Chapter 7, Article 3 – Garbage and Refuse
Selected provisions of the Carbondale Municipal Code concerning bear-resistant containers, trash storage and collection, and penalties.
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Sec. 7-3-10. – Definitions (excerpt)
Bear-resistant means a fully enclosed container that is listed on the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) approved bear-resistant products list or an equivalent product approved by the Town.
Sec. 7-3-60. – Storing of rubbish, trash and similar substances (excerpts)
(b) Containers, collection hours and secure storage
No person, including but not limited to an owner, occupant, lessee, person in possession or control, homeowners’ association officer, property manager or agent of a given premises, shall place any refuse or garbage container in any street, alley or other public place or upon any private property, whether or not owned by such person, within the Town, except in proper containers for collection, as provided in Section 7-3-50 above. No person shall place any such refuse or garbage container, except for bear-resistant containers, in any public street right-of-way for trash collection purposes by the Town or a private trash hauler, except for on the day collection occurs. For purposes of determining compliance with this requirement, refuse and garbage containers may be stored in a public street right-of-way only between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection, except for trash containers that are bear-resistant, as such containers may be stored in a public street right-of-way between 5:00 p.m. the day before collection to 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Placement of refuse or garbage containers outside of these time periods shall result in the levying of fines, pursuant to Subsection (g) below. Except for between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection, and except in the instance that a refuse or garbage container is bear-resistant, as defined in Section 7-3-10 above, all refuse and garbage containers must be stored in secure enclosures when not out for collection.
(e) Scattering of refuse
No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within the Town any refuse in such a manner that it may be carried away by animals or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public place, or into any occupied premises within the Town.
(g) Violation
Fines for a violation of this Section shall be $100.00 for a first offense, $250.00 for a second offense, $500.00 for a third offense and pursuant to Section 1-4-20 of this Code for any additional violation. The Town shall waive the fine for any first offense, provided that the offender provides the Town with the offender’s proof of purchase of a bear-resistant container for the subject property. On the third offense, the offender shall automatically receive a bear-resistant container and shall be billed for the cost of the same.
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