HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 123 1990 0321ORDINANCE NO. 123
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK REPEALING ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 4,
DIVISION 2 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING CHAPTER 10 TO TITLE 6 TO THE
MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE
REGULATION OF SOLID WASTE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 4, Division 2 of the Moorpark
Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10 of Title 6 of the Moorpark Municipal
Code is added to read
"CHAPTER 10 - REGULATION OF SOLID WASTE
Section 6.10.010 - Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to
provide for the collection and transportation of Solid Waste to a
City - designated Disposal Site. The City has determined that public
health and safety require the collection, transportation, and disposal
of Solid Waste to be controlled and regulated by the City through the
system provided in this chapter.
Section 6.10.020 - Definitions.
a) "Bin" shall mean a Solid Waste container satisfying the
requirements of Section 6.10.040(c).
b) "City" shall mean the City of Moorpark.
c) "City Manager" shall mean the City Manager, of the City of
Moorpark.
d) "Commercial Collector" shall mean any person, corporation,
association, partnership, business, or any individual, group or
combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee, authorized by
license, franchise, contract, operations agreement or otherwise with
the City to collect, transport and dispose of Solid Waste from sources
within the City for a Commercial Cus•r.omer.
e) "Commercial Customer" shall mean any person, corporation,
association, partnership, business, or any individual, group or
combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee, using a Bin or
Drop Box for Solid Waste accumulations, conducting a business within a
commercial or industrial zone, or operating an apartment, condominium,
townhome complex, school, or mobile home park within any zone. For
purposes of this chapter, an apartment, condominium, or townhome
complex shall contain four (4) units.
f) "Disposal Site" shall mean any Recycling center, materials
recovery facility, intermediate processing center, incineration
facility or landfill where Solid Waste may be taken for intermediate
processing or final disposal.
g) "Drop Box" shall mean a Solid Waste container satisfying the
requirements of Section 6.10.040(d).
h) "Drop Box Transporter" shall mean any person, corporation,
association, partnership, business, or any individual, group, or
combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee, authorized by
license, franchise, contract, operations agreement or otherwise with
the City to transport and dispose of Solid Waste from sources within
the City for Customers.
i) "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any material defined as
hazardous in the State Health and Safety Code, as may be amended from
time to time; a waste that is hazardous according to the criteria set
forth in the California Code of Regulations, as may be amended from
time to time or any waste that must be disposed of in a hazardous waste
landfill.
j) "Receptacle" shall mean a Solid Waste container satisfying
the requirements of Section 6.10.040(b).
k) "Recycling" shall mean the process of collecting, sorting,
cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials that would otherwise
become Solid Waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in
the form of products which meet the quality standards necessary to be
used in the marketplace.
1) "Residential Collector" shall mean any person, corporation,
association, partnership, business or any individual, group, or
combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee, authorized by
license, franchise, contract, operations agreement or otherwise with
the City to collect, transport and dispose of Solid Waste from sources
within the City for a Residential Customer.
m) "Residential Customer" shall mean any non - Commercial Customer.
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n) "Solid Waste" shall include all putrescible and
non- putrescible waste, including, but not limited to, animal feces,
food waste, waste paper, newspaper, glass, aluminum, plastic, garbage,
cardboard, rags, refuse, household ashes, lawn clippings, tree and
shrubbery trimmings, leaves, wearing apparel, household goods, wooden
containers, and all worthless, useless, unused, rejected, or cast -off
solid or semi -solid matter and commercial and construction waste, such
as cement and asphalt, excluding Hazardous Materials as defined in this
chapter and dead animals.
Section 6.10.030 - Solid Waste accumulations.
a) No Commercial or Residential Customer shall accumulate, keep
or deposit Solid Waste upon any lot or parcel of land, whether public
or private, other than in Bins, Drop Boxes or Receptacles and in
accordance with Sections 6.10.040 and 6.10.050.
b) No Commercial or Residential Customer owning, occupying, or
having the control of any premises or vacant lot or any person
occupying a dwelling within the City shall permit any Solid Waste to
become or remain offensive, unsightly, or unsafe to the public health
or safety or to deposit, keep, or accumulate, or permit or cause any
Solid Waste to be deposited, kept, or accumulated, upon any property,
lot, or parcel of land or upon any public or private place, street,
lane, alley or driveway, except as allowed by this chapter.
c) No Commercial or Residential Customer shall place or cause to
be placed any Solid Waste generated upon any property or by any
residential, commercial or industrial use into any Receptacle, Drop Box
or Bin other than those owned or controlled by such person, unless
permission for such use is granted by the Commercial or Residential
Customer owning or controlling the Receptacle, Bin or Drop Box.
d) No Commercial or Residential Customer owning, occupying or
having control of any premises shall set out or cause to be set out for
collection any Solid Waste other than that originating on the premises.
e) No Commercial or Residential Customer shall dispose of Solid
Waste in or near litter receptacles placed by the City in public places
for incidential use by pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
f) No Commercial or Residential Customer shall accumulate, keep
or deposit Solid Waste in such a manner that a public nuisance is
created, including, but not limited to, allowing flies, mosquitos, or
rodents to breed therein.
