Multi-unit residential buildings

(a) Every owner of a multi-unit residential building or individual unit or the owner’s designated management agent in such building who has not made provisions for refuse collection by the division pursuant to § 42-3.2 (b) shall present to the director or the director’s authorized representative upon reasonable request one of the following, whichever applies: (1) Evidence that the owner or the owner’s designated management agent has engaged a licensed refuse collector to collect and dispose of the refuse at least once a week; (2) Evidence that the owner or the owner’s designated management agent has independently disposed of the refuse at a properly designated disposal site at least once a week; or (3) Evidence that the owner or the owner’s designated management agent is disposing of refuse pursuant to § 42-1.3 (a)(2). (b) Every owner of a multi-unit residential building or individual unit or the owner’s designated management agent in such building shall maintain a clean and sanitary storage area for accumulated refuse between scheduled collection days. (c) Every owner of a multi-unit residential building or individual unit or the owner’s designated management agent in such building shall keep the street and sidewalk fronting the property free of refuse, except for refuse prepared and placed for collection in accordance with § 42-1.4 . (d) The director or the director’s authorized representative shall determine whether a multi-unit residential building is being adequately serviced by refuse collection. (e) Any person residing in a multi-unit residential building may file a complaint with the director if the owner of such building does not provide for refuse removal pursuant to this chapter. (f) Notwithstanding any other penalty provided under this chapter, a violation of this section shall be subject to a civil fine of $250 per day, beginning with the day the violation is verified by the director or the director’s authorized representative and continuing until conditions are brought into conformity with the law. This subsection shall not apply to bulky wastes that are improperly placed on the street or sidewalk abutting a property that shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 42-5.1 (e). )