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

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.