Chapter 8.05
GARBAGE REGULATIONS
Sections:
8.05.020 Keeping rubbish generally.
8.05.040 Private disposal of garbage – Burning and burying.
8.05.050 Right of entry of police and health officers to enforce.
8.05.060 Interference or removal.
8.05.080 Garbage – Cleanliness.
8.05.100 Size of bundles, papers and books.
8.05.120 Duties of contractor – Generally.
8.05.130 Duties of contractor – Dump – Bond.
8.05.140 Duties of contractor – Certain City offices, streets.
8.05.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases shall be construed as herein set forth, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
“Garbage” means any refuse and waste material derived from the preparation, use and consumption of meats and food and all dead fish, animals, fowl, fruits, vegetables, and other noxious or offensive matter or material usually and ordinarily referred to as garbage or market refuse.
“Rubbish” means refuse matter, combustible and noncombustible, including tin cans, bottles, papers, ashes, wire, box strappings, packing materials, lawn trimmings, trees, plants and other nursery stock, crockery, glass, brick, cement, motor vehicle bodies and discarded mechanisms, sawdust, mill trimmings, waste and all other material and matter similar to that herein mentioned. [Ord. 23 § 1, 1965.]
8.05.020 Keeping rubbish generally.
The storage of rubbish shall be located on the parcel so as not to be visible from a public right-of-way or street and shall not be stored on any lot or parcel for more than one week (seven days). [Ord. 305 § 1, 2013; Ord. 23 § 2, 1965.]
8.05.030 Dump.
There shall be no garbage or rubbish dump, public or private, within the City. [Ord. 23 § 3, 1965.]
8.05.040 Private disposal of garbage – Burning and burying.
Every producer of garbage or rubbish may at his option transport and dispose of his garbage and rubbish if produced on his own premises; provided, however, that he shall not throw, deposit, permit or cause garbage or rubbish to be thrown or deposited on any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the City, or property other than his own, while accumulating the same or transporting it; and no person shall burn his garbage nor shall he burn or bury rubbish which will injure persons or property by reason of odors and other causes. [Ord. 23 § 4, 1965.]
8.05.050 Right of entry of police and health officers to enforce.
All members of the Police Department and the City and County Health Officers are hereby specifically required to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall have the right to enter any and all premises for the purpose of determining the sanitary condition thereof, and any person denying or obstructing such entry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Ord. 23 § 5, 1965.]
8.05.060 Interference or removal.
No person other than the owner thereof, the garbage contractor, or the Health Officer for the City shall interfere in any manner with a garbage receptacle or the contents thereof. If, in the opinion of the Health Officer, any garbage receptacle does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he may cause notice to be made to the owner that the receptacle is condemned. If the receptacle is not brought up to the requirements of this chapter within five days, the Health Officer may cause the receptacle to be removed and destroyed. [Ord. 83 § 1, 1970; Ord. 23 § 6, 1965.]
8.05.070 Garbage – Receptacle required – Specifications – Owner to provide – Location – Frequency of disposal of contents.
No person shall deposit, keep or accumulate any garbage in or upon any lot or parcel of land, or upon any public or private drive, alley or street, or in any house, store or restaurant, or other place, unless such garbage be enclosed in a flyproof, watertight receptacle with close-fitting cover and provided with handles, which receptacle shall have a capacity of not less than 20 gallons and not more than 45 gallons. Such receptacle shall be provided by and at the expense of the person producing and accumulating such garbage, and shall be kept on the premises so as not to be visible from a public right-of-way or street and the contents thereof disposed of at least once each week. [Ord. 305 § 1, 2013; Ord. 23 § 7, 1965.]
8.05.080 Garbage – Cleanliness.
No person shall allow grease or other decomposing material to accumulate on the exterior of a garbage receptacle. [Ord. 23 § 8, 1965.]
8.05.090 Garbage – Cover.
No person shall permit a garbage receptacle to remain uncovered or open, or in such condition that flies or vermin may obtain access thereto, except when necessary to place garbage therein or remove garbage therefrom, and when the cover is removed therefrom for such purposes it shall be immediately replaced. [Ord. 23 § 9, 1965.]
8.05.100 Size of bundles, papers and books.
Rubbish receptacles and bundles of rubbish shall be of such size and weight as to be able to be handled by one man and so bound that the same will not break apart when lifted. Papers and books must be in containers or tied in bundles. [Ord. 23 § 10, 1965.]
8.05.110 Contracting.
The City may contract or enter into a franchise agreement for the collection or disposal, or both, of garbage, waste, refuse, offal, trimmings, or other refuse matter under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the City Council by resolution or ordinance. [Ord. 23 § 11, 1965.]
8.05.120 Duties of contractor – Generally.
The person or persons whose contract as provided in RDMC 8.05.110 is accepted by the City shall collect all garbage and rubbish within the City in metal-lined trucks with a canvas or metal cover and shall pick up garbage and rubbish as often as requested and at the prices set forth in this chapter, and shall not spill garbage or rubbish during such collection and shall return all garbage receptacles to their original position; and such garbage trucks shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. [Ord. 23 § 12, 1965.]
8.05.130 Duties of contractor – Dump – Bond.
The garbage contractor shall provide, at his own cost and expense, a location for the disposal of such garbage and rubbish as he shall collect. Such contractor shall be required to furnish a corporate surety bond to the City in the sum of $1,000 conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and the provisions of this chapter. [Ord. 23 § 13, 1965.]
8.05.140 Duties of contractor – Certain City offices, streets.
The garbage contractor, as part of the consideration for receiving the exclusive right to collect garbage and rubbish in the City, shall collect and dispose of the garbage produced in the Fire Hall, City Office and Jail, and at the Public Works Building of the City, street collection cans and all street sweepings collected by the City at least once each week without making any charge therefor to anyone; provided, however, that all street sweepings shall be collected and deposited in one place by the City prior to the regular collection day therefor. [Ord. 23 § 14, 1965.]
8.05.150 Collection rates.
The rates as set forth in the current franchise agreement between the City of Rio Dell and the franchise holder shall be rates charged to customers availing themselves of collection service within the corporate area of the City of Rio Dell. [Ord. 137 § 2, 1978; Ord. 23 § 15, 1965.]
8.05.160 Penalty.
Whenever in this chapter any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, the violators of any such provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Ord. 23 § 18, 1965.]