§ 94-5. Solid waste collection requirements.

A. 

The owner of each premises, residential or commercial, where solid waste is created or generated shall provide, at a suitable place upon such premises and not on the street or sidewalk, sufficient receptacles for receiving and holding such solid waste during the intervals between collections. Solid waste shall be stored in watertight, tightly covered cans or rigid containers; garbage shall not be placed out for collection in plastic bags. The standard unit of collection for household solid waste shall be twenty- and thirty-gallon containers. Each receptacle shall not weigh more than 75 pounds when full. Containers shall be maintained in good condition, free of holes and fissures and shall be equipped with securely fitting covers. No loose material will be collected by the City.

B. 

All refuse containers shall be maintained by the owners thereof and promptly replaced when no longer fit for use. Containers not conforming to the requirements set forth by this chapter and deemed a sanitary or accident hazard, as determined by the Director or his duly authorized agents, may be confiscated by the City and disposed of, without compensation to the owner.

C. 

The property owner or the person served shall have the refuse receptacles or containers placed as near to the curbline as is practicable at the time designated by the Director, but no later than 6:00 a.m. on days on which collections will be made; provided, however, that refuse containers or receptacles may be so placed for collection on the evening preceding the date on which collections will be made, but no earlier than 6:00 p.m.