(A) Collection required. Except as provided herein, all refuse accumulated in the city’s residential collection district shall be collected, conveyed, and disposed of in accordance with this chapter by the city or its commercial hauler, or by an actual producer or owner of premises as defined by and in accordance with the provisions of division (B) below. No person other than the city or its commercial hauler shall collect, convey over any of the streets or alleys of the city, or dispose of any refuse accumulated in the city except as follows.
(B) Actual producer. This chapter shall not prohibit the actual producer of refuse or the owner of premises with the exception of owners of premises with five or more dwelling units upon which refuse has accumulated either personally or by his or her agents, employees, or servants to collect, convey, and dispose of such refuse; provided such producers or owners comply with the provisions of this chapter and with any other governing law, except as provided herein. (Owners of premises with dwelling units of four or fewer but including at least one shall subscribe to city collection service.)
(C) Outside collectors. This chapter shall not prohibit collectors of refuse collected from outside of the “residential collection district” from hauling such refuse over city streets, provided such collectors comply with the provisions of this chapter and with any other governing law.
(D) Garbage disposal. This chapter shall not prohibit the disposal of any garbage by a garbage disposal unit connected with an integral part of the sewage system of the building and capable of reducing all garbage deposited therein to “properly shredded garbage” as that phrase is used in § 51.028 of this code; provided, however, that this method of disposal involving use of the sewage system of the city shall not be used by commercial haulers or outside collectors.
(Prior Code, § 50.02) (Ord. D-1658, passed 7-13-1992, effective 7-23-1992; Ord. O-11, passed 8-11-2003, effective 8-21-2003; Ord. O-166, passed 8-24-2015, effective 9-3-2015)