(A) The following shall be in accordance with regulations adopted or approved by the City Council:
(1) The schedule of rates for trash collection services supplied by the city;
(2) The application for such trash collection service;
(3) The amount of deposit, if any, required as a prerequisite to use of trash collection service and the disposition of such deposit;
(4) The due date of bills for such trash collection service;
(5) The amount of discount, if any for the prompt payment of such bills;
(6) Penalty and discontinuance of service upon default and payment;
(7) The terms of re-establishment of service upon payment of arrears; and
(8) All matters in connection with the operation of the trash collection service.
(B) It shall be unlawful for households and/or their employees, agents or contractors to place more than eight cubic yards (a pile 12 feet long x six feet wide x three feet high) of trash generated by residents, employees, agents, contractors, builders, landscapers, nurseries, tree surgeons, or pulpwood firms for collection by the city; the proper removal and disposal of such large amounts of trash shall be the primary responsibility of the employee, agent, contractor, builder, landscaper, nursery, tree surgeon, or pulpwood firm and such disposal shall be only at the county landfill; in the event it becomes necessary for the city to remove and properly dispose of trash in excess of eight cubic yards, the property owner and/or occupant shall be charged four times the monthly sanitation fee per occurrence pursuant to a schedule of rates adopted and approved by the City Council from time to time, which charge will be billed on the utility bill in the next utility billing cycle.
(C) It shall be unlawful for contractors, builders, landscapers, nurseries, tree surgeons, or pulpwood firms to place for collection by the city any trash generated at any place other than their business license location.
(D) It shall be unlawful to place trash for collection by the city in any of the following areas:
(1) On any street, sidewalk, ditch, or storm drainage area or another's private property;
(2) On a water meter box or manhole cover;
(3) Within five feet of a fire hydrant or utility pole or guy wire;
(4) In any place or area that is inaccessible to the mechanical loader used by the city; or
(5) In any area which creates a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(E) It shall be unlawful to place any item exceeding ten feet in length, garbage, or special waste for collection by the city.
(F) It shall be unlawful to intermingle boxes, empty containers, scrap wood, metal, fabrics, furniture, appliances, electronics, and other types of waste with trash.
(Ord., passed 1-24-89; Am. Ord. 2024-003, passed - -24) Penalty, see § 10.99