ORD 229 ORDINANCE NO. 229
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND
DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND AMENDING TITLE 5
AND TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 5 of the Code of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes is hereby amended by repealing Section 5.08. 030
thereof.
Section 2. Title 8 of the Code of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes is hereby amended by adding thereto Chapter 8.20
which shall read as follows:
"CHAPTER 8. 20
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
8.20. 010 Findings. The storage, accumulation,
collection and disposal of garbage, trash, rubbish, debris and
other discarded matter, goods and material is a matter of great
public concern, in that improper control of such matters may
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hazards, insect breeding, rat infestation and other problems
affecting the health, welfare and safety of the residents of this
and surrounding cities. The periodic collection of garbage,
rubbish and other refuse from all residences within the City and
the letting of one or more exclusive contracts or franchises by
the City for such collection will provide the most orderly and
efficient solution to such problems and promote the public
health, safety and welfare.
8.20. 020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the
words and phrases hereinafter defined are used as so defined
unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning
is intended:
A. "Administrator" means the City Manager, or his
designated representative.
B. "Collection" means the operation of gathering
together within the City and/or transporting by means of a motor
vehicle solid waste of any classification.
C. "Collector" means any person who has been issued a
business license pursuant to Chapter 5. 04 to conduct a refuse,
rubbish and/or garbage collection and removal business in the
City.
D. "Container" means any vessel, tank, receptacle,
box or bin used or intended to be used for the purpose of holding
solid waste for collection.
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E. "Market Refuse" means vegetable or animal waste
resulting from the preparation of vegetables, fruit or meat in
markets or packing houses for public sale.
F. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-
partnership, corporation, or any other group or combination
thereof acting as a unit.
G. "Public Agency" means any governmental agency or
department thereof, whether federal, state, or local.
H. "Recyclable Materials" means reusable material
including, but not limited to-, metals, glass, plastic and paper,
which is intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for
the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does
not include hazardous materials or solid waste.
I. "Residential Collector" means the collector who,
under an exclusive contract or franchise agreement, collects
solid waste from residential premises.
J. "Residential Householder" means any person holding
and .occupying residential premises, whether or not the owner,
singly or with his or her family, within the city limits of the
City, as such city limits now exist or may hereafter exist by
virtue of the annexation of territory to the city.
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K. "Residential Premises" means any residential
property in the City, except rental housing projects,
condominiums, apartment houses, or other residential housing with
four or more dwelling units where a contract for the collection
of solid waste for all units within any such project,
condominium, apartment house or other residential housing has
been entered into between a person or entity contracting on
behalf of all occupants of such residential housing units and a
collector.
L. "Rendering Waste" means dead animals, hides, fat,
or bones of animals, grease, meat scraps, and other similar
materials being collected or transported to a rendering plant for
processing.
M. "Solid Waste" means rubbish, garbage, market
refuse, rendering waste, manure, miscellaneous debris, or any
combination thereof.
N. "Transportation" means the process of moving solid
waste through the City by means of a motor vehicle from a p oint
of collection outside the City to another location, either within
the City or outside the City.
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8.20. 030 License Requirement. No person may collect
solid waste in the City without having first obtained a business
license from the City pursuant to Section 5. 04 of this Code.
8.20. 040 Permit Tags. No collector may operate any
vehicle for the collection of solid waste in the City unless a
tag has been affixed to the vehicle indicating that the owner of
the vehicle has a valid business license and that the license tax
for such vehicle has been paid. The nature, design, and
placement of such tags shall be as specified by the
Administrator. No such tag may be transferred from one vehicle
to another without the written approval of the Administrator.
8.20. 050 Vehicle Standards. Any collector's vehicle
utilized for the collection, transportation or disposal of solid
waste or recyclables in the City shall comply with the following
standards:
A. Each vehicle shall be constructed and used so that
no solid waste, oil, grease, or other substance will blow, fall
or leak out of the vehicle.
B. A broom and shovel shall be carried on each
` vehicle at all times.
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C. Each vehicle shall comply with all applicable
statutes, laws, or ordinances of any public agency.
D. Each vehicle must be under five (5) years of age
unless otherwise specifically authorized in writing by the
Administrator.
E. Routine inspections by the California Highway
Patrol will be required annually and certificates for said
inspections shall be filed with the Administrator. Brakes shall
be inspected quarterly and proof of inspection shall be filed
with the Administrator.
F. All vehicles shall at all times be kept clean and
sanitary, in good repair and well and uniformly painted to the
satisfaction of the Administrator.
G. Each vehicle shall be equipped with watertight
bodies fitted with close-fitting metal covers.
H. The collector's name or firm name and its
telephone number shall be printed in legible letters not less
than 5" in height on both sides and rear of all collector's
vehicles used in the City.