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Section 6.10.040 - Solid Waste Containers.
a) Solid Waste shall be kept free of all Hazardous Materials and
shall be securely wrapped with paper or plastic and placed in a closed
Receptacle, Bin or Drop Box.
b) Receptacles shall be made of metal or plastic if barrels, or
plastic if bags, and of sufficient strength to prevent them from being
broken under ordinary conditions. They shall have a maximum capacity
of forty -five (45) gallons, unless issued by the collector, in which
case they may have a maximum capacity of fifty-five (55) gallons, and
shall not exceed sixty -five (65) pounds when filled. Receptacles shall
be equipped with a vermin and animal resistant cover or seal which
shall be utilized at all times and side handles if metal or plastic
barrels. Receptacles shall be in a condition such that their contents
can be fully enclosed and such that they shall stand upright and leave
no sharp, jagged or otherwise dangerous corners or edges.
c) Bins shall possess a fire resistant lid, which shall be
utilized at all times, the top of which shall not exceed (60) inches in
height from the surface to the ground. They shall have a capacity of
at least one and one -half (1 112) cubic yards but not more than six (6)
cubic yards. Bins shall be constructed of metal or other material as
approved by the City. All Bins must be rented or purchased from the
City or a Commercial Collector.
d) Drop Boxes shall have a capacity of at least ten (10) cubic
yards. They shall be constructed of metal or other material as
approved by the City. All Drop Boxes must be rented or purchased from
the City or a Commercial Collector.
e) Receptacles, Drop Boxes and Bins shall be maintained in a
clean, safe and sanitary condition.
Section 6.10.050 - Placement of Containers_
a) Any Receptacle, Bin or Drop Box shall be placed for
collection on any sidewalk, street, roadway or alley only as provided
in this chapter.
b) Any Receptacle or Bin shell be placed for collection along
any street, roadway or alley only on the day established for the
collection of Solid Waste on the particular route or after 5:30 p.m. on
the day immediately prior to such collection, and shall not remain
thereon for more than eighteen (18) hours after it has been emptied.
c) Any Receptacle placed for collection along a street or
roadway shall be placed between the curb line and the property line as
close to the curb line or edge of the street or roadway as
practicable.
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d) Any Receptacle, Bin or Drop box placed for collection in any
alley shall be placed as close to the property line as practicable.
e) Any Bin or Drop Box placed in any street, roadway or alley
shall require an encroachment permit from the City pursuant to the
Moorpark Municipal Code.
Section 6.10.060 - Interference with Solid Waste. No person other
than a Residential or Commercial Collector, Drop Box Transporter or
Customer shall interfere in any manner with any Receptacle, Bin or Drop
Box or the contents thereof, nor remove any such Receptacle, Bin or
Drop Box from the location where it was placed by the Collector,
Transporter or Customer, nor remove the contents of any Receptacle, Bin
or Drop Box.
Section 6.10.070 - Contract-, and _Payment for Solid Waste
Collection Service.
a) All Residential and Commercial Customers in the City shall
contract with the City or its agent for the weekly removal of Solid
Waste from their property.
b) The City or its agent is authorized to charge Residential and
Commercial Customers a fee for the collection and transportation of
Solid Waste, subject to the approval by the City Council of the fee.
The failure of any Customer to promptly remit the service charge when
due and payable shall entitle the City or its agent to collect a late
fee from that Customer. The level of late fees shall be approved by
the City Council. The maximum amount. of Solid Waste to be collected at
any one time from Residential Customers without any additional charge
shall be determined by the City. Customers shall be charged extra for
all Solid Waste in excess of the above limits on any given collection
day.
Section 6.10.080 - Solid Waste Collection. No person,
corporation, association, partnership, business, or any individual,
group, or combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee shall
collect, or enter into an agreement to collect, or provide for the
collection or disposal of Solid Waste, unless such person, corporation,
association, partnership, business, or any individual, group, or
combination acting as a unit, other than as an employee, making or
providing for the collection or disposal is authorized by the City to
operate within the 'City by means of a license, franchise, contract,
operations agreement or otherwise.
