(A) No residential householder or commercial user shall permit to accumulate upon a premises any refuse or rubbish except in suitable covered containers provided by the residential householder or commercial user and approved by the City Manager, except for the day of pick-up when plastic or paper bags may be appropriate. All refuse and rubbish shall be kept in leak proof containers. All refuse and rubbish shall be drained of liquids and stored in paper or plastic bags. All containers shall be washed and treated with a disinfectant as often as necessary to prevent nuisance by the residential householder or commercial user to whom the same belongs. Grass clippings, tree trimmings and other vegetative debris determined to be yard waste shall be bagged for pick-up in accordance with the terms of the franchise agreement or shall be considered as special rubbish.
(B) No person having refuse, rubbish or special rubbish in the city shall deposit or place such upon any street, alley or public place or ground or private property in the city, nor may any person deposit or place the same into any stream bed or body of water in the city. While this section prohibits the burial of refuse, it is not intended to preclude composting if approved by the City-County Health Department.
(C) No person, residential householder or commercial user shall place any refuse, rubbish or special rubbish in public trash containers, except that which is normally generated in public places, such as candy and cigarette wrappers.
(D) All persons, residential householders and commercial users are hereby required to collect such refuse and rubbish in suitable receptacles on the premises in possession of the party responsible therefor and then dispose of it through services provided exclusively by the licensed hauler and in accordance with this chapter. The premises shall be cleared of refuse and rubbish as often as necessary, not in excess of every seven days, so as to eliminate any nuisance to the public. Refuse and rubbish not removed from a premises at least every seven days is declared a public nuisance.
(E) Except for the scheduled day of pick-up or a day of pick-up rescheduled because of a holiday or other need for postponement, no person, resident, owner or agent having care of any property within the city shall store, cause or allow to be stored, deposit or permit any residential container as herein defined to be located between the front of a structure and the property line adjacent to the frontage street or public right-of-way. Containers stored on attached open front porches or decks or on the side of structures shall not be visible from the street or public right-of-way. Where these requirements are determined impracticable by the City Manager, or his or her designee, or where containers are located in a proper storage area and still visible, containers shall be positioned or screened as effectively as possible so as to minimize visibility from streets, alleys, secondary rights-of-way and adjacent properties and premises.
(Prior Code, § 5.02.03) (Ord. 09-15, passed 2-9-2015) Penalty, see § 53.99