(a) It shall be the duty of owners, proprietors, occupants or persons in charge of every dwelling house, office, commercial and industrial unit or other building in the urban county to place or cause to be placed all garbage and trash accumulating on the premises in regulation roll cart containers provided by the urban county government. Exceptions include residents who have received a medical exemption, units having dumpster collection, residences or buildings where roll carts are not feasible for collection and those units serviced privately. The container provided by the government shall be rolled to the curb by residents, owners or occupants on their regularly scheduled collection day. Both garbage and trash may be placed in the roll cart container. No person shall block access to or cause access to be blocked to a roll cart container that has been placed for collection at the curb.
(b) It shall be the duty of owners, proprietors, occupants and persons in charge or control of, and using, any place or premises in the urban county fronting on a street, alley or other public right-of-way to maintain the portion of the street, alley or other public right-of-way adjacent to the place or premises in a condition free from solid waste. For the purposes of this section, the portion of a street, alley or other public right-of-way adjacent to a place or premises includes any walkway, trail, sidewalk, parkway, curb and gutter, and the travel lane portion of the roadway on the side of the street or alley adjoining the property.
(c) Anything left or placed within a three-foot radius of any refuse container shall be deemed as placed or left there for collection, and the urban county government and its employees shall not be liable for the removal thereof; however, improper preparation or placement of items for collection shall be subject to the abatement process set forth in subsection 16-8(d).
(d) The director, division of waste management, shall have the authority to designate the location for collection with consideration for such factors as: ease of accessibility, convenience for residents; hazardous conditions such as cables, utility poles, equipment clearance, animals; and collection costs.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 14-99, § 6, 1-28-99; Ord. No. 97-2001, § 5, 5-3-01; Ord. No. 296-2004, § 3, 12-2-04; Ord. No. 120-2010, § 3, 7-1-10)