The following acts are unlawful and shall constitute infractions, as provided in § 1.12.010 of this code.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, any garbage, rubbish or rubble, as the terms are defined by this chapter, on or upon any vacant lot, or on or upon any street, alley, gutter, highway, park or other public place in the city, or to deposit or place or keep any garbage, rubbish or rubble except in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, any garbage, rubbish or rubble, as the terms are defined by this chapter, into, upon or next to any private garbage container not his or her own, or into, upon or next to any container furnished by the city pursuant to § 7.16.050 of this chapter unless he or she is the person or business, or an agent or employee of the person or business, who made arrangements with the city to use the container.
(C) Contents of the standard containers, commercial bins or roll-off containers of all sizes become the property of the city, subject to the following exceptions and limitations:
(1) Once a standard container has been placed for collection, no person, except the customer, shall retrieve the contents therein; and
(D) No person other than the city shall remove standard containers, commercial bins or roll- off containers of all sizes which have been placed for collection. Any and each violation hereof from one or more collection locations shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as provided in this chapter.
(E) It is unlawful or any person to burn, break, destroy, scatter, scavenge, collect, or take any materials from the standard containers without the consent from the Public Works Director or designee.
(F) Pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 1594 (AB 1594) a contractor or permittee, and any owners, occupants or persons in possession, charge or control of all dwellings, buildings, places and premises in the city who self-haul organics, may not direct their organic waste for use as alternative daily cover (ADC). If the Solid Waste Manager determines that a contractor or permittee, or any other applicable person has directed any organics waste for use as ADC, the Solid Waste Manager will notify the contractor, permittee, or person of the requirements of this provision. Repeated instances of directing organic materials for use as ADC may result in enforcement action.
(1995 Code, § 7.16.020) (Ord. 18-05, passed 9-18-2018)