HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2382_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2382
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 13.64, AND
DELETING CHAPTERS 13,68, 13.72, 13.76 AND 13.811, OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF SOLID WASTE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapters 13.64, 13.68, 13.72, 13.76 and 13.60 of the Redlands Municipal
Code are hereby deleted in their entirety and,a new Chapter 13.64 relating to the regulation
of solid waste is hereby added to the Redlands Municipal Code to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 13.6 <
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Section.
13 64.010 Purpose.
13-.64.{ 36 Definitions.
13.64.036 Exclusive jurisdiction of City.
13.64.040 Authority to establish rates and charges.
13.64.65 3 Billing for solid waste services.
13.64,060 Failure to pay charges.
13.64.070 Required..
13.64.080 Unlawful placement of stolid waste::
13.64.090 Dumping and burying,
13.64.100 Burning.
13.64.110 Unlawful to interfere with collection
13.64.1 20 Unauthorized collection prohibited.
13.64.136 Frequency of collection.
13.64.140 (•-lours of collection.
13.64.150 Containers - type.
13,64.160 Sanitation.
13:64.170 Service level chanes.
13.64.180 Manner of container placement.
13.64.1 90 Shared containers - commercial.
13.64.20 Enclosure requirements - commercial
13.64.210 Special`collections (roll-off/compactor service).
13.64.2201 Removal of containers after collection.
13.64.230 Placement of solid waste in containers.
13. 4.241 Placement of green waste in containers.
13.64.250 Prohibited substances in solid waste, green waste or recyclable material
containers.
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13.64.260 Additional prohibited substances in green waste containers.
13.64.270 Placement of recyclable materials.
13. 4.280 Bulky waster
13. 4.290 Physically chatlengedlelderly service.
13.64.300 Exemption from service.
13.64.310 Director - Authorization to Enforce.
13.64.320 'violation - Penalty.
13.64.410 Purpose.
A.. Pursuant to public Resources Code Sections 40100 et. se ., (the "State Law")
the City is mandated to conduct an integrated solid waste management program to reduce,
reuse and recycle solid waste to extend the lite of its sanitary landfill. The purpose of this
Chapter is to establish procedures for the regular collection, transfer, processing and disposal
of solid waste from property in the City. To protect the health, safety and welfare of owners
and occupants of property in the City, all persons shall participate in the City's solid waste
collection program and be responsible for the payment of the solid waste charges established
pursuant to this Chapter.
B Solid waste 'services may be furnished by City personnel, independent
contractors authorized or franchised by the City, or a combination thereof. For the purpose
of regulating the collection of solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials, the
rules and regulations of this Chapter shall be observed by all persons owning or occupying
property within the City.
1164.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this Chapter, the following wards shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them. Words not ascribed a meaning shall have the meaning ascribed
by State Law.
A. "Automated Collection" means the collection of solid waste or green waste;
using a specialty designed vehicle with mechanical apparatus which empties a container
directly into a vehicle without requiring manual labor to empty the container,
"Automated Collection Container" means a solid waste orgreen waste container
specially designed for automated collection.
C. "Bulky" Waste" includes, but is not limited to, objects of furniture, household o
industrial metallic discards, auto parts,construction and demolition materials,treesand/ortree
trunks larger than six inches in diameter, shipping crates, containers and other large:, bulky or
heavy{ objects which cannot be placed in a covered container and discarded by a customer.
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D. '"Collector" means an employee of the City or an independent contractor or
franchisee of the City authorized to collect and transport solid waste, and/or green waste or
recyclable materials;.
E. "Commercial Bin" means a City-approved bin, usually from one (1) cubic yard
to four( ) cubic yards capacity, designed for the deposit of solid waste, including green waste
and recyclable materials, which is charged at commercial rates:
F. "Compost" means the 'product resulting from the controlled biological
decomposition of organic wastes.
