(a) For backyard pick up collection, a person may place containers or plastic bags in the back or sideyard of a residential premises for collection once each week.
(b) For curbside unlimited collection, all containers, bags, bundles and bulky wastes shall be placed at the curbside in a manner to prevent scattering. The City contractor may decline to collect any container, bag, bundle and bulky waste item not so placed. Doors from white goods must be removed before being stored and placed for collection.
(c) It shall be incumbent upon tenants, lessees, occupants, possessors or owners of premises to provide a safe and convenient entrance to and through the premises for the purpose of collecting garbage and refuse. Containers and recycling bins or carts shall be placed where collectors may pick up and empty the same without attack from animals.
(d) Garbage and refuse shall not be stored in close proximity to other personal effects which are not desired to be collected, but shall be reasonably separate in order that the collector can clearly distinguish between what is to be collected and what is not.
(e) For recycling collection service, the recycling bin or cart shall be placed at the curbside in a manner to prevent scattering or, in the case of a qualified disabled person, at or near the front door of the residence so as to be readily observable from the curbside.
(Ord. 10-91. Passed 5-14-91.)
(f) A person who violates this section is responsible for a Class B Municipal civil infraction and shall be subject to the civil fines provided in Section 202.98.
(Ord. 11-95. Passed 5-16-95; Ord. 2-2014. Passed 1-21-14.)