It shall be the responsibility of all citizens of the city to properly dispose of their garbage through either contracting with a recognized and licensed garbage collection service or to place their garbage in a refuse container designated by the governing body for the purposes of municipal collection, or to arrange for the transport of said garbage to an officially designated or licensed dumping area. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude persons from hauling their own garbage, trash or community waste over the streets and alleys of the municipality in vehicles and containers appropriate for said purposes.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-3)