Section 3-48-2 - Authority to regulate refuseA 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. 1953 Comp., § 14-49-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.