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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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, 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.
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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
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� and collecting garbage fees during the month in ti�hich
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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
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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,
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ADCPTED and APPROVID this <�=,�- day of ����� ,1946
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COUI�TY Or� LOS F.IuGE�EB) ��,
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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 , -
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