(a) The owner of a commercial refuse container or compactor, or grease container, at a building where refuse is removed at the expense of the owner, his agent or occupant of the property, shall label the container with the following information: the address of the person using the commercial container; in the case of a business, the name of the business or businesses served by the container, and the name and telephone number of the person providing refuse collection service for that container; and, in the case of a residential building, the name of the person responsible for payment for refuse collection service for that container at the building. The labeling shall be indelible, in letters no less than one inch high, in a color that contrasts clearly with its background, placed on the vertical surface opposite the hinge of the container's cover. The container shall be placed during normal use so that the label is visible from the alley adjacent to the building served by the container. Said owner, in addition to or as part of affixing the required label, shall equip each container with a form of technology (by way of non-limiting examples, a bar code or wireless transmitting device), following approval of that technology by the commissioner of streets and sanitation in consultation with the commissioner of transportation, that enables authorized city personnel to (i) verify that the container is properly permitted, and (ii) ascertain other information specified by said commissioners that is relevant to the legal status of the container. Containers used exclusively for recycling shall be marked in a manner specified by the commissioner of transportation.
(b) No person shall cover, alter, obscure or remove the identifying label or technological device required under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 and not more than $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Added Coun. J. 7-13-94, p. 53272; Amend Coun. J. 7-7-99, p. 6985; Amend Coun. J. 10-3-01, p. 68141, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 5-13-09, p. 63017, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-14, p. 82896, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18540, § 1)