G. "Container" means a City-approved bin, can or receptacle used for collecting
solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials, whether owned by the City,
collector; property owner or a tenant..
H. "Construction and Demolition Waste" means all non-hazardous waste material
and rubble resulting from the construction, alteration; remodeling, repair, removal or
demolition of housing, commercial buildings and other structures, including, but not limited
to, inert wastes, lumber, bricks, soil, concrete, and plaster, which is customarily handled and
transported by means of a roll-off drop box..
l: "Customer" means the owner and/or occupant of any property within the City
that is required to participate in the City's solid waste, including green waste and recyclables,
collection program.
1. "Director" means the City's Municipal Utilities Directoror his or herdesignee.
K. "Green Waste" means tree and shrubbery trimmings, tree roots less than six'
inches in diameter, vegetation matter resulting from land clearing, grass, weeds, straw, or
leaves, wood chips, sawdust and other household garden organic materials which have been
segregated from other solid waste materials- for the purpose; of deposit at a designated'
collection location, including a curbside location, for collection and transportation to a
compost facility. Green waste does not;include palm fronds, cactus or tree limbs, roots or
stumps larger than six inches in diameter.
L. "Hazardous Waste" means waste which, because of its quantity, concentration,
physical chemical or infectious characteristics;causes any of the following:
1 An increase in mortality orserious irreversible or incapacitating reversible
illness.
substantial present or potential hazard to human health orenvironment
when improperly= treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
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3. Damage to property and/or contaminate the water table by reason of
being explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, radioactive or otherwise harmful to the
environment.
4. "Hazardous waste" means hazardous waste, extremely hazardous and
acutely hazardous waste as these terms are defined by State law.
M, "Household Hazardous Waste" means any hazardous waste, including heavy
metals, generated incidental to owning and/or maintaining property, butdoes not include any
waste generated in the course of operating a business at a residence.
N. "Industrial Waste" means solid waste resulting from industrial processes and
manufacturing operations, including but not limited to,wholesale and volume food-processing
waste, boiler house cinders, lumber scraps and shavings, metal scraps and shavings and
chemical wastes, or that originates from any organization, private or civic, of any number of
persons or objects that manufactures,assembles,combines,converts,or refines any substance,
liquid, element, material, or energy source of any type.
0. "May" means permissive.
P. "Medical Waste" means waste which meets both of thefollowing requirements:
1. is composed of waste which is generated or produced as a result of any
of the following,
a. Research,diagnosis,treatment or immunization of human beings
or animals.
b. The production or testing of biologicals.
I The waste is any of the following:
a. Biohazardous waste as defined in California Health and Safety
Code, Division 20, Chapter 6,71, Article 2, section 25020.5.
b. Sharps waste, including, but not limited to, hypodermic needles,
syringes, blades, tubing, acupuncture needles, root canal files,
broken glass such as Pasteur pipettes and blood vials.
Q. "Metallic Discard" means any large metal article or product, or any part thereof,
including, but not limited to, metal furniture, machinery, appliances, electronic products,
vehicles and wood-burning stoves. Metallic discards are banned by the State of California
from all municipal sanitary landfills.
R. "Municipal Services Statement" means a billinc, invoice sent to a customer by
the City for use of City-provided utility services.
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S. "Person" means any person, firm, business, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust', association or corporation whether for profit or non-profit.
T. "Property" means any lot, vacant or under construction, building, residence,
single family or multiple family residential, commercial or industrial property, occupied or un-
occupied.
U. "Recyclable Materials" means those waste materials generated on or emanating
from residential, commercial or industrial property that are placed for collection in a City
approved container for recycling. Such materials include, but are not limited to, aluminum
cans, bimetal cans, cardboard, glass containers, plastic containers, newspaper, paper, and
other materials designated as recyclable by the City which, due to their nature, are discarded
by the producer.
V. "Recyclable Collection Container" means acontainer,bag,bin, roll-off drop box
or other container used to hold recyclable materials placed for collection.