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8.20. 060 Violations. Should the Administrator give
notification at any time to a collector that any of such
collector's vehicles is not in compliance with the standards of
this chapter, such vehicle shall forthwith be removed from
service by the collector and the permit tag removed. The
vehicle shall not again be utilized in the City nor shall the
permit tag be replaced until it has been inspected and approved
by the Administrator. The collector shall maintain its regular
collection schedule regardless of such action.
8.20. 070 Individual 's Exclusion. No provision of this
chapter, except Sections 8.20. 050 A-C, 8.20. 180-.200, and
8.20.230, shall apply to a residential householder or owner when
collecting, transporting and disposing of occasional loads of
solid waste generated from his or her own premises to a legal
place of disposal.
8.20. 080 Gardener's Exclusion. No provision of this
chapter, except Sections 8 .20. 050 A-C, 8.20. 180-.200, and
8. 20. 230, shall apply to a gardener, tree trimmer or similar
person when collecting grass cuttings, prunings and other similar
material not containing garbage as an incidental portion of
providing such gardening, tree trimming or similar service.
8.20. 090 Construction or Demolition Exclusion. No
provision of this chapter, except Section 8 .20. 050 D-H, shall
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apply to a person when collecting or disposing of rubbish from
the construction or demolition of buildings or other structures.
8.20. 100 Workers' Compensation Insurance. Each
collector shall at all times provide, at its own expense,
Workers ' Compensation Insurance coverage for all employees. Each
collector shall file and maintain certificates with the
Administrator showing said insurance to be in full force and
effect at all times the collector shall have a license issued by
the City.
8.20. 110 Collector's Liability Insurance. Each
collector shall furnish the City a policy or certificate of
comprehensive general and automobile liability insurance insuring
the collector in at least the following amounts:
Bodily Injury $250, 000 each person
$500, 000 each occurrence
Property Damage $100, 000 each occurrence
8.20. 120 Noise. A collector shall so conduct its
operations as to offer the least possible obstruction and
inconvenience to public traffic or disruption to the peace and
quiet of the area within which collections are made. Noise
emitting from any collection shall not exceed 75 decibels when
measured at a distance of 25 feet.
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8.20. 130 Office for Inquiries and Complaints.
A. The collector shall maintain an office at some
fixed location and shall maintain a telephone at the office,
listed in the Rancho Palos Verdes telephone directory in the firm
name by which it conducts business in the City, and shall at all
times during the hours between 8: 00 a.m. and 5: 00 p.m. of each
week day, and between 9: 00 a.m. and 12: 00 p.m. on Saturday (if
collecting solid waste in the City on that day) have some person
at said office to answer inquiries and receive complaints. The
telephone number shall be a toll-free number from all portions of
the City. The collector shall provide to the City an emergency
telephone number that can be reached 24 hours a day.
B. The collector shall maintain at its office a
written log of all complaints received. Such log shall contain
the date of complaint, the complainant's name, address and
telephone number, the nature of the complaint, the action taken
or the reason for nonaction, and the date such action was taken.
All inquiries and complaints shall be promptly answered and dealt
with to the satisfaction of the City. Such log of complaints and
other records pertaining to solid waste collection and disposal
shall be open to inspection by the City at all reasonable times.
1/ All inquiries and complaints shall be promptly answered and
dealt with to the satisfaction of the City.
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8. 20. 140 Hours of Collection. No collection within a
residential area shall be made between the hours of 7: 00 p.m. and
7: 00 a.m. ; provided, however, that the Administrator may waive
such requirement when necessitated by conditions beyond the
control of the collector.
8.20. 150 Litter. Any person who deposits or causes to
be deposited any solid waste on the public right-of-way g Y or
private property shall immediately sweep up and remove the same.
8.20. 160 Permits and Licenses. Each collector shall
obtain and maintain all applicable permits and licenses required
by any public agency.
8.20. 170 Recycling and Resource Recovery.
A. Every collector shall attempt to improve its
methods of collection, storage, handling, processing and disposal
of solid waste in order to provide for solid waste recovery,
reduction of solid waste, and reuse of recyclable materials.
B. All recyclable materials and solid waste placed
for collection at any residential premises or at any location
designated by the City for the collection of such recyclable
materials or solid waste shall be and become the property of the
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City or its authorized collector. No person, unless specifically
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cal ly
authorized in writing by the City, shall collect or remove, or
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cause to be collected or removed, any such recyclable or solid
waste materials. Each such collection or removal in violation of
this provision shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
punishable as hereinafter provided.
C. No person, unless specifically authorized in
writing by the City, shall sell or donate to any other person any
recyclable materials which have been placed for collection at any
residential premises.
8.20. 180 Care of Containers. No person shall throw
containers from any vehicle to the ground, or in any other manner
break, damage or roughly handle containers.
