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If the Director of Public Health causes a Dwelling or a Commercial Property to be inspected to determine whether the Owner has complied with Section 291.1, the Owner of the Dwelling or Commercial Property shall pay an inspection fee equal to $167 per hour of Department of Public Health staff time spent during the inspection.
(Added by Ord. 100-09, File No. 081404, App. 6/23/2009)
(Former Sec. 291.16 added by Ord. 47-83, App. 2/4/83; repealed by Ord. 100-09, File No. 081404, App. 6/23/2009)
If any part or provisions of Sections 291 through 291.16 or application thereof, to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Section, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end the provisions of the Sections are severable.
(Added by Ord. 47-83, App. 2/4/83; amended by Ord. 100-09, File No. 081404, App. 6/23/2009)
All vehicles used by refuse collectors licensed by the Director of Public Health pursuant to that certain Ordinance No. 17.083, approved by the electors at the general election held on November 8, 1932, as amended, for the purpose of collecting, disposing of, or transporting through the streets of the City and County of San Francisco, any "refuse," as defined by Section 1 of said ordinance, shall be lined with zinc, sheet iron, or other metallic substance and shall be constructed so as to prevent any liquid refuse substance from escaping from such vehicles. The total outside width of such vehicles, or the loads thereon, may exceed the width limitation prescribed by Section 35100 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California; provided, however, that in no event shall the width of such vehicles exceed 107 inches, nor shall the width of any load thereon exceed 115 inches. Such vehicles shall also be provided with canvas covers, which shall be kept in a reasonably clean condition, and which shall at all times when said vehicles are passing along or standing upon any street or alley of this City (except when the owner or person having such vehicle in charge is in the act of securing a load of refuse to be emptied into said vehicle) be kept on such vehicles in such manner that the covers shall extend well down the sides and ends of the vehicles, and be securely fastened at the corners, sides and ends of the vehicles; provided, however, that when the vehicles are empty of refuse and are reasonably clean and free from noisome odors, the covers need not be kept on the vehicles in the manner above prescribed.
Vehicles used for the transportation of swill shall be so constructed that the same shall be watertight, and that no leakage can escape from such vehicles, and such vehicles shall be provided with a hinged metal or wood cover which can be tightly closed. All vehicles for the transportation of swill or garbage of any character shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Health before licenses for their operation are issued.
(Amended by Ord. 257-61, App. 9/14/61)
[Recyclable Materials – Unauthorized Removal Prohibited.]
(a) "Recyclable materials" shall mean materials segregated from refuse by the producer or user of such materials and placed for collection for subsequent reuse or use as raw materials for new products. Recyclable materials shall consist only of the materials designated by the Chief Administrative Officer for collection pursuant to the City's curbside recycling program.
(b) "Placed for collection" shall mean the deposit of recyclable materials by the producer or user of such materials on public street or sidewalk areas for collection and removal for recycling purposes.
(c) "Person" shall mean any living human being, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization, or government entity.
(Added by Ord. 106-90, App. 3/23/90)
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Collector, an authorized City employee for enforcement purposes, or the generator of recyclable materials to take, remove, move or otherwise appropriate recyclable materials that have been placed in a container designated by a Collector for recyclables or to take, remove, move, or otherwise appropriate the container that is placed for collection. The City and its duly authorized collectors shall have the exclusive right to collect recyclable materials placed for collection in public sidewalk and street areas.
(Added by Ord. 106-90, App. 3/23/90; amended by Ord. 100-09, File No. 081404, App. 6/23/2009)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 293.1 of this Article shall be guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor. If charged as an infraction, upon conviction thereof, said person shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $250; and for a second and each additional offense by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250. If charged as a misdemeanor, upon conviction thereof, said person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding $500, or both.
(Added by Ord. 106-90, App. 3/23/90)
Classification Number | Class Title |
6108 | Environmental Health Technician |
6120 | Environmental Health Inspector |
6122 | Senior Environmental Health Inspector |
6124 | Principal Environmental Health Inspector |
6126 | Director, Bureau of Environmental Health |
6127 | Assistant Director, Bureau of Environmental Health |
8280 | Environmental Control Officer |
(Added by Ord. 106-90, App. 3/23/90; amended by Ord. 187-10, File No. 100707, App. 7/23/2010)
The provisions of Sections 293 to 293.3 of this code prohibit the collection of recyclable materials from public sidewalk and street areas by any person other than authorized City employees or the City's authorized curbside recycling program collectors. The provisions of Sections 293 to 293.3 do not limit or otherwise affect the disposal of refuse having commercial value by its producer in any lawful manner he or she may choose or the recycling of collected refuse by licensed refuse collectors.
(Added by Ord. 106-90, App. 3/23/90)
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