A. All
solid wastes shall be stored, collected, utilized, treated, processed
and disposed of in such a manner that a health hazard, public nuisance
or impairment of the environment shall be kept within state and local
standards. All solid wastes shall be disposed of at approved disposal
sites.
B. All
solid wastes shall be handled in such a manner so as not to be conducive
to the breeding, sheltering or harboring of insects and rodents or
to the support of any disease vector.
C. All
solid waste systems shall be operated in such a manner so as not to
substantially contribute to pollution or degradation of the atmosphere
or surrounding lands or constitute a fire hazard.
D. Extremely
hazardous wastes shall not be disposed of in any area without proper
licensing.
E. Liquid
wastes, sludges, and nonsewerable wastes shall not be accepted or
disposed at a land disposal site without written approval of the department.
F. Solid
wastes other than inert materials used for flood and erosion control
shall not be placed on or within the 100 year floodplain of any watercourse.
G. No system
for solid waste handling, processing, storage, recovery, salvage,
or disposal shall be placed in operation until proper licenses and/or
permits are obtained.
H. All
solid waste management systems or operations involved in storage,
processing, recovery, salvage, or disposal are required to be properly
licensed.
I. All
solid waste management systems or operations involved in collection,
storage, hauling, processing, recovery, salvage, or disposal shall
place an approved operational plan on file with the Placer County
health and human services and facility services departments.
J. No infectious,
chemical or hazardous waste will be accepted in any landfill in Placer
County without the written approval of the director.
K. It is
unlawful, in Placer County, for any person, public or private, to
place, deposit or dump or cause to be placed, deposited, or dumped,
or allow to accumulate, any solid or liquid waste in, or upon, any
public or private highway, street, alley or road, waterway, lake,
stream, or any lot or parcel of land, whether public or private other
than in approved disposal sites.
(Prior code § 9.7; Ord. 5006-B, 1999)
A. No solid
waste storage shall:
2. Attract
or propagate vectors, vermin or pests;
B. The
person who is an owner, operator and/or occupant of any premises,
business establishment, industry or other public or private property,
vacant or occupied, shall be responsible for the safe and sanitary
storage of all solid waste accumulated on the premises or property,
until it is legally removed.
C. It is
the responsibility of the person, and/or owner of a new, remodeled,
or expanded commercial building or apartment complex or other similar
facility to provide in the design proper storage which will accommodate
the solid waste loading anticipated and which will allow for efficient,
safe waste removal or collection. Such person demonstrate to and get
approval from the department that he or she has made the required
provisions in the design, prior to construction.
D. Bulky
wastes or other nonputrescible wastes unsuitable for storage containers
shall be stored in a nuisance-free manner and shall be boxed, bundled,
tied or contained in such a manner that the waste is protected from
scattering and is collectible and is not conducive to harboring or
breeding of vectors. They shall be no longer than 36 inches, not over
24 inches diameter, nor exceed 60 pounds.
E. Garbage
shall not be allowed to remain on any premises for more than seven
days, to prevent propagation or attraction of flies, rodents or other
vectors and the creation of nuisances. Where it is deemed necessary
by the director because of improper or inadequate storage, nuisance,
odors, the propagation of vectors and/or the protection of public
health, more frequent removal of garbage may be required. Where garbage
and rubbish is containerized together, the period of removal shall
be the same period of time as that applied to garbage.
F. Recyclable
Collection Area.
1. Pursuant
to
Public Resources Code Section 42900 et seq., conditions regarding
recyclable material storage, loading, and loading areas may be required
before building permits may be issued for the following types of projects:
a. New commercial, industrial, or institutional buildings;
c. New residential projects which consolidate garbage collection for
five or more living units;
d. Expansions of existing projects listed in subsections (F)(1)(a),
(b) and (c) of this section where the square footage of the buildings
will increase by more than 30% of the original area.
2. In
those areas of the county where the county of Placer has a contract
with a waste handling firm which offers separate removal of recyclable
materials, applicants for building permits of the type described under
subsection (F)(1) of this section shall provide adequate area and
appropriate containers and structures to allow occupants of the building(s)
contained within the projects to participate in these recycling programs.
3. For
all permits requiring discretionary review, (including but not limited
to conditional use permits, projects requiring design review, subdivision,
etc.), requirements concerning the adequacy of area and containers
designated for recyclable material shall be determined by the appropriate
hearing body, based on design criteria developed by the department
of facility services and made available to the public on request.
Specific requirements to meet the mandate of
Public Resources Code
Sections 42900 through 42911 may vary according to geographic area,
type of development and local market conditions.
4. Appeals
to requirements imposed pursuant to this subsection shall follow the
normal appeals process as set forth in the zoning ordinance, Chapter
17, of this code.
(Prior code § 9.10; Ord. 5006-B, 1999)
Composting on a noncommercial individual homeowner basis shall
be accomplished in a nuisance-free, odor-free, vector-free manner.
Household garbage shall be handled in such a manner that breeding
and harborage areas are eliminated. This operation shall include only
those garbage wastes generated from the person's own domestic residence.
All other garbage wastes are prohibited.
(Prior code § 9.11)
The disposal of waste tires into ravines, gullies, canyons,
or other areas not recognized by the department as a land disposal
site is prohibited. Use in erosion control projects shall be exempted.
(Prior code § 9.12)
Waste oils shall not be disposed of in any manner which will
cause nuisance or pollution.
