No person shall abandon, discard, deposit, bury, dump, dispose of or place, or cause to be abandoned, discarded, deposited, buried, dumped, disposed of or placed, any bulky items, discarded materials or hazardous waste, or barrels, containers or other closed receptacles of bulky items, discarded materials or hazardous waste on or into any property within the city, whether public or private, other than property designated or set aside for that purpose by the city or another public agency having charge thereof or except as specifically authorized and permitted under all applicable local, state and federal laws.
This section does not apply to the discarding, depositing, dumping, disposal or placement in containers, buckets and/or bins to be used for the proper containment, transportation and/or disposal of such waste material, and except for the collection, transportation and treatment, recycling and/or disposal of such waste at properly licensed and permitted solid and/or hazardous waste facilities.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 935-04 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
Except as provided in Section 8.28.030, and other than the solid waste collector, an agent or employee of the city, or the owner, occupant or operator of the premises, no person shall dispose of or remove any solid waste, recyclable material or organic materials from any container in the city.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
Excepting only the city, a solid waste collector and those persons and/or circumstances set forth in Section 8.28.030, to protect the public health, safety and well-being, no person shall collect, remove, transport, or dispose of any solid waste, recyclable materials, bulky items, construction and demolition debris or organic materials, over any public street, alley, highway, or other public place or right-of-way, from any premises within the city, without a franchise, contract, permit, license or other written authorization from the city. No person shall construct or operate a discarded materials management enterprise or facility including, but not limited to, a material recovery facility, landfill, composting facility, or buy-back recycling center, or collect any form of discarded materials in the city, without first satisfying all applicable city requirements for land use approval, business licenses, franchises, permits and any and all other approvals required under any local, state or federal law.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
To protect the public health, safety and well-being, the keeping of discarded materials or hazardous waste on any property, which is offensive, obnoxious, or unsanitary, is unlawful, and constitutes a public nuisance and may be abated in the manner provided by law for the abatement of nuisances. To protect the public health, safety and well-being and to prevent the growth and spread of vectors, it is unlawful, and a public nuisance, for any person to own, occupy, operate, inhabit, maintain or otherwise be in day-to-day control of any premises for which arrangements for the regular collection and removal of solid waste, recyclable materials and organic materials have not been made in accordance with this Chapter 8.28.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
To protect public health, safety and well-being, no person shall burn any discarded materials within the city, except in an approved incinerator or transformation facility or other device for which permits have been issued from authorizing regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to, the city and fire and air pollution control agencies, and provided that the act of burning complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing such event. No person shall bury discarded materials at any place within the city, except as specifically authorized and permitted under all applicable local, state and federal laws.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
To protect the public health, safety and well-being, to minimize interference with public rights-of-way, no person shall place any bulky items or any other large waste item not appropriate for regular collection, in, on or adjacent to any street, alley, public highway, road or other public right-of-way, or upon any public park or other public property other than property designated or set aside for that purpose by the city or another public agency having charge thereof, without prior approval and/or arrangement with the city, or the appropriate solid waste collector, for pick-up.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 935-04 § 2; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
With the exception of containers placed in public areas for use of the public, no person shall enter the property of another and utilize the container on such property for disposal, without the permission of the owner, occupant, or person otherwise responsible for the container. No person shall place anything other than recyclable materials in collection containers designated for recyclable materials by the solid waste collector. No person shall place anything other than organic materials in collection containers designated for organic materials by the solid waste collector.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)