HomeMy WebLinkAbout117 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 117
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL, COLLECTION
AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California,
does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Charges for Collection of Refuse. A mandatory
monthly charge for the collection of refuse shall be made against the
occupants of each residential unit within the City. The amount of such
monthly charge shall be fixed from time to time by the City Council by
resolution; provided, however, no change in such amounts shall be
effective until thirty (30) days after the adoption of the resolution
changing the same. The monthly charge may vary within the City if the
City Council determines that refuse collection costs in some areas
exceed those in other areas because of location, topography or other
reasons.
SECTION 2: Method of Billing. Refuse collection charges
for each residential unit shall be billed by and collected by the collector
that provides services to such unit. Refuse collection charges shall be
due and payable upon being billed, and delinquent twenty-five (25) days
thereafter.
SECTION 3: Liability for Payment. In the event the occupant
of a residential unit fails to pay refuse collection charges within
thirty (30) days following the billing thereof, the owner of the premises
upon which such residential unit is located shall also become jointly
and severally liable for the payment of such charges.
SECTION 4: Penalty for Non-Payment. A penalty shall be
determined by Resolution of the City Council from time to time establishing
a charge for those who fail to pay the regular charge within thirty (30)
days following the date on which they are first billed thereof.
SECTION 5: Adjustment for Vacancies. No collection charges
shall be charged during the term that a residential unit is vacant,
provided that written notice of the commencement of the vacancy is given
to the servicing collector, provided, however, that refuse is not set
out for collection from such vacant unit. For the purposes of this
section, a vacancy shall be deemed to commence on the first (1st) day of
the week following the actual beginning of the vacancy, and the vacancy
shall be deemed to terminate on the first (1st) day of the week during
which the residential unit or commercial establishment is occupied or
re-occupied.
SECTION 6: Refuse Defined. "Refuse" shall mean and
include garbage, combustible rubbish and noncombustible rubbish.
(a) "Garbage" shall mean and include all kitchen and
table refuse, leavings, offal, and every accumulation of organic matter
which attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing or storage
of meat, fish, fowl, fruits and vegetables. "Garbage" does not include
human body waste or liquid swill.
(b) "Combustible rubbish" shall mean and include but
shall not be limited to paper, cardboard, rags, clothing, books, footwear,
packing materials, grass, leaves, brush, and other substances that will
incinerate through contact with flames of ordinary temperature.
"Combustible rubbish" shall not include furniture, large household
appliances, junk autos or parts therefrom, dirt, rock or material from
the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings.
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SECTION 7: Other Definitions. For the purposes of this
Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meaning:
(a) "Apartment house" shall mean a building, or portion
thereof, designed for occupancy by four (4) or more families, living
independently of each other.
(b) "Commercial" shall mean any business, industry,
commercial establishment or construction site.
(c) "Collector" shall mean any person or company designated
by the City Council by ordinance, resolution or contract to collect
refuse within the City.
(d) "Each residential unit" shall mean each place used
for residential purposes for a single family. If more than one (1)
family is in one (1) dwelling, such dwelling shall constitute as many
units as there are families. Any residential unit used secondarily for
business purposes may be considered a commercial unit for the purposes
of assigning charges for special collection purposes.
SECTION 8: Receptacles Required. Except as provided in
this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, place or
deposit refuse in or upon any public or private property except in
refuse receptacles which comply with the requirements of this Ordinance.
SECTION 9: Refuse Receptacles: Residential.
(a) Except as provided in this section, all refuse from
a residential unit shall be kept in a metal or plastic receptacle which
has a tight-fitting cover which prevents the escape of odors, and which
is equipped with at least two (2) bails or handles. Receptacles shall
not be less than fifteen (15) gallons nor more than thirty-five (35)
gallons in capacity, nor shall the maximum gross weight of a loaded
receptacle set out for collection exceed seventy-five (75) pounds in
weight.
(b) Grass clippings, leaves and other hard work debris,
other than branches or tree limbs, may be either deposited in metal or
plastic receptacles, as above mentioned, or in wooden or sturdy cardboard
boxes, tubs, plastic trash bags or similar receptacles. If cardboard
boxes are used, the cardboard boxes along with the contents shall be
considered refuse set out for collection and both the cardboard boxes
and contents shall be collected.
