A. Scavenging: It shall be unlawful for any person other than the franchise hauler or other authorized person(s) to remove from any curb, alley, street, designated pick-up location, or any storage area or container, any separated salvageable commodity. It shall also be unlawful for any person to disturb or tamper with any container, bin, or container containing salvageable material, or the contents thereof, or to remove any such container, bin, or container from the location where the same was placed by the owner of said container or bin.
B. No person shall burn any solid waste, hazardous waste, or infectious waste within the City without having obtained a written permit to do so from the City and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. It shall be unlawful for any person to place live or hot coals or ashes or other burning matter in any solid waste container set out for collection.
C. It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to keep, maintain or handle garbage or garbage containers in such manner as to be offensive or odoriferous or to be a producer of vermin.
D. Special arrangements must be made and permits issued by the county, State of California, and federal agencies for the disposal of any of the following items: Ammunition; explosives; industrial waste; chemicals; infectious, hazardous and radioactive waste; acids; drugs; medicines; human feces; unwrapped animal feces; and items which are too large for the collection equipment or which may damage the collection machinery such as large pieces of metal, machine parts, logs and tree stumps.
E. For any type of solid waste collection in the City, it is unlawful for any person to use the services offered by a person, service, or enterprise that has not obtained all the required permits or agreements from the City pursuant to this chapter.
F. It is unlawful for any person, contractor, or solid waste enterprise to place solid waste collection containers on public property without the appropriate City permit or agreement. For the first violation of this subsection, the City may impound container(s) of non-permitted persons, contractors, or solid waste enterprises forty-eight (48) hours after such container(s) are observed by the City or the City’s agent. For the second violation of this subsection, the City may impound containers of non-permitted persons, contractors or solid waste enterprises previously noticed or impounded twenty-four (24) hours after such container(s) are observed the City or the City’s agent. Any subsequent violations may be subject to immediate confiscation. (Ord. 2021-003, 9-28-2021)