It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any house,
building, flat, apartment or tenement in the City where people reside,
board or lodge, or where animal or vegetable food is prepared or served,
at all times to maintain in good order and repair a receptacle for
garbage and a separate receptacle for recyclables such as newspapers,
glass bottles and jars, and tin, steel and aluminum cans. It shall
be the duty of every such person to deposit nothing but garbage and
recyclables in the receptacles provided for each, respectively. It
shall be unlawful to place hot ashes in any receptacle, to remove
recyclables from another person's receptacle, or for nonresidents
of the City to deposit recyclables or garbage in the receptacle of
a City resident.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The receptacles used for garbage and recycling shall be those
issued by the City's contracted refuse service provider.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Garbage and refuse collection shall be twice per week and occur
Tuesdays and Fridays. Curbside collection for recyclables shall be
occur on the same day as garbage and refuse collection. On a quarterly
basis, collection for large items such as furniture and appliances
will be made available.
It is unlawful to deposit any garbage, refuse or recyclables
of any kind in or on any public street, alley or sidewalk, or other
public way. It is further unlawful to place or deposit any refuse
in such a place or container that the same can be blown about by winds.
All fees related to the collection, removal and disposal of
garbage, refuse and recyclables as provided for in this article shall
be in the amount as set from time to time by City ordinance and shall
be rendered each month on the utility bills in the same manner as
the charges for water and sewer service.[1]
