(a) All owners, residents and all occupants of any residential unit and the owner, user, manager or occupants of any multiple dwelling unit, or of any place or business or commercial establishment with the city are required to provide at least one container to hold four days' accumulation of solid waste. Sunken containers are specifically prohibited.

(b) In lieu of individual containers, an industrial container or containers may be used as provided in this chapter. Such container shall be provided by the collector and the city manager shall first determine whether or not an industrial container shall be provided to any owner, user, manager or occupant so requesting an industrial container. Multiple dwelling units containing less than ten units may be provided an industrial container at the discretion of the city manager. All commercial establishments (establishments other than professional offices or other offices) shall be required to have industrial containers at the discretion of the city manager. single-family residences, duplexes and triplexes shall not be permitted to use industrial containers.

(c) It shall be the duty of the owner, manager, tenant or occupant of any multiple dwelling unit to furnish or see that each unit with cooking facilities of said multiple dwelling is furnished or supplied with an individual container or containers or industrial container or containers adequate and sufficient in size to comply with the terms of this chapter. All such solid waste containers shall be kept tightly covered at all times except when it is necessary to lift the cover for disposal or removal of solid waste or to deposit solid waste therein. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit solid waste in such amount in the individual containers or industrial containers that will not permit the cover thereof to be kept tightly in place.