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9.20.010
<br />Sections:
<br />9.20.010
<br />9.20.020
<br />9.20.030
<br />9.20.040
<br />9.20.050
<br />9.20.060
<br />9.20.070
<br />9.20.080
<br />9.20.090
<br />9.20.100
<br />(Pleasanton Supp. No. 3, 1 -10)
<br />Chapter 9.20
<br />GARBAGE
<br />Definitions.
<br />General provisions.
<br />Refuse service.
<br />Private permits for garbage
<br />removal.
<br />Refuse — Preparation.
<br />Refuse — Collection.
<br />Refuse — Removal.
<br />Refuse — Disposal.
<br />Rates.
<br />Refuse collection contract.
<br />9.20.010 Definitions.
<br />As used in this chapter, the following words shall
<br />have the meanings given in this section:
<br />A. "Commercial unit" means any occupied
<br />premises specifically utilized for the purpose of engag-
<br />ing in commercial activity as defined in Chapter 18.44
<br />of this code.
<br />13. `Industrial unit" means any occupied prem-
<br />ises specifically utilized for the purpose of engaging in
<br />industrial activity as defined in Chapter 18.48 of this
<br />code.
<br />C. `Refuse" means all putrescible and nonpu-
<br />trescible, combustible and noncombustible solid wastes,
<br />including, but not limited to, animal and vegetable waste
<br />resulting from the preparation, cooking and consump-
<br />tion of food, garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleaning,
<br />dead animals, solid market and industrial waste, paper
<br />wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clip-
<br />pings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and simi-
<br />lar materials.
<br />D. "Residential unit" means any occupied
<br />premises having bathroom or toilet, and kitchen plumb-
<br />ing facilities, suitable for residential occupancy by a
<br />number of persons living together as a single- family,
<br />including single - family dwellings, and each group of
<br />occupied rooms constituting living quarters for a single
<br />family in any duplex, triplex, apartment, court or other
<br />multiple dwelling structure, by excluding any living or
<br />sleeping quarters in hotels, apartments, roominghouscs,
<br />motels or auto courts where kitchen facilities are not
<br />provided. (Prior code § 4 -4.04)
<br />9.20.020 General provisions.
<br />Each and every "residential unit ", "commercial
<br />unit" and "industrial unit," as defined in Section
<br />248
<br />9.20.010 of this chapter, shall have garbage service by
<br />the refuse collector of the city. To provide such service,
<br />the city may grant a franchise for the exclusive right to
<br />collect, transport and dispose of refuse produced and
<br />accumulated within the limits of the city as provided in
<br />this chapter. (Prior code § 4 -4.05)
<br />9.20.030 Refuse service.
<br />A. The city manager, or the community devel-
<br />opment director, shall cause all buildings or structures
<br />specified in Section 9.20.020 of this chapter within the
<br />corporate limits of the city to be visited from time to
<br />time, and the sanitary condition of the buildings or struc-
<br />tures examined to determine whether the provisions of
<br />this chapter are complied with. Upon notification by a
<br />duly authorized representative of the city, all persons,
<br />including the refuse collector, shall comply with the
<br />provisions of this chapter or be deemed guilty of a mis-
<br />demeanor.
<br />B. In all cases of disputes or complaints con-
<br />cerning receptacles for refuse and the place where they
<br />are awaiting removal of their contents, the quantities to
<br />he removed, the number of times of removal, and the
<br />rates charged, the city manager or the community devel-
<br />opment director, or their duly authorized agent, shall
<br />designate the place, quantity, time, manner and rates for
<br />such removal, and his or her decision shall be final.
<br />C. It is unlawful for any person to in any man-
<br />ner interfere with the collection, removal or disposal of
<br />refuse by the authorized refuse collector.
<br />D. No person, firm or corporation shall dump,
<br />place or bury in any lot, land, street, alley or other public
<br />place, or in any waterway or elsewhere m the corporate
<br />limits, any garbage, trash, rubbish, manure or waste mat-
<br />ter condemned by the city manager or community de-
<br />velopment director.
<br />E. No refuse shall be burned within the city
<br />limits unless such burning complies with the then exist-
<br />ing ordinance of the city which regulates such burning.
<br />(Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; prior code § 4 -4.06)
<br />9.20.040 Private permits for garbage removal.
<br />Every owner or person in possession of any build-
<br />ing or structure for which garbage removal is required,
<br />shall have the right to remove the same, but it is unlaw-
<br />ful for any person to regularly remove garbage from
<br />more than one residential unit. No person other than the
<br />refuse collector of the city shall regularly move any gar-
<br />bage over any of the streets of the city without obtaining
<br />a permit to do so. Such permits shall be issued by the
<br />city clerk, on application therefor, and on payment of the
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