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SEC. 6-3-7 BULKY ITEMS, TREE LIMBS, CUTTINGS AND SHRUBBERY.
   (A)   Tree limbs, cuttings and shrubbery and the like of more than one-half load will be hauled at such time as trucks and personnel are available. Limbs, cuttings, shrubbery and the like must be cut in six-foot lengths or less and placed directly behind the curb or the traveled portion of the street upon the owner or tenant’s property in an accessible location for collection. Tree limbs, cuttings, shrubbery, fine vegetation, debris and junk shall be separated from each other as follows for collection:
      (1)   Limbs, cuttings, shrubbery and hedges shall be placed together at curbside for collection;
      (2)   Fine vegetation such as leaves, grass and pine straw shall be placed together at curbside for collection;
      (3)   All other junk, debris, discarded furniture or boxes shall be placed together at curbside for collection; and
      (4)   No trash or debris shall be placed in the gutter or on a public street.
   (B)   Any business contracted by a property owner to cut or trim trees and/or shrubbery shall be required to haul these cuttings to the designated disposal site.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful to dump tree limbs, cuttings, leaves, shrubbery, lawn clippings, junk and the like into any city-owned and -maintained drainage ditch.
   (D)   No person shall place junk, discarded furniture or white goods at the curbside of a residential dwelling for removal more than two days in advance of the scheduled collection day.
(Ord. No. 2059, § 2, passed 8-21-1989; Ord. No. 2685, § 7, passed 7-8-1993; Ord. No. 95-20, § 3, passed 2-9-1995; Ord. No. 08-72, § 4, passed 6-12-2008)