No person, other than the person in charge of any premises, or the person authorized by law to remove any container or bin from the location where the container was placed by the person in charge of storage or collection, shall remove any refuse or recyclable waste material from any container or bin, or move the container or bin from the location in which it was placed for storage or collection, without prior written approval of the person in charge of such premises.
No person other than those authorized by the city shall gather, collect or remove any refuse, waste or recyclable materials, convey or transport any refuse, waste or recyclable material in, along or over any public street, alley or highway in the city, or take any refuse, waste or recyclable material from any receptacle in which the same may be placed for collection or removal, or interfere with or disturb any such receptacle, or remove any such receptacle, or remove any such receptacle from any location where the same is placed by the owner thereof, except as follows:
A. Contractors or builders removing debris, rubbish and trash from construction sites;
B. Any person holding a valid city business license to engage in the nursery or gardening business, or to any person removing shrubbery, grass, tree cuttings, tree trimmings or other agricultural debris from any property owned or occupied by such person;
C. Any person removing industrial wastes, or any person removing large or oversized items of rubbish from their premises;
D. Any person removing animal feces from their own property or any person hauling feces with a valid city business license. (Ord. 119 § 2, 1993)