(A) Until solid waste is collected by the city or a franchisee, the responsible person is responsible for cleaning up of solid waste generated, deposited, released, spilled, leaked, pumped, poured, emitted, emptied, discharged, injected, dumped, or disposed into the environment (including, without limitation, abandoning or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles of solid or liquid waste of any kind whatsoever), or which otherwise is located outside an authorized container on, at, or in the premises of which the person is in charge. This cleanup responsibility includes the cleanup of solid waste, including blue container waste and green container waste, which is located outside an authorized container, notwithstanding human or animal interference with commercial bins or containers, wind, or other natural forces, and whether during storage, collection, removal, or transfer.
(B) Each franchisee must clean up any solid waste spilled or otherwise released or discharged into the environment during its collection, removal, or transfer.
(Ord. 1091, passed 1-5-04; Am. Ord. 1313, passed 12-1-21) Penalty, see Ch. 13