Every owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any residential premises in the city ("residential customer") shall have the duties and obligations as required in this division.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)]
(a) 
Each residential customer shall provide and use containers (disposable or permanent) sufficient in number to hold the refuse, rubbish, trash and yard waste accumulating on the premises. Each residential customer shall use only the recycling containers furnished by contractor for recyclable materials.
(b) 
Each residential customer shall place all refuse, rubbish, trash, brush, yard waste and recyclable materials (if the size of the brush allows) in approved containers.
(c) 
Each residential customer shall keep all such refuse, rubbish and trash containers in use securely closed in such a manner as to prevent the scattering of the contents thereof and to render such contents inaccessible to insects, rodents and other animals.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(1)—(3)]
(a) 
Each residential customer shall place brush or trash which cannot be placed in disposable containers or permanent containers into lengths not to exceed four feet, tie it in bundles, and stack such brush or trash at curbside as is provided for in this section. Such brush or trash shall in no event exceed more than 64 cubic feet when stacked.
(b) 
Each residential customer shall place all vines and thorny bushes in disposable containers.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(4), (5)]
(a) 
No residential customer shall place for collection, or permit to be placed for collection, any permanent container, disposable container, recycling container, item, or bundle of brush or trash exceeding 50 pounds in weight.
(b) 
No residential customer shall place for collection, or permit to be placed for collection, any hazardous wastes or special waste.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(6), (7)]
Each residential customer shall drain all refuse, rubbish, trash, yard waste and recyclable materials mixed with water or other liquids before placing such refuse, rubbish, trash, yard waste and recyclable materials into appropriate containers.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(8)]
(a) 
All residential customers, other than handicapped customers and residential customers receiving backdoor service for an additional charge, shall place all permanent containers and disposable containers containing refuse, rubbish and recycling containers containing recyclable materials at the curbside on the street bearing such residential customer's address in such a manner as to be easily accessible for collection and as to prevent such garbage or recyclable materials from being scattered.
(b) 
All handicapped customers shall be entitled to receive backdoor service from contractor, and accordingly shall place all permanent containers and/or disposable containers containing refuse, rubbish, yard waste and trash and recycling containers containing recyclable materials at the side or rear of such handicapped customers' building or structure no farther back than the rear wall of the building located on the premises in a location that will allow the contractor to gain access to and remove such containers from the premises. However, the contractor shall not be required to enter or be responsible for entering into garages or behind enclosed fences.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(9)]
Each residential customer shall place permanent or disposable containers containing trash, brush and residential repair debris, together with bundles or boxed bundles of trimmings, recyclable materials and residential repair debris, items of bulky waste and recycling containers at the curbside on the street bearing such residential customer's address in such a manner as to be easily accessible for collection, and so as to prevent such items and materials from being scattered. All of such items shall be placed within four feet of the curbside, unless construction work is being performed in the right-of-way, in which case such items shall be placed as close as practicable to the access point for the collection vehicle.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(10); Ord. No. 839-98, § II, 5-12-1998]
All containers of refuse, rubbish, trash, brush, tied bundles of brush, yard waste and recyclable materials for regular pickup that are required to be located at the curbside shall be placed at the prescribed curbside locations no earlier than 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled collection day and not later than 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection date if such refuse, rubbish, trash, brush, tied bundles of brush, yard waste and recyclable materials are to be picked up by contractor. Empty containers shall be placed out of view from public right-of-way by 11:59 p.m. on the day that collection is scheduled to occur. Items placed out for quarterly bulk pickup may be placed at the prescribed curbside location no earlier than the Saturday preceding the week before bulk pickup is to begin (nine days) and not later than 7:00 a.m. the scheduled day that bulk pickup begins.
[Code 1984, ch. 6, § 5(B)(11); Ord. No. 1325-17, § 1, 2-7-2017; Ord. No. 1347-18, § 1, 4-23-2018]