3907ORDINANCE NO. 3907
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING
CHAPTERS 6.20 AND 6.21 OF TITLE 6 AND CHAPTER
10.12 OF TITLE 10, AND ADDING NEW CHAPTERS
10.10 AND 10.12 TO TITLE 10 AND NEW SECTION
6.56.080.TO TITLE 6r CHAPTER 6.56 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SANITATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapters 6.20 and 6.21 of Title 6, and
Chapter 10.12 of Title 10 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That new Chapter 10.10 be, and the same is hereby,
added to Title 10 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to read as
follows:
"Chapter _ 10.10
WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
10.10.010 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Chapter, the following words,
terms, phrases and their derivations shall have the meanings
specified herein.
.010 "Bulk containers" shall mean containers or
bins having a capacity of approximately three (3) cubic yards
and furnished or supplied by the City or its Contractor.
.020 "City" shall mean the City of Anaheim.
.030 "Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste" shall
mean solid waste generated, produced, or discarded by
commerical or industrial establishments including, but not
limited to, motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks,
restaurants, professional offices, clubhouses, places of
--- entertainment, manufacturing plants, private schools, and any
other organization or business whether wholesale, retail, or
service in nature, including non-profit organizations.
.040 "Construction and Demolition Waste" shall mean
any waste resulting from the construction, reconstruction,
demolition, or repair of any premises in the City.
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.050 "Contractor" shall mean any person, persons,
firm or corporation entering into a contract with the City
for the collection and disposal of solid waste.
.060 "Director" or "Director of Public Works"
shall mean the Director of Public Works of the City of
Anaheim, or his designated representative.
.070 "Garbage" shall mean all animal and
vegetable refuse resulting from the preparation, handling
or dispensing of food, including every accumulation of
animal and vegetable matter that attends the preparation,
consumption, decay, dealings in or storage of meats, fish,
fruits, vegetables, tallow, bones or meat trimmings that
are rejected as useless by the owner or producer thereof.
.080 "Medical Waste" shall mean any waste
incidental to, and resulting from, the operation of any
hospital, medical clinic, doctor's office, or residential
sickroom.
.090 "Nuisance" shall mean anything which is
injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the
senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so
as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or
property; or any other condition specified in Section 3479
of the Civil Code of the State of California.
.100 "Refuse" shall mean all waste, refuse,
trash, rubbish,' offal, leaves, cuttings, trimmings,- shrubs,
grass, animal waste, and any other matter rejected as
useless by the owner or producer thereof, whether combustible
or noncombustible, except said term shall not include garbage,
medical waste, or special waste as defined in this Chapter.
.110 "Residential Solid Waste" shall mean solid waste
generated,.produced, or discarded in the normal operation and
function of a household. Such household may be a single-family
residence, duplex, triplex, apartment or mobile home.
.120 "Solid Waste" shall mean garbage, refuse, medical
waste, and construction and demolition waste as defined herein.
.130 "Special Waste" shall mean explosives, flammable
or hazardous materials, dead animals, discarded motor vehicles
.-_ or major components thereof, or any bulky or heavy items or
debris which exceed the maximum size or weight limitations for
solid waste containers as set forth in this Chapter.
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10.10.020 SUPERVISION OF COLLECTIONS
AND/OR CONTRACTORS
.010 The City of Anaheim shall provide for the
collection and disposal of solid waste from residential,
commercial and industrial establishments within the City
either by private contract for such collection and disposal or
by such other methods as authorized by the City Council.
.020 The City and its duly authorized agents and
employees, or Contractors and their duly authorized agents
and employees, shall have the exclusive right to gather,
collect and dispose of solid waste from all premises in the
City in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter;
provided, however, the occupant of any residential dwelling
unit may, in a lawful manner, dispose of any solid waste which
has accumulated on such occupant's own premises.
.030 The Director shall have charge and supervision
of such collection and disposal and shall prescribe and
establish the routes and days thereof. When such routes and/
or days of collection are established or changed, the
Director shall give appropriate notice thereof to the public.