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Section 6.10.090 - Franchises for Solid Waste Collection. The
City reserves the right to grant an exclusive or non - exclusive license,
franchise, contract, operations agreement or otherwise for the
collection and transportation of Solid Waste from sources within the
City under such terms and conditions as are contained in this chapter
and as may be prescribed by the City Council. The City may require
monetary compensation from Collectors and Transporters, in exchange for
the license, franchise, contract, operations agreement or otherwise. A
written agreement between the City and the Collector or Transporter
shall be required when the City exercises its right to license,
franchise, or otherwise contract for the collection and transportation
of Solid Waste.
Section 6.10.100- Collection and_Transportation Times and Days.
a) No Residential Collector or Drop Box Transporter shall
collect Solid Waste in the City or pick up or deliver Drop Boxes except
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
nor at any time on Saturdays or Sundays except as provided in Section
6.10.100(d).
b) No Commercial Collector shall collect Solid Waste in the City
except between the hours of 6:00 a.m,. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays,
nor at any time on Sundays except as provided in Section 6.10.100(d).
c) No Residential or Commercial Collector or Drop Box
Transporter shall collect or transport Solid Waste within 200 feet of a
public or private elementary, junior high, or high school during the
one -half (2) hour before the commencement of the regular school day and
one -half (2) hour following the conclusion of the regular school day.
It shall be the responsibility of the Collector or Transporter to
ascertain the various starting and ending times for schools in the City.
d) Whenever a holiday recognized by the City or any Disposal Site
falls upon a regularly scheduled collection day, the collections
scheduled for that day, and for the remainder of the week, may be
picked up one day later than scheduled. The Collector or Transporter
shall provide the City with at least ten (10) days prior written notice
of the collection schedule for each applicable holiday and the
Collector shall place advertisements in one (1) daily newspaper serving
the City notifying Customers of the same. Customers shall also be
notified of any change to the regular schedule by the Collector or
Transporter on the last bill prior to the holiday.
Section 6.10.110 - Solid Waste Di_spo_sal_.
a) The City shall approve where Solid Waste generated in the
City is transported for disposal. No Collector or Transporter shall
dispose of Solid Waste at a Disposal Site owned or controlled by the
Collector or Transporter or its parent or holding company unless
expressly granted by the City.
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b) No person, including a Collector or Transporter, shall burn
any Solid Waste within the City at any time, except as otherwise
permitted by law.
c) No person, including a Collector or Transporter, shall bury
or dump any Solid Waste within the City, except at a designated
Disposal Site and then only in accordance with the rules and
regulations governing the use of such Disposal Site.
d) No Residential Collector shall provide less than weekly
collection of Solid Waste from all Residential Customers in the City
when such Solid Waste is properly placed for collection on the day of
collection.
e) No Commercial Collector or Drop Box Transporter shall fail to
collect Solid Waste accumulated by each Commercial Customer as many
times as requested by the Commercial Customer or once each week,
whichever is more frequent.
f) No Residential Collector collecting or transporting Solid
Waste within the City shall create noise levels in excess of 65
decibels. No Commercial Collector or Drop Box Transporter collecting
or transporting Solid Waste within the City shall create noise levels
in excess of 70 decibels.
g) No Collector or Transporter shall fail to maintain Bins and
Drop Boxes other than in good repair."
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases,
parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days
after its passage and adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of -the passage
and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within
fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the
same to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation, as
defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of
Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March , 1990.
Lillian E. Kell man
City Clerk
ADM. 901311
Paul W. Lw4ra son, Jr.
Mayor
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AUL W. LAWRASON, Jr.
Mayor
SCOTT MONTGOMERY
Mayor Pro Tern
ELOISE BROWN
Councilmember
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D.
Councilmember
BERNARDO M. PEREZ
Councilmember
LILLIAN KELLERMAN
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA )
CITY OF MOORPARK )
SS.
STEVEN KUENY
City Manager
CHERYL J.KANE
City Attorney
PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Director of
Community Development
R. DENNIS DELZEIT
City Engineer
JOHN V. GILLESPIE
Chief of Police
RICHARD T. HARE
City Treasurer
I, Lillian E. Kellerman, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark,
California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 123 was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the 21st day of
March
following vote:
, 1990, and that the same was adopted by the
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS BROWN, HARPER, MONTGOMERY, PEREZ AND
MAYOR LAWRASON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 26th day
of March , 1990.
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