A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to bury refuse at any place within the city, or to keep, place or deposit refuse on any public or private grounds or premises whatsoever, except in containers or receptacles for collection upon premises owned, occupied or under possession and control of such person; provided, however, that lawn and garden trimmings may be composted.
B. It is an infraction to create, cause or add to any refuse accumulation not placed for regular or special collection, or to cause the attraction or collection of insects or rodents.
C. It is an infraction to use more service, or cause the city to provide more service than is subscribed to.
D. It is an infraction for any person to burn garbage or rubbish at any time within the city.
E. It is a misdemeanor to deposit refuse or rubble into containers, bins, or roll-off boxes which are not assigned to the property at which the refuse or rubble is generated.
F. It is a misdemeanor to deposit or use refuse for lot filling or leveling purposes.
G. It is an infraction for any person, firm, corporation or association to permit any manure to accumulate on premises under his, her, or its control in such manner or such extent as to give rise to fly breeding conditions or objectionable odors upon any public highway, street or alley or upon any premises within the city.
H. It is a misdemeanor for any person, firm, corporation or association or any agent or employee thereof, to hinder, threaten, impede or obstruct any City refuse collector in the performance of their duty as defined in this chapter.
I. It is an infraction for any persons, other than the city or the city's designee, to collect or remove recyclable or salvageable materials placed by any person in a bag or container labeled for use in connection with a recycling program sponsored by the city.
J. It is a misdemeanor for any person to collect refuse, waste paper refuse, or rubble within the city or transport same through the streets, alleys, and public ways in the city unless such person has been authorized in writing to do so by contract or otherwise by the Director or by state law. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any person from hauling refuse, waste paper refuse, or rubble which has been produced on the premises actually occupied by the persons in his/her own vehicle, by himself/herself or an employee, or as outlined in Section 8.28.120. This provision does not apply to voluntary or charitable efforts to collect refuse or rubble for the benefit of the community.
K. It is an infraction to place anything other than the specific recyclable material types, as defined by the Director, into source separating recycling collection containers, bins or boxes, including organic collection containers.
L. It is a misdemeanor to dispose of any waste prohibited in Section 8.28.060 into city collection containers, bins or boxes. It is the responsibility of the property owner to dispose of such waste properly. If prohibited waste is included in any city authorized automatic lift container, bin or box, it shall be deemed contaminated and shall not be collected. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to properly dispose of the waste in containers, boxes or bins deemed contaminated. If an authorized container, automatic lift container, bin or box, including prohibited wastes is inadvertently collected by the city, at the time the city identifies the prohibited wastes, the city shall identify where the prohibited waste originated. The entire truck load shall be considered contaminated. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner and generator who disposed of the prohibited waste to properly dispose of the entire contaminated load of refuse and rubble and to cover any related costs including, but not limited to, ensuring that equipment that was in contact with the prohibited waste is safe and decontaminated.
M. It shall be an infraction to mix refuse and rubble of one type in a collection container designated for another type, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
N. Any other violation of this chapter shall be an infraction unless specifically noted and in the alternative may be prosecuted as an administrative code violation of the Visalia Municipal Code.
(Ord. 2018-03, 2018; prior code § 4040)