(A) The Department of Public Works will not collect garbage, trash, recyclables, or yard waste unless they have been properly prepared and placed in the right-of-way (at the curb or back street) as required by departmental regulations.
(B) No trash, recyclables, or yard waste shall be placed for collection prior to 4:00 p.m. of the day preceding the collection day that has been designated by the Department of Public Works for that area of the city. Empty containers shall be removed from the right-of- way, and stored on the property to which they belong, no later than 6:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Trash, recyclables, or yard waste that have not been collected because they have not been properly prepared or placed shall be removed from the right-of-way, and properly stored or otherwise disposed of, no later than 6:00 p.m. on the day they were to have been collected.
(C) All materials placed for municipal collection must be placed along the public frontage of the property at which they were generated, unless an alternative placement has been agreed to by the Department of Public Works.
(D) No trash, recycling, or yard waste receptacles shall be stored between collections in the front yard of a property, or forward of the building line, if there is other available outdoor space on the property.
(E) Christmas trees may be placed for municipal collection only on days designated by the Department of Public Works.
(F) It is mandatory that properties within the Downtown Collection Zone properly sort and separate recyclables from their trash.
(G) Yard waste must be separated from trash and recyclables.
(Ord. passed 4-16-02; Am. Ord. passed 12-20-11; Am. Ord. passed 5-7-19) Penalty, see § 91.76