Wk "Recycle or Recycling" means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing,
treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning
them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused or reconstituted
products.
X "Recycling Drop-Off Location" means a place where recyclable materials may
be dropped off either for payment for goods received or as a donation.
Y. "Sanitary Landfill" means a site for solid waste disposal approved by the
California Integrated Waste Management Board.
Z. "Shall" means mandatory.
AA. "Solid Waste" means the designated all inclusive term for all putrescible and
non-putrescible solid and semisolid waste including,, garbage, wet garbage, trash, refuse,
ashes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition wastes, bulky waste, manure, vegetable
or animal solid and semisolid wastes. Solid waste does not include hazardous or household
hazardous waste, medical waste or low-level radioactive waste.
13. .0 Exclusive jurisdiction of City.
A. Thecollection of all solid waste,including green waste acid recyclable materials,
within the City shall be performed by the City or under the direction of the City. For such
purposes, the City may use City personnel, an authorized collector, or any combination
thereof.
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B: It is unlawful for any person to collector transport solid waste, including green
waste and recyclable:materials, except for a customer transporting solid waste to a sanitary
landfill, or green waste to a compost facility or sanitary landfill, or recyclable materials to a
recycling facility{, unless such person is a collector as herein defined.
13.64. 40 Authority to establish rates and chanes::
Rates and charges, which include processing fees and service charges forall solid waste
services, may be established from time to time by the City:
13.6 .050 Billing and deposit for solid waste services.
A. Solid waste charges, including green waste and recyclable materials charges
established by the City shall be a civil debt owing, to the City by all customers for property'
receiving solid waste collection services;
B. A pre-payment deposit, shall be col lec ed by the City for al l "Solid Waste Only""
accounts for which solid waste charges are billed separately from other utility services. The
deposit shall beappliedto the payment of delinquent accounts when a customer fails to pay
the collection charge when due,- provided that the deposit shall not constitute liquidated
damages and the customer shall remain liable to the City for any unpaid charges.
C. The City may notice a property owner that an application for a utility account
has been received by the City from a person requesting City utility services in a name other
than the owner of the property to be serviced, and that in the event of non-payment of any
portion of the municipal services statement, any charges for service' shall be deemed the
responsibility of the property owner and may result in a lien against the property:
13.64.060 Failure to pay charges;
A Solid waste charges may be included in the City's municipal services statement.
Failure to pay any part of the municipal services statement, including the solid waste charge,
shall result in the delinquency of such statement, actionable as a civil debt to the City.
B. In addition to any other remedies it may have for the collection of delinquent
accounts, the City may cause notice of a bearing on delinquent accounts in accordance with
Government Cole Sections 2 5830.1 and 38790.1. Such notice shall be mailed to property
owners listed as delinquent accounts not less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing.
At the hearing, the City Council shall hear any objections or protests of such property owners.
The City Council may make such revisions, corrections or deletions to the report of delinquent
accounts as it deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed. The
delinquent charges set forth in the delinquent account report may be placed as a lien on such
properties for the amount of such delinquent charges plus legal fees and administration costs..
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A certified copy of the confirmed report shall be filed with the City Clerk, for the current tax
roll. The lien created attaches upon recordation, in the office of the County Recorder, of a
certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. All laws applicable to the levy, collection
and enforcement of City ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such liens.
13,64.070 Required,
The fact that any property is occupied shall be prima facie evidence that solid waste
is being generated and accumulated upon such property and that service charges for the
collection and disposal thereof are due the City. Every person owning or occupying any
property in the City shall keep such property in a clean and sanitary condition and shall not
cause or permit solid waste to collect or accumulate upon; provided however, that this
provision shall not be construed to interfere with any customer keeping building materials
upon property during the construction, reconstruction, or repair of a building or structure
thereon under a valid building permit, nor with the keeping of wood neatly piled upon such
property for household use.
