(A) Each residential dwelling unit and church shall cooperate in the recycling of refuse. All recyclable material shall be separated from other garbage and refuse and grouped together and placed for collection. Recyclable materials will be collected at each and every residential dwelling unit and church in the city that is being provided water service.
(B) Collection shall be performed once each week in which there is not a city holiday, shall not start before 6:30 a.m. nor extend past 5:00 p.m. and will be collected on the same day as refuse throughout the city. Unforeseen emergencies may require alteration of the schedule.
(C) All recyclable materials shall be collected at the curb or in the alley in the same manner as garbage pickup.
(D) All recyclable materials shall be prepared for collection and arranged in the recycling container as may be provided by rules and regulations issued by the disposal company and approved by a majority vote of the City Council.
(E) Ownership of recyclable waste material.
(1) After recyclable waste material has been placed in a designated container for such purpose at a designated recycling collection location for collection by the city or its authorized agent, the recyclable waste material shall become the property of the city or its authorized agent.
(2) During the 24-hour period commencing at 6:00 p.m. on any day preceding a day designated for collection of recyclable waste material, no person, other than the city's authorized agent, shall remove recyclable waste material from a designated container that has been placed at a designated recycling collection location. Each collection in violation of this section from each separate designated recycling collection location during that period shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this chapter.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall limit the right of an individual person, organization or other entity to donate, sell or otherwise dispose of recyclable waste material if such disposal does not violate any applicable statute, regulation or ordinance.
(Ord. 1120, passed 12-20-99; Am. Ord. 1223, passed 8-19-03) Penalty, see § 53.99