Athens City Code

1. (1) Each owner, occupant, tenant, subtenant, lessee, or others using or occupying any building, house, structure, or grounds within the corporate limits of the city where refuse materials and substances, as defined in ACC 17-1, accumulate or are likely to accumulate shall provide an adequate number of approved containers for the storage of such refuse, except business and industrial establishments using city-owned receptacles as described in ACC 17-5(3).
2. (2) All refuse shall be drained free of liquids before disposal.
3. (3) Garbage (including animal waste) shall be wrapped in paper or similar material.
4. (4) All cans, bottles, or other food containers shall be free of food particles and drained before disposal.
5. (5) Rubbish shall be:
   1. (a) Placed in approved containers; or
   2. (b) Cut and baled, tied, bundled, stacked, or packaged so as not to exceed 36 inches in length and 50 pounds in weight.
6. (6) Leaves shall be collected on a nonscheduled basis without additional charge to the regular refuse collection fees. Leaves must be placed in windrows adjacent to the curb or the street right-of-way. In no case may windrows of leaves be extended more than six feet back from the curbline or street right-of-way.
7. (7) Ashes that have been exposed to the weather and are completely free of fire or smoke may be placed in regular containers. Hot ashes that may result in damage to refuse packers or containers or may result in injury to the collectors shall not be placed in containers.

(Code 1972, § 8-103; Code 1995, § 17-103)