Waste Containers: General

Waste Containers: General. (a) All persons including business owners and governmental entities: (1) Shall not keep trash or garbage on their premises except in a suitable waste container. (2) Shall deposit and cause to be deposited all garbage or trash into waste containers with tight fitting lids or covers. Waste container lids shall be kept closed at all times other than when the container is being filled or emptied. (3) Shall not use cardboard boxes, buckets, paper bags, paint pails, and other similar containers as waste containers. Appropriate waste containers shall provide sufficient storage between collections. (b) A person in the business of providing trash collection services, including providing waste containers for the use of its customers and clients, may only provide waste containers that conform with the requirements prescribed in subsection (a) of this section. Source: PL 14-15, § 3 (3802), modified. Commission Comment: PL 14-15 was enacted on June 18, 2004 and contained a short title, findings, severability, and savings clause provisions. See the comment to 2 CMC § 3801 regarding PL 14-15.