10..10.030 SPECIFICATIONS _FOR .SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS
Each solid waste container shall, unless otherwise'
exempted by this Chapter or specifically approved by the
Director, comply with the following specifications:
.010 Reusable solid waste containers shall be made
from galvanized steel, durable plastic or other material
approved by the Director. Said containers must taper from
top to bottom, be fitted with handles or bails, and be
equipped with tight -fitting lids which shall be removed only
when filling or emptying. Total capacity of said containers
shall not be less than 20 gallons nor more than forty gallons,
and the combined weight of each container and contents thereof
shall not exceed a total of 65 pounds. Metal -drums or barrels
which have been cut, altered or trimmed to meet the size limi-
tations of this Section shall not be permitted. Solid waste
containers complying with the provisions of this paragraph
shall be deemed "standard size" containers for purposes of
this Chapter.
.020 Disposable .containers,including plastic
bags or pasteboard boxes which have been closed to prevent
any leakage or loss of contents shall be permitted. Said
containers shall have a maximum capacity of 40 gallons and a
maximum weight when filled of 65 pounds. Said containers
shall not be filled beyond their maximum capacity. Paper
grocery bags and similar containers shall not be permitted.
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.030 Bulk containers approved by the Director and
supplied by the City or its Contractor shall be permitted.
.040 Each reusable standard size or bulk container
shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition by the owner
or person in charge of the premises which said container serves.
10.10.040 PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING AND
STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE.
Solid waste shall be placed directly into solid
waste containers except as hereinafter provided:
.010 Garbage shall first be drained and wrapped to
eliminate odor, leakage and fly and rodent infestation before
being placed in solid waste containers.
.020 Waste and manure from animals, except that
generated from farms or stables, shall first be placed in
moisture resistant bags, securely sealed to prevent leakage,
odor, and fly and rodent infestation before being placed in
solid waste containers.
.030 Medical waste shall be placed in securely
sealed plastic bags before being placed in solid waste
containers. Hypodermic needles and other sharp objects shall
be broken or otherwise rendered blunt and useless before
being discarded. Said objects shall be put into their
original or a similar container, placed in a plastic bag and
tied securely before being placed in solid waste containers.
.040 Ashes and dust -shall be placed in expendable
bags securely sealed to prevent leakage before being placed
in solid waste containers.
.050 Newspapers, if securely tied into bundles not
exceeding 18 inches in height nor 65 pounds each in weight,
need not be placed in solid waste containers for collection.
.060 Shrubs, brush and tree trimmings shall be cut
into lengths not to exceed four feet and, either securely
tied into bundles not exceeding 65 pounds each, or placed in
disposable containers such'as plastic bags or cardboard
boxes, the total weight of which, when filled, shall not
exceed 65 pounds each. Grass clippings, cuttings, leaves and
other smaller vegetation may be placed in either disposable
or reusable solid waste containers having a maximum weight when
filled of 65 pounds each.
.070 Boxes and crates shall be flattened and tied
into bundles not to exceed four feet in length, three feet in
width and two feet in height. Each such bundles shall not
exceed 65 pounds in weight.
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.080 Construction and demolition waste or manure
from farms and stables shall be stored in approved containers
in a manner so as not to create a nuisance, and at a location
approved by the Director.
.090 Every person occupying or having control of any
premises shall insure that a sufficient number of solid waste
containers are available to properly store all solid waste
generated at said premises.
10.10-.050 PLACEMENT OF CONTAINERS _ FOR . COLLECTION.
.010 Every person occupying or having charge or
control of any residence shall place all solid waste for collec-
tion at a curb, parkway, or alley adjacent to the premises,
the exact location of which shall be approved by the Director.
The Director may also approve alternate locations which are
readily accessible for collection.
.020 Residential solid waste shall be placed for
collection at the prescribed location only between the hours of
400 p.m. of the day prior to collection and 6:00 a.m. of the
day of collection. Reusable containers shall be removed no
later than 12:00 midnight the day of collection and shall be
stored in an area screened from public view.
.030 Residences utilizing bulk containers, unless
said containers are'stored in an approved enclosure accessible
for collection, shall place such containers for collection and
remove same on a time schedule approved by the Director.
.040 Commercial/Industrial establishments shall place
solid waste ata location determined and approved by the
Director.
.050 Commercial and Industrial establishments shall
place solid waste for collection no earlier than closing time
the day prior to collection. Reusable containers shall be
removed no later than 10:00 p.m. the day of collection and
shall be stored in an area screened from public view.
.060 Commercial and Industrial establishments
utilizing bulk containers shall, unless said containers are
stored in an approved enclosure accessible for collection,
place such containers for collection and remove same on a time
schedule approved by. the Director.
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10.10.060 FREQUENCY OF SOLID -WASTE COLLECTION
Solid waste collections shall be made as follows:
.010 Single-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes,
-^ and apartments of four or less units shall receive one solid
waste collection per week.