8.20. 190 Unauthorized Use of Containers. No person
other than the collector who provides collection services at the
premises, or the owner of the container or such owner's agent or
employee or the person upon whose premises such container is
located, shall remove any material from a solid waste container
or from a container for recyclable materials.
8.20.200 Tampering with Containers. No person other
than the owner or occupant of the premises where a container is
located, or the collector who provides collection services at
the premises where the container is located, shall tamper with,
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injure, destroy, or remove any container or other equipment used
for the storage of solid waste or recyclable materials.
8.20. 210 Containers for Garbage, Market Refuse, and
Rendering Waste. Any container to be placed for collection
containing garbage, market refuse or rendering waste shall have a
tightly fitting cover, which cover shall be used at all times.
8.20.220 Containers at Residential Premises.
A. Every person occupying or in possession of any
residential premises in the City shall provide sufficient
containers to accommodate the amount of solid waste generated by
the premises. The containers shall be constructed of metal, hard
rubber, or plastic, and shall be constructed so as not to permit
the contents thereof to sift or pass through any opening therein
other than the top. The containers shall have a capacity of not
more than forty-five (45) gallons and shall weigh not more than
sixty (60) pounds when placed for collection. Heavy-duty plastic
sacks specially manufactured for rubbish collection, and trash
compactor sacks, may also be used provided they are securely
tied, not perforated or split, and the sack and its contents do
not weigh more than sixty (60) pounds.
B. Any rubbish not susceptible to placement in a
container may be placed for collection at the same place and time
as the container if it is securely tied in bundles not heavier
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than sixty (6 0) pounds, not more than four (4) feet in length,
nor more than eighteen (18) inches in diameter.
8.20.230 Cardboard Boxes or Paper Bags. No cardboard
box or paper bag shall be used as a container for solid waste.
8.20.240 Placement of Containers at Residential
Premises. In the case of residential premises, each container or
bundle shall be kept on the premises from which it is to be
collected except on the day designated for collection. On the
appropriate day the containers or bundles shall be placed for
collection on the curb in front of the premises or on the curb at
the side of the premises where the premises are adjacent to more
than one street. When the premises are adjacent to a paved alley
of sufficient width to allow easy passage of collection vehicles,
the containers or bundles shall be placed within two (2) feet of
the rear property line of the premises and must be readily
accessible for collection from the alley. The collector and
residential householder may agree, for an additional fee, or the
Administrator may require, under unique circumstances, that
collection be made from another location on the premises.
8.20.250 Residential Refuse Containers - Time of
Placement. No residential householder shall place or permit to
be placed any solid waste or solid waste container at the P lace
of collection at the residential premises before 8: 00 a.m. of the
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day preceding the scheduled collection or leave any such
container at the place of collection after 8 : 00 p.m. on the day
of collection, or more than two hours after actual collection,
whichever is later.
8.20.260 Franchise The City Council may award an
exclusive contract or franchise for the collection and disposal
of solid waste from residential premises in the City, and no
person, other than the contractor or franchise holder, shall
collect or dispose of solid waste from residential premises in
the City other than as provided in this chapter or in the
contract or franchise agreement.
8.20.270 Mandatory Service. Each residential owner
shall pay the fees approved by the City Council for the
collection of solid waste from residential premises owned by said
owner.
8.20. 280 Frequency of Collection.
A. The residential collector shall collect and
dispose of all solid waste placed for collection in compliance
with this chapter from each occupied residential premises at
least once during each calendar week, and not more than six (6)
days shall elapse between one collection and the next unless the
regular day of collection falls on a holiday. Routes of
collection shall be so arranged that collection from any premises
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will be made on the same day of each week. The residential
collector shall possess a sufficient number of vehicles,
including spares, to maintain the collection schedule at all
times.
B. When the collection day falls on January First,
Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, or
December Twenty-Fifth, the residential collector shall elect one
of the following options:
1. Collect on the holiday.
2. Collect one day prior to or one day after the
holiday, provided that regular collection can be maintained on
the regularly scheduled days the remainder of the week.
8.20.290 Penalties. The violation of any provision of
this chapter shall constitute an infraction and shall be
punishable as provided in Chapter 1. 08 of this Code.
8.20. 300 Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. "
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Section 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April ,
1988.
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Counc
of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance No. 229 , passed
first reading on April 5, 1988 , was duly and regularly adopted by tr
City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on
April 19, 1988 , and that the same was passed and adopted by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: HINCHLIFFE, HUGHES, McTAGGART AND MAYOR RYAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT:BACHARACH
416 . 4111.!‘"
ifCITY CLERK
ORDINANCE NO. 229
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ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION NO. ORD 229 FILET' 1402
SUBJECT: RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND AMENDING
TITLE 5 AND TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
INTRODUCED: 4/5/88 ADOPTED: 4/19/88 POSTED/PUBLISHED 4/22/88
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