(A) Each kitchen, or every household, boarding house, restaurant, hotel, flat, apartment house, grocery, butcher shop, meat market, vegetable stand, market stand, or fish stand within the town where animal or vegetable matter accumulates shall be provided with a garbage receptacle. The receptacle shall be provided by the owner, tenant, lessor, or occupant of any such household or establishment. The receptacle shall be placed outside of all such buildings or households at all times in a readily accessible place so that it may be emptied or removed. All kitchen garbage shall be placed in garbage receptacles and in no other place. No other article or thing shall be placed or permitted to be placed in a garbage receptacle. The receptacle shall not be filled nearer than four inches from the top of the container. Rubbish and ashes shall be placed in containers with a capacity of not less than three nor more than 20 gallons in capacity; such containers shall be provided with handles.
(B) Upon request to the town utility office by the customer receiving garbage disposal services, the town's designated contractor shall provide a recycling receptacle to the customer. The customer shall place the recycling receptacle out for collection once every two weeks, or as designated by the town's contractor, in the same manner as the garbage receptacle(s).
('82 Code, § 35-45-3-2(g)) (Ord. passed 6-23-49; Am. Ord. passed 5-10-51; Am. Ord. 2012-03, passed 3-8-12) Penalty, see § 50.99