Sec. 382.415. - Responsibilities and obligations of Property Owners, Resident's, Occupants and Tenants.

(a) Property owners, residents, occupants and tenants shall all bear equal responsibility under this Part for all responsibilities and obligations set forth in this Part. Property owners wishing to protect themselves from the actions or failures of action of residents, occupants and tenants shall do so in their separate indemnification and/or rental agreements with such residents, occupants and tenants. (b) It is the responsibility of all property owners, residents, occupants and tenants to separate yard trash, trash, and garbage (including rubbish). Trash, garbage (including rubbish) and recyclables shall be placed separately at curbside no sooner than 5:00 p.m. of the day before scheduled collection and any garbage/recyclables receptacles shall be removed by 6:00 a.m. of the day following collections. Placement of garbage or recyclable material at curbside after 6:00 a.m. on the date of collection does not have to be picked up by the City or contractor if the collection vehicles has passed the pertinent curbside after 6:00 a.m., thereby making the property owner, resident, occupant or tenant responsible for removing such garbage or recyclable material from the curbside until the next scheduled pickup date. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter for any property owner, resident, occupant or tenant to place at the curb for collection any container(s) unless those containers contain only trash, only yard trash or only garbage (including rubbish). It is unlawful and a violation for any property owner, resident, occupant or tenant to place at curbside for collection commingled trash, yard trash or garbage (including rubbish). (c) Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 382.415 shall be unlawful and enforceable solely as a civil infraction as provided in Chapter 609 (Code Enforcement Citations), Ordinance Code. (Ord. 91-1067-476, § 3; Ord. 94-711-743, § 2; Ord. 2012-545-E, § 1)