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a. Every person who owns, occupies, resides in, manages or is in charge of any business establishment, residential unit or place under the control and jurisdiction of any governmental agency or nonprofit organization, including, but not limited to, hospitals, churches and educational institutions, shall have available at the establishments, units and places (hereinafter referred to as “locations”) whenever refuse is created or accumulated thereon one or more refuse receptacles in which receptacles the persons shall place and continually contain the refuse at all times from the time of its creation and initial accumulation to the time and date of its collection and removal by the contractor pursuant to the provisions of his or her agreement with the City.

b. Every person who owns, occupies, resides in, manages or is in charge of any business establishment, residential unit or place under the control and jurisdiction of any governmental agency or nonprofit organization, including, but not limited to, hospitals, churches and educational institutions, in an area in which the City has established a recycling program shall have available at the location one or more receptacles which shall be used for the accumulation and segregation of recyclable materials to be placed for collection and removal by the contractor pursuant to the provisions of the agreement with the City.

c. Every person who owns, occupies, resides in, manages or is in charge of any business establishment, residential unit or place under the control and jurisdiction of any governmental agency or nonprofit organization, including, but not limited to, hospitals, churches and educational institutions, in an area in which the City has established a green waste program shall have available at the location one or more receptacles which shall be used for the accumulation and segregation of green waste to be placed for collection and removal by the contractor pursuant to the provisions of the agreement with the City.

d. The receptacles shall be of the type, color and material set forth in the contractor’s agreement and approved by the City Council.

e. The receptacles and their content shall be kept and maintained by the persons upon the location on which the refuse, recyclable material or green waste is created or accumulates and shall not be stored in the front yard setback area of the location, except when the receptacle is placed in front of the location for collection by the contractor. The receptacles shall not be so placed for the collection at a time which is more than twenty-four (24) hours from the scheduled time of collection by the contractor, nor shall such receptacle be allowed to remain in front of the location more than twenty-four (24) hours after the actual collection of its contents.

f. The scheduled time of collection shall be that time for such as provided in the agreement between the contractor and the City regarding collection of refuse, green waste or recyclable materials or as otherwise established by the City.

g. When a receptacle, as described in this subsection, is placed for collection, it shall be placed in front of the location on which the refuse, green waste or recyclable material was created and accumulated. If a curb exists in front of the location, the receptacle shall be placed in front of the curb. No receptacle shall be located in any portion of a public right-of-way which is used by or designed for the use of vehicles and/or pedestrians, except for those public rights-of-way at the rear of a location, wherever the Manager determines a receptacle may be placed for the collection and removal of the contents thereof, if the receptacle, as so located, does not in any way constitute an obstruction to the passage of pedestrian and vehicular traffic through the right-of-way. (Ord. #2011-153; Ord. #2012-153)