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SEC. 18-5.   REGULATING THE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE MATERIALS FROM APARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND MOBILE HOME PARKS.
   (a)   The manual collection of dry or wet solid waste from an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park shall be performed by a sanitation services employee only where each container conforms to the requirements of Section 18-3(b) of this chapter.
   (b)   Brush or trash collection from an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park shall not be rendered as a packout service by a sanitation services employee.
   (c)   No person other than a sanitation services employee in the performance of official duties, shall collect dry or wet solid waste, including salvageable cardboard, from an area designated by this chapter or by the director of sanitation as a city waste collection location at an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park.
   (d)   Solid waste collection from an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park may be performed by a person who has a solid waste collection license as provided in Article IV of this chapter.
   (e)   If an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park has contracted with a solid waste collection service to perform solid waste collection, the solid waste collection service shall collect solid waste that contains putrescible material at least twice every seven days.
   (f)   If not regulated by this chapter, the placement of any container for collection from an apartment, institution, commercial establishment, or mobile home park must be approved by the director of sanitation. (Ord. Nos. 16367; 19409; 19991; 21058)