(A) It shall be the duty of every property owner and/or occupant of any premises within the jurisdictional area of the city to provide, keep, and maintain a watertight receptacle as specified by the Shelbyville Street and Sanitation Department. Every garbage receptacle shall be provided with a secure and tight-fitting lid or cover of the kind and character that the contents will be inaccessible to dogs, cats, and other domestic animals or fowls, and so as to exclude flies. The lid or cover shall at all times, when the receptacle is out of doors, be securely kept and maintained thereon, except when the receptacle is being necessarily used for depositing or removing garbage.
(B) Every property owner and/or occupant shall deposit and keep all garbage which accumulates on the premises, in a garbage receptacle and not elsewhere.
(C) All surface water shall be drained off garbage as nearly as possible before the garbage is placed in the garbage can or receptacle.
(D) Garbage receptacles shall be placed upon the premises as near an alley or street as is practicable and where it is easily accessible to the garbage collectors of the city by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Garbage receptacles shall not be placed, kept, or maintained in the front yard of any premises from 7:00 a.m. the day following the collection day until 7:00 a.m. the proceeding collection day, unless obstructed from view by a fence or other permitted structure. In no event shall any garbage receptacle be placed, kept, or maintained in any public street, avenue, or alley within the city. In addition, trash and refuse shall not block any street, sidewalk or other public way.
(E) Any newly constructed residence within the city and its jurisdictional limits shall use a garbage receptacle as provided by the city's Street and Sanitation Department, at the expense of the property owner and/or occupant.
(F) There shall be a limit of five bags of garbage for each residential dwelling unit within the city and its jurisdictional area placed at an approved location for pick up by the City of Shelbyville Street and Sanitation Department. Each individual bag shall not exceed 35 gallons in size nor exceed 40 pounds in weight. Any additional bags in excess of the aforementioned limit shall be disposed of by the property owner and/or occupant.
(G) All trash and refuse shall be placed in an appropriate bag, not to exceed the weight limit established in this section. This includes trash and refuse placed in any approved receptacle.
(`81 Code, § 92.07) (Am. Ord. 05-2539, passed 8-15-05; Am. Ord. 09-2632, passed 8-3-09; Am. Ord. 15-2764, passed 5-18-15; Am. Ord. 16-2805, passed 11-7-16; Am. Ord. 17-2811, passed 1-23-17) Penalty, see § 92.99