Every person shall have the duty of maintaining premises or equipment under their supervision, or of maintaining containers or disposal areas, in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, Lewis and Clark County health regulations, and all applicable provisions of State law.
Every owner remains liable for violations imposed upon them by this Code even though an obligation is also imposed on the occupants of their buildings, and even though the owner has, by agreement, imposed on the occupants the duty of complying with all the requirements of this chapter.
A. All commercial and residential refuse generators shall maintain and keep the area surrounding the refuse and garbage containers free from refuse, garbage, and other hazards to the public health, safety, or welfare.
B. All food service establishments producing putrescible waste and all business areas shall provide adequate and sufficient storage containers to hold all waste accumulated between collections, without creating a public hazard.
C. No person shall throw or deposit any refuse, garbage, rubbish, waste matter, or dead animal, or cause the same to be thrown or deposited upon any street, alley, gutter, park, or other public way or throw or deposit the same in or upon any premises or vacant lot or in any water or waterway thereto, or store or keep the same except in containers required by this chapter.
No person shall store, deposit, or keep refuse in any place or in any manner where rodents can have access to or feed thereon, or can use such refuse as a harborage, nest, or breeding place.
D. Any person engaged in the construction, repair, or demolition of any building or structure or part thereof, shall remove and dispose of in an authorized manner, from any street, alley, gutter, park, sidewalk, curbing, curb space, any public way or any premises not owned by them, all waste matter or rubbish deposited thereon in connection with that portion of the repair, construction, or demolition work under their special or general supervision. Such refuse, waste matter, and rubbish shall be cleaned up, removed, and disposed of in a sanitary manner daily from all public ways and areas, and otherwise within seven (7) days of the final cessation of work on such building or structure or part thereof, and the area shall be restored to its original condition by the person conducting the work, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the City.
E. No refuse, garbage, rubbish, waste matter, soil, or manure shall be transported along any public street, alley, or public way unless such vehicle is so constructed and loaded that no such material can fall through or out of such vehicle.
F. All persons owning, occupying, or being in control of property fronting on an alley of this City shall keep the portion of said alley between the centerline thereof and the property line of such property, and fronting on such property, free from refuse, garbage, rubbish, and waste matter.
G. No refuse or garbage shall be collected which is not contained in the manner set forth in this chapter. Special collections shall be arranged with the City by the refuse generator. (Ord. 262, 8-1-2017)