4-5-1: FINDINGS; PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS:
The accumulation of waste, refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish or other deleterious substances on the premises of private residences or commercial and industrial establishments, vacant lots, and in streets and all alleys, constitutes a public nuisance and menace and greatly increases the danger of the spread of infectious, contagious and epidemic diseases. It is necessary for the preservation of health, safety, sanitation, peace and public welfare that proper and adequate regulations be adopted to require property owners, tenants, occupants, or lessees to secure containers and receptacles of sufficient kind and size in which to deposit waste, refuse, trash, garbage and rubbish for collection and removal at regular intervals. (Ord. 2023-635, 7-6-2023)