3-48-2. Authority to regulate refuse.
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A municipality may, by ordinance:
A. acquire and maintain refuse disposal areas or plants within or without the municipal boundary;
B. enforce a general system of refuse collection and disposal;
C. prohibit the deposit of refuse on either public or private property;
D. compel the taking of refuse to designated places;
E. specify the kind, size and material of a refuse receptacle;
F. provide for the destruction of refuse or its use for a beneficial purpose; and
G. require any person owning or controlling any occupied real property to:
(1)provide and maintain suitable refuse receptacles;
(2)deposit all refuse in the receptacles; and
(3)place a receptacle in a place convenient for removal.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-49-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.