8.28.400   Unauthorized collection of recyclables prohibited.
During the twenty-four (24) hour period commencing at six p.m. on any day preceding a day designated for collection of recyclable waste material, no person, other than the city or its authorized recycling contractor, shall remove recyclable waste material which has been placed at a designated recycling collection location. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from one or more designated recycling collection locations during the twenty-four (24) hour period shall constitute a misdemeanor and a separate and distinct offense punishable in accordance with Section 8.28.470. (Ord. 119 § 2, 1993)