A. Residential.
1. Every property shall subscribe to automated or non-automated solid
waste services. It is unlawful for any property to keep, accumulate, or permit to be kept or
accumulated, any solid waste in or upon any private place unless the same shall be in a
container such as herein specified. It is unlawful for any property to fail or neglect to provide
for the removal of solid waste from such property in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter.
2. In the eventofthe accumulation of solid waste matter upon any property,
the City may remove the waste matter and charge a service fee, in an amount equal to the cost
of such removal, to the customer.
1 Residential customers with automated service shall be responsible forthe
separation of green waste from all other solid waste generated by the property.
B. Commercial,
1: Every propertyshall subscribe to commercial bin, roll-off bin,commercial
can, or commercial automated solid waste services. It is unlawful for any customer to keep,
accumulate, or permit to be kept or accumulated, any solid waste in or upon any property
unless the same shall be in a container such as herein specified. It is unlawful forany customer
to fail or neglect to provide for the removal of solid waste from such property in accordance
with the provisions of this Chapter.
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. In the event of the accumulation of solid waste matter tampon any property,
the City may remove the este mater and charge a service fee; in an amount equal to the cost
of such removal, to the customer:
13.64.080 Unlawful placement of solid waste.
A. No person shall deposit, keep,, accumulate, permit, or cause any solid waste,
including green waste and recyclable materials, to be deposited, kept or accumulated in a
condition which is offensive, unsightly, detrimental to public health or hazardous from fire
upon any property or on any public street, land,alley, or driveway,except as herein provided;
No person shad place or deposit, or cause to be placed or deposited, or to allow to remain in
the street, alley or right-of-way area adjacent to the property occupied by such person any
solid waste, including green waste and;recyclable materials, in into or upon any public street,
avenue,alley,;right-of-way, or other public place in the City,or in, into, or upon any property,
or in or into any river or wash or in the bed thereof, except in the manner and for the purposes
permitted by this Chapter.
B. No person shall deposit any solid waste, including green waste and recyclable
materials accumulating and generated on any premises within the City, and place it in the
solid waste, green waste, or recyclable container on any other premises within the City; or to
place any such container for collection of solid waste, including green waste and recyclable;
materials, therefrom in, upon, or in front, or in the rear of any ether premises.
13. .090 Clumping and burying;-
No person shall dump, place, or deposit upon, or bury in any lot, land, street, alley;
water or waterway within the City any solid waste, including green waste and recyclable
materials or substance condemned by the County Department of Environmental Health
Services, or any other deleterious or offensive substance; provided, however, that this section
shall not;apply to any land used by the County of Sarin Bernardino or its agents as a public
sanitary landfill;
13. x ,100 Burning.
No solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials, shall be burned in the
open air within the City.
13,64.1101 Unlawful to interfere with collection,
No person shall interfere with or obstruct the collection or disposal of solid waste;
including green waste and recyclable materials,,
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13.64.120 Unauthorized collection prohibited.
A. When solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials, is placed for
the purpose of collection, it shall become the property of the City or its authorized collector,
and it shall be unlawful for any person other than an ownerthereof, its agents and employees,
to remove or cause to be removed, tamper or meddle with any solid waste, including green
waste or recyclable materials, regardless of whether or not such container conforms to the
requirements set forth by this Chapter.
B. Each collection in violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate and
distinct violation punishable as provided in this Chapter.
C. Nothing in this Chapter shall limit the right of any person, organization or other
entity to donate, sell or otherwise dispose of recyclable materials, provided that any such
disposal is in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
13.64.130 Frequency of collection.
Solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials, shall be collected a
minimum of once a week, and all solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials,
shall be removed from the property and disposed of in such a manner as not to become a
nuisance or danger to public health. Solid waste shall be collected a minimum of once each
week,excepting those properties which generate food waste,such as restaurants,schools with
a food service cafeteria, and hotels, which shall be collected a minimum of twice each week.