(Prior code § 9.13)
It is unlawful for any person excluding individual homeowners
to transport refuse into this county without first securing a written
permit to do so from the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors
may issue such permit if they find that issuance of such permit would
not endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the people of Placer
County and issuance is approved by the county health department. Such
permit shall be revocable at any time.
Note: This section shall apply to all private and
county owned disposal sites except those financed in part from federal
and/or state grant dollars and whose purpose has been clearly designated
by the board of supervisors as a regional disposal site.
(Prior code § 9.23)
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, all refuse accumulated within the territory described in subsection
B of this section shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the franchise holder. No person shall collect, convey, or dispose of, any refuse accumulated within Franchise Areas 3 and 4 except as provided by this article.
1. Exception
for Actual Producers. This part shall not be construed to prohibit
the actual producers of refuse, or the owners of premises upon which
refuse has accumulated, from personally collecting, conveying and
disposing of occasional loads of refuse, provided such owners or producers
comply with the provisions of this article; however, such actual producer
or owner shall still be liable for the payment of fees for the collection
of refuse as herein below set forth.
2. If
the house or business is used, it is the property owner's responsibility
to ensure the residence or business and has refuse removal service.
If the house or business is located in Franchise Area 3 and is not
used for one entire quarter, as defined in the table below it can
qualify for an exemption. The property owner must notify the disposal
company within the exemption request timeframe outlined in the table
below. Exemption requests may only be submitted for the upcoming quarter.
|
Service Quarter
|
Exemption Request Timeframe
|
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First Quarter
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January—March
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November 15—December 15
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Second Quarter
|
April—June
|
February 15—March 15
|
Third Quarter
|
July—September
|
May 15—June 15
|
Fourth Quarter
|
October—December
|
August 15—September 15
|
Homes or businesses not on service will be checked for
use. If found to be used, service will be automatically started, and
the property owner will be billed for the entire quarter for which
use occurred at a minimum level of service of one 32-gallon can per
week. If such bills are not paid, the county will reimburse the disposal
company for services provided and the bill will then be placed on
the property taxes for collection.
3. If
a primary business owner within Franchise Area 3, has their primary
residence within Franchise Area 3, the primary residence may qualify
for a year exemption which is limited to one per business. The exemption
must be submitted annually within the exemption request timeframe
of November 15 to December 15 prior to the year of the requested service
exemption. The business must have an active and appropriate minimum
level of service to serve the business and home residence. The business
must be free of any public health issues or any lapses in solid waste
service, if failing to do so the primary residence associated with
the business will be placed back on service and be billed for the
entire year. Only one exemption shall be granted per business and
shall only apply to owners who have a primary residence within Franchise
Area 3.
4. Appeals.
a.
Any person or entity who asserts a home or business is exempt
from payment and whose account is determined by the county to be delinquent
("appellant"), may file an appeal, in the form and manner stated in
Section 8.16.220(A)(4)(b), within 15 days of the date of a county-issued
notice of delinquency.
b.
Appeals shall be delivered to the county at the location and
in the form as described in the notice of delinquency. County shall
inform appellant of the date, time, and location of the appeal hearing
not less than 15 days prior to the appeal hearing. Appellant shall
have the option to appear at the appeal hearing in person or may submit
written evidence at or before the time and date of the appeal hearing
for consideration by the hearing officer.
c.
Appealed accounts that are denied by the hearing officer shall
remain on the delinquent report and presented to the board of supervisors
at a publicly noticed hearing.
B. Areas
of Mandatory Refuse Collection. The portion of Placer County within
which refuse collection is mandatory is described as follows:
1. Garbage Franchise Area No. 3. (For legal description see Section
8.16.400(C).)
2. All developed parcels on Foresthill Divide (Pursuant to Resolution 88-218, adopted by the Placer County board of supervisors on June 21, 1988) within Garbage Franchise Area No. 4. (For legal description see Section
8.16.400(D).)
C. Fees.
1. The
owner or owner's agent of any premises accumulating refuse shall provide
collection services as herein provided. The fee for refuse collection
services shall be in accordance with the fee schedule set forth in
the agreement between the franchise holder and the county of Placer.
2. All
fees chargeable under these provisions shall be collected by the franchise
holder and shall be delinquent if not paid two weeks prior to the
end of the billing period used by the franchise holder.
3. Any
discontinuance of service shall be in addition to any other civil
or criminal remedy provided by law.
4. The
property owner of record as shown by the county's most recently equalized
tax roll shall be the person responsible for the payment of such fees.
D. Misdemeanor—Infraction.
Each person owning the property or premises who fails to provide for
the removal of refuse as provided herein is punishable as provided
in Article 1.24 of the code. Each day's violation shall be considered
and treated as a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 9.24; Ord. 6064-B § 1, 2021; Ord. 6151-B § 1, 2022; Ord. 6262-B, 5/21/2024)
Dumps shall be prohibited in Placer County.
(Prior code § 9.25)
The provisions of this code shall not be construed to permit
any use prohibited by any zoning regulations or to apply to any commercial
junkyard governed by zoning regulations, state law, or federal law.
(Prior code § 9.26)
Refuse disposal at each disposal site operating under a permit
from the department shall be by the fill and cover method or any other
sanitary or mechanical method approved by the department.
(Prior code § 9.27)
Disposal must not create a hazard to public health. Each disposal
site shall be so situated to have sufficient facilities, and be operated
in a manner so as not to create a hazard or nuisance to the public's
health, safety or welfare.
(Prior code § 9.28)