HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2890 ORDINANCE NO. 2890
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTIONS 8. 20. 010, 8.20. 110, 8. 20.120,
8.20.140 and 8. 20.150, RELATING TO REFUSE
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as
follows :
SECTION 1 . Section 8.20. 010 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8. 20. 010 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of these regulations :
(a) "Basic level of service" means that level of collection
and disposal service necessary to collect refuse generated by an
average family in one unit of service, as specifically provided in
any given contract between the city and any person for collection of
such refuse, or as provided by resolution of the city council.
Refuse items or substances excluded from collection by regulation of
the director or by contract, as hereinafter provided; refuse capable
thereof which has not been placed in containers or bundles within
the weight and size limits hereinafter set forth for containers or
bundles, any unit of refuse which exceeds four feet in length or
which exceeds forty pounds in weight, and any amount of refuse in
excess of that provided by such contract or such resolution as that
generated by an average family in one unit of service, are excluded
from the "basic level of service. "
(b) "City refuse collector" means any collector either
employed by or under contract with the city to provide removal,
transportation, and disposition of refuse from residents and users
of premises within the city, other than one who does so from his own
premises.
(c) "Collection" means pickup, removal, transporation or dis-
position of refuse, except by a person with refuse from premises
owned, occupied or used by such person, as hereinafter provided.
(d) "Director" means the Huntington Beach director of public
works or his authorized representative.
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(e) "Garbage" means all putrescible solid wastes, including
but not limited to vegetable matter, animal offal and carcasses of
small animals, discarded food containers or other matter that
attends the preparation, consumption, packing, canning, storage and
decay of meats, fish, fowls, vegetables and fruit intended for human
and animal consumption, excluding human excrement.
(f ) "Nonunit of service" means and includes all locations
specifically excluded from subsection (k) .
(g) "Person" means any individual, firm, governmental unit,
organization, partnership, corporation, company or other entity.
(h) "Refuse" means garbage and solid waste and shall not
include sewage waste or waste water, explosive substances,
radioactive materials, materials which have been exposed to highly
infectious or contagious diseases, or other hazardous materials.
( i ) "Rubbish" means all nonputrescible solid wastes, including
but not limited to special handling items such as trees, tree limbs,
logs, automobile bodies, motor vehicle parts, building materials,
appliances, household goods, sod and dirt, metal, wood and rock.
( j ) "Solid wastes" means combustible and noncombustible waste
materials not included in the term "Garbage" and shall include tree
and shrubbery trimmings, lawn renovatings, grass, weeds, leaves,
chips, paper, pasteboard, magazines, books, rags, rubber, carpet,
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, furniture, bedding, bottles, cans,
metals, mineral matter , glass, crockery, dirt, dust, packing boxes
and cartons, crates, packing material and all other kinds or
rubbish, trash or waste material which ordinarily accumulates in the
operation of a household or a business.
( k) "Unit of service" means each single-family residence, and
each dwelling unit within a duplex, a triplex or a fourplex
receiving noncommercial refuse collection service. It shall not
include any hotel, motel, lodge, hall, club tourist camp, trailer
camp, mobilehome park, church, business or industrial establishment,
or any lot containing more than four dwelling units .
SECTION 2. Section 8. 20. 110 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows :
2.
8 . 20.110 Collection--Other premises. Any premises other than
units of service shall use the collection service operated by the
city refuse collector, as hereinbefore provided, for refuse not
excluded from the basic level of service and which is generated,
accumulated, and lawfully placed for collection.
SECTION 3. Section 8. 20.120 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.20. 120 Collection--Excluded refuse. (a) The owner or
occupant of each and every premises in the city which generates
refuse excluded from the basic level of service, and the owner or
occupant of premises other than a unit of service who personally
collects, conveys and disposes of refuse generated on the premises
shall remove and dispose of such excluded refuse in a manner
approved by the director and consistent with the provisions of this
chapter .
(b) The city refuse collector shall make available bins and
drop-off bodies, provide additional collections not required by this
chapter , pick up refuse at points other than as required in this
chapter or provide for the collection of greater volumes of refuse
per collection than required in this chapter, any or all of these
additional services at the request of the person or business being
served. The city refuse collection may make a direct charge in each
instance for such additional service under a written agreement which
shall be subject to the approval of the director and at such rates
as are reasonable, just and uniform for all persons or businesses
being served. All such direct charges shall be collected by the
city refuse collector .
(c ) The director may, by written permit, authorize provision
of bins and drop-off bodies if the city refuse collector fails to
provide such service within five ( 5) calendar days after a customer
order and such service is not thereafter provided within forty-
eight ( 48) hours after notice to the city's refuse collector of such
failure by the director .
SECTION 4. Section 8. 20. 140 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.
8. 20 . 140 Transportation--Conveyance approval . No refuse
collector shall transport refuse in a conveyance that has not been
approved by the director . All vehicles used in collecting and
transporting refuse shall be provided with metal bodies so
constructed as to be leakproof and to prevent loss , spillage or
blowing away of any contents collected or transported within the
city. Such vehicles shall be thoroughly cleaned to eliminate
odors and decayed materials.
SECTION 5 . Section 8. 20 .150 of the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows :
8. 20. 150 Disposal methods . No city refuse collector or
other person shall ispose of refuse, except by one of the
following methods:
(a) By processing in a transfer station or a sanitary
landfill that is designed, operated and equipped in accordance
with regulations set forth by the appropriate governmental
regulatory agencies;
(b) Any person may dispose of refuse from premises owned,
occupied or used by such person in a manner approved by the
director and consistent with the provisions of this chapter .
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
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after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd
day of February , 19 87 .
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk � -J'7 City Attorney
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REVIEWED' APPROVED: IN IATED AND APPR ED.:
ity Administrator Director of Public Works
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Ord. No. 2890
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of January
19 87 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of February , 19 87 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Winchell, Mays, Finley, Kelly, Erskine, Bannister
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Green(out of room)
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex•ofticio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Huntington
6aach Independent on
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in accordance with t e City Ch" cr 07 sad Y•
;AUCIA M. W
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