The City may require a greater number of collections per week for establishments with
commercial collection as deemed necessary to comply with the provisions of this Chapter and
for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
13.64.140 Hours of collection.
All containers placed for collection shall be in their designated collection location no
later than 6:00 a.m. for collection of the container between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:30
p.m., or later, Monday through Saturday. Collection times are subject to change and may
vary from week to week. An additional service charge may be assessed for any container
placed for collection after 6:00 a.m,, upon which the customer reports to the Solid Waste
Division as being missed for collection and is subsequently collected after said route has
already been completed.
13.64.1 50 Containers - type.
The Director shall prescribe suitable kinds of new or replacement solid waste
containers and covers in which solid waste, including green waste and recyclable materials,
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shall be placed and kept for collection. All customer owned containers placed in service shall
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have prior approval of the Director for compatibility with collection equipment. All customer
owned containers shall be clearly marked with the customer's name and address.
A. Automated containers.
1. The City shall provide automated solid waste, including green waste,
containers,
. Automated containers are the property of the City and are assigned to the
property. Customers shall;not remove containers from the assigned property,
. No customer shall mark, deface or alter any City owned and assigned
container:
4. If an assigned container is stolen or damaged,through no fault of customer,
the City will provide a free replacement,
. Containers shall not exceed two hundred pounds gross weight when filled`.
B. Non-automated containers;
Residential or commercial property that cannot be serviced by the automated
collection method or cornmercial property that cannot be serviced by commercial bin
collection, as determined by the Director, shall comply with the following specifications:
1 . Each solid waste container shall be sufficiently durable (metal, PVC, hard
rubber) to withstand repeated handling in all types of weather and conditions. Handles shall
be sturdy enough to endure repeated lifting without A tight-fitting cover must be
used. The use of plastic bags, boxes, 'fifty-gallon oil drums or portions of such drums and
cardboard barrels is prohibited'. All containers shall be free of sharp -edges; splinters,
protruding mails, or other conditions dangerous to collection personnel.
2. Containers shall not exceed thirty-two gallons in capacity nor sixty-five
pounds gross weight or twenty pounds empty,
C tin containers. For commercial bins that are rented from the City, the City shall
provide all mechanical maintenance and repair including container replacement at such time
the container is deemed unserviceable by the Director:
1, Front loader bins small be no smaller than one i 1 j cubic yard and no larger
than four cubic yards„ with side channel pickup, and Must be compatible with collection;
equipment
2: Rear loader bias shall be no larger than three cubic yards and must be
compatible with collection equipment.
3. Commercial bins may be secured through the installation of a locking bar`
device to prevent unauthorized collection, tampering and unauthorized placement of solid
waste, yet shall be accessible for disposal and collection of solid waste, green waste, and
recyclable materials by authorized persons. The customer shall either provide a combination
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lock, and provide the combination to the Solid Waste Division, or a provide a key lock, retain
the key, and ensure that the bin remains accessible for collection during collection hours.
Additional charges may be assessed, as determined by the City, for additional trips to service
a locking bin, which was locked when service was attempted on the regular schedule.
D. Roll-offorCompactor Containers. Roll-off or compactor drop boxes shall be no
larger than forty cubic yards and shall be compatible with City collection equipment.
E. Non-City owned containers. if this Section is not fully complied with, the City
may deem the container as unfit for service ora potential safety hazard to collection personnel
and may require the customer to provide alternative containers satisfactory to the City or to
subscribe to an alternative method of collection.
13.64.160 Sanitation.
A. All containers shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times by the
customer. Containers shall be kept covered at all times, except when solid waste, including
green waste and recyclable materials, is being deposited therein or removed therefrom, and
shall at all times be secure and free from leaks.
B. Periodic cleaning of customer-owned commercial bins, commercial bins rented
from the City, and automated containers or recycling containers provided by the City, shall
be the sole responsibility of the customer. A fee shall be assessed for this service to the
customer, whether requested by the customer, the County Health Officer or as deemed
necessary by the Director.
