(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, garbage and rubbish shall be placed for city household collection service only in garbage carts provided by the city. Within a cart, garbage and rubbish shall be contained in disposable plastic bags.
(b) Plastic bags containing garbage and rubbish may be placed for collection under the following circumstances, and only if the plastic bags are designed specifically for use as trash bags, are leak proof, are of sufficient strength to resist tearing under normal handling and are securely tied.
(1) A service unit that is utilizing and paying for two 96 gallon garbage carts may place up to one-half cubic yard of garbage and rubbish, i.e., two 30-gallon plastic bags, that is bagged and weighing no more than 40 pounds for collection next to the garbage carts, but only after the garbage carts have been filled.
(2) Each service unit may purchase pay bags from the city and may place such pay bags for collection next to the garbage carts, not withstanding subsection (b)(1) above.
(3) Each service unit may place up to one-half cubic yard of garbage and rubbish, i.e., two 30-gallon plastic bags, for collection outside the garbage cart on the first scheduled collection day following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day, provided such garbage and rubbish is in a plastic bag or in a box weighing no more than 40 pounds.
(c) Yard trimmings shall not be placed in garbage or recycling carts or plastic bags.
(d) Injurious materials shall be prepared for collection as follows.
(1) Broken glass, hypodermic needles, sawdust, ashes and other potentially injurious materials that may cut sanitation workers or blow into their eyes during loading shall be wrapped securely and labeled as to their contents before being placed in carts for collection, so as to protect sanitation workers from injury and disease.
(2) Animal excrement shall be placed in a plastic bag and securely tied.
(3) Dead animals weighing less than five pounds shall be wrapped in accordance with § 12.5-803(b)(2) before being placed in carts for collection.
(4) All ashes shall be allowed to stand until cold to the touch before being placed in carts for collection.
(5) All refuse that is mixed with liquids and all containers of liquids shall be drained before being placed in carts for collection.
(6) Containers that held household chemicals shall be triple rinsed and rendered unusable before being placed in carts for collection.
(e) A person commits an offense if a person:
(1) Places garbage or rubbish for collection in violation of this section; or
(2) Allows garbage or rubbish placed on property under his or her control to remain on such property in violation of this section.
(f) Except as provided in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2) and (b)(3) above a service unit which has placed on its curb for collection, garbage and rubbish in plastic bags that are not city pay bags and are outside of a garbage or recycling cart, may be subject to a service charge on the service unit’s water bill for the collection of such garbage and rubbish. Nothing within this subsection (f) shall prevent the city from issuing a citation for any violation within this section.
(Ord. 15463, § 7, passed 2-25-2003; Ord. 16189, § 7, passed 10-26-2004)