(a) Frequency of collection.
(1) Residential. Refuse accumulated from dwelling units shall be collected at least once each week.
(2) Commercial. Hotels, restaurants, institutions and such other places as deem it necessary may enter into an agreement for a greater frequency of collection. Where necessary to protect the public health, the director shall have the authority to require that more frequent collections be made.
(b) Limits on quantity. Refuse collection for dwelling units shall be unlimited; and the property owner may present for disposal as many containers, not exceeding the size described in this article, as may be necessary for the disposal of household refuse.
(c) Special refuse and rubbish problems.
(1) Contagious disease. The removal of wearing apparel, bedding or other refuse or rubbish from homes or other places where highly infectious or contagious diseases have prevailed shall be performed under the supervision and direction of the county health officer. Such refuse and rubbish shall not be placed in containers for regular collections.
(2) Flammables or explosives. Highly flammable or explosive materials shall not be placed in containers for regular collection, but shall be disposed of as directed by the director at the expense of the owner or possessor of such materials.
(d) Requirements of collectors. The actual producers of refuse or the owner of the premises upon which refuse is accumulated, who desire personally to collect and dispose of such refuse, and the collectors of refuse from outside of the city and who are licensed by the city, who desire to haul over the streets of the city, shall use a watertight vehicle, provided with a tight cover as approved by the director, and so operated as to prevent offensive odors from escaping and refuse from being blown, dropped or spilled. The director shall have the authority to make such other reasonable regulations concerning individual collection and disposal relating to the hauling of rubbish by licensed haulers, as he shall find necessary, subject to the right of appeal, as set forth in section 62-34.
(e) Refuse property of the city. Ownership of refuse material set out for collection and collected by a duly licensed hauler approved by the city shall be vested in the city.
(Ord. No. 82, § 6, 7-10-1972; Ord. No. 178, 12-21-2009)