(A) Unapproved containers. It is unlawful for any person to keep solid waste in containers or commercial bins other than those approved by the city or a franchisee.
(B) Unlawful accumulation. It is unlawful for any person to accumulate solid waste for more than seven consecutive days.
(C) Unlawful storage. It is unlawful for any person to keep upon any premises in the city any solid waste which is so offensive, obnoxious, or unsanitary.
(D) Unlawful use of containers. It is unlawful for any person, other than the responsible person or a franchisee authorized by the responsible person, to remove any container from the location where the container was placed for storage or collection, or remove any solid waste from any container, or move the container from the location in which it was placed for storage or collection, or apply any paint or markings (commonly known as "graffiti" or "tagging") to any solid waste container without the container owner's prior written approval.
(E) Unlawful bulky goods disposal. It is unlawful for any person to place bulky goods adjacent to a street or public right-of-way without first having made arrangements with the city or a franchisee for the pickup of the bulky goods.
(F) Unlawful disposal in civic litter container. It is unlawful for any person to place or deposit institutional, commercial, industrial, special, or hazardous waste in any civic litter container.
(G) Unlawful burning. It is unlawful for any person to burn solid waste within the city, except in an approved incinerator or transformation facility or other device for which a permit was issued and which complies with all applicable permit and other regulations of air pollution control authorities and provided any such act of burning in all respects complies with all other laws, rules, and regulations.
(H) Unlawful disposal. It is unlawful for any person to place solid waste in, or otherwise use, the containers of another, without the permission of the other person.
(I) Failure to clean is unlawful. It is unlawful for any person transporting solid waste, including blue container or green container waste within the city, to fail to immediately clean up, or arrange for the immediate cleanup of, any solid waste released, spilled, or dumped into the environment during removal or transport within the city by such person.
(J) Unlawful dumping prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to dump, deposit, release, spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, bury, or dispose into the environment (including by abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles of solid or liquid waste of any kind whatsoever) any solid or liquid waste upon any premises within the city, or to cause, suffer, or permit any solid or liquid waste to come to be located upon any premises in the city, except in an authorized or permitted solid waste container or at an authorized or permitted solid waste facility.
(K) Solid waste facilities. It is unlawful for any person to construct or operate a solid waste management facility, including, without limitation, a materials recovery facility, solid waste transfer or processing station, composting facility, a buy-back or drop-off center, disposal facility, or a recycling center, without first satisfying all city requirements for land use, including environmental and other approvals.
(Ord. 1091, passed 1-5-04; Am. Ord. 1313, passed 12-1-21) Penalty, see Ch. 13