§ 3-5-108. General conditions of residential collection.

(a)

Owners of single residential units, condominiums, or multiple residential units not served by commercial container, shall place refuse receptacles, plastic-lined paper bags or plastic bags securely tied, rubbish and bundles on assigned collection days, at front curbside locations in such a manner as not to obstruct vehicular or pedestrian passage. Owners shall place such refuse at appropriate curbside location at or before 6:30 a.m. or prior to the arrival of the collection vehicles. This placement shall not be made before dusk on the day prior to collection day. Any refuse placed on the curb after departure of the licensee's pickup crew shall subject the owner to prosecution for violation of this article.

(b)

Owners shall remove container from curbside location to a storage location, which shall be unit behind the building line located on the premises. Removal should be accomplished with twenty-four (24) hours following collection.

(c)

Owners shall prevent the continued, excessive and unsightly accumulation of refuse upon their property or the public thoroughfares bounding upon owners property.

(d)

It shall be a violation for this ordinance to place or cause to be placed for collection any acid, explosive material, inflammable liquids or dangerous or corrosive material of any kind.

(e)

Private used, inoperative and worn out special waste: household appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dryers, etc.), discarded furniture, and tires shall be collected at least weekly as designated by the licensee with additional charge if necessary and disposed of in compliance with all current state and federal regulations.

(f)

Solid waste generated from conducting customary home occupations as defined by the building and licenses department of Henry County shall be collected on a residential fee basis.

(g)

All trash and refuse will be collected by the licensee if placed in plastic receptacles or metal garbage cans of not more than thirty-five-gallon capacity, in bags of not more than thirty-nine-gallon capacity, or tied in bundles of not larger than thirty (30) inches. The licensee may also provide a fifty-to one hundred-gallon wheeled container with lid if so desired. No open containers shall be permitted.

(h)

Yard trimmings consisting of grass clippings, leaves, etc., shall be placed in suitable containers for separate pickup at a time specified by licensee. Licensees shall provide for pickup of yard trimmings at least once per week. Limbs and yard trimmings shall not be disposed of in a landfill; but taken to a facility that recycles trimmings as mulch or compost. Limbs must be tied in bundles not exceeding a weight fifty (50) pounds nor diameter of thirty (30) inches and length of thirty-six (36) inches. This paragraph shall become effective September 1, 1996.

(i)

Specially handled waste shall be placed at or near the dwelling in such a manner it can easily be picked up by licensee, or shall be placed in the street or at curbside prior to an agreed upon pick up date.

(j)

Nothing in this article shall prevent customers from contracting with licensees for additional services.

(k)

A list of all current licensees and the license zones will be available for public inspection in the office of the board of commissioners.

(l)

Property owners shall not be responsible for the cost of solid waste collection during any service period when the property is vacant for thirty (30) days or more and they have notified the licensee providing service to them of that fact in writing in advance of that service.

(Ord. No. 94-04, 9-20-94)