
No owner, tenant, or lessee of any public or private premises shall permit to accumulate upon said premises any solid waste except in acceptable containers as defined by this ordinance. Brush shall be tied in small bundles consisting of limbs that are smaller than three inches in diameter and less than four feet in length or placed in containers and placed for trash removal however, brush shall be removed from the curb by the city from the first full week of March through the first full week of October. Grass clippings and leaves shall be bagged, preferably in biodegradable bags, and placed for trash removal however, leaves shall be removed from the curb by the city leaf vacuum machine from the second full week of October through the first full week of December. No person shall permit their solid waste containers, white goods, yard waste, or heavy trash to block or impede the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any street, sidewalk or alley. All owners, tenants, or lessees of any dwelling unit shall place all garbage, refuse, trash, white goods, solid waste, heavy trash, or yard waste on their premises near the street or sidewalk, or at any other place designated as a pick up point. All containers shall be returned within twenty-four (24) hours after collection to their proper position as described in this chapter. on the evening immediately preceding the day scheduled for such collection. Said waste shall not be set out for collection in advance of the regularly scheduled collection day except after 4:00 p.m. on the day designated for said collection.

All garbage, trash, refuse, solid waste, and yard waste shall be placed in the proper containers and position for collection no later than 7:00 a.m.
