§ 52.18 GARBAGE CANS.
   (A)   It shall be the duty of every householder, occupant, business establishment, or industrial plant occupying any building or premises in the city, and the proprietor of any restaurant, café, boarding house, eating house, retirement home, or commission house, to place and deposit their garbage in a suitable watertight can, with handles, of not more than 30 gallons capacity and with a tight cover, said can and cover to be provided at his or her expense, and to place such a receptacle near the alley in the rear of their premises, or at some other place reasonably accessible to the collector of garbage, provided, that where the owner or lessor of the premises rents a portion thereof to two or more families or occupants, he or she shall provide a suitable receptacle for garbage, as provided herein, to be used by all such tenants or occupants, and be placed on such portion of the premises as not to create a nuisance. It shall be the power of the Garbage Inspector to plan and approve garbage and/or refuse storage containers or areas, awaiting regular pickup, within the meaning and purpose of this section, when the utilization of 30 gallon containers, as referred to above, is not feasible.
   (B)   For the purposes of collection, refuse shall be placed in garbage cans, as herein provided for garbage, or placed in containers or packages suitable to enable such refuse to be easily and quickly picked up by the collector. Lumber, tree limbs, or similar materials shall be reduced to not more than five feet in length and bundled to facilitate handling by the collector. Such containers, packages, or bundles shall be placed near the alley in the rear of the premises with any garbage cans, or at some other place reasonably accessible to the collector.
   (C)   For the purposes of collection, the gross weight of any can, container, package, or bundle, and the garbage, refuse, or garbage and refuse contained therein shall not weigh in excess of 80 pounds. A collector shall not be required to empty or remove any such can, container, package, or bundle, the gross weight of which is in excess of 80 pounds, and shall as soon as practicable notify the householder, occupant, business establishment, or industrial plant to cause the weight of any such container or unit to be reduced below a gross weight of 80 pounds.
(Prior Code, § 4.0311)