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ARTICLE III. CITY TRASH COLLECTION SERVICE
Division 1. General Provisions
§ 31.200 CONTAINERS REQUIRED
   No owner, tenant, or other occupant of any public or private premises shall permit to accumulate upon the premises any garbage or trash except in rodent-proof, fly-proof, and water- proof containers with tight-fitting covers made of metal or other material equivalent in strength and weight, and which containers shall be kept covered at all times. (1976 Code, § 8-31) (Ord. 2007-11, passed 6-12-07; Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-10-19)
§ 31.201 RESERVED
§ 31.202 INDIVIDUAL DISPOSAL
   (A)   Any householder or commercial operator may, either in person or by a bona fide employee, haul and dispose of his own garbage and trash, without a permit, provided that all garbage or trash transported on the streets of the city shall be in containers as specified in § 31.200 or in such vehicles as may comply with the regulations of the City Engineer then in force. Spillage or droppage from vehicles transporting garbage or other refuse shall not be permitted.
   (B)   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to take the place of the city’s contracted collection service or in any manner to relieve any householder or commercial establishment from the requirement that the householder or commercial establishment shall subscribe to the city’s contracted collection service.
(1976 Code, § 8-35) (Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-10-19)
§ 31.203 COLLECTION FEE IMPOSED
   (A)   The city shall contract with a vendor to provide a service for the collection of garbage, trash, and mixed refuse as defined in § 31.001, and such other refuse as it may from time to time specify in its rules and regulations.
   (B)   Collection service shall be available to persons within the city who subscribe to and pay the requisite fee, and comply with the rules and regulations of the city as to placement, containment, segregation, and the like from time to time adopted by the Board of Commissioners. (1976 Code, § 8-39) (Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-10-19)
§ 31.204 COLLECTION SERVICE; SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
   (A)   The city’s contracted residential collection service shall be the only commercial collection service for garbage and trash entitled to operate within and use the streets of the city.
   (B)   Each householder shall be required to subscribe, and shall be conclusively presumed to have subscribed, to the city’s collection service and pay the applicable charge therefor.
   (C)   Every commercial operator or occupant of any premises within the city, originating or accumulating garbage or trash thereon, shall be conclusively presumed to have subscribed to the city’s contracted collection service, even though the commercial operator may haul and dispose of his own garbage and trash to the city dump or elsewhere. In any even, without excusing any person from any criminal penalty under this chapter, if any trash, garbage, or other refuse of any kind is allowed to accumulate anywhere within the city for such a period of time as to constitute a nuisance, even though not a subscriber to the city’s contracted collection service under the terms of this article, shall each be conclusively presumed to have authorized the city to remove such trash, garbage, or other refuse and shall each be responsible to the city for the payment of the city’s reasonable charges for collecting and hauling the refuse, which shall be not less than the monthly charge shown on the then currently effective schedule of charges for performing similar service.
(1976 Code, § 8-40) (Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-10-19)
§ 31.205 CLASSIFICATIONS; CHARGES
   (A)   The charges payable for the city contracted collection service shall be as determined by a duly adopted contract with a provider approved by the Board of Commissioners.
   (B)   The classifications and charges shall be effective immediately upon the inauguration of the city contracted collection service.
(1976 Code, § 8-42) (Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-10-19)
§ 31.206 RESERVED
§ 31.207 RESERVED
§ 31.208 USE OF PROCEEDS
   The proceeds derived by the city from its contract for garbage and trash collection service shall be kept in a separate fund, to be known as the City of Paris Combined Utility Fund. Such fund shall be used:
   (A)   To defray the actual out-of-pocket expenses of collecting the garbage and trash and performing services incidental thereto, including salaries and wages of employees, truck operation, and maintenance and repair;
   (B)   Sufficient amounts of the funds shall be retained at all times to meet the requirements of any outstanding bonds, and to provide for depreciation of the existing collection and incidental equipment and replacement thereof with more modern equipment;
(1976 Code, § 8-49)
Division 2. Rates and Charges
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