Trash Receptacles

Tampa City Code ch. 22, art. I, div. 3, subpt. VIII

in effect

Tampa City Code § 22-211 Permit or license required; exception.

Sec. 22-211. - Permit or license required; exception. It is unlawful for any person to install, maintain or operate a trash receptacle upon any sidewalk or any other public place of the city without first having made application for a permit or license to do so and having been issued a permit or license as herein provided; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the city from installing, maintaining and operating its own trash receptacles at locations of its own choosing. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-181), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-212 Permit or license application; issuance.

Sec. 22-212. - Permit or license application; issuance. Any person duly authorized to do business in the state, upon making application therefor, which application shall describe in detail the material and mode of construction and shall include a detailed drawing of such trash receptacle, and upon complying with the terms, conditions and provisions hereof, shall be issued a permit or license to install and after installation to maintain and operate on the public sidewalks of the city trash receptacles for the convenience and use of the public in the disposal of trash. Such application shall be made to the department of public works and shall state the approximate location at which it is proposed to install, operate and maintain each such trash receptacle. The applicant, upon the issuance of such license or permit, agrees to carry out, comply with, perform and be bound by all the terms, covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be observed, complied with, kept and performed and shall have attached thereto the approval of the solid waste department and the approval of each owner or tenant when necessary, as herein required. Upon consideration thereof, if the official shall determine that the installation, maintenance and operation of such proposed trash receptacles will be for the convenience, health and welfare of the public, he shall approve the application by endorsing his approval on all five (5) copies thereof, which approval shall operate as a license or permit for the installation, maintenance and operation of such trash receptacles and which approval shall authorize, upon compliance otherwise with the provisions hereof, the installation within ninety (90) days thereafter of such trash receptacles and the future maintenance and operation thereof, subject, nevertheless, to the terms, provisions and conditions hereof. One (1) copy of such application, shall be filed with the DPW. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-182), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-213 Permit fee.

Sec. 22-213. - Permit fee. So long as trash receptacles shall be kept and maintained by the owner upon sidewalks of the city, such owner shall pay to the city such permit fee as shall be levied or assessed by resolution of the city council; but no fee or charge shall be made for the license or permit to install such trash receptacles. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-183), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-214 Insurance.

Sec. 22-214. - Insurance. Before placing trash receptacles upon the public sidewalks of the city, the owner shall effect and during all periods of time during which the receptacles shall be maintained upon the sidewalks of the city shall maintain in force, in companies satisfactory to the city, the following types and amounts of insurance, all such insurance to be in insurance companies duly authorized to do business in the state, and the policies issued and countersigned by a duly authorized local resident producing agent of the companies in the state: (1) Public liability and property damage insurance covering claims for damages for bodily injury, including accidental death, as well as claims for property damage, the liability insurance to be in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for injuries, including accidental death, to any one (1) person, and subject to the same limitations for each person, in an amount not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for any one (1) accident, and property damage insurance in an amount not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for any one (1) accident and in an aggregate amount not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). (2) An owner's protective public liability and property damage policy of like amounts as specified in (1) above, to protect the city against claims for damages for bodily injury, including accidental death, as well as claims for property damage, all of such insurance policies to be issued as required by law and to be endorsed so as to provide that the insurance company shall notify the city if the policies are to be terminated or any changes made therein during the life of the permit which will affect in any way the insurance requirements. As evidence of the carriage of such insurance, the holder of the permit shall furnish the city with a certificate of such public liability and property damage insurance and, if required at any time, a copy of each policy and shall furnish to the city the original owner's protective public liability and property damage insurance policy and shall also, if required, furnish to the city a receipted bill evidencing payment of the premiums on the policies. Failure to maintain such insurance at all times shall be grounds for the revocation forthwith of such owner's license or permit. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-184), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-215 Liability of owner.

Sec. 22-215. - Liability of owner. The owner to whom a license or permit shall be issued under this article shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the city, its officers and boards of and from all damages, costs and liability whatsoever arising from, growing out of or incident to or in any manner connected with the installation, maintenance or operation of each such trash receptacle, together with all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the city in defending any suit brought against it, either as sole defendant or joined as a defendant with the owner. If the owner fails to defend any such suit against the city, the city may itself defend the same, and the owner will pay to the city upon demand all costs, charges and fees incurred in connection therewith. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-185), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-216 Installation and construction details.

