It shall be the duty of every owner and occupant of a residential home, house, apartment or building to maintain in good condition, at all times, garbage and refuse receptacles in sufficient quantity to accommodate the normal refuse storage needs of each aforementioned structure.
Each receptacle shall be watertight, have a tightfitting cover, and be made of metal, and/or polyethylene, and/or rubber, and shall not exceed thirty two (32) gallons in capacity, except that garbage receptacles provided by the waste service authorized by the village, may exceed thirty two (32) gallons in capacity.
Use of polyethylene bags outside of an approved receptacle is prohibited for use of garbage.
The use of blue polyethylene bags is approved for the containment of recyclables, i.e., plastic, glass, paper, aluminum, etc. Brown or tan paper leaf bags are approved for yard waste. (Ord. 2003-02, 4-22-2003)