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Sec. 16-32. Type of containers required. (a) For areas receiving automated refuse collection it shall be unlawful for garbage or trash to be set out for collection unless the same is placed in a sixty-five- or one-hundred-five-gallon container furnished by the city. (b) In areas receiving automated refuse collection, as defined in section 16-1, yard waste must be set out for collection placed in clear plastic bags. Such bags must not exceed forty (40) gallons or twenty-five (25) pounds each. Customers are limited to twenty bags per collection. Customers shall not mix any other form of trash, refuse or garbage with yard waste. Yard waste too bulky to be placed in clear plastic bags shall be included for collection as bulk refuse. (c) director. The type of containcrs rcquircd in cach area shall be determined by the Sec. 16-34. Preparation of certain materials for coIIection. (a) Paper. It shall be unlawful for any person to place any paper for collection by the city without placing the same in a receptacle or refuse bag complying with section 16-32 or having the same securely bundled so that the paper cannot be blown or scattered about the street. (b) Cartons, boxes. It shall be unlawful for any person to place for collection by the city any empty or discarded corrugated cartons or paper or pasteboard boxes of any kind without first preparing them by flattening and securely tying them in bundles not exceeding 25 pounds in weight, with strong, stout cord. (c ) Yard waste. It shall be unlawful for any person to place for collection by the city, yard waste containing dirt, rocks or other material not included in the definition of yard waste. Material shall be placed in clear plastic bags complying with section 16- 32. It shall be unlawful to rake, sweep or place yard waste into or onto the street, curb, gutter or drainage structure. (d) Small dead animals. Small dead animals will be collected by the city during normal operating hours provided the body is placed in a properly sealed plastic or polyethylene refuse bag and placed as near to the curb as possible or between the sidewalk and the curb. (e) Tires: Tires shall be pla.:cd as close to the curb as possible or between the sidewalk and the curb in accordance with Section 16-36. A limit off our tircs per 12- month period shall be collected. If more than four tires are placed out for collection within any 12-nlDr.~h period the property owner or occupant of the property shall be