[Adopted 9-26-1979 as Ch. 15, Art. I and Art. II, Div.
1, of the 1979 Code]
[Amended by Ord. No. 97-1988]
The following accumulations are hereby prohibited:
A.
Continued keeping of rubbish, garbage, junk or refuse
in or on residential, commercial or industrial property.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively indicated:
Includes dry ashes from coal and other fuels, floor sweepings,
bottles, broken glass, broken crockery, oyster or clam shells, tin
cans and such mineral substance as may accumulate in connection with
the ordinary conduct of households. It does not include the accumulations
resulting from the repair of dwellings or other buildings or the result
of building operations, tradewastes from stores or manufacturing establishments.
Includes paper, pasteboard, rags, pasteboard cartons when
broken, wooden crates or boxes, when broken, and such other burnable
refuse as may accumulate in connection with the ordinary conduct of
householders.
Includes the refuse of animal or vegetable foodstuffs, kitchen
or table waste, vegetables, meat, fish, bones and fat, but does not
include oyster or clam shells. Decayed vegetables, fruits or condemned
food in the possession of dealers is not considered as "garbage" to
be collected by the City.
The Director of the Department of Public Works
is hereby given authority to formulate and promulgate, from time to
time, such rules, regulations and directions, consistent with the
provisions of this article, as he may deem necessary for the proper
execution of both the collection and disposal of garbage, ashes and
rubbish material.
Each and every owner, tenant, housekeeper and
other person occupying any dwelling, house or other building or portion
thereof in the City, in which garbage, ashes and rubbish material
accumulate and are to be removed therefrom by the City, shall properly
provide for such removal by using tight receptacles having a capacity
of not fewer than three nor more than 26 gallons. The receptacles
shall be provided with a handle or handles and a tight-fitting cover.
No person shall use more than one receptacle with a capacity of less
than 10 gallons.
All garbage must be drained and wrapped in paper
to prevent the same from smelling in hot weather and freezing in cold
weather. Paper and other combustible refuse that is not deposited
in receptacles must be securely bundled in such a manner as to permit
easy handling and to prevent the contents of the same from being scattered.
Garbage and refuse receptacles shall be so placed,
by the owner, tenant, housekeeper or other person occupying such dwelling
house or other building, in the yard where the same may be easily
accessible to the collectors.
All garbage and refuse receptacles shall be
kept covered at all times so as to provide sanitary conditions and
to prevent rain or snow from entering the same.
No garbage and refuse receptacle shall be filled
within one inch of the top thereof. The filled receptacle shall be
of such weight as can be easily handled by one man.
Garbage, ashes or rubbish shall not be placed
in receptacles which are in a filthy, leaky or defective condition.
