(A) The Commissioner of Sanitation shall, with the assistance of such city officers and employees as designated by the Mayor and with the approval of the Mayor and the City Council, adopt regulations for the storing, picking up and disposal of solid waste material, including, but not limited to, the following; type, size and number of containers to be used by each residential unit and commercial customer; minimum sanitary standards as to storage of solid waste at all times; and rules as to placing solid waste containers outside of business structures at the side or at the rear of the main building.
(B) The contractor shall set up a regular weekly schedule of pickups with one regular pickup per week from each residential unit and an agreed number of pickups per week from each commercial customer.
(1) The pickup schedule shall be approved by the Sanitation Department, but extra pickups shall be arranged between the residential unit owner or the commercial customer by agreement with the contractor, and the city shall not be responsible for collection.
(2) All residents and users of the curbside pickup service shall have their garbage container at curbside ready to be picked up by the contractor prior to the time set forth in the pickup schedule and shall return the empty container from curbside to its regular place of position on the customer’s premises by the close of day of pickup.
(C) The city shall arrange and pay for notice of the regulations adopted and any amendments thereto. The pickup contractor shall arrange and pay for proper notice as to pickup.
(Ord. 2018-7, passed 5-23-2018)