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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PO~MOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14-25; 14-27; ~4-30 AND 14-31 PERTAINING TO CITY COLLECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section Portsmouth, Virginia, follows: 14-25 of the Code of 1973, be amended and the City of reordained as Section 14-25. Times and dates, containers and bulk refuse to be placed for collection. (a) Receptacles and plastic or polyethylene refuse bags containing trash, garbage or other waste materials shall not be placed for collection by the City before 6:00 a.m. nor later than 8:00 a.m. on days of collection. Such receptacles shall be removed from the area designated in Section 14-26 as soon as possible after collection and, in no instance, shall receptacles be permitted to remain in said area after 7:00 p.m. (b) Bulk refuse as defined herein shall be placed out for collection no earlier than the Saturday preceding the start of the bulk refuse pickup period for that area and no later than 7:00 a.m. on the Monday of the start of the bulk refuse pickup period for the area. 2. That Section 14-27 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, be amended and reordained pertaining receptacles from Multi-family structures as follows: to Section 14-27. Receptacles from multi-family structures to be identifiable. Every rental dwelling unit shall De supplied with approved d6ntainers and covers, as described in Section 14-3 of this Code, for the storage of refuse and garbage, and the owner, operator or agen~ in control of such dwelling unit shall be responsible for supplying the necessary number of containers per residential dwelling unit and for the marking on the receptacle either the number of the residential dwelling unit or the name of the head of the family occupying the dwelling unit to which such receptacle belongs; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the plastic or polyethylene refuse bags permitted by Sectio~ 14-22. Such receptacles are to be screened from public view.