(A) Containers required.
(1) Containers. All residents of residential dwellings and owners or managers of multiple residential dwellings and commercial establishments shall provide one or more containers to receive and collect all MSW, recyclables, and other materials required by the city which may accumulate between times of collection. The container may be provided by the hauler. All containers for garbage, other refuse, and yard waste recyclables shall be made of suitable material, which is rodent and water proof and which will not easily corrode. Containers shall be kept tightly closed. MSW and recyclables may be kept in a plastic bag of such strength that the contents therein will not rip, tear, or puncture the plastic bag.
(2) Dumpsters.
(a) For all multiple-residential dwellings and commercial establishments where solid wastes must be disposed of and the volume exceeds 3 90-gallon containers per week, dumpster service shall be utilized with the frequency of pick up being not less than once per week. Actual size of the dumpster or the frequency of pick up shall be determined by need as established by the city.
(b) No person shall deposit garbage, bulky waste, SSOM, yard waste, construction/ demolition waste, or other refuse in a dumpster except the owner, occupant, or authorized agent of the premises using such container. It shall be a misdemeanor to deposit garbage, bulky waste, SSOM, yard waste, construction/demolition waste, or other refuse in a dumpster in violation of this section.
(3) Recycling containers. All owners and/or managers of multiple-residential dwellings and commercial buildings are required to provide containers or dumpsters for tenants to deposit recyclables and have city-approved adequate storage between collections by a licensed hauler.
(4) At each construction or demolition site, the contractor and/or property owner shall provide at least one roll-off container. No solid wastes or construction/demolition waste, whether generated at the site or elsewhere, shall be stored outside the roll-off container. The roll-off container shall be emptied within 7 days of the container being filled to capacity. Contractors and/or property owners shall be responsible for cleaning up and disposing of construction debris carried by the elements onto neighboring property.
(B) Storage and placement.
(1) Containers shall be placed for collection not earlier than six o’clock (6:00) p.m. the evening before collection and must be put away no later than six o’clock (6:00) p.m. on the day of collection. At all other times, the containers shall be so located as to be out of public view in a secure place insofar as possible.
(2) Every owner, operator or lessee of an industrial and/or commercial business shall keep all containers for solid waste, recyclables, bulky waste, SSOM or yard waste in an enclosure or building. All new garbage and recycling enclosures or buildings constructed in compliance with this provision, and all major alterations to such existing garbage and recycling enclosures and buildings, shall be constructed in compliance with the provisions relating to garbage and recycling enclosure structures. Containers shall not be filled to the extent that the garbage or recycling placed therein can drop or spill therefrom, and bulky waste shall be contained within the enclosure.
(Ord. 7557, passed 6-20-2017)