Section 3-48-2 - Authority to regulate refuse. - New-mexico Statutes

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3-48-2. Authority to regulate refuse.

A 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.

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3-48-2. Authority to regulate refuse.

A 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.

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3-48-2. Authority to regulate refuse.

A 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.