(A) All persons residing in a single-family dwelling and all owners of multiple-family dwellings containing three residential units or less shall be billed for the garbage collection services provided for in this subchapter by the city. The charges for collection services shall be as follows:
(1) Single residential regular service; monthly charge: $12; and
(2) Administrative fee to the city; monthly charge per residential service: $0.25.
(B) The contract holder shall separately contract with, bill and collect from industrial, commercial and public establishments as well as all multiple-family dwelling units containing four or more units for collection services rendered.
(C) The contract holder shall make refuse collection one time weekly for residential wastes and as contracted with multiple-family dwellings and business establishments. Multiple-family dwellings and business establishment contracts require frequent enough pickup to avoid a health hazard or unsightly accumulation of trash. He or she will provide for an acceptable disposal of all wastes collected.
(D) Weeds, dry grass, dead trees, tin cans, abandoned autos and auto bodies and similar material upon any public or private property are declared a nuisance and shall be disposed of under this subchapter.
(E) Cultivated and useful grasses and pastures are not nuisances except when necessary firebreak requirements are not observed within seven days’ notice.
(F) One or more suitable garbage cans, of galvanized metal, or a comparable material, not exceeding 30 gallons each, into which can be placed all the refuse that accumulates on the premises, will be placed at each pickup location by the resident. Each container shall be watertight, have tight-fitting cover, suitable handles and be maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair. The garbage can shall not contain more than 60 pounds of refuse.
(G) Garbage can pickup points shall be at curbside only.
(H) The City Council may grant an exclusive contract to collect, haul and dispose of all solid wastes subject to the right of any resident to haul his or her own trash and bulky refuse.
(I) All vehicles used for the collection of solid wastes shall be kept in clean and sanitary condition at all times; in good and safe operating condition and shall be leakproof and protected against spilling or littering.
(J) Grass clippings, leaves and mulch and related yard waste shall not be required to be collected by the contract holder and shall not be included within other rubbish or trash so as to require its collection.
(Ord. 161, passed - -) Penalty, see § 50.99