§ 106-117. Preparation, storage and placement of trash for collection generally.

(a)

Property owners or occupants shall be required to prepare and store trash for collection in a neat and orderly manner according to the following:

(1)

Paper and other small or flexible objects shall be placed in approved containers not exceeding 30-gallon capacity. Containers of paper, and other light material subject to being scattered by wind shall be covered, closed or otherwise suitably prepared to prevent scattering by normal winds. Approved containers shall include, but are not limited to, standard metal or plastic garbage cans, cardboard boxes, paper or plastic bags manufactured for refuse disposal or other suitable containers which, when full, do not exceed 60 pounds in weight. Any container that is collapsed, disintegrated or otherwise damaged to the degree that it is rendered useless for the purpose of holding trash at the time of collection shall not be an approved container and will not be collected.

(2)

Discarded tree branches, shrubbery, leaves, yard clippings and pine straw (green waste) can be containerized or placed out loose, but shall not exceed a volume of two cubic yards or 54 cubic feet. Tree limbs shall be no more than four inches in diameter.

(Code 1971, § 14-41; Ord. No. 1992-49, § 10, 10-20-92; Ord. No. 1997-37(3), § 3, 11-4-97)