8.04.020 Accumulation—Type and placement of containers.
No person shall deposit, keep, accumulate or permit any C&D debris, source-separated materials, or other solid waste to be deposited, kept or accumulated upon any lot or parcel of land, or on any public or private place, creek, lake or drainageway, street, lane, alley or drive, unless the same shall be kept, deposited or allowed to accumulate as provided in this chapter.
A. Waste. No person shall keep, accumulate or permit to be kept or accumulated any waste upon any lot or parcel of land, or on any public or private place, street, lane, alley or drive, unless the same shall be in metal or plastic receptacles provided or approved by the franchisee. The maximum weight of a cart* and its contents at collection time shall not exceed seventy-five pounds. Each receptacle shall be provided with close-fitting metal or plastic lids or covers which shall be kept closed at all times except when necessarily opened to permit waste to be taken therefrom or deposited therein. Each receptacle shall be kept in a clean, neat, sanitary condition at all times. The outside of each receptacle, including its cover, shall be kept clean from accumulating grease or decomposing material. Waste shall not be kept in any creek, lake or drainageway whether it is in a receptacle or not.
* Code reviser’s note: Per the city’s request, this word has been changed from “receptacle” to “cart” so as to use the correct terminology.
B. Location of Waste Containers. Each container provided or approved by the franchisee shall be kept or placed entirely above ground level at a location which is convenient for access by collection personnel during the time for collection, as follows:
1. Where there is an alley, other than a blind alley, in the rear of the premises, such container shall be placed on the premises within five feet of the rear property line.
2. Where there is no alley, such container shall be placed on the premises within twenty feet of the rear of the restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, hospital, hotel, boarding house, and other like eating places, apartment houses, or dwelling from which waste is accumulated. It may not be placed in any creek, lake or drainageway.
C. Containers which do not comply with the requirements as stipulated in this chapter or which deteriorate to the point where they do not comply will be tagged by the franchisee and, if not replaced by the next regular collection day, will be considered as waste and will be removed by the franchisee in the same manner as any other waste.
D. No person shall place, store or otherwise keep any waste container in a receptacle or pit in an exterior location which is not entirely above ground level.
E. Waste containers shall not be placed adjacent to the street for pickup more than twenty-four hours before pickup time, and such containers shall be removed within the twelve-hour period following pickup, except in the Business Improvement Area (as defined in Chapter 12.36). In the Business Improvement Area, waste containers shall not be placed adjacent to the street for pickup before 5:00 p.m. or the close of business on the day preceding pickup, whichever is later. Such containers shall be removed before 10:00 a.m. following pickup.
F. No person shall place any waste into a waste container without permission of the owner or tenant of the property on which the container sits. (Ord. 1706 § 4, 2021; Ord. 1192 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1176 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1040 (part), 1985; prior code § 5200.1)