An earlier version of the ordinance would have required that businesses put their trash in a solid receptacle with a covered lid, for security reasons, but that section of the ordinance was struck from the code prior to voting amid concerns from the council.
Among the concerns with the solid trash can plan was the number of dumpsters or garbage cans that businesses — especially in more heavily congested areas of the city — would need to buy and keep on their property to store all of the trash.