13.64A 70 Service level changes.
Any customer establishing a new solid waste account with the City shall have the
option at that time to change the existing automated container configuration established by
the previous customer or select an adequate commercial service level based upon the
individual needs of the customer. Subsequent service level changes requested are subject to
a service charge, as determined by the City. For residential customers with automated
collection, service level changes are permissible during the month of"June" each year at no
charge. A service charge does not apply to repairs on automated containers, the replacement
of stolen automated containers or repairs or replacements of City-owned commercial bins,
through no fault of the customer.
13,64180 Manner of container placement.
A; Residential collection. Solid waste, green waste and recyclable material
containers for residential property shall be placed for collection at the City designated
collection location.
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I: In portions of the City where an alley abuts the property, all containers
for collection shall be placed adjacent to the alley as close as possible to the property line;
provided, however,that where such placement is impractical, such containers shall be placed
for collection as directed by the Director.
2. Where there is no alley, all automated containers shall be placed for
collection at the most logical street frontage location, however, where such placernent is
impractical, such container shall be placed for collection as directed by the Director.
. Containers shall be placed in the street at the curb, or such place as if a
curb dice exist, or on the parkway, as close:to the curb as possible. No container shall be
placed on any sidewalk.
. Containers shall not be placed within three ( ) feet from any obstacle,
Such as a parked vehicle, fence„ lamp post, mailbox and at least one (1) foot fror-n any other
container.
Containers rust be placed with the handle facing the property:
. It shall be the customer's responsibility to provide means of ingress and
egress, adequate collection vehicle turning radius, vertical and horizontal clearance for
collection personnel and equipment;
i. In all cases of disputes or complaints arising from, or concerning the
placement of automated or non-automated containers while awaiting the removal of their
contents; the Director shall designate the placement of said containers which decision shall
be final.
B. Commercial'collection. All commercial containers shall be placed forcollection
in a location approved by the Director which shall be easily accessible to collection personnel
and equipment,
I It shall be the customer's responsibility to provide ,Weans of ingress and
egress, adequate collection vehicle turning radius, vertical and horizontal clearance for
collection personnel and equipment.
1 No container shall be placed for collection inside a closed building.
C. Disputes. In all cases of disputes or complaints arising from, or concerning the
placement of commercial bias or roll-off bins, written notice shall be given to the Cavity. In all
cases of disputes or complaints, the Director shall forthwith designate the place and the
decision shall be final.
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13,64.1 '0 Shared containers-commercial collection;
A. Commercial properties that share containers will have rates established by the
City.
B. When physical limitations make it impractical to locate a commercial container
on the property of the business utilizing the container and for the purposes of public health,
safety and welfare it relay# become necessary to either;`
1 Locate`the container on adjacent property, or
Subscribe to individual means of solid waste collection.
13.64.200 Enclosure requirement- commercial;
A. Pin enclosure specifications shall be rewired to be submitted for approval to
the Solid 'Waste Division prior to construction as part of the development and planning'
process.
B. The enclosur (s) may be secured to prevent unauthorized collection,tampering,
and unlawful placement of solid waste, green waste, or recyclable materials, but must be
accessible to collection personnel during hereinbefore stated collection hours. Additional
charges may be assessed, as determined by the City; for additional trips to service a.
previously lacked enclosure;
C Each development project, as that terra is defined in Public Resources Code
Section 42905, for which an application for a building permit has been submitted after the
effective date of this Chapter, shall conform to the requirements of the "model ordinance"
adopted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board and required by the California
Solid Waste reuse and recycling;Access Act of 1391 (Public resources Cone Section 42900
et. SM.) relating to the provision of adequate areas for collecting, and loading recyclable
materials:
13:64.210 Special collections (roll-off/compactor service)
Roll-off service is made available by application with the Solid Waste Division,
including payment arrangements, for use by customers requiring special disposal services;
including building. contractors for regular solid waste disposal A copy of the roll-off service
policies and procedures will be provided upon application.
