Property owners and tenants shall deposit all garbage and putrescible matter or mixed garbage and rubbish in containers which are either nonabsorbent, watertight, vector-resistant, durable, easily cleanable and designed for safe handling or in paper or plastic bags with sufficient strength and water tightness and which are designed for the containment of refuse. Containers for garbage and rubbish shall be of an adequate size and in sufficient numbers to contain, without overflowing, all the refuse that a household or other establishment generates within the designated removal period. Containers, when filled, shall not exceed reasonable lifting weights for an average physically fit individual, except where mechanical loading systems are used. Containers shall be maintained in a clean, sound condition free from putrescible residue.
(Ord. 995, passed 1-6-2009)