.020 Apartment complexes of five or more units
shall use bulk containers provided by the City or its
Contractor, unless otherwise approved by the Director. Apart-
ment complexes of fewer than four units, condominium complexes
and mobile home parks may use bulk containers provided by the
City or its Contractor. Any such complex or park using bulk
containers shall receive one of the classes of services
specified in subparagraph .040 hereof, as determined
appropriate by the Director.
.030 Collection shall be made from a maximum of four
standard size solid waste containers from commercial and
industrial establishments once per week. Establishments
requiring collection of more than four containers per week
shall use bulk containers supplied by the City or its Contractor.
Such establishments using bulk containers shall receive one of
the classes of services specified in subparagraph .040 hereof,
as determined appropriate by the Director.
.040 The following levels of collection are available
to those premises utilizing bulk containers:
Class A - One collection per week of one or more bulk
containers.
Class B - Two collections per week of one or more bulk
containers.
Class C - Three collections per week of one or more
bulk containers.
Class D - Four collections per week of one or more
bulk containers.
Class E - Five collections per week of one or more
bulk containers.
Class F - Six collections per week of one or more
bulk containers.
Class G - Special services which are provided at
construction -demolition sites, farms, stables,
and, those establishments at which regular
solid waste collection is made impractical
by virtue of the character or quantity of the
solid waste, shall be collected at a frequency
established by the Director.
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10.10 4 70 PROCEDURES FOR THE'DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL WASTE
Every person occupying or having charge of any
premises in the City shall, at least once each month unless
more frequent disposal is required herein, dispose of all
special waste, which has accumulated at such premises. Special
waste shall not be placed for regular collection but shall be
disposed of as hereinafter specified or other lawful manner.
.010 Group I materials such as caustics, toxics,
acids, chemicals, paints, liquids, etc. shall be disposed of
by the owner or possessor thereof only at an approved Class I
disposal site.
.020 Radioactive materials shall be disposed of by
the owner or possessor thereof under the supervision of the
Orange County Health Department.
.030 Explosives or highly flammable material, includ-
ing small arms ammunition, war souvenirs, or black powder shall
be disposed of by, or under the supervision of, the City Fire
Department.
.040 Abandoned, inoperative or dismantled vehicles
or major.component parts thereof shall be disposed of as
specified in Chapter 6.80 of this Code.
.050 Dead animals shall be disposed of by, or under
the supervision of, the Orange County Animal Shelter.
10.10.080 ENCLOSURES FOR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS
.010 Solid waste container enclosures shall be
required for any construction, reconstruction, or alteration
of any multiple -family dwelling, or commercial or industrial
establishment within the City'for which a building permit is
required after the effective date of this Section. All such
enclosures shall be constructed in accordance with specifica-
tions approved and on file with the Director and the Building
Division. Required building permits shall not be issued until
the Director has approved the size, design and location of
said enclosures.
.020 Enclosures shall be
of solid waste containers and shall
clean, and usable condition.
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used solely for the storage
be maintained in a safe,
10.10.090' TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID OR SPECIAL WASTE
Any vehicle used for the transportation of solid or
special waste shall be so constructed as to prevent the loss,
spillage, or leakage of its contents.
10.10.100' EMERGENCIES
The Director may, at his discretion, issue limited
or temporary permits to anyone to perform any of the services
covered by this Chapter during any period of emergency as
determined by the Director. 'Any permit so issued shall be
subject to such reasonable fees and conditions as the
circumstances may warrant and as the parties involved may
agree upon, provided that such fees received from, or paid to,
anyone under this Section for any period exceeding fifteen
days shall require approval of the City Council.
10.10.110 ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF SOLID OR _SPECIAL_ WASTE
.010 No person shall throw, place, scatter or
deposit any solid or special waste in, upon, or below the
land of another, or upon any public property or right-of-
way, except as herein authorized, nor throw, place, scatter
or deposit any solid or special waste in, upon or below the
surface of any premises in such a manner'that the same is
or may become decayed, putrid, a nuisance or otherwise
endanger the public health or safety.
10.10.120 ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
.010 The Director shall have, upon probable cause,
the authority to enter and inspect any premises to investigate
suspected or reported violations of this Chapter.
.020 Violation of any of the provisions -of this
Chapter is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and shall be
punishable as set forth'in Section 1.01.370.of this Code."
SECTION .3.
