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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0433 � . ORDINPNCE N0. 433 API ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF .LYiV�700D, DEFINING GARBAGE AND TRASH AND PROVIDIIQG AND REGULATING THE KE��ING� COLLECTTOIQ, AIQD DISPOSAL THEREOF AND FOR THE COLLECTION OF SERVICE CHARGES-FOR SUCH SERVICE P.1QD P.T�ESCRIBING FET ALTIES FOR `1'HE VIOLATIO:Q OF SAID ORDIi�1ANCE. ��¢ /l.. _! �,•„�/� � p �� �.����..--� The City Council of the City of Lynvaood does or•dain as follovis: Section 1: As used in this ordinance unless otherraise required by,the context: a. Garbage includes all refuse, fruit and vegetable material that attend the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storage of ineats, fish, fowl, fruits or veget�bles and an;� other materials used Por foodstuffs. b. For the purpose o� this ordinance, the word ��trash°, 1 sha11 mean and include all those items and things included tiFaithin the definition of the term '�combustible trash'�, as hereinafter defined and limited, and �'ashes"; provided that the term °trash��!, sh��ll not � mean or include any of the following: garbage, dead animals, dirt, or broken concrete, or 2,ny waste materials, including plaster, result- ing from manufacturing processes. For the purpose of this ordinance the term °co�bustible tr�sh°, is defined to be all waste and refuse, capable of burning readily, from and incidental to the use of homes and places of bus- inese, such as coffee grounds,.egg shella, newspapers, magazines, wrappings, discarded clothing, empty packing cases, packing materials, such as paper, hay, atraw, shavings, excelsior and sawdust, �,lso lawn and tree trimmings and cuttings, vaeeds and leaves from pro- perty used for residential purposes, provided, that all such trim- mings, �^leeds and leaves, in order to be classified either as '�trash�� . or as "combustible trash", and collected under the provisions hereof, — • -1 M - �. ^ -. � 1 ehall either be securely tied in bundles not exceeding six (6) feet in length and twelve (12) inches in diameter and not iqeighing more than 75 pounda, or shall be cut in lengths not exceeding twenty-four (24) inches, and placed vrithin a separate trash con- tainer of the size, shape and type hereinaf ter apecified; ��combus- tible trash�� shall not include, or be construed to include, any of the following: garbage, dead animals, dirt or earth, ashes, ° non- combustible trash as hereinafter defined, or any waste materials, including plaster, resulting from building construction, alteration or repair, or resulting from manufacturing procecaes. For the purpose of this ordi.na.nce, the term °non-combustible trash° is defined to�be all waste and refuse from residences and and places of business such as metals, tin cans, bottlea, b roken glass, ashes and"any other materials not capable of burning re2,dily. '�Non-conbustible trash", shall not include or be construed to in- clude any of tha Yollovaing: garbage, dead animals, dirt or earth, rocks, �tones, �'combustible trash��, a.s hereinabove defined, or any waste materials, including plaster, resulting from building cor- struction, alteration or repair, or resulting from nanufzcturing processes. ?Vo individual piece of non-combustible materials shall be considered �'non-combustible trash��, within the definition thereof, as prescribed in this ordinance, nor shall be sub�ect to collection as herein provided, which is of a size in excess of two (2) feet by one (1) foot by five (5) feet, and/or a weight ofG�y�(b ) , Section 2: It shall be the duty of every person, firm or I corporation in possession�of or having char�e or control of any boarding house, lodging house, reataurant, hotel, tavern, apartment house, eating house, dwelling house, flat, duplex or multiple dwelling within the City of Lynwood to provide or cause to be provided and kept as herein required, in a place aasily accessible to the garbage _2_ collector, a�ater tight metallic can or a metal lined box ���i�h suitable bale or handles, and'tight fitting cover with a capacity of not less than five.{5) ga.11ons and not to exceed twenty (20) gallons, not to exceed seventy-five (75) pounda in weight; in it shall be placed all garbage accumulating on the premiaes, provided, that persons living in the same apartment house, duplex, flat, or multiple dwelling may use a sing7.e garbage can in common or may . use ind.ividual containera. Section 3: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cornoration to keep or deposit any garbage or rubbish on any premises except in a can or other receptacle or to bury any garbage or rubbiah; provided that this provision shall net apply to a person, firm or corporation holding a contract nith the City of Lynwood or to peraona, firms or corporations actually engaged,' with permission of the City of Lynwood or licensed by the City of Ly mvood, in the collection- of rubbish and garbage. Trash offered for collection must firat be separated into '�combustible trash°, ° non-combustible trash��, with bottles and cans � all separated from/other types of non-combustible trash, and '�ashes°, a.nd each of these types of trash placed in aeparate containers, or offered for collection separately, as in this ordinance required by the peraon offering the same for collection. The authorized collector of trash ahall have the right to refuse the collection of any trash not conforming to the de�inition of trash, as defined in this o.rdinance, or not separately offered for collection, as required in this ordinance, Section 4: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to burn any garbage or rubbish within the City of Lynwood r•�ithout first obtaining a permit to do so from the Fire Chief of the City of Lynwood. -3- . . � Section 5: It shall be unlawful to remove or carry througn any of the streets of Lyn!