It is unlawful for any person other than the owner or officer or any employee of the city or any employee of any person or persons holding a contract with the city for the collection or removal or garbage to interfere in any manner with any receptacle used for the accumulation or handling or garbage or to remove any such receptacle from the location where it shall have been placed by the owner or persons lawfully in control thereof or to remove the contents from any such receptacle. It is unlawful for any person to take or pilfer, for his/her own use or benefit, the rubbish or any part of it. The customer owns all garbage, green/yard waste and rubbish until possession thereof is taken by the city, at which time ownership shall pass to the city.
(Ord. 715 C.S., passed 3-15-00)