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]