(A) Each residential, industrial, institutional, and/or commercial establishment, or person having refuse, shall provide or be provided approved refuse containers and shall place and keep all refuse therein. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to provide containers to his or her tenants.
(B) Containers shall not be placed on the street right-of-way prior to noon, local time, on the day before scheduled collections, shall be removed before midnight, local time, the day of scheduled collections, and shall be stored so that the containers cannot be viewed from the street(s) (e.g., the container shall be stored at the side or rear of the property being served or within an opaque enclosure or structure such as a shed or garage) until the next designated collection day.
(C) At times of collection by the city, all garbage cans and trash containers shall be placed at the curbside or alley designated by the city. No garbage shall be kept upon any city or public property or neighboring property not in the ownership or tenancy of the person by whom the garbage is accumulated, whether such neighboring property shall be vacant or improved. Refuse containers shall, for the purpose of collection, be placed at ground level and be made readily accessible to the collector.
(D) Notwithstanding provisions above, householders, commercial establishment, or other persons may, by contract with collectors and approval of the city, be permitted to place containers at agreed places upon their premises.
(Ord. 07-1201, passed 1-7-2008; Ord. 12-0501, passed 6-5-2012) Penalty, see § 50.99