A. The City or its authorized representative shall collect garbage and rubbish from the residential areas of the City, from the designated business routes and all food establishments in the City on schedule as the Council may adopt or in accordance with the schedule of any private contractor. It is the duty of any person in possession or control of any premises to place all refuse, garbage or rubbish in a location easily accessible to the collector as directed by the Health Officer, and where collectors can obtain the same without going into buildings, garages, locked gates or fenced yards with dogs.
B. The places having rubble and excessive accumulations of garbage and rubbish, such as, but not limited to, killing and dressing plants for fowl, shall be included for minimum or nominal service, the option resting with the private contractors, and such accumulations shall then be removed and disposed of at the expense of the owner or person having same in charge.
C. Carcasses of animals such as cows, horses and mules, shall be removed and disposed of at the expense of the owner or person having same in charge and by the method directed by the City Health Officer.
D. Heavy accumulations such as brush, broken concrete, ashes, sand or gravel, automobile frames, dead trees and other bulky, heavy materials shall be disposed of at the expense of the owner or person controlling same under the direction of the City Health Officer.
E. Manure from cow lots, horse stables, poultry yards, pigeon lofts, and other animal or fowl pens, and waste oils from garages or filling stations or materials considered hazardous or dangerous, shall be removed and disposed of at the expense of the person controlling same in the manner and by the method directed by the City Health Officer.
F. The placing of garbage or rubbish or any refuse material in any street or alley within the City limits or the disposal of such refuse at any place within the City limits, except at the City disposal ground, or at such other place as may be directed by the City Health Officer, is prohibited.
G. The meddling with refuse containers or in any way pilfering, scattering contents, or junking in any alley or street within the City limits is prohibited.
H. All ordinary accumulations of rubbish such as tree limbs, paper boxes and scrap lumber which cannot be conveniently placed in the containers required under this chapter shall be gathered together and baled, tied or sacked in compact bundles, weighing no more than fifty (50) pounds, and placed in a location easily accessible to the collector. (Prior Code §§ 9-2, 9-3)