All individuals having the use of or placing garbage or refuse in garbage containers shall be responsible for their own garbage containers, regardless of whether the persons are the owners of the premises or the owners of the garbage containers. It shall be the responsibility of each person who rents any premises to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the owner of any premises shall not be responsible for the acts of any renter as far as the accumulation, transmission and disposal of, garbage and refuse. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises to mark all garbage containers in a manner so as to identify which garbage containers are to be used for each unit of the premises.
(Prior Code, § 51.07) Penalty, see § 53.99