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(a) All garbage, rubbish and debris shall be stored by the owner or occupant of all premises in an approved sealed garbage, rubbish or debris container. Garbage, rubbish or debris containers shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times by the owner or occupant using the same. Outdoor storage of plastic bags is prohibited except for the deposit of the plastic bags on the right-of-way abutting any public street, alley or within any front yard or within any side yard on a corner lot abutting any public street on the day of scheduled collection. Paper bags, unless baled from a mechanical compactor, are expressly prohibited except on the day of scheduled collection. All trash containers shall be kept behind the front line of the principal building and within 12 inches of the principal building. If trash containers are screened, the screening shall be placed behind the front line of the principal building. The storage area shall be kept free of loose garbage, rubbish or debris. Trash containers/dumpsters in commercial districts shall be screened by a dumpster enclosure or as stipulated on a site plan. Waivers may be granted by the director of housing and community services when placement behind the front line of the principal building of the house or a dumpster enclosure at a commercial property would create an unreasonable hardship.

(b) All food service establishments shall separate all garbage, not otherwise disposed of in garbage grinders from other rubbish and debris in a separate approved container for separate collection. Food service establishments shall store grease, including material from grease interceptors (traps) and waste meat products to be picked up for collection and disposal by rendering plants, in approved garbage containers.

(c) Sufficient containers shall be provided or collected frequently enough so that garbage, rubbish and debris shall not overflow or exceed storage capacity.

(d) Owners, management agents, homeowners' associations and other like governing persons or groups or residential, commercial and industrial building groups containing two or more multiple-dwelling buildings or businesses, such as condominiums, apartments, shopping centers, industrial parks, office buildings, and any other like groups, shall be responsible for the general sanitary conditions in the common use areas of the building group or center and for any central storage facilities for garbage, rubbish and debris attributable to the building group or adjacent properties in an area of one-half mile measured from the exterior property line of the building group or center. (Code 1979, § 40-17; Ord. No. 2022-09, § 1, 2-28-2022; Ord. No. 2005-54, § 1, 8-8-2005; Ord. No. 99-07, § 4, 3-29-1999)