(c) Branches, tree limbs or other similar debris shall
be tied with sturdy twine, rope or wire, in bundles not exceeding four
feet (4') in length nor eighteen inches (18") in diameter.
(d) Newspapers and magazines may be either deposited in
metal or plastic receptacles, as above mentioned, or tied with sturdy
twine, rope or wire, in bundles not exceeding fifty (50) pounds in
weight.
(e) Cardboard boxes may be either flattened and deposited
in metal or plastic receptacles, as above mentioned, or may be flattened
and tied in bundles not exceeding four feet (4') in length nor fifty
(50) pounds in weight.
(f) Apartment houses may utilize contractor-approved
commercial type collection bins and shall do so if required by the
collector serving the apartment house. When an apartment house utilizes
commercial-type bins one (1) 3-yard bin shall be furnished for each
multiple of six (6) residential units or fraction thereof.
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(g) Garbage may be fed to animals upon property where
animals may lawfully be kept in the City if proper sanitary conditions
are maintained.
SECTION 10: Expense of Refuse Receptacles. Refuse receptacles
required by this Ordinance shall be provided by the occupants of each
residential unit or commerical establishment within the City and without
expense to the City.
SECTION 11: Receptacles: Cleanliness. The exteriors of
the refuse receptacles including covers, shall be kept clean by the
occupant. The interior of refuse receptacles shall be cleaned periodically
to prevent accumulation of grease or decomposing materials.
SECTION 12: Placement of Refuse Receptacles.
(a) Except when set out for collection as herein provided,
refuse receptacles shall be kept within a building or otherwise out of
view from the public right-of-way adjacent to any property.
(b) No refuse receptacle shall be placed upon any public
street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way in such a manner as to impede or
endanger pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(c) Refuse receptacles and containerized or bundled
refuse shall be placed at the curb for collection, but not prior to
eighteen (18) hours before the scheduled collection day.
(d) All refuse receptacles shall be removed from public
view the same day collection service is rendered.
(e) All commercial-type collection bins or drop bodies
shall be placed in an area which is easily accessible to collection
personnel and equipment, with sufficient way to safely collect and
maneuver without injury to persons or property.
SECTION 13: Periods to Set Out Refuse and Time for Collection.
Refuse shall be set out for collection not later than 6:00 a.m. on the
day of collection. Any refuse remaining uncollected after the completion
of collection in that block shall constitute prima facie evidence that
such refusewas set out for collection after the expiration of the time
designated fro collection in that block. The person making the late
deposit shall return all uncollected refuse to the premises from whence
it came or shall arrange for a special collection to be made.
SECTION 14: Garbage to Be Wrapped. Garbage shall be wrapped
in paper or in plastic adequate to contain it without spillage or leakage
before it is deposited in a refuse receptacle.
SECTION 15: Destruction of Refuse Receptacles Unlawful. It
shall be unlawful for any person to i^tentionally abuse, dent, bend,
mutilate, damage or destroy any refus, receptacle or cover thereof,
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the owner of
such refuse receptacle or a person acting with permission of the owner.
SECTION 16: Combined Collection. Wrapped garbage, non-
combustible and combustible rubbish may be placed in the same refuse
receptacle for combined collection.
SECTION 17: Collection Frequency• All refuse generated by
residential units shall be collected a minimum of once a week.
SECTION 18: Garbage and Refuse Accumulation. Every person
owning or occupying any building, lot or premises in the City shall keep
such property in a clean and sanitary condition and shall not cause or
permit garbage or combustible rubbish to accumulate for more than one
(1) calendar week, or cause or permit non-combustible rubbish to accumulate
for more than one (1) calendar month. Any accumulation of refuse for a
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period of time in excess of the times prescribed in this section is
hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and said public nuisance may be
summarily abated upon order of the City Manager. All costs of abating
such public nuisance shall be charged against the person who had the
responsibility not to cause the accumulation.
SECTION 19: Dangerous and Infected Materials.
(a) No person shall place or deposit in any refuse
receptacle for collection pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance
any unbroken hypodermic needle, drugs, poisons, acids, dangerous chemicals,
explosives, or any other substance which might cause the death of or
injury to a human being.
