(a) 
Unless otherwise authorized pursuant to this chapter, it is unlawful to remove, collect, carry, or transport solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste within the city.
(b) 
No persons shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within the city, any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste in such manner that it may be carried or deposited by wind or rain on any streets, sidewalk, alley, sewer, storm drain, parkway, or other public place, or into any occupied premises within the city.
(c) 
No person shall gather, collect, or remove any solid waste, recyclable material, organic waste, construction site debris, yard waste, or other refuse from any receptacle or place in which the same may be placed for collection or removal, or interfere with or disturb any such receptacle from any location where the same is placed by the owner thereof, without having a written contract or franchise with the city to collect and remove solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste, and unless such person shall be designated by such contract or franchise to collect solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste and dispose of the same; provided, however, that the occupant of any premises may remove any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste accumulated on the premises occupied by him and dispose of the same in a lawful manner; and further, one who enters into a contract to trim trees, shrubbery, gardens or lawns may dispose of the resultant yard waste.
(d) 
No person, including a contractor or franchisee authorized to collect solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste shall drop, spill, or permit such material to fall upon private grounds or public streets in the city.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
No person, other than the owner thereof, the owner's agents or employees, an officer or employee of the city, or a person holding a franchise issued pursuant to this title, or a franchisee's agents or employees authorized for such purposes, shall do any of the following:
(a) 
Tamper or meddle with any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collection container;
(b) 
Tamper or meddle with the contents of any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collection container;
(c) 
Remove the contents of any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collection container;
(d) 
Remove any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collection container from the location where the container has been placed by the owner of the container or the owner's agent; or
(e) 
Remove, tamper, or meddle with, any solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste set out for collection, pursuant to the provisions of this title, on private property or on any sidewalk, street or public right-of-way.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
In the event any person within the city desires to have solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collections more frequent than provided by this chapter, or amounts of solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collected at each collection in excess of the maximum amount permitted by this chapter, such person shall enter into an agreement with one contracting with the city for the removal and transportation of solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste for the providing of such additional service upon such terms as may be mutually agreeable between such person and the contractor, and payment for such additional service shall be made directly to the contractor.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the transfer of solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste to transfer stations within city limits for collection authorized by this chapter; provided, that such transfer stations should not be conducted in violation of any county, state, or federal or city ordinance. Where the city operates a transfer station, users of the station shall follow the rules established for the station by the city manager.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
All vehicles used to collect, remove, transport, or carry solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste over the public streets of the city shall have a metallic-lined and watertight body.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
When not actually collecting solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste the body of a vehicle used to collect solid waste shall be covered with a tarpaulin or other suitable covering in order to eliminate offensive odors, flies, or loss of garbage.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
No person shall leave trailers or trucks loaded with solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste parked for over a 24 hour period on the city streets.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
A solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste contractor or franchisee shall, without charge, collect the solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste from public parks, playgrounds, and city government buildings from the receptacles in which the same is confined. Pickups will be made as requested by city departments.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
(a) 
Unless otherwise authorized pursuant to this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to allow, franchise, or enter into any agreement whatsoever for the collection or transportation of refuse within the city.
(b) 
The following types of collection or transportation of solid waste are exempted from the contract and franchise requirements of this chapter:
(1) 
The collection and removal of yard waste by individual residents and by individuals doing business as professional landscapers, when the collection is directly related to work done on the property from which the yard waste are collected or removed.
(2) 
A contractor or franchisee shall not be required to collect hazardous or dangerous materials as part of regular collection activity under any contract or franchise with the city pursuant to this chapter. Liquid and dry caustics, acids, biohazardous, flammable, explosive materials, insecticides, and similar substances shall not be deposited in collection containers. A contract or franchise for the collection of hazardous or dangerous materials shall be handled under separate agreement between the city's contractor, city's franchisee, or other qualified haulers and the customer in accordance with the provisions of the California Health and Safety Code and all other applicable laws pertaining to the collection hazardous or dangerous materials.
(3) 
Medical waste (as defined in the California Medical Waste Management Act) shall not be collected by the city's contractor or franchisee. Institutions producing such medical wastes shall store, dispose, and handle such material only in the manner as approved by the San Diego County Health Officer or their designated deputy in accordance with the California Health and Safety Code.
(4) 
The use of garbage disposal devices authorized by the Uniform Plumbing Code.
(5) 
The periodic transportation and disposal of solid waste generated from the occupant's property by occupants to an authorized landfill.
(c) 
Nothing in this chapter shall preclude from transporting for his or her own benefit recyclable material generated by the person or on the person's property to an authorized recyclable material collection facility; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the unauthorized collection or removal of recyclable material set aside for recycling or pick-up by a franchised recycling operator.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
(a) 
All solid waste, recyclable materials, and organic waste created, produced, or accumulated in or about a dwelling house or place of human habitation in the city shall be mandatorily removed from the premises at least once each week, with the exceptions that no pickup will occur on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, providing one week's prior notification is made to affected persons or establishments.
(b) 
All solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste created, produced, or accumulated at hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, or other business houses shall be mandatorily removed from the premises at least once a week. The San Diego County Health Department may require a greater number of collections per week. It is declared to be unlawful and a misdemeanor for the occupancy of any premises described in this section to fail or neglect to provide for the removal of refuse. An exemption to the mandatory service may be applied for under the condition that the individual or property owner shows proof of use of a city-approved solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste collection alternative. Such exemptions may be approved by the city manager or city manager's designee. Each day's violation of this section shall be treated and considered as a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
In the residential areas of the city, no more than eight days shall elapse between one collection of solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste and the next, and the routes of collection shall be so arranged that collections will be made on the same days of each succeeding week.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
Every commercial or industrial business may enter into an agreement with the one contracting with or franchised by the city for the removal and transportation of solid waste, recyclable material, organic waste, yard waste, and construction site debris for collection services as may be required, and the payment for such services in excess of the amount entered upon the water bills rendered by the city shall be made directly to the contractor pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)