall have close-fitting lids and shall provide for each such lid a bail or two handles on opposite sides of same. Such containers, if bags, shall be securely closed. Such containers shall be placed and maintained on the ground level of the premises but not within the limits of a street or other public place, except as shall be hereinafter permitted for purposes of garbage and rubbish pickup. All garbage accumulated upon a householder's premises or upon a commercial establishment must be placed in such containers.
(b) No person shall remove any garbage from any premises occupied by a householder or commercial establishment except the collector. (Ord. 24-07. Passed 4-3-07.)