(b) No person shall place in any refuse receptacle for
collection pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance any clothing,
bedding or other article which is contaminated by reason of being in
contact with a person or animal who has an infectious or contagious
disease. Such clothing, bedding or other article shall be disposed of
only in accordance with the directions of the County Health Officer.
SECTION 20: Dead Animals.
(a) No person shall place the body of any dead animal
upon or under any public or private property in the City except such
place or places designated for dead animal disposal by the City Manager.
(b) The owner of any dead animal shall cause the body to
be removed to a place designated by the City Manager, as soon as possible,
at the owner's expense. In the event the owner of a dead animal is
unknown, or cannot be immediately located, the City shall cause the
removal of such dead animal. Any employee of, or other person authorized
by, the City may enter onto private property for the purpose of disposing
of the bodies of dead animals.
(c) The City Council shall establish a charge for the
removal of dead animals, and said charge shall be collected from the
owner of any dead animal which is removed by the City.
SECTION 21: Contract for Collection, Removal and Disposal
of Refuse. The City may contract with persons or companies for the
collection, removal and disposal of refuse, which contract shall provide,
among other things, for the number of collections, manner of emptying
receptacles and obedience to sanitary regulations. Said contracts may
provide for a franchise fee, in an amount determined by the City Council,
to be paid to the City.
SECTION 22: Unauthorized Collectors. Except where a person
or company is authorized to continue collection services pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Section 4272, it shall be unlawful for any person,
other than the holder of a current refuse contract with the City, to
collect or to remove any such receptacle from the place where the same
is placed by the person entitled to possession thereof, or to remove the
contents of any such receptacle. This section applies only to the
collection and removal of refuse from residential units.
SECTION 23: Refuse Truck Regulations. Any person or company
holding a refuse contract with the City shall provide an adequate number
of vehicles and equipment expressly and especially designed for the
containment, collection and transportation of refuse. Said trucks shall
be equipped so as to prevent the spilling or dropping of any refuse or
liquid therefrom. Said trucks, when not in use, if kept within the
boundaries of the City, shall be kept only upon private property in a
zone which allows the parking of trucks. No refuse truck shall be
parked overnight in the City while partially or fully loaded with refuse,
unless due to breakdown or emergency, without permission of the City
Manager.
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SECTION 24: Deposit of Waste Prohibited. It shall be
unlawful for any person to cause, or permit, any garbage, sewage, commercial
or industrial waste, or waste of any other nature, to remain or be
deposited or discharged upon the surface of the ground on any public or
private property.
SECTION 25: Exceptions: Application and Appeal.
(a) Any person desiring to secure an exception from any
provision of this Ordinance may apply therefore in writing to the City
Manager.
(b) The City Manager is authorized to grant exceptions
from the provisions of this Ordinance if he finds that all of the following
conditions exist:
(1) Granting the exception would not be detrimental
to the public health and safe-v;
(2) Not to grant the exception would result in
undue hardship to the applicant; and,
(3) The hardship which would result to the applicant
from not granting the exception is a hardship which would not generally
apply to other property in the City.
(c) The action of the City Manager in granting or denying
an exception to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be in writing,
and shall be served upon the applicant in person or by mail and shall
also be posted in three (3) public places within the City. Any person
residing or owning property within the City may appeal the action of the
City Manager to the City Council. The action of the City Manager shall
be final unless written notice of appeal is filed with the City Clerk
not more than ten (10) days following the date of posting of the -,tion
by the City Manager.
SECTION 26: Violations. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punishable by fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for
not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Any violation continuing for more than one (1) day shall be deemed to be
a separate violation for each day said violation exists.
SECTION 27: Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. The City Attorney,
upon request of the City Manager, shall institute any necessary legal
proceedings to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance including, but
not limited to, instituting an action for and obtaining an injunction
from a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 28: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the
City Clerk shall attest to the same, and the City Clerk shall cause the
same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage, at
least once in The Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation,
published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City
of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 1980.
AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, Schlosser
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Phill D. Schlosser, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lauren M. Wasserman, City Clerk