It shall be unlawful for any person occupying any premises within the City, or for
any person, controlling or maintaining any premises within the City where solid waste
is created, produced, or accumulated, to fail or neglect to provide a sufficient number
of each approved type of standard containers for receiving and holding, without leakage
or escape of odors, all solid waste produced, created, or accumulated upon such premises,
except as hereinafter provided; and all such persons shall deposit all such solid
waste in the correct containers, and all such containers shall be at all times kept
in a good, usable and sanitary condition. Containers shall be kept continuously closed
except when solid waste is being placed therein or removed therefrom, and shall at
all times be closed against the access of flies, rodents, and animals to the contents
thereof. Garbage, rubbish and/or garbage/recyclables may be deposited in the same
container. It shall be unlawful for any person to place anything other than small
green waste or organic waste in an organic recycling container. It shall further be
unlawful for any person to place small green waste or organic waste in any solid waste
collection container, other than an organic waste container. No standard container
shall exceed one hundred (100) pounds in weight when filled for collection or removal,
except when detachable or drop box containers are used.
(Formerly 5-5.07, Ord. 30-C.S., amended by Ord. 1095-C.S., Ord. 1196-C.S., Ord. 2611-C.S.,
§ 1, Ord. 3018-C.S., § 1, and Ord. 3067-C.S., § 1, formerly 5-5.08, amended by Ord.
3471-C.S., § 1)