13:64.220 Removal of containers after collection:
It shall be the responsibility of every customer placing a solid waste, green waste or
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recyclable material container in, or upon any street, sidewalk, curb or alley for collection to
remove such container from the designated collection location as soon as possible after the
containers have been collected, and in any event no later than 10:00 pmon the designated
collection day. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to perform such duty,
13.64.230 Placement of solid waste in containers.
A. All solid waste,green waste,or recyclable materials placed in automated ornon
-
automated containers shall be placed loosely in said container so as to insure ease of disposal.
No overloaded containers, either by volume or weight, shall be collected.
B. Customers shall flatten or dismantle boxes or cartons of cardboard, which
cannot be set aside for recycling, or other materials to provide the maximum volume of waste
matter in containers.
C. Ashes shall be thoroughly moistened to prevent scattering and shall be bagged,
wrapped or boxed prior to being placed in the container.
D. Animal feces, other than manure, and personal care products which are
unsanitary and offensive shall be securely wrapped.
E. All solid waste created, produced, or accumulated at hotels, restaurants and other
business establishments containing food waste shall be drained and placed in plastic,
watertight, heavy-duty bags prior to being placed in solid waste containers for collection.
F. Until removed by the collector, the customer shall be responsible for the clean.-
up
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up of any and all discards which the customer has generated, dumped, spilled or otherwise
lost or littered, notwithstanding human or animal interference, wind or other natural forces
and weatherduring storage, collection; removal,ortransfer.The collectorshall be responsible
for any discards spilled during collection, removal or transfer by the collector.
13.64,240 Placement of green waste in containers,
A. All property required to participate in the City's green waste collection program
shall place all green waste, as herein defined, within the designated green waste container.
Property not subject to the green waste collection program may place green waste, as herein
defined, in the household waste container, until otherwise notified of requirement to
participate.
B. Any customer may make application for exemption from participation in the
City's green waste collection program, provided that the application shall be made in affidavit
form,fully sworn to by the customer making the application, and filed with the Director,along
with payment of the processing fee, and the following criteria is met:
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1. r licensed landscaper removes all green waste from the premises, or
2The customer removes all green waste from premises, or
3. The customer practices backyard composting and grass cycling, thereby
not generating green waste requiring collection, or
.. The property is under construction, and no green waste is generated
,Any property exempted from the program is subject to periodic, random inspections
of containers placed for collection by the City, and evidence of green waste contained therein
shall result in immediate termination of the exemption and the customer thereafter shall
comply with the provisions of this Chapter.
13.64.250 Prohibited substances in solid waste; green waste or recyclable material
containers:
A. No person shall dispose df dangerous and infectious substances,such as medical
and hazardous waste as herein defined, in any solid waste, including green waste or
recyclable materials, container for collection by the City.
B. No person shall place or deposit in any solid waste, including green waste or
recyclable materials, container for collection by the City, wearing apparel,:bedding or other
articles from any home or place where any infectious or contagious disease has prevailed. The
owner or occupant of any property where an infectious or contagious disease has prevailed
shall forthwith notify the County Health Officer and shall dispose of such articles as directed;.
C. No person shall place or deposit tires, asphalt or metallic discards in any solid
waste container, including green waste or recyclable materials containers, for collection by
the ityR
D. if the provisions of this Chapter are not fully complied with, the collector shall
glace a tag on the container so stating,. No collection shall be made until the provisions of this
Section are complied with, or when a collection has been made of a container without
knowledge of its prohibited contents, or a collection must be made to provide for the public
health and safety;a service charge may'be assessed to offset the casts of removal and disposal.
E. No person shall place or deposit an animal carcass in any solid waste, including
green waste or recyclable materials, container for collection by the City.