��ood wit�rout the permission of the City of Lynivood, any garbage or rubbish; except in trucics, '. . carts or.waggons having a metallic or metal lined body with proper covers so that the garbage shall not be offensive and the garbage and rubbish shall be so loaded that none of it shall fal7. and drop or spill upon the ground, and si� ll be �rotected from wind and rain, � Section 6: Tin cans a.nd bottles must be senarated from all other types of trash or garbage and they may be placed in separate garbage containers or they may be placed in separate metal or wooden containers which shall be kept clean and sanitary, Garbage containers and trash containera shall be kept in the place and manner as follows: When there is a. paved alley, other ' than a blind alley, in the rear of said premises where garbage and trash is offered for collection,. said containere shr�ll be placed in said alley, in a convenient place.for the collec�tor of garbage and trash, immediately ad,jacent to the property line, only during the hours fixed for collection, Where there is no paved alley in the rear of such premises, or mhere the only alley in,the rear of the premises is a blind alley, said containers shall be placed on the curb, in a convenient place for eaid collector, in front of such premise�, only during the hours fixed for the collection of garbage and trash therefrom. It shall be the duty of every person placing a garbage or trash container upon any street, sidewalk, curb cm alley for garbage or tr,ash collections, to remove such containera from said �treet, sidewalk or alley immediately after the contents of said container have been collected by the authorized ccllector of garbage or trash. Section 7: It shsll be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to collect or dispo-se of garbage or rubbish within the City of Lynv✓ood unless permission has been granted to said person, firm or corporation by a duly executed contract �vith the City of _4- Lynwood.for that purpose, or the granting of a license for that purpose.� � Section 8: It shall be unlawful for any persor, firm or corporation to move garbage from any boarding house, restaurant, - hotel, or other place �ithout first having obtained a written contract duly executed for the removal of the same, entered into by the City of L,ynwood and the peraon, firm or corpora.tion so re— moving the same, and then only in properly equipped conveyances, to remove a.nd handle such garbage in a sanitary manner. Section 9: The City P:2anager of the City of Lynwood shall cause to be inspected at regular intervals, the vessels or receptacles used in depositing garbage in said City of Lynvaood and such inspector shall be the sole �udge of the condition of such vessels or receptacles, as to their fitness for such use. The City n�Ianager shall ca.use to be placed, red tags on each and every vessel which he deems inadequate, either by reason of its conditlon or size, to hold the gar�age in the prescribed manner, or for any of the " other reasons set forth in this ordinance. The City pRanager may cause to be placed, taga on garbage and trash receptaclea r•:�henever a de— linquency in the garbage or trash•fees of tYie individual ovaning the garba.ge or trash receptacle exists, ad.'vising the owner of such de— linquency, Such tags shall have a copy of the penQlties hereinafter set forth in this ordinance printed upon the same, and sha11 set forth also the reason for the tags being attached to such vessel or recep— tacle, The owner of said vessel or receptacle tagged by direction of the City Nianager shall, within five (5} da.ys, repla.ce the sa.id vessel, or receptacle, by a suitable receptacle as aet forth in this ordinance or sY!all nay the delinqt�ent trash and garbage fees in the event the receptacle is tagged for such delinquency, ' Section 10: The follovrin� fees are hereby establisned as —5— , the fees to be paid for aervices rendered in the collection and disposal of garbage and'trash.. a. For all �ingle family and two family dwellings, fifty cents (50¢) per month per unit for garbage collection two times a �veek,.cans and bottles one time monthly, all other combustible trash two times monthl�y. ' b, For all apartment houses, Ylats, courts, motels, or multiple family dwellings, forty cents (40¢) per month for each unit for the same collection service as rendered for single family dwe113ngs. c,. For commercial establishments receiving two collections per week for garbage and one collection per. week for trash �Fihere the garbage receptacle is less than 21 gallons, not exceedin� seventy— five (75) pounds, in vaeight, per collection and trash ivill not ex— ceed tiao receptaclea or seventy—five (75) pounds per collection. • VJhere additional collections per vJeek are necessar,y, the rates shall be in accordance with the follotiving te.ble: Gallona of Garbage RTUmber Collections Per tizleek (garbege only) 2 3 4 5 6 21 gals or less ,50 .65 .