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<br />Ordinance No. 2003-84
<br />limited to restaurants, retail stores and other places of business, sha11 keep the premises clean of
<br />refuse thrown or left on such premises by its employees, customers or passersby and prevent
<br />refuse drifting or blowing onto adjoining premises or public rights-of-way.
<br />(b) ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE. The owner, manager or occupant of multiple
<br />family and commercial premises shall provide appropriate trash containers and receptacles,
<br />which shall be placed, stored or enclosed in a clean, safe and sanitary area. Trash containers of
<br />sufficient size and number for deposit of refuse are hereby required and shall be supplied with
<br />lids or covers. Where applicable, any trash receptacle designed for and required to be located
<br />within a trash enclosure on the premises, shall be maintained entirely within and secured by
<br />functional gates. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing, or having the control of
<br />any such premises or vacant lot within the city to permit an accumulation of rubbish to become
<br />or remain offensive, unsightly, or unsafe to the public health or safety or hazardous from fire, or
<br />to deposit, keep, or accumulate, or permit or cause any rubbish to be deposited, kept, or
<br />accumulated, upon any property, lot or pazcel of land, or any public or private place, street, lane,
<br />parking lot, or driveway. No person occupying, owning, or in control of any premises shall
<br />permit rubbish to accumulate, or to blow about in a manner which creates an unsightly
<br />appearance, or a health hazard.
<br />(c) CONTAINERS. Every owner, manager or occupant of multiple family and
<br />commercial premises, in order to maintain compliance herein, that contracts for or employs a
<br />trash collection service, shall require and insure that the provider of any such container,
<br />receptacle, bin or other equipment used for the storage of commercial waste and such providers
<br />shall:
<br />(1) Place and maintain on the outside of such receptacle, bin or other equipment, in
<br />legible letters and numerals not less than one inch in height said collector's name or
<br />firm name, and telephone number, in a color contrasting to the background of the
<br />container.
<br />(2) At all times keep all such containers or receptacles and lids in good, clean and
<br />sanitary condition, including, where applicable, within the trash enclosure area.
<br />(3) Provide suitable trash containers or receptacles of sufficient size to contain all
<br />refuse generated as a result of the commercial operation and scheduled the removal
<br />thereof to prevent violation of this code..
<br />(d) INSPECTIONS. The Director of Public Service shall make, or cause to be made,
<br />inspection trips at regular intervals to determine that refuse, garbage and trash are being properly
<br />stored, collected and removed, and that the premises are in full compliance with all provision v€
<br />this ordinance. In the event violations of this ordinance or related ordinances are discovered,
<br />immediately action shall be initiated to require the necessary conective action.
<br />(fl PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision ofthis ordinance
<br />shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense and a
<br />separate offense shall be deemed committed on eaeh day during or which an offense occurs or
<br />continues.
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