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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2776 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 i 19 20 21 22 2.3 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 I 311 32 1 ORDINANCE NO.~ 77 & , r 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1698 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE DEFINING GARBAGE AND RUB- 3 BISH; REGULATING THE KEEPING, ACCUMULATION AND DISPOSAL THEREOF; . . ."; DEFINING RUBBISH AND BY-PRODUCTS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE 4 STORAGE, REMOVAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE MATERIA AND BY-PRODUCTS. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 1698 Section One is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION ONE: DEFINITIONS. The following words, terms and phrases when used in this Ordinance shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section. The singular number shall in- elude the plural. The word "rubbish" shall be deemed to include but not be limited to wood, leaves, shrub, trimmings, small tree branches not to exceed 4 inches in diameter and 6 feet long thereof, shavings, I I I I I I ashes, and all waste material of every character whatever cOllecte1 or accumulated within the City of San Bernardino, except garbage, swill, earth, sand, clay, gravel, loam, manure, stone, bricks, I sawdust, excelsior, wooden ware, dodgers, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, cardboard, corrugated cardboard boxes, grass, rags, straw, boots, shoes, crockery, bottles, tin cans, metal vessels, plaster, other refuse attendant to building, construction or re- pairs, or tree or shrub trimmings as occasioned by the maintenance or construction of public utility lines and like materials. The word "garbage" shall mean and include table refuse, swill, and offal, and every accumulation of animal, vegetable and other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls, fruits and shall include all animal and vegetable refuse from kitchens and all household waste that shall have been prepared from or intended to be used as food, or shall have resulted from the preparation of . 22 2.3 24 25 26 27 28 29 I I I, 11 :1 food and shall also include all vegetable trimmings from markets or stores. Articles and things not hereinbefore enumerated are not included in the term "garbage", to wit: dead animals over five 4 5 6 7 8 pounds in weight, dish or waste water, paper and other combustible or inflammable material, crockery, glass, cans, tins, ashes, wire and sweepings and like materials. "By Products" shall mean and include (1) all material pro- 9 10 11 12 duced, developed or generated incidental to the operation of any business, which is not the principal object of production of such business, but which material, due to its nature, can be sold by the producer thereof at a price greater than the cost of hauling such material to the point of delivery or sale; (2) all material 13 which, due to its nature, can be sold by the producer thereof, at the point of production, for a valuable consideration; and (3) all such materials as the City Council, by resolution, designates as 14 15 16 17 by-products. "Garbage Collector" shall mean an agent or employee of the City of San Bernardino or any person, firm or corporation or association, or the agents or employees thereof, licensed by con- tract or permit, to collect and transport garbage in the City of San Bernardino. 181 19 I 20 I I I 21 I "Rubbish Collector" shall mean an agent or employee of the City of San Bernardino or any person, firm or corporation or association, or the agents or employees thereof, licensed by con- tract or permit, to collect and transport rubbish in the City of San Bernardino. "Person" includes any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation or association." 30 amended to read as follows: SECTION TWO: Ordinance No. 1698 Section Eight is hereby 31 "SECTION EIGHT: 32 ' . A. That no person, except the City Rubbish Collector 2 !i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or a person having the requisite license and permit provided for in Section Eight or Eight and One-Half of this ordinance, shall remove rubbish from any place or premises in the City of San Bernardino or conveyor transport the same over the public highways thereof except that any person in the lawful possession of any property, other than a place of business, may collect and remove therefrom and, in a vehicle owned or lawfully possessed by him, transport any rubbish naturally accumulated upon such property so owned or lawfully possessed by him. 10 B. After and subject to the issuance of a permit by the 11 I Superintendent of the Refuse Disposal Department of said city, any I 12 i person may collect and remove or cause to be collected and removed, 13 pasteboard, cardboard, corrugated cardboard boxes and paper, which 14 must also be by-products as defined herein, from his local place I 15 I of business and transport the same in completely covered trucks 16 upon the public highways, provided that such described materials 17 have first been pressed and baled immediately and daily, except on 18 Sundays and legal holidays, by an approved mechanical or hydraulic 19 baler to a dry (20% moisture) density of IZ pounds per cubic 20 foot. Said baler shall comply with minimum specifications therefor 21 on file in the Refuse Disposal Department and shall be located in 22 an enclosed room or building on his premises and operated by his N 24 25 26 employees; and such collection, removal and transportation shall be done at least each and every week and in accordance with the rules and regulations of said Superintendent. C. Any person may remove at least semi-weekly paste- board, cardboard and corrugated cardboard boxes, which must also be by-products as defined herein, from his local place of business and transport at least semi-weekly the same in a completely covered vehicle upon the public highway, provided that such person shall first obtain a permit therefor from said Superintendent and 27 28 29 30 31 32 . 3 1 shall comply with the rules and regulations of said Superintendent. 2 D. Such pasteboard, cardboard, corrugated cardboard boxes 3 and paper referred to in this ordinance shall be deemed to mean 4 combustible fibres as set forth in Article 7 of said Fire Preven- 5 tion Code of said city, and such collection, removal and trans- 6 portation and the storage of such combustible fibres shall be 7 I performed in compliance with Article 7 thereof and with other I 8 provisions of this ordinance and law and subject to the rules and 9 , ~I regulations of said Superintendent and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. 11 E. Said Superintendent may issue permits to individual 12 places of business to dispose of by-products subject to his rules 13 and regulations, provided that any by-product which is also a 14 combustible fibre as set forth herein or in Article 7 of the Fire 15 Prevention Code, shall be removed, stored, transported and disposed 16 of in compliance with Article 7 of said Fire Prevention Code and I 17 I other provisions of this ordinance and law and the rules and 18 I regulations of said Superintendent and said Chief Engineer. 19 F. Any person who desires to operate a privately owned 20 vehicle on the public streets for the collection, removal, trans- 21 portation or disposal of any rubbish, combustible fibres or by- 22 product must obtain a permit for such operation from said Super- 2~ intendent. No permit may be granted when such vehicle is not 24 provided with a tight cover and so operated as to prevent offensive 25 odors escaping therefrom and refuse, liquids and other material 26 from being blown, dropped or spilled. 27 28 29 30 31 32 G. Any permit may be revoked or suspended by said Superin- tendent for a violation of any provision of this ordinance or the rules and regulations of said Superintendent or said Chief Engineer subject to a right of appeal to the Mayor and Common Council in accordance with prescribed procedures. . 4 'I 1 H. Said Superintendent shall have the authority to make 2 reasonable rules and regulations concerning the storage, collec- 3 tion, transportation and disposal of rubbish, garbage, combustible 4 fibres and by-products by private persons as he shall find neces- 5 sary, subject to a right of appeal from his order to the Mayor and 6 COllllllon Council in accordance with prescribed procedures." 7 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 8 adopted by the Mayor and COllllllon Council 9. nardino at CV1V ~ ~AL&v 10 the-,PH day of {j~A-/~ / , of the City of San Ber- meeting thereof held on 1966, by the following 11 I vote, to wit: , I 12 I AYES: 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2.3 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 NOES: ;;~ ABSENT: ~~~ ~/1 ,~~/ ordinance is hereby approved thisr~ day of ~ foregoing ~A/ , 1966. /L'4 C-/J /~ Mayor 0 the City ot an erna ~no z:;;:a::. J' ~ty torney 'I, ,( n ~af~ ~:cL5 .