It shall be unlawful for any person, owner, tenant or lessee of a public or private premises to permit the accumulation upon his or her premises of any waste, refuse or rubbish except in covered containers, except recyclables in recycling receptacles or totes. If the waste, refuse or rubbish cannot be put in a covered container, or recyclables in recycling receptacles or totes, as hereafter provided, then it shall be placed in a tight building.
A. Semiautomated Trash Totes And Recycling Receptacles Or Totes: The city or its waste contractor shall provide each residential building or commercial building not serviced by a dumpster with a ninety five (95) gallon semiautomated trash tote and a recycling receptacle or tote. The semiautomated trash tote and recycling receptacle or tote provided by the city or its waste contractor shall be used by all residents of the city and those businesses provided with trash totes and shall be filled before other containers for refuse are filled. The container supplied by the city or its waste contractor shall be placed at the designated location with handles pointing toward the residence or other building with nothing blocking the front and a minimum of thirty six inches (36") of space on each side and the back, including the space between totes. The space requirement may not be applicable in certain areas, such as alleyways. After the refuse or recyclable materials are picked up, the trash totes or recycling receptacle or tote, whichever the case may be, shall be promptly removed from the curb. No more than two hundred (200) pounds shall be loaded in the trash totes by any person. No hot ashes shall be placed in the trash totes. Any damage or destruction to the semiautomated trash totes or recycling receptacles or totes caused by the user or users thereof shall be paid for by the user or users causing the damage or destruction to the city or its waste contractor.
B. Other Covered Containers: All other containers shall be constructed of strong, noncorrodible, rodentproof material; shall have two (2) handles; a capacity of not more than thirty five (35) gallons; and shall have tight covers, which shall be in place at all times except when refuse is being deposited therein or removed therefrom. No more than fifty (50) pounds shall be loaded in these containers by any person. These containers shall not be used by residences supplied with trash totes until the trash totes are filled and fully utilized.
C. Plastic Bags: Plastic bags may be used inside of the supplied trash tote only and must be made of heavy gauge plastic of at least one and one-half millimeters (11/2 mm) in thickness and securely tied and used only when the contents will not cause the bag to tear. No more than forty (40) pounds shall be loaded in plastic bags by any person. Plastic bags are not permitted for use outside of the supplied trash tote and are not permitted for use inside of the supplied recycling receptacle or tote.
D. Dumpster Or Roll-Off Type Containers: Dumpster or roll-off type containers shall be allowed only when and where approved by the mayor or his designee.
E. Articles Not In Containers: Paper, tree cuttings and all odd articles not in containers shall be crushed and/or bundled in lengths not to exceed four feet (4') and not to exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight, except articles in special hauls. Regulations for commercial hauls shall be made to provide for efficient and convenient handling of refuse where the circumstances warrant.
F. Prohibited Articles: No vehicle tires, batteries, waste oil, paint, paint thinners or other items prohibited from sanitary landfills by the United States environmental protection agency or any department or agency of the state of Idaho shall be picked up by the city, except as provided herein for recyclable materials. (Ord. 1588, 9-24-2012)