§ 11-10. Use of required containers; compliance; licensees to report violations.

(a)

No one shall store or allow garbage or refuse on any premises in the city, except in garbage containers or commercial dumpsters. The residential containers shall not exceed forty (40) gallon volume, except containers for recycling approved by Rice County are not to exceed sixty-five (65) gallon volume. It is the intention of this section that premises with any garbage and refuse thereon shall be in a clean and neat condition at all times, and any contrary condition is hereby declared and considered a public nuisance contrary to the welfare and best interests of the city. This prohibition applies even if the garbage or refuse has been placed or deposited properly and such materials litter the premises as the result of a windstorm, the activities of dogs or children, or the like.

(b)

It shall be the duty of licensees under this chapter to promptly report to the city any litter on premises resulting from garbage and refuse, if such condition is on premises belonging to the licensee's garbage-and-refuse-hauling route.

(c)

If garbage or refuse is scattered, the person who placed it outside on his premises shall take prompt steps to bring such premises into compliance under this chapter.

(d)

Licensees shall not pick up garbage set out in containers having a volume in excess of forty (40) gallons.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 2, 11-14-89; Ord. No. 97-11, § 1, 6-10-97; Ord. No. 2008-10, 5-13-08)