That new Chapter 10.12 be, and the same is hereby,
added to Title 10 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to read as
follows:
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"Chapter _10.12
SANITATION CHARGES
10.12.010 DEFINITION OF'SANITATION 'CHARGES
For purposes of this Chapter, the term "Sanitation
Charges" shall include any fees and charges -levied for solid
waste collection, sewer system maintenance, and street
cleaning services as established by this Code or by resolu-
tion of the City Council.
10.12.020' CITY COUNCIL TO SET SANITATION CHARGES
The City Council shall by resolution establish all
sanitation charges which are billed and collected by the City
of Anaheim for residential, commercial and industrial -
establishments.
10.12.030 FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT CHARGES
It shall be the duty of the Finance Department of
City to collect all sanitation charges.
10.12.040 SANITATION FUND
There is hereby created a fund which shall be known
as the Sanitation Fund. All money collected pursuant to the
charges fixed by the City Council for use of the City's
sanitation services, including solid waste collection, sewer
system maintenance, and street cleaning shall be placed in
said fund. Said fund shall be used only for such purposes as
are permitted by law.
10.12.050 MANNER OF BILLING AND COLLECTION
OF CHARGES -'DEPOSIT MAY _BE REQUIRED.
.010 The sanitation charges fixed for any premises
shall be collected with the charges and rates for electricity
service furnished by the City to such premises. Said charges
shall be billed upon the same bill as is prepared for charges
for electricity service, and shall be due and payable at the
same time that such charges for electricity service are due
and payable. The total amount due for said charges and
for charges for electricity service shall be paid as a unit
and all of the provisions of Chapter 10.16 of this Code
pertaining to the collection of charges for electricity service
shall apply to the collection of any such total amount.
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.020 In the event that the City does not furnish
electricity service to a premises, but does furnish water
service to such premises, then the sanitation charges for
such premises shall be collected with the charges and rates
for water service furnished by the City to such .premises. In
such event the charges shall be billed upon the same bill as
is prepared for charges for water service, and shall be due
and payable at the same time that such charges for water
service are due and payable. The amount due for the sanita-
tion charges and for the charges for such water service'
shall be paid as a unit and all of the provisions of Chapter
10.16 of this Code pertaining to the collection of charges
for water service shall apply to the collection of any such
total amount.
.030 In the event that the City does not furnish
either electricity service or water service to a premises,
then the sanitation charges for such premises shall be due
and payable to the Finance Department in advance in an
amount and for such a period as established by resolution of
the City Council.
.040 The City Council may by resolution establish
an amount or amounts which any person, firm or corporation,
shall be required to deposit with the Finance Department
prior to commencement or continuation of any sanitation
services to insure collection of said charges.
10.12.060' FAILURE TO PAY CHARGES - SUSPENSION OF SERVICE.
In the event that any person, firm or corporation
shall fail to pay any sanitation charge when the same
becomes due, theCity may, in addition to any other remedies
it has, discontinue any of said services and facilities
referred to in this Chapter, and shall not resume the same
to such person, firm or corporation until all delinquent
charges together with any charges necessitated by resumption
of such services and facilities and any required deposit,
have been fully paid.
SECTION 4.
--� That new Section'6.56.080 be, and the same is hereby,
added to Title 6, Chapter 6.56, to read as follows:
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"6.56.080 SWIMMING POOL DRAINAGE
It shall be unlawful for any person to drain a
swimming pool, upon the property of another or upon
or into any public property other than into a sanitary
sewer."
SECTION S.
SEVERABILITY. The City Council of the City of Anaheim
hereby declares -that should any section, paragraph, sentence or
word of this chapter of the Code hereby adopted be declared for
any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that
it would have passed all other portions of this chapter
independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as
may be declared invalid.
SECTION 6.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated in said City, and thirty (30). days from and after
its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 5th� day of
September , 1978.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City.of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No.'3907 was introduced..at a.regular meeting of
the City Council of the'City of'Anaheim,.held on the .29th day of August, 1978,
and that the'same was duly passed and adopted.at a regular meeting of'said
City Council held on the 5th day of'September, 1978, by -the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overholt, Kaywood,..Kott, Roth and Seymour
NOES: COUNCIL -MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:' None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that -the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 3907 on the 5th -day of'September, 1978.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the'City of Anaheim this 5th day of September, 1978.
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I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 3907 and was published once in
the Anaheim Bulletin on the 15th day of September, 1978.
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