Sec. 22-216. - Installation and construction details. Trash receptacles shall be installed at the sites stated in the application, not more than one (1) such trash receptacle on any one (1) side of any block, shall be of box-like construction having four (4) rectangular sides not more than four and one-half (4½) feet in height and two (2) feet in width, resting on legs not less than one (1) inch in height, and with small openings at the bottom for drainage, with hinged or easily removable covers which shall have incorporated therein hinged or spring-operated self-closing doors for the deposit of trash. They shall be of fireproof construction of heavy gauge nonreflecting aluminum, which need not be painted, or of heavy gauge steel with the exterior painted a uniform olive green or medium grey color, with the words "Deposit Trash Here" in letters not less than two (2) inches high on the exterior of the swinging doors on top of the receptacle, the letters to be black on unpainted aluminum receptacles and of a contrasting color on painted receptacles. They shall be so constructed as to be movable and easily emptied, and all exterior edges and corners shall be rounded and there shall be no projections or protuberances extending outwardly therefrom exceeding one and one-fourth (1¼) inches. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-186), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-217 Operation and maintenance.

Sec. 22-217. - Operation and maintenance. After installation, the owner shall at his own cost and expense keep and maintain each trash receptacle properly painted, clean and sanitary and in good operating condition and repair. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-187), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-218 Advertising matter.

Sec. 22-218. - Advertising matter. Each owner to whom a permit or license to install, operate and maintain trash receptacles upon the sidewalks of the city shall be issued shall, so long as such permit or license remains in force, have the privilege of pasting or painting upon each exterior side wall of such trash receptacle commercial advertisements, leaving a margin of one and one-fourth (1¼) inches around the sides of the advertising matter, and of making and collecting charges therefor; provided that no advertising matter shall be placed on any other part or portion of such trash receptacle and provided that none of such advertising matter shall be of a political, scandalous, immoral or libelous nature, and if any advertising matter of such nature shall be placed upon any part or portion of such trash receptacle, the same shall be forthwith removed upon written notice given by the department of public works, and if not removed forthwith, the permit or license for the maintenance and operation of such trash receptacle at such location may be forthwith revoked. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-188), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-219 Revocation of permit or license.

Sec. 22-219. - Revocation of permit or license. The permit or license issued to any owner for the installation, maintenance and operation of any trash receptacle may be revoked at any time, after thirty (30) days' written notice to the owner, whenever it shall be found and determined that: (1) The owner has failed to install such trash receptacle in compliance with the terms and provisions of this article or within the period of time after date of the permit as herein specified; (2) The owner has failed to operate and maintain such trash receptacle in compliance with the provisions and conditions hereof; (3) The owner or tenant or his successor in interest of the premises whose private approval was given to the installation and maintenance of such trash receptacle has notified the mayor in writing that the private approval has been withdrawn or revoked; (4) Such trash receptacle is no longer serving public convenience, health and welfare; (5) Such trash receptacle interferes with or is inimical to public safety or the general welfare. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-189), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-220 Removal by owner.

Sec. 22-220. - Removal by owner. Upon the revocation of the permit or license for the installation, maintenance and operation of a trash receptacle, the owner shall at his own cost and expense within thirty (30) days thereafter remove the same; provided, however, that if the department of public works shall determine that further operation and maintenance of such trash receptacle interferes with or is inimical to public safety or the general welfare, the owner shall forthwith remove the same at his own cost and expense. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-190), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-221 Removal by the city.

Sec. 22-221. - Removal by the city. If the license or permit for any particular trash receptacle has been revoked and the owner does not remove the same within thirty (30) days after notice by the city to do so, the city may remove the same, and the owner, upon demand of the city, shall reimburse it for all costs incurred in connection with such removal. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-191), 9-28-89)

Tampa City Code § 22-222 Injury, defacement, destruction, misuse or removal unlawful.

Sec. 22-222. - Injury, defacement, destruction, misuse or removal unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to injure, deface, destroy or remove, without the permission of the owner, any trash receptacle lawfully placed, operated and maintained in pursuance of this article or to use the same for any purpose other than as a trash receptacle. (Ord. No. 89-244, § 2(34-192), 9-28-89)

Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH22STSI_ARTIADPR_DIV3FEAUTYPEIN_SDVIIITRREFetched: 10/28/2026