(a) Refuse containers shall be provided by the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises. Waste containers shall be maintained in good condition. Any waste container that does not conform to this section, or that has ragged or sharp edges or any other defect liable to hamper or injure the person collecting the contents thereof, shall be promptly replaced upon notice. The hauler refuse collection services for failure to comply herewith. The refuse containers shall be plastic bags, metal or plastic cans (maximum thirty gallons in size) or carts (not to exceed sixty pounds). The carts must be specifically designed for waste.
(b) All equipment used in the collection and hauling of any waste from within the City shall be maintained, cleaned and painted in a workmanlike manner, and each vehicle so employed shall display the name of the license hauler. The waste collection vehicles shall be operated so as to prevent offensive odors from escaping and refuse from being blown, dropped or spilled.
(c) The number of refuse containers shall be limited to not more than six per residence for each weekly pick-up.
(d) The person or business entity licensed to collect and haul commercial and/or industrial waste, or holding the exclusive residential waste franchise agreement, shall locate a waste dump site and deposit the waste collected in the City at that dump site, and shall be solely responsible to pay all costs associated therewith. No waste shall be deposited within the corporate limits of the City.
(e) No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within the City any refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place or into any occupied premises.
(Ord. 2183. Passed 3-28-88.)
(f) A violation of the any provisions of this section shall be punished as set forth in Section 1060.99.
(Ord. 2799. Passed 7-4-03.)