(A) No scavenger, collector or any other person, other than the designated and authorized private collector or disposal contractor, shall collect or remove the contents of, or disturb, any receptacles for any class of waste defined in § 1060.01 or provided for by this chapter. No scavenger, collector or other person, other than the designated and authorized private collector or disposal contractor, shall remove or disturb any electronic waste or parts thereof located in any receptacles for any class of waste defined in § 1060.01 or provided by this chapter. As it relates to noncommercial residences, no person, collector or disposal contractor shall contract with the owner or tenant of any property for the removal of garbage, refuse, landscape waste or recyclable materials. Any contract shall be considered a violation of this chapter and a fraud upon the consumer.
(B) It shall be unlawful to dispose of any garbage, refuse, landscape (yard) waste or recyclable materials anywhere in the city except by placing the same in appropriate containers for collection by the city, by the approved garbage disposal contractor or by a private scavenger service designated by the city. Noncommercial residences shall operate under a contract with the city. Commercial residential units and commercial properties shall contract with licensed garbage disposal contractors or private scavenger services for collection.
(Ord. 93-56, passed 10-12-1993; Ord. 15-40, passed 11-10-2015)