(A) All garbage and refuse collected within the town shall be placed in containers suitable for the sanitary collection and disposal of garbage, refuse and recyclables materials, as follows:
(1) Garbage shall be placed in containers made of plastic or metal equipped with suitable handles and tight fitting covers. Each container shall be watertight and of a type approved by the town with a capacity of not less than 10 gallons and not more than 30 gallons. These containers shall be kept clean, neat, fly and vermin proof, and sanitary at all times. Eighty-five gallon containers which are dumped by a device on a garbage truck are also acceptable if approved for use by the town's Garbage Contractor. All grass clippings shall be placed in sealed plastic bags or such other bags as the Town Administrator may designate from time to time.
(2) Rubbish containers shall be of a kind suitable for securing and holding rubbish and shall be convenient for collection and of such weight as to be handled readily when lifted by one person. However, 85-gallon containers, when permitted, may also be employed for the containment of rubbish.
(B) The town's Garbage Contractor shall provide each dwelling unit, at the Contractor's sole expense, one uniform 18-gallon recycling container, in a color approved by the Town Administrator, manufactured in the United States and containing a substantial percentage of recycled plastic. Each container shall be uniform in size, shape and color and shall have appropriate drain holes, handles and lips all subject to the approval of the Town Administrator. In the event any container is lost, damaged, or destroyed, the Contractor shall replace the container at no cost, provided, however, if the loss, damage or destruction is the result of the negligence of the resident of a dwelling unit, such resident shall reimburse the Contractor for the cost of providing a replacement container. Title to all recycling containers shall remain with the Garbage Contractor. Each dwelling unit requesting additional containers shall be provided same at the expense of the Contractor; however, the Contractor may charge a refundable deposit of $5 to the resident of the dwelling unit for each additional container that is requested and delivered by the Contractor.
(C) All refuse and recyclable containers shall be placed for collection at ground level on the owner's property, within the right-of-way of a street or alley, whenever possible, and shall be accessible to and not more than ten feet from the side of the street or alley from which collection is to be made. Containers may be placed at other than ground level and at a distance of more than ten feet if approved by the town and upon payment of any additional fee that may be due and charged. Containers and all refuse may be placed in front of any premises in the town within 24 hours prior to pick-up of the garbage, and shall be removed from the front of any premises in the town within 24 hours after pick-up of garbage.
('80 Code, § 8.08.070) (Ord. 3-1966, passed - -66; Am. Ord. 1988-17, passed 8-8-88; Am. Ord. 1992-12, passed - -92; Am. Ord. 1998-15, passed 6-29-98; Am. Ord. 2004-15, passed 6-14-04) Penalty, see § 10.99