A. All garbage, wet garbage, or refuse of any kind, shall be removed by the City of Sebastopol, its agents, employees or permittees, or representatives, at least once every seven days, unless otherwise directed by the Health Officer or the City Manager of the City of Sebastopol.

B. Health Officer or City Manager Directs Removal. It shall be the duty of any collector engaged in or conducting the business of collecting garbage, wet garbage, and/or rubbish by contract with the City of Sebastopol or acting as its agent, permittee, or representative, under this chapter, when directed by the Health Officer or City Manager of the said City of Sebastopol to immediately call at any premises in the City of Sebastopol to which said rubbish or garbage collector may be directed by the said Health Officer or City Manager, and where garbage, wet garbage and/or rubbish is accumulated and there collect and remove said garbage, wet garbage, and/or rubbish in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

C. It is unlawful for any person other than the contract agent, as defined herein, or his agents or employees, to engage in the business of collecting, disposing of, transporting, carrying or conveying through the streets, alleys or public thoroughfares of the City, any garbage, refuse, rubbish, or those recyclable materials which are intended to be disposed of in accordance with the Citywide weekly curbside recycling program initiated July 1, 1989.

D. At such times as the owner of any materials which are capable of being recycled has placed such materials at or near the curb for collection, the contract agent shall have the exclusive right to the collection and possession thereof, and any person or persons interfering with such right shall be guilty of an infraction. (Formerly 5.42.040)