Legal Documents of Maryville

The following requirements shall be met by all persons who engage in curbside recycling from either residential or commercial facilities:

1. Curbside recycling shall be permitted only in approved containers.
2. Permit holders must obey all traffic and safety laws.
3. Curbside recycling shall be allowed only on the same day as residential garbage pick up service by the City of Maryville.
4. Depending on the size of the recycling containers, the number of curbside recycling containers to be placed curbside and on, or adjacent to, the city right-of-way near the city's residential garbage receptacle, may be limited.
5. All curbside recycling containers shall be placed within four feet (4') of city residential garbage receptacles.
6. Curbside recycling containers shall not be placed in a location for pick up so as to interfere with parked cars, vehicles, traffic, or in any other way so as to create a hazard or nuisance.
7. Curbside recycling containers are permitted to be placed for collection adjacent to the city's residential garbage receptacles no earlier than 5:00 P.M. on the day before collection. Such containers are not permitted to remain at the curbside collection point after 7:00 P.M. on the day of collection.
8. Leaving containers at the curbside except during the time specified for collection constitutes neglect by the occupant/property owner and shall be an offense punishable pursuant to the city's general penalty clause.
9. Volume of curbside recycling must not exceed containers provided to avoid items blowing into street. (1999 Code, § 17-311)