(a) 
Each residential customer within the corporate limits of the city shall:
(1) 
Use cart provided by the city approved commercial hauler to accommodate and securely keep all residential refuse that may accumulate upon such premises. Items too large to fit into carts, such as appliances, furniture and mattresses, shall be stored securely in a screened area of the premises and placed at curbside only on the day scheduled for such removal.
(2) 
Bundle tree trimmings or limbs in lengths not exceeding four feet. Such trimmings or limbs shall not exceed four inches in diameter, and such bundle shall not exceed four feet in height and width. Place grass clippings in secure paper bags not to exceed 35 pounds.
(3) 
Maintain and keep carts in a screened location and in such a manner on the premises so as not to constitute a public nuisance, give an undesirable appearance, or be visible from the street.
(4) 
Place trash and recycling carts and bundles at the edge of such premises adjacent to the street as early as 6:00 p.m. the evening before the scheduled service day but not later than 8:00 a.m. on the day of collection, and return same to their respective locations, which shall be screened from visibility from a public roadway, after pick-up on the same day of collection.
(5) 
Eliminate water and liquids to the extent practicable from all residential refuse prior to storing in carts.
(6) 
Maintain all carts in a condition free of defects that likely could hamper collection or injure the person collecting the contents thereof or the public generally.
(7) 
Promptly clean up any solid waste which becomes scattered by whatever means upon such premises.
(b) 
Within 90 days of annexation into the city limits, a residential customer shall terminate its existing contract for solid waste services with its current commercial hauler and contract such services with the city's approved commercial hauler.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)
(a) 
Each residential customer is entitled to place at curbside on the once-weekly scheduled pick-up day residential refuse in carts, bags, and bundles with the following limitations:
(1) 
Either one or two standard trash carts;
(2) 
Either one or two standard recycling carts;
(3) 
No cart placed for collection by a residential customer shall exceed 100 pounds; and
(4) 
Up to three (3) total of the following, in any combination: a 30-gallon plastic bag containing garbage, refuse, and/or rubbish placed outside the cart; a paper bag of yard waste placed outside the cart; a bundle of yard waste tied into four (4) foot lengths, not to exceed 35 pounds per bundle, placed outside the cart. Limbs within the bundle must be no more than four (4) inches in diameter.
(b) 
Pursuant to the pick-up schedule established by the commercial hauler, once every other week, each residential customer is entitled to place at curbside an unlimited amount of yard waste in paper bags.
(c) 
In addition, each residential customer under this section is entitled to Bulky Waste pick-up no more than twelve (12) times per year by calling the telephone number prescribed on the bill to request such service.
(Ordinance 531 adopted 4/9/2024)