Lake Forest Municipal Code Ch. 16.04 Containers

To protect public health, safety, and well-being against the growth and spread of vectors, it is the duty of every person designated under Section 16.02.015 in possession, charge, or control of any place within the City, in or from which solid waste, including recyclable solid waste and green waste, accumulates or is produced, to keep in a suitable place readily accessible to the collector, containers capable of holding without spilling all solid waste, including recyclable solid waste and green waste, which would ordinarily accumulate on the premises between the time of two successive collections.

(Ord. 165 § 1 (Exh. G), 2007)

A. To protect public health, safety, and well-being against the growth and spread of vectors, every person designated under Section 16.02.015 who is in charge of residential or commercial premises shall deposit or cause to be deposited all solid waste, including recyclable solid waste and green waste, in standard containers or bins as approved by the collector.

B. To protect public health, safety, and well-being against the growth and spread of vectors, no person shall maintain or place for collection any container not in conformance with the standard container or bin designated by the collector.

C. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, no person shall place a container adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection service before six p.m. on the day before normal collection day.

D. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, solid waste containers shall be removed from the street or right-of-way location by ten p.m. on normal collection day.

E. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, bulky goods shall be placed for collection only pursuant to contractual arrangement between the resident or business and the contractor.

F. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, tree trimmings and brush shall be cut into pieces not to exceed four feet in length and four inches in diameter, before being placed for collection.

(Ord. 165 § 1 (Exh. G), 2007)