New Ordinance (Trash Receptacles Must Sit Off Streets and Sidewalks)

36-102.           Prohibited accumulation and disposal. (Yellow is New)

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep in, on, or about any dwelling, building, or premises, or any other place in the City, garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste of any kind that may be injurious to the public health or offensive to the residents of the City unless the same is kept in receptacles designed to store the specific type of material and of sufficient capacity to keep the material completely contained and as nearly airtight as may be practical. 

(2) It shall be unlawful to throw or sweep into the streets, alleys, parks, or other public grounds or vacant lot any garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste of any kind. 

(3) No person may permit garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste to collect and all persons shall remove the same from their property within a set time period after being notified to do so by the City Police Chief or his or her designated representative, who shall represent the Board of Health.  The Police Chief or his or her designated representative shall issue a citation for the failure to remove garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste as soon as reasonable upon the expiration of the  set time period, if the person has not removed the said garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste

(4) It shall be the duty of all property owners or tenants occupying any premises to have the contents of their garbage, hazardous waste, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, solid waste or waste receptacles removed at least once a week and the contents thereof disposed of at duly licensed facility at their own expense. 

(5) It shall be unlawful to place a garbage container on the surface of a street, or on the surface of a public sidewalk except as follow:

a.  Public trash receptacles placed by the City.

b.  A garbage container may be placed thereon and removed therefrom on     the day of collection.      

c. Construction dumpsters may be placed on a street with the appropriate permit issued by the City.

(6) It shall be unlawful to place a garbage container in an alley except as follows:

a.  A garbage container designed for 0.5 cubic yard or less of garbage may be placed in an alley where there is no other available space on a lot for access by sanitation personnel for pickup and such placement does not impede the use of the alley by others.

b.  A garbage container designed for more than 0.5 cubic yard may be placed in an alley where there is no other available space on a lot for access by sanitation personnel for pickup, such placement does not impede the use of the alley by others, and the lot owner has obtained the appropriate permit issued by the City.