The keeping of refuse in containers or bins other than those
prescribed by this chapter, or the keeping upon premises of refuse
which is offensive, obnoxious or unsanitary is unlawful, constitutes
a public nuisance and may be abated in the manner now or hereafter
provided by law for the abatement of nuisances.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.600))
No person, other than the person in charge of any premises,
or the person authorized by law to remove any container or bin from
the location where the container was placed by the person in charge
for storage or collection, shall remove any refuse from any container
or bin, or move the container or bin from the location in which it
was placed for storage or collection, without prior written approval
of the person in charge of such premises.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.605))
No person shall place bulky waste adjacent to a street or public
right-of-way for collection or removal purposes without prior approval
and arrangements with the collector.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.610))
It is unlawful for any person to place or deposit institutional,
commercial, industrial, special or hazardous waste in any container
placed upon the public street by public authority, and meant primarily
for the disposal of refuse by pedestrians using the sidewalk.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.615))
No person shall burn any refuse within the city, except in an
approved incinerator or transformation facility or other device for
which a permit has been issued by the building official, and which
compiles with all applicable permit and other regulations of air pollution
control authorities, and provided any such act of burning in all respects
complies with all other laws, rules and regulations.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.620))
At such times as one or more franchises for collection covering all or part of the city are in force, it shall be unlawful for any person other than the franchisee or its agents and employees to collect any refuse for hire from premises covered by the franchise. This section shall not, however, be deemed to apply to the following persons, so long as they comply with Section 8.20.610;
A.
Persons
engaged in the business of recycling;
B.
Any
persons engaged in the nursery or gardening business and collecting
and disposing of shrubbery, grass, tree cuttings, tree trimmings or
other agricultural debris;
C.
Any
person removing shrubbery, grass, tree cuttings, tree trimmings or
other agricultural debris from any property owned or occupied by the
person;
D.
Persons
engaged in the business of disposing of hazardous or special wastes;
or
E.
Any
person approved by city council resolution to remove construction
debris, provided that this provision shall expire June 30, 1993. This
exemption shall not exempt any construction debris hauler from the
requirement for an encroachment permit, if any. "Construction debris"
is defined as all nonhazardous waste material and rubble resulting
from the construction, alteration, repair, removal or demolition of
buildings or from the production or development of real property which
is customarily handled and transported by means of roll-off boxes,
bodies or containers.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.625); Ord. 91-07 § 2)
It is unlawful for any person, other than a person holding a
contract or franchise for the collection of rubbish, to take, remove
or appropriate for his/her own use any refuse which has been placed
in any street or alley for collection or removal, whether the refuse
is so placed in regular containers or not.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.630))
It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to occupy,
inhabit or maintain any property within the city for which appropriate
arrangements have not been made and kept in full force and effect
for regular refuse removal services.
(Ord. 90-27 § 2 (6.10.635))
