All doors and lids of commercial containers shall be kept closed unless the container is being loaded.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
A person commits an offense if he:
(A)
Damages or removes any commercial container or its contents without permission of the owner or lessee thereof.
(B)
Starts a fire or burns any material in a commercial container.
(C)
Paints or marks upon, or places a poster or sign on any commercial container without the permission of the owner or lessee thereof.
(D)
Maintains a commercial container with visible graffiti.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
An owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of a premises commits an offense if he allows any accumulation of refuse around or in the vicinity of a commercial container.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
A person commits an offense if he places refuse in any commercial container for which another person has paid a charge for refuse collection service. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person paying the fee for refuse collection service consented to the actor's placement of refuse therein.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
Nothing may be placed or left in a location that prohibits or obstructs the collection of refuse from a commercial container.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
Commercial refuse shall be collected from commercial containers at a minimum of once per week.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the city or a commercial private hauler to collect or remove refuse or recyclable material from a commercial container.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
A person commits an offense if such person places any hazardous waste in a commercial container, recycling container, or out for collection in any other manner.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)
A commercial container must be screened in accordance with Article XXV, Section C(5) and Article XXVII, Section J of the Carrollton Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
(Ordinance 4272 adopted 8/19/2025)