(a) It shall be the duty of each person to provide an adequate number of approved containers to hold all garbage, kitchen rubbish, household rubbish, and miscellaneous rubbish small enough to fit into an approved container, accumulated during a period of seven (7) days in the case of a residence and forty-eight (48) hours in the case of a commercial establishment. All such containers shall be of rust-resistant, nonabsorbent, watertight materials, provided with a tightly fitting lid, and shall have suitable handles on either side. Such containers shall be of not less than ten gallons nor more than thirty-five gallons capacity, except where an approved portable container service is used, and shall be kept in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times. Accordingly, all garbage shall be drained of liquid and wrapped in paper before being placed in a container.
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by law or other governmental regulation, yard rubbish and recyclable materials may be disposed of in the same manner as described in subsection (a) hereof. If such disposal of yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials are not placed in the containers described in subsection (a) hereof, but as specified below:
(1) Containers specifically designated for yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials must be obtained from the refuse hauler or his or her designated agent. Any additional cost for such containers shall be the responsibility of each person.
(2) The refuse hauler may refuse collection of any yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials not disposed of in the manner prescribed in this section.
(3) The refuse hauler may refuse collection of any otherwise acceptable garbage, kitchen rubbish or household rubbish where the approved container also contains prohibited yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials.
(4) The refuse hauler may refuse collection of any containers specifically designated for yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials which contains material which is not yard rubbish and/or recyclable materials.
(c) Recyclable materials, as defined in Section 1064.01(h), shall be cleaned and rinsed and free of all paper tear-away labels, caps and collars, and placed in the specially designated plastic recycling bags. Newspaper shall be bundled or placed in a brown paper grocery bag and placed beside the recycling bag or trash container. Empty cardboard boxes shall be flattened and placed beneath bundled or bagged newspapers.
(d) Miscellaneous rubbish too large to fit into an approved container shall be cut into lengths no longer than four (4) feet and secured in bundles of not more than two (2) feet in diameter or height, or stored in tubs, buckets, baskets, boxes, crates or barrels of less than 30 gallons volumetric capacity and weighing not more than 75 pounds.
(e) No person shall place any garbage or rubbish in any street, alley or other public place or on the property of another. No person shall throw or deposit any garbage or rubbish in any stream or other body of water. Burial, piling or dumping of any such matter on the premises is prohibited.
(f) Garbage and rubbish shall not be allowed to accumulate at any noncommercial establishment for a period longer than seven (7) days or at a commercial establishment for longer than forty-eight (48) hours. Any unauthorized accumulation or storage contrary to the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited.
(g) Containers stored outdoors shall be no closer to a side lot line than the minimum side yard requirements of the Zoning Code if visible from the street, and no closer to the street than the front of the residence, and no further from the rear of the residence or commercial establishment than twenty feet. In no case shall containers be stored where they may become offensive to or create a nuisance for neighbors.
(h) The total approved containers and cans.
(i) The refuse hauler is not required to pick up the following named materials during his or her regular pickup of refuse:
(1) Refrigerators, stoves, hot water heaters, washing machines and dryers.
(2) Auto parts: bodies, batteries, fenders, hoods, seats, bumpers, motors, transmissions, mufflers, exhaust pipes, etc.
(3) Bed springs, metal beds, metal fencing or posts, fifty-five gallon drums, bicycles, swing sets, etc.
(4) Dirt, stone, concrete blocks and any other type of debris that cannot be accepted by the Montgomery County Solid Waste District.
(5) Tree limbs, shrubbery and other wood products exceeding two inches in diameter or four feet in length.
(Ord. 90-4. Passed 2-13-90; Ord. 92-9. Passed 2-11-92; Ord. 07-01. Passed 1-23-07.)