(A) The customer shall place the containers for service at such point on the property as the Solid Waste Director or designee shall assign and designate as the most convenient and accessible for collecting and removing. Residential customers may not store their containers in the front yard where such service is provided, but may do so in the back yard or side yard area that is not also part of the front yard. At no time shall the containers be so placed that an access to a mailbox will be blocked or obstructed and all containers must be a minimum of three feet away from all objects and each other for service. Access is deemed to be obstructed whenever a container is placed within ten feet of a mailbox or within three feet of all other objects. Garbage and trash will not be collected from containers that are obstructing a mailbox. For residential pickup of garbage or trash bins, the bins shall be placed on the side of the property immediately adjacent to the street to facilitate access to such bins. No container may be placed in a street right-of-way.
(B) All bins must be placed at the location prescribed in this section not later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of scheduled collection and removed to the side yard or back yard prior to 7:00 p.m. on such day.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any customer to place any brush for collection at other than the designated places provided for in this section. It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person to place any brush in an approved container provided for in this chapter;
(2) For any customer to place brush for collection in any street right-of-way before the Monday of the week of the published announcement of brush collections by the city; or
(3) For any person to place any brush so as to obstruct access to a mailbox, or covering water meter boxes, telephone pedestals, gas meters, cable guy wires, or any other public utility fixture.
(D) Tree limbs placed for collection shall not exceed five feet in length nor three inches in diameter, and shall be neatly stacked and placed at the location as set out in this section.
(E) Grass cuttings and leaves shall be placed in compostable (paper) bags placed at the location as set out in division (A) herein above, in a way that facilitates pickup of same.
(Ord. 2021-07-O, passed 6-15-2021)