(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2000-022, 11/6/00 (Sections: 3-6-200—3-6-230); Ordinance No. 2005-012, 8/1/05 (Sections: 3-6-200—3-6-250))
(a) 
Every person who owns or occupies or is in possession or control of any property in the City where solid waste, recyclables, and green waste are produced or accumulated shall discard such materials through the regular collection service of the City's franchisee.
(b) 
The owner or occupant of any property shall start service within 15 days of occupancy of such property. If the owner or occupant does not initiate service within 15 days, the City or City's franchisee may give the owner written notification that service is required. If the owner fails to initiate service within 15 days from the date of mailing of the written notification, then the City may require the franchisee to initiate and continue collection services for said property.
(a) 
Every person who uses the collection services of the City's franchisee shall pay a fee for the services, as established in a resolution adopted by the City Council or in the franchise agreement.
(b) 
The City's franchisee shall bill customers directly for service.
(c) 
The City's franchisee shall reconcile payments by customers against amounts billed to verify any delinquency in payment by customers. The franchisee shall provide two delinquency notices to customers but may not discontinue service to their properties. The franchisee shall make good faith efforts to collect on delinquent accounts. If the franchisee fails to collect on such accounts, the City may place liens on the property associated with the accounts and foreclose on the liens.
(a) 
No person shall be required to use the collection services provided by the City's franchisee if that person can establish any one of the following:
(1) 
That all such materials produced or accumulated at the property are disposed of by agreement with and through the use of the approved container of a person subscribing to the services provided by the City's franchisee; or
(2) 
That all such materials are self-hauled to an authorized disposal or recycling facility, as provided for in Section 3-6-320.
(b) 
The following types of properties may not be exempt from the collection services provided by the City's franchisee under any circumstances:
(1) 
Single-family residences that are occupied;
(2) 
Multi-family residences that are occupied; or
(3) 
Food establishments in operation.
(4) 
Nothing in this section shall preclude the property owner from establishing combined collection services for all tenants at a commercial and/or multi-family residential property.
(c) 
To obtain an exemption, the person must:
(1) 
Send a written exemption request to the City's franchisee within 15 days of occupying the property or within 15 days of notification from the City or its franchisee that collection services are required; and
(2) 
Provide sufficient written documentation that they are disposing of all solid waste, recyclables, and green waste in a manner provided in Section 3-6-220(a). Sufficient documentation includes, but is not limited to, disposal facility receipts, recycling center receipts, written agreements to share services provided by the City's franchisee, and written agreements from persons collecting and transporting materials at no charge as provided in Section 3-6-320(a).
(d) 
The City may revoke the exemption at the request of the City's franchisee in the event that one of the following occurs:
(1) 
That the person is found to be in violation of Chapter 3-1 or any other applicable provisions of this Code; or
(2) 
That the property changes ownership and/or occupancy.
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall discard solid waste, recyclables, and green waste by:
(1) 
Placing a container for such materials or allowing such a container to remain in any public place;
(2) 
Burying any such materials, except as part of home composting;
(3) 
Collecting, removing, disposing of, or hauling such materials without first obtaining a franchise or permit from the City;
(4) 
Burning any such materials;
(5) 
Hindering access of employees of the City or its franchisee to a container for such materials;
(6) 
Permitting any such material to be dumped or deposited on or in any street, sidewalk, gutter or storm drain, or in a manner that such material or runoff from it would end up in any storm drain, in accordance with Chapter 3-15 of this Code;
(7) 
Placing any hazardous waste, household hazardous waste, medical and infectious waste, or special waste, as defined herein, in any container for solid waste, recyclables, or green waste; or
(8) 
Placing any material originating from a private property in, on top of, or alongside the City's public containers; provided, however, that pedestrians or other persons using the streets or public places shall be permitted to deposit in said containers miscellaneous small articles of waste materials carried by them.
(b) 
No person shall discard any solid waste, recyclables, or green waste except at a duly authorized disposal site or transfer station. The foregoing shall not, however, prevent the discarding of earth, rock, concrete, cement, gravel, sand, ashes, clay, loam, and other noncombustible inorganic refuse when used for purposes of fill as part of a construction project, if such material is not otherwise dangerous to health and safety, such that it violates Chapter 3-1 or any other applicable provision of this Code. Furthermore, such operations may not block or impede natural drainage channels, drain ditches, canals, or drainage outlets and may not result in pollution, fire hazards, or contamination of water.
(c) 
No person shall:
(1) 
Store or accumulate any putrescible waste, or permit the storage or accumulation of putrescible waste within or upon any property owned, leased or rented by such person or in such person's possession or control for a period longer than seven days; or
(2) 
Place any putrescible waste in or upon any property in the city other than the property where such waste is generated, except as provided for in Section 3-6-220(a)(1).
All putrescible waste produced and accumulated on any property, whether public or private, shall be removed at least once every seven days or more often as required by the City's franchisee or as provided for in Section 3-6-320.
(a) 
Every person that owns, occupies, or is in possession or control of any property in the City where solid waste is produced or accumulated shall deposit such materials in one or more leak-proof containers of sufficient size and quantity to adequately service the property. In all events, discarded materials stored prior to collection and/or disposal shall be contained in a manner so as to discourage disturbance by, or harboring of, animals or pests; to prevent fire or other safety hazards; and to prevent odors or unsightliness amounting to a nuisance.
(b) 
Persons subscribing or required to subscribe to services provided by the City's franchisee shall deposit solid waste, recyclables, and green waste in the respective containers designated by and available from the franchisee, locating such containers where the franchisee can easily access them, and not overloading such containers.
(1) 
Single-family and multi-family residential customers shall use containers provided free of charge by the City's franchisee.
(2) 
Commercial customers shall use containers agreeable to or provided by the City's franchisee;
(3) 
Both residential and commercial customers may elect to use a debris box container provided by the City's franchisee.