No person shall cause or permit refuse to accumulate in any building or on any property, improved or vacant, public or private, within the county, except such properties or facilities which are zoned as authorized junk yards or salvage yards by the County Zoning Department. The occupant, tenant, owner, or his or her agent, of any building or property shall be responsible for placing all refuse in containers, as prescribed in § 52.05, and for subsequent removal from such property. No person shall remove the covers from or open refuse containers, except as permitted in this subchapter, or to place or disturb such containers so as their contents might be spilled or scattered. Refuse shall be removed from any building or property not less than once every two weeks.
(A) Burning of refuse. No person shall be permitted to burn refuse in the county except as provided in division (B) below.
(B) Infected refuse. No person shall place or cause to be placed in refuse containers any bedding, clothing, or other articles contaminated by infectious or contagious disease. All such refuse shall be burned on the premises, and the ashes shall be placed in suitable containers, or such infectious waste shall be disposed of according to law off the premises.
(C) Highly flammable, explosive, or hazardous materials. No person shall place or cause to be placed in refuse containers highly flammable, explosive, or hazardous materials. All such materials shall be disposed of according to law off the premises.
(D) Vacated premises.
(1) Any person occupying or controlling any property or building shall cause to be removed therefrom all refuse before vacating the premises.
(2) In the event refuse is not removed from said building or property and the previous occupant or tenant cannot be located responsibility for removing all refuse shall become the responsibility of the building or property owner.
(Prior Code, § 4-5-4) (Ord. passed 4-16-1985; Ord. passed 4-21-1992; Ord. passed 3-21-1995; Ord. passed 12-22-1998; Ord. passed 8-19-2003)
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