I read in the April 2007 issue of the Fairmeade-Hilltop Newsletter that there is no City ordinance regarding leaving garbage cans out for extended periods of time. In fact, such a practice is prohibited by at least three City ordinances. Complaints should be conveyed to CORconnect at https://clients.comcate.com/newrequest.php?id=18.

9.20.050 Placing solid wastes on streets, sidewalks, etc., prohibited.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to throw, place, scatter or deposit any solid wastes upon any street, sidewalk, public place or publicly owned property in the City or to cause or permit any solid wastes to be thrown, placed, scattered or deposited on said public property by or through an employee, agent, representative or anyone acting for or on behalf of that person, except that a property owner may place properly packaged materials at the curb on regularly scheduled days established by the City or the collector for the removal of the same.

9.20.080 Receptacles required.

(a) It is the duty of every owner of any premises to maintain receptacles provided by the collector for receiving and holding all the solid wastes created or accumulated upon said premises between the times for the collection of the solid wastes, and to deposit all such solid wastes therein. All receptacles shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times and shall not be placed within the limits of any street or other public place in the City, except that the owner of any premises shall place receptacles at the curb in a location reasonably convenient for semi-automated or automated collection on the regularly scheduled days established by the City or the collector for the collection of solid wastes in the area.

 9.22.090 Nuisances specified.

It is declared a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any premises in this City to maintain such premises or to permit such premises to be maintained in such a manner that any one or more of the conditions or activities described in the following subsections are found to exist:

(3) Property Inadequately Maintained.
(A) The keeping, storage, depositing or accumulation on the premises of any personal property, including, but not limited to, abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles, automotive parts or equipment, appliances, furniture, containers, packing materials, scrap metal, wood, building materials, junk, solid waste, rubbish, and debris, which is within the view of persons on adjacent or nearby real property or the public right-of-way and which poses a risk of harm to the public or constitutes visual blight or reduces the aesthetic appearance of the neighborhood or is offensive to the senses or is detrimental to the use and enjoyment of nearby properties or reduces nearby property values; provided, however, that wood and building materials being used or to be used for a project of repair or renovation for which a valid and current building permit has been obtained may be stored for such period of time as is necessary expeditiously to complete the project;