A. Use Of Containers Required: Every owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person in possession, charge or control of any place in or from which refuse is created, accumulated or produced, shall use city provided refuse containers capable of holding all refuse which would ordinarily accumulate on such premises between the times of successive collections.
It shall be the duty of each occupant to place in such refuse containers all refuse created or accumulated upon the premises occupied by him or her between times for the removal of the refuse.
B. Container Specifications: Said refuse containers shall be city automated refuse carts, and the loaded weight of each such cart shall not exceed the maximum amount that is written on the cart lid. When approved by the director of public works, containers as described in section 4-1-2 of this chapter for "containerized service" may be provided by the customer.
C. Placement Of Containers:
1. Placement During Times Of Collection: Refuse containers shall be located at the curbside or other location designated by the public works director, where they are readily accessible for emptying, up to twenty four (24) hours prior to collection, but not later than five o'clock (5:00) A.M. on the day of collection.
2. Storage Of Containers: Other than times of collection, as described in subsection C1 of this section, refuse containers, and any other receptacles, must be properly stored on the same day as collection is made by using any of the following methods:
a. Back yard, behind fence, or
b. Front yard, if screened from direct view from street, or
c. Side yard, if screened from direct view, or adjacent to the main building structure and placed in a manner that only one can is directly visible, or
d. Alley, adjacent to fence or building structure (removed from designated pick up area). (Ord. 2011-06, 12-6-2011)
D. Containers Maintained In A Sanitary Condition: All refuse containers shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition by the person using the same, and shall be kept covered with proper and suitable lids at all times, except when refuse is being deposited therein or removed therefrom. Any container which does not comply with these requirements shall be promptly replaced on notice being given by the public works director. (Ord. 9904, 5-18-1999)
E. Solid Waste Separation:
1. All customers within the city shall separate all recyclables from all other solid waste produced at their premises and dispose of it only in accordance with the standards established by the director of public works.
2. The regulations shall generally include the following areas of solid waste control:
a. Require source separation of solid waste by all customers.
b. Require placement of "refuse", "green waste" and "recyclables", as defined in section 4-1-2 of this chapter, into separate containers so as to facilitate segregation of materials at the recovery facility.
c. Require delivery of all refuse, green waste and recyclables to one or more locations designated by the public works director. (Ord. 2006-05, 7-18-2006)
F. Solid Waste Processing:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to process or haul solid waste without obtaining a solid waste hauling/processing permit in conjunction with a business license from the city. The following operations are exempt from the requirement to obtain a solid waste hauling/processing permit:
a. Private Residences Exempt: Persons within their own home, whether owned or rented, who perform salvage for their own purposes are exempt from the requirement to obtain a license.
b. Public Operated Facilities: All public operated waste processing facilities which operate under a state permit shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a license.
2. No solid waste hauling/processing operation shall be maintained in such a manner as to constitute a private or public nuisance.
3. Every solid waste hauling/processing operation established or maintained within the city shall be maintained in compliance with the "State Minimum Standards For Solid Waste Handling And Disposal", title 14 California Code Of Regulations, commencing with section 17200. All solid waste facilities shall be subject to inspection by the local enforcement agency at any reasonable time.
4. Each licensee of a solid waste hauling/processing operation shall post his or her rates in a visible location outside the disposal area if the site is made available for use by the public.
5. No licensee of a solid waste hauling/processing operation shall burn any solid waste within the facility nor in adjacent areas without the prior written consent of the local enforcement agency, the local fire agency, and the air pollution control officer.
6. No licensee of a solid waste hauling/processing operation shall operate the facility or conduct processing of solid waste without an appropriate permit from the city planning department.
7. Each licensee of a solid waste hauling/processing operation shall keep and maintain records related to the type of and quantity of solid waste processed. Quarterly, a report shall be made and submitted to the public works director. Said report shall contain the quantities of and constituent type of solid waste processed by the licensee in the prior three (3) month period. Reporting shall conform to the following:
a. The name of the person or firm conducting the solid waste hauling/processing.
b. The type of solid waste processing conducted.
c. The license number.
d. The total tonnage of solid waste received for processing.
e. The type of and tonnage of solid waste processed as recyclables.
f. The destination of the solid waste processed as recyclables. (Ord. 9408, 6-21-1994)