1 3.64,260 ,Additional prohibited substances in green waste containers:
No person shell place or deposit any animal waste, inert noxi-com ostable products
such as dirt, rocks, concrete, painted or treated wood,wood containing nails or screws, plastic
bags, glass, paper, razor blades, metal, chemicals, food scraps, or other substances rendering
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such green waste unfit for production of soil amendments or compost, for collection by the
City.
13.64.270 Placement of recyclable materials.
Properties located in areas of the City that are included in the residential recycling
program shall place the recyclable materials in the container provided by the City in the
designated collection location directed by the City, prior to 6:00 a.m., on the regular solid
waste collection day, for automated customers. Recyclable material collection for non-
automated customers shall occur on the automated collection day for their specific area.
13.64.2 80 Bulky Waste.
Bulky Waste iterns shall not be placed within residential or commercial solid waste,
green waste or recycling material containers. Upon request, and for an additional charge, the
Director may arrange special collection of these items.
13. 1 .2 Physically challenged/elderly service.
A'. Physically challenged and/or elderly customers with infirmities, who do not
have an able-bodied person assisting with their household or business activities, may receive
set out/set back service for automated containers upon written request to the City. The request
shall describe the infirmity and/or other factors, and the care they are receiving from a family
member, a service provider or other assistant, for their infirmity, which require the applicant
to receive such service. For those persons who are approved for the service, there shall be no
extra charge. A special designation shall be made to alert the collector to provide the service
which shall continue until terminated by the Director. If the Director deems it necessary, he
shall have the authority to require that the customer provide proof of the physical challenge
or infirmity from a physician.
BForautomated customers involving special on-premises collection,as with those
stated above, containers shall be freely accessible and not be placed for collection inside
closed buildings or a gated area.
13.64300 Exemption from service.
A. Any customer may make application for exemption from solid waste collection
services on the basis that a developed property is unoccupied, and that no solid waste,
including green waste and recyclable materials shall>be placed or offered for collection by the
City or its authorized collector, from such property, The Director may temporarily exempt
Such property from participation in the City's solid waste collection program for the limited
period while the property is unoccupied; provided, that any such statement or representation
shall be made in affidavit form, fully sworn to by the person making such statement or
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representation and filed with the Director along with payment of the applicable fee. An
exemption shall be valid only for the time that the statements made in the affidavit continues
to be true. Any violation of provisions of the exemption shall result in termination of the
exemption and shall require the customer to subscribe to solid waste collection services in
accordance with this Chapter,
B. Fee. The fee for an application for an exemption shall be established by the City
Council and shall be no less than the cost to the Solid Waste Division or authorized agent to
validate the claim and shall include the costto process and maintain records'of the exemption,
and costs incurred to remove container(s) from the property.
C. From and after the date of adoption of the ordinance establishing this Chapter,
all exemptions granted to customers for solid waste services which do not relate to
unoccupied property shall expire, and all such persons shall be subject to the provisions of
this Chapter and shall subscribe to the City's solid waste collection service.
13,64.310 Director- Authorization to Enforce
The Director is authorized to enforce the provisions of this Chapter, and shall, in
accordance with the law, have the right to inspect the exterior of all property for the purpose
of determining sanitary conditions and whether the provisions of this Chapter are being
observed. Any person denying orobstructing such inspections shall be subject to the penalties
herein provided.
13.64. 20 Violation - Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor."
Section 2. Severabilitv.
In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is, for
any reason, held to be' unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction,the validityof the remaining portions of this Chapter shall not be affected thereby.
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Section 3. The mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to
the adaption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in
the Redlands Gaily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City and thereafter,
this ordinance shall take effect as provided by law.
Mayor f the City o lan
ATTEST:
City! ' erk
1, Lorne Pay er, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was duly adapted by the City Council at a regular meeting.thereof held on the est day of
September, 1998, by the following vote-
AYES: Councilmembers Banda, Gilbreath, George, ;Freedman; Mayor Cunningham
NOES: None
ABSTAIN:: None
ABSENT: Nene
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