Clarksville runs no residential garbage collection; households contract private haulers. The code still governs the cans: keep them behind the front building line except at the curb for scheduled pickup, and keep them covered.
Section 8-203(b) requires garbage cans to be stored no closer to the street than the front building line of the primary structure facing it. Corner lots fronting two streets store cans behind that line or beside or behind the primary structure. Subsection (a) bars placing cans along a street, sidewalk or public place so as to block traffic or create a hazard or nuisance. Section 8-202(2) requires containers covered so refuse cannot spill and animals cannot pilfer. Section 8-201 makes occupants keep premises free of unsightly or unsanitary accumulations, with the owner responsible when premises are unoccupied. The code fixes no setout hours.
Chapter 2 has no penalty section of its own, so refuse violations fall under the Code's general penalty clause; cans blocking a street or sidewalk are also a declared public hazard or nuisance.
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