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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0769~ , , . ORDINANCE N0, 769 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 15,1 AND 15.2, ADDTNG SECTION 15,4 AND AMENDING~ SECTI~NS 15.5, 15,6~ 15.10 AND 1~,16 LYNWOOD CITY C~DE~ The City Couneil of the City o£ Lynwood does ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 15.1 Lynwood City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 15,1. Definitions. "For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section. "Combustible rubbish shall mean paper and rags, except paper and rags from the offices, businesses, and institutions described in Section 15.4, diacarded household. bedding, excelsior or other packing materials, cartons, boxea or containers of wood or fiber, sawdust or shavings from lumber yards, mills, factories or shops, lumber scraps, wood. or wood.en articles, grass, trees, plants, vines and the prunings thereof, Combustible rubbish shall not include dirt, sweepings or any discarded material whatever from the o£fices, lausinesses and institu- tions described in Section 15,4. "Garbage shall mean all animal and vegetable refuse of kitehens, households or restaurants, or household waste which has been prepared for or been used for food or shall have resulted from the pregaration oP food, or table refuse or oFfal, and every accumulation of all animal, vegetable, and other matter attending the preparation, con- sumption, decay, dealing in or storage of ineats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, and. shall include all garbage which shall have reaulted from the sorting or the commercial preparation or procesaing of food products, except garbage shall not include the material and waste described in Section 15,4 which shall be handled in the separate cate- gory established therefor by said Section 15,4, -1- "Noncombustible rubbish shall mean ashes, bottles, cans, broken glass, crockery, earthenware, tin cans, tinware, wire, wire netting and other articles of discarded metal or stone of less than 20 pounds in weight each, automobile tires and tubes~ batteries, metal kega, barrels or casks, "Noncombustible rub~ish shall not include any of the material and waste described in Section 15,4 which shall be handled in the separate category established therefor by said section. "Noncombustible rubbish shall also include rocks, stones, bricks, plaeter, mortar or other building materials whether com- buetible or noncombustible, except that the quantity of these materials be limited to eighty pounds per week per service." Section 2, ~zat Seetion 15,2 Lynwood City Code is hereby amended to read as followst "Section 15,2, Collection and disposal of garbage, ete,, generally. "The purpose of this chapter is to provide rules and regu- lations Por the collection and dieposal of garbage, rubbish and (in a separate category), waste and discarded material from d.octorst offices, dental offices, convalescent homes, hospitals, animal hospitals, veterinarianst offices, and other institutions and businesses in the city wherein the treatment of human beings and animals is either directly or indirectly involved, A service to the citizens of Lynwood in the general category of rubbish and garbage collection is to he performed either through a contract between the city and an independent contractor or by city forces, without pre~udice to the right of private businesses, inatitutions and individual persons to contraet separately with duly licensed contractors for the disposal of rubbish, garbage and other waste material. No rubbish~ garbage, or waste material of any description shall be removed by the city from doctors~ offices, dental of£ices, convalescent homes, hoapitals, animal hospitals, veterinarians~ o£fices, and. other institutions and businesses in the city wherein the treatment of human beings and animals is either -2~ directly or indirectly involved, eXCept that the City Council by resolution may provide £or such a removal and disposal service to said offices, institutions and places of business." 9ection 3. That the Lynwood City Code is hereby amended. by adding a new Section 15.4, to read as follows: "Section 15.4. (a) Disposal of waste material from doctors='• offices, dental offices, convalescent homes, hospitals, animal hospitals, veterinarianst offices, All garbage, putrescible matter, rubbish and waste material, except magazines, newspapers, brochures, stationery and other writings which have been d.isplayed and used for reading, writing or other communications purposes only, from doctorst' offices, dental offices, convalescent homes, hospitals, animal hospitals, veterinarians= offices and other institutions and. businesses in the city wherein the treatment of humans and animals is either directly or indirectly involved, shall be kept in watertight receptacles with close fitting lids securely locked by pad.lock or other type of Tock, and with handles or bails. Such receptacles shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected each time their contents are removed. Such garbage, putrescible matter, rubbish and waste materials, whether mixed together or not, shall not be kept for more than seven (7) days. "(b) Penalty for depositing, keeping waste materials for more than seven (7) days. Any person who shall d.eposit or keep waste material from doctors~ offices, dental offices, convalescent homes, hospitals, animal hospitals, veteriarianst offices and other institu- tions and businesses in the city wherein the treatment of humans and. animals is either directly or ind.irectly involved, for more than seven (7) days, sha11 be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.7 of this Code." Section 4. That Section 15.5 Lynwood City Code is hereby amended to read as follows; "Section 15,5. Accumulation and storage of refuse. Except as provided in Section 15.4, no person shall allow the accumulation o£ garbage or rubbish on the premises over which he exercises control -3- unless it is stored in suitable containers, and in no event shall garhage be stored for a longer period than one week." Seetion 5. That Section 15.6 Lynwood City Code is herehy amended to read as follows: '~Seetion 15,6. Piling of rubbish, Except as provided in Section 15.4, rubbish not rea~ily susceptible to placement in a con- tainer may be placed in the same manner and in the same places as designated for containers, except that no single item placed for collection shall exeeed five feet in length or two feet in width, nor shall exceed eighty pounds in weight," Section 6, That Section 15.10 Lynwood City Code ia hereby amended to read as follows; "Seetion 15,10. Burying refuse, The burying of garbage is expressly prohibited," Section 7. That Section 15,16 Lynwood City Code is hereby amended to read as Pollows: "Section 15,16, Collection -- Where collected., Except materials colleeted from the category provided by Section 15,4 (a), materials placed for colleetion will be callected from the alley, except dead-end alleys, if the alley is paved, and in all other cases, along the street, Materials colleeted from the category provided by Section 15,4 shall be collected from a suitable place provided by the person who is the owner of or in charge of the office, institution or place of business upon the private premises of such person and the receptacles containing such materials shall be contained in a patio or other place enclosed by a fence, lattice,work, or a part of the main or accessory building on four sides, and at least five feet in height." Section 8, The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed. to certify to the passage of this ordinance, and to cause the same to be published in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and cireulated in the City of Lynwood. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council o£ said. city held on the 19th day of January,,1965 , and Pinally adopted -4- at a regular meeting of said. Council held on the 2nd day of February 2, 1965 , by the following vote: Ayes; Councilmen Dunean, Ham, MeMillan Siokos Smith. Noes: Couneilmen None. ' ^ Absent; Councilmen None. ~Crl~.~/~fi~~c`~ AT T: ~ i y er , o ynwoo STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) I, the undersigned, City Cierk of the City of Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said city, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No, 769 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwocd, and that same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 3rd day o~ February , ig 65. ,