(A) The director of public works may require any residential generator regularly exceeding ninety (90) gallons or one hundred twenty (120) pounds of refuse within a collection period, any resident regularly generating refuse requiring special handling, or any other generator in the discretion of the director of public works, to use a commercial disposal system or to make other approved disposal arrangement, or to contract with the department of public works, division of sanitation, for special handling with additional costs.
(B) Residential refuse generators with ninety (90) gallon containers shall place the refuse containers on the scheduled collection days at the curbline in front of the residence, or any other places described by the director of public works. Containers shall be placed for collection on said curbline before six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on the day preceding the day of collection, and after such containers are emptied, they shall be removed from the curbline by six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on the day of collection.
(C) City owned containers shall be distributed and positioned as scheduled by the director of public works. Containers serving more than one residence shall be positioned along rear or side alleys as reasonably close as practical to all the property lines of any residence so served by such containers. If there are no alleys or if the alleys are not suitable for use with city garbage system, individual portable containers may be supplied by the city.
(D) Residential refuse generators equipped with city owned containers shall first place or cause to be placed in such containers all garbage followed by other containable rubbish.
(E) Tree branches and shrubbery cuttings shall be securely tied in bundles not exceeding four feet (4') in length, and grass clippings shall be securely fastened in small containers or plastic bags before being placed in the said containers.
(F) To ensure optimal use of city owned containers and the ancillary equipment used therewith, the contents of the individual containers shall not, both ninety (90) and three hundred (300) gallon sizes, exceed a one thousand (1,000) pound weight limit.
(G) Each residential refuse generator or group of residential refuse generators are responsible for the maintenance of the sanitary condition of the containers servicing these generators. (Ord. 711, 12-20-1982)