�80 1.00 1.20 21 to 41 gallons .65 .85 1.10 1.35 1.50 41 gallons or over ,85 1,05 1.30 1.50 1.75 Except in those commercial establishments v�=ho Aroduce evidence to the Vlater Clerk that they employ a licensed tr�sh hauler and pay sam2 for such service, such establishments vai11 be exempted from the�above chargea. d. For unusual accumulations of garbage and rubbisn, and for places not herein otherwise provided, such rates shall be charged a;, agreed upon by the City of Lynwood and the perabn from whom such garbage or rubbish is collected, but in no case shall the fees be lesa than fifty (50¢�) c�txts per month. —�- Where regular garbage service is rendered by the City of Lynwood no extra charge shall be made for the removal of tin cans or bottles, but where tin cans or bottles alone are ta�en by the City garbage collector, the regular charge shall be made for such removal. Section 11: It shall be unlawful for any person whose garbag�as been collected by the City Collector as herein provided to wilfully fail, neglect or refuse, after denand by the to pay the fee as herein described for such services and in the manner prescribed in Section 13 of this ordinance. Section 12: The abcve fees shall be charged and billed as a monthly service charge, payable two months in advance. RTO credit will be allowed for a portion of a month's service. The City Treasurer shall be responsible for all monies collected and shall deposit the same in the General Fund of the City, An accurate record shoi�in� service and collections on each location shall be ltept, Where it can be shoc�n'by the statement of any person that garbage service is not required and a survey of the premises bears out such fact, the City IVIanager is hereby empowered to cancel or ad,�ust said charge in a proper and equitable ma.nner. . Section 13: The method of collecting the fees a.s prescr�ibed herein shall be as follows: The City owns and operatea the water distributing system. Bil� are sent each month for water service. It is hereby determined that the bills for water service shall also be the medium for billing �.�-�'*"'� � and collecting garbage fees during the month in ti�hich , • the bill tivas rendered. PJhen the regular water bill is rendered for a. particular location and there appears thereon a charge for garbage collection, the total sum shown on said bill shall be paid as a unit —7— and all the.provisions of City Ordinance No, and amendments thereto appertaining to the collection of fees for water service shall apply to the total amount shown on the statement for both water service and garba.�e service. �.mere garbage is collection at locations where Cit,y water is not consumed, a separate bi-monthly bill shall be presented to the person liable for the garbage collection ,char�e, pa,yable two montha in advance. The collection of such charge shall be.governed by the provisions of the general law. Section 14: Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof sha.11 be punishable by a fine of not more than �300.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, for a period of not mae than 3 montha, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 15: If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the provision to other bersons or circumstancee, shall not be affected. Section 16: Conflicts: That Ordinance No. 350 of the City of Lynviood and all other ordinances or parts of ordina.nces`�in•conflict v�ith the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 17: The City C12rk is hereby ordered and �rected to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation printed, published, and circulated in the City of Lynwood, .: .,.> �. ADCPTED and APPROVID this <�=,�- day of ����� ,1946 ;°; •: > � � �.�. ���'� �J�.� �f' J,� �' � � — P,IAYO � pF' TH I Y Ur LY"I490�D w , `., `�� y =A�PTEST: .. Y �'� / , y � " I � J i v � . � � `•'; • 1 ' LERR, IPY�F LYN d OD .,.T.ATE OF C.ALIFO:?SiIA } COUI�TY Or� LOS F.IuGE�EB) ��, 6ITY QF LYVifd00D ) I, Frank R, Llmber, City Clerk of the City of Lyn�rrood California, do hereby certify that the w:�ole number of inembers of the City Council of the sa.id City is five; that the fore�oing O�iidA\�C�,� being �RDI�tANCE N0, 433 , �cas duly passed and adopted by the said City CoGncil, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting.of,the said Council held on the 16th day of _ July , Ao D< 1946 , and that the same was so passed . and adopted by_the follovning vote: Ayes: _Coizncilmen Dotv, Je Shrock, a nd William IQoea: _ None_ Absent: Counc Wi��ins ?`JITIdESS my hand. a,nd the seal of said City this 22n day of _ Julv _, A. D., 194g , - ` +�`14�.U�i � +�'". .r W„ . 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