(a) Collections to be Made Under City Supervision. All collections of garbage and trash shall be made by or under the direction and supervision of the City. Nothing contained in this article, however, shall be construed to compel the City to collect garbage or trash in City trucks or by City personnel, and Council may contract with any person for the collection, transportation or disposal of garbage and trash. All vehicles used in collecting and transporting garbage and trash shall be constructed so as to prevent any garbage or trash from leaking, spilling or blowing upon the streets and premises in the City. Vehicles of the contracting person shall be kept clean, sanitary and free from odor.
(b) Final Disposal Sites. During the term of any contract for the collection of garbage or trash by a contract collector, garbage and trash shall be disposed of by the contract collector at a site designated by the City. The contract collector shall use a lawful and sanitary method for disposing of all refuse. The responsibility for disposal at any site shall be that of the contract collector, and the City shall not assume any responsibility as to the manner and method used by the contract collector.
(c) Restrictions on Private Collectors. During the term of any contract for the collection of garbage or trash by a contract collector, private scavengers, pushcart operators and private garbage collectors other than the designated contract collector are hereby prohibited from engaging in the business of transporting or disposing of raw or prepared garbage and wastes containing organic waste, putrid matter and waste or excreta subject to putrefaction.
(d) Garbage Receptacles. Every person from whose premises garbage is collected by a contract collector shall comply with the provisions of this article with respect to such collections, and shall provide a suitable garbage can, receptacle, container or plastic bag, to be approved by the contract collector in which such garbage shall be deposited as the same, from time to time, is made or produced.
(e) Rules and Regulations. Council may make rules and regulations not inconsistent with State law, this Code or other ordinance, and not in conflict with any contract by and between the City and any contract collector which may be in effect, providing for the manner in which refuse shall be stored and set out for collection; the manner in which collections shall be made and a schedule of days and hours for collection; specifications for garbage and trash receptacles, containers and plastic bags and the placement thereof for collection purposes; waste matter which shall not be subject to collection; a schedule of fees to be charged by the City for collection services, either to cover the costs of collection by the City or to meet all or any part of the contract price for collection by a contract collector; and any subject incidental to the collection and disposal of refuse.
(1978 Code Secs. 10-6 to 10-10)
(f) No solid waste can or receptacle or bags shall be placed, caused to be placed, or permitted to be placed earlier than dusk on the day prior to the scheduled day for collection and the same shall be removed by dusk on the day scheduled for collection.
(Ord. 400. Passed 11-21-11.)
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