HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 548 1959-08-18
~
,~
I
~
-<
)J D
I:!l !<(
11: !l-
Illl~ih
i~ 16
~i!~i
Z~'.~ 17
o~h
~ ~!1
III 5
t::l .
)J
-<
tll
I
PAGE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
'.
"
ORIGINAL OI=FICIAL COpy
NOT TO BE rAJ<:EN FROM
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
ORDINANCE NO. .Jlf r
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
PRESCRIBING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR
COLLECTION OF RUBBISH AND GARBAGE.
The City Council of Seal Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The term "rubbish" shall mean and include: Leaves. shrub
trimmings, small tree branches not to exceed two (2) inches in diameter and
four (4) feet in length, excelsior, wooden ware, printed matter, paper,
pasteboard, paper containers, lawn clippings, rags, straw, discarded clothing,
crockery, bottles. tin ISns, metal vessels. and all waste material of every
character accumulated within the City except garbage, swill, manure or sewage
waste, automobile bodies. earth, turf, sod. sand clay, gravel, loam, stone,
bricks, plaster, or other refuse from buUding construction or repair. or tree
or shrub trimmings occasioned by the maintenance or construction of public
utility lines or activities of City crews. Tree limbs. brush, and similar
materials shall be cut to four (4) feet or less in length and securely tied with
cQrd or wire. All floor sweepings shall be double-wrapped.
18
SECTION 2: The term "garbage" shall mean and include: Table refuse,
19
swilL, offal, and every accumulation of animal, vegetabLe, and other matter
that attends preparation, consumption, decay, dealing in or storage of meats,
20
21
22
23
fish, fowl, fruits, and vegetables or other food and shall include all animal
and vegetablE! refuse from kitchens and all household waste from or intended
for use as food, and all vegetable trimmings from markets and stores. The
following are specifically not included in the term "garbage": Organic
residues resulting from commercial canning or processing of food products,
dead animals, manure, sewage waste, waste paper, paper and other
combustible materials (other than such wrapping for garbage as may be
24
25
26
27
28 required by the City), crockery, glass, cans, and other metallic objects,
29 ashes and sweepings.
30 SECTION 3: All rubbish and garbage shall be placed for collection in
31 adequate COl}~,ainers, each of which. together w:ith the contents thereof, shall
32 not exceed 65 pounds in weight and in no. event shall an empty container weigh
III
..4
.,.
1
2
I 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
~ 13
.
o !c 14
p:; ~-
III
a~ 15
~..~
.-~
,J
. C .
~u" 16
. ..
oz.
~I=~; 17
:ia~lIw
o5S..z
rn . Z
... =!l 18
rz:I 5
t::l .
)l 19
-<
rn
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
I 28
29
30
31
32
PAGE
,
Ordinance Numb~r
,
more than 20 pounds nor exceed 50 gallons of capacity; the oc,?upant of each
residential or commercial occupancy shall be responsibl.J for placing rubbish
and garbage in accordance with this section.
SECTION 4: Containers provided for in this Ordinance shall be placed
adjacent to the curb along the street in front of each residential or commercial
occupancy, or if no curb, then adjacent to the main traveled portion of the
street fronting the occupancy, or the alley in the rear of each such occupancy,
except where alleys, having access to streets at each end, exist in the rear
of commercial occupancies and from these latter occupancies placements
shall be made in said alley. All containers shall be grouped together for each
occupancy. The owner or tenant of a commercial occupancy may provide by
mutual written agreement with the contractor for collection at a location other
than as specified herein if such agreement is approved, including fees
therefor, by the Director of Public Service.
SECTION 5: The owner of every lot or parcel of property in the City
of Seal Beach having erected thereon multi-family living units shall at all
times furnish therewith one rubbish and one garbage container for each Living
unit to and including four (4) living units and in every instance where there are
more than four (4) living units so erected, such owner shall furnish one
garbage container for each living unit and one rubbish container for each two
(2) living units or fractions thereof.
SECTION 6: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or be
confined in jail for not more than thirty (30) days or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
SECTION 7: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately
upon its adoption as an emergency ordinance and the facts constituting its
urgency are as follows: The City has entered into a new rubbish and garbage
disposal contract to take effect September 1, 1959, and unless the contractor
and the citizens are familiar with the requirements of the City concerning
containers and the placement of rubbish, and so the contract can be properly
/2/
r
'( I
l::j
f 3
,
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
~ 13
::il
~ 14
f:I:1 ~ ~Ji
~~.E!~ 15
all '"-;
~~.1
~i(I!~1I 16
o ~. ..
tJIII!g8
j:Q Z I!I oJ
.." . 17
Z~!lII~
ocS15
rIl ." 18
>-1 ~9
Il:1 5
t:l .
::il 19
-<
rIl 20
21
22
23
24
25
.26
27
28
29
30
31
32
F'AI3E
Ordinance Number
.
performed, this Ordinance is necessary as an emergency measure since it
must take effect prior to the commencement of the contract.
SECTION 8: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this Ordinance by the City Council and shall cause the same to be printed
and published once in the "Seal Beach Post and Wave, " a newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated in the City of Seal Beach, and
shall post copies of this Ordinance in three (3) conspicuous places as provided
for in the Government Code.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of August, 1959.
ATTEST:
. .~~~~~~
C~'l . ~
STA TE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I. F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, and ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council do hereby certify to the passage and adoption of the
foregoing ordinance by the City CouncU at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 18th day of August,
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
1959, by the following vote:
Councilmen ;::b,A/II,l/P-A1A1 Jt'JP~
/-tP';V(J:.,4!!-F r~-5
Councilmen '
A/~t7'"
Councilmen /7/tJ4"t!fF
.<.~~
~