8.05.070 Containers – General requirements.
A. Every responsible party, person or commercial or residential solid waste generator shall place, or cause to be placed, all solid waste and recycling accumulating on the private premises or business establishment in containers provided by their service provider.
B. All materials and solid waste prepared for collection shall be stored in a container provided by the service provider until removed by that service provider, unless those materials are properly prepared for a bulk waste collection service.
C. Any user of a solid waste or recycling container provided by a service provider shall be required to use and maintain the container as follows:
1. Cleaning. All containers shall be used, maintained and stored in a clean and sanitary condition.
2. The user shall bag and securely tie all putrescible material in solid waste containers, thereby maintaining the container free of intense odors, evidence of flies in any stage of development, and any other nuisance or threat to public health or safety.
3. Lids or Covers. Between collection days, the lids or covers of any container(s) shall at all times be kept fully closed and secure in such a manner to prevent intrusion of moisture, infestation of insects, and scattering of solid waste or recyclable materials. Between collection days, covers or lids shall be kept closed except when containers are being loaded or emptied.
D. It is the responsible party’s obligation to properly contain solid waste or recyclable materials generated on their private premises or business establishment and to keep the area around the container continuously clear and free of all debris.
E. It shall be a violation of this chapter to overload or overfill a container. Solid waste and recycling containers shall at all times be kept in such a manner as to preclude the scattering of solid waste and recyclable materials from a container assigned to or associated with that property, private premises or business establishment. If such spilling or scattering of solid waste does occur, it shall be the immediate responsibility of the responsible party to remove and properly dispose of such spillage. For the purposes of this section, the term “property” includes adjacent private or public property or right-of-way if the solid waste has been scattered to such locations from a container assigned to or associated with the subject property.
F. No person other than a responsible party for where the container is located or the service provider where the container is located shall remove any material or solid waste from the container, place any material or solid waste within the container, or tamper with the container. [Ord. 2021-02 § 1, 1-26-2021; Res. 2021-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 1-26-2021; Ord. 2022-05 § 1, 9-13-2022; Res. 2022-28 Exh. A, 9-13-2022].