No person may operate any vehicle for the collection of solid waste or recyclables in the city unless the owner of the vehicle is a collector as defined in Section
15.16.030. Each vehicle used by the collector in the city shall have an identification number printed or painted in legible numbers not less than five inches in height on both sides of the vehicle
(Prior code § 5736; Ord. 00-565 § 1, 2000; Ord. 21-1169 § 2, 2021)
Any vehicle utilized for the collection, transportation or disposal
of solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste in or from the city
shall comply with the following standards:
a. Each
vehicle shall at all times, be maintained and/or operated in such
a manner to ensure that no solid waste, oil, grease, or other substance
will blow, fall out, escape or leak out of the vehicle.
b. A broom
and shovel shall be carried on each vehicle at all times.
c. Each
vehicle shall comply, at all times, with all applicable statutes,
laws, or ordinances of any public agency.
d. Each
vehicle must be under five years of age unless specifically authorized
in writing by the City Manager.
e. Routine
inspections by the California Highway Patrol shall be conducted bi-annually
and certificates for the inspection shall be filed bi-annually with
the City Manager.
f. All
vehicles shall at all times be kept clean and sanitary, in good repair
and uniformly painted, to the satisfaction of the City Manager.
g. Each
vehicle shall be equipped with watertight bodies fitted with close-fitting
metal covers.
h. The
collector's name or firm name and its telephone number shall be printed
or painted in legible letters not less than five inches in height
on both sides of all of the collector's vehicles used in the city.
i. High
intensity fog lamps are required on any vehicle eighty inches or wider,
which shall consist of two red tail lamps in addition to the standard
tail lamps. The fog lamps shall be used when visibility is less than
fifty feet.
j. All
equipment shall be maintained at all times in a manner to prevent
unnecessary noise during its operation.
k. As
the contractor replaces existing equipment, the type and make of the
new equipment shall be subject to prior approval by the City Manager.
(Prior code § 5737; Ord. 00-565 § 1, 2000; Ord. 21-1169 § 2, 2021)
No person shall be awarded a franchise for the collection and
for transportation of solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste unless
the City Manager determines that the person has sufficient equipment
available to meet the dates and times of regularly scheduled pick-ups
without interruption due to equipment failure. This requirement shall
be maintained throughout the term of any franchise agreement given
pursuant to this article.
(Prior code § 5738; Ord. 00-565 § 1, 2000; Ord. 21-1169 § 2, 2021)
Should the City Manager give notification at any time to a collector that any of such collector's vehicles is not in compliance with the standards of this article, such vehicle shall be forthwith removed from service by the collector. The vehicle shall not again be utilized in the city until it has been inspected and approved by the City Manager. The collector shall maintain its regular collection schedule regardless of such action. Any vehicle used in the collection of or transportation of solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste in the city shall, at all times, be maintained in accordance with all the standards set forth in subsections
(a) through
(k) of Section
15.32.020. A collector shall forthwith remove any vehicle from collection service which fails, at any time, to conform to any of the standards recited in Section
15.32.020 and shall not use the vehicle until it is repaired. Each collector shall maintain its regular collection schedule at all times notwithstanding the repair of any vehicle. The use of a vehicle which fails to comply with each of the standards set forth in subsections
(a) through
(k) of Section
15.32.020 is prohibited and unlawful.
(Prior code § 5740; Ord. 00-565 § 1, 2000; Ord. 21-1169 § 2, 2021; Ord. 22-1198 § 2, 2022)