A. Every owner, lessee, or person in charge of any commercial or industrial establishment or other similar place where solid waste is produced or accumulated shall provide or cause to be provided for such producer, either a residential mechanical cart or a "mechanical container" as defined by this chapter into which all solid waste that has been properly and sanitarily prepared for disposal shall be placed. A commercial unit shall be deemed occupied when either occupied in fact or producing solid waste. Each unit shall be treated as an individual unit unless served by a mechanical container.
B. Loose paper, wastebasket material, wastepaper, etc., must be placed in either the appropriate residential mechanical cart or a covered mechanical container.
C. Solid waste resulting from the construction, reconstruction, or repairs of premises shall not be placed with other solid waste for collection, but shall be disposed of directly by the producer owning, occupying, or leasing the premises, unless specific arrangements have been made with the public works superintendent and contractor.
D. Residents having a commercial use in their home shall be billed a commercial rate.
E. Hazardous and infectious waste must be disposed of in a manner consistent with federal, state, and city regulations and as set forth elsewhere in this chapter, and other reasonable regulations which may be formulated by the public works superintendent.
F. Mechanical containers and compactors may not be filled in a manner which exceeds safe loading weights and volumes. (Ord. 786, 6-20-2005)