Ordinance No. 388 - Combustible and Non-Cumbustible Rubbishq
ORDINANCE NO. 388
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS OF COMBUSTIBLE
AND NON-COMBUSTIBLE RUBBISH, COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS, AND THE DUTIES OF HOUSEHOLDERS
AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, AND AMENDING
THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5402(b) of the Rosemead Municipal
Code shall Be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"(b) Combustible and Non-Combustible Rubbish.
Com usti e an non-com usti e rubbish
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shall mean all waste and refuse capable of
burning readily, including trimmings, lawn
trimmings; plants or flowergarden waste,
.wood, paper, straw, packing materials,
leather, rubber, clothing, bedding, books,
magazines,'newspapers, rags and all other
similar articles which will burn by contact
with flames of ordinary temperature; and
-ashes, tin cans and bottles,.glass, crockery,
china, pottery, metal wire, discarded house-
hold furniture, furnishings or appliances,
dead small animals and animal excreta and
.other similar materials which are rejected
by the owner or producer thereof as worth-
less or useless, excluding therefrom,
(1) Trunks, stumps or limbs of trees, or
bundles of such'materials, exceeding
one hundred (100) pounds in weight
or four (4) feet in length;
(2) Automobile parts, bodies or junk
automobiles:
(3) Waste material resulting from con-
struction, alteration'or repair,
rock, brick, stone, cement, plaster
or sod generated or discarded by a
contractor or other person in the
-scope of his business.
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Section 2. Section 5402(h) shall be added to the
Rosemead Municipa Code to read as follows:
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"5403 Containers and-Location Duties of
Householders and COmmerC& Customers.
(a) It shall be the duty of householders
and commercial customers to provide
and maintain containers as herein
specified for the accumulation and
disposal of garbage, combustible
and non-combustible rubbish, mis-
cellaneous debris or combined rubbish.
Garbage containers shall be of tight
seamed leakproof metal construction,
with a tight lid, and not to exceed
twenty (20) gallon capacity in size.
Containers for combustible and non-
combustible rubbish,•miscellaneous
debris and combined rubbish shall
have a capacity of not to exceed
thirty-five (35) gallons, and when
filled shall not exceed sixty (60)
pounds in weight. All containers
for combined rubbish shall be of
leakproof metal construction with
a tight lid.
"Commercial Customer. 'Commercial Customer',
as use in t is C apter, shall mean an owner
,or 'op'erator of a business, commercial or
,industrial establishment or anyone electing,
to utilize commercial services pursuant to
any contract or franchise.agreement between
the City and Contractor."
Section 3. Section 5403 of the Rosemead Municipal
Code.shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Except when placed for collection as
otherwise provided herein, no container
or garbage, combustible.and non-
combustible rubbish, miscellaneous
debris or combined rubbish shall be
placed in any area," street, parkway
or other public place or upon any
private lot or parcel of land other
than in the rear or side yard of
improved lots.
-Such containers or articles shall be
so set out or placed by the"house-
holder or commercial customer not
earlier than 6:00 P.M. of the day
preceding collection and-such con-
tainers shall be removed by the
householder from the collection place
not later than 8:00 P.M. on the day of
collection.
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All loose materials shall be securely
tied in bundles which shall not weigh
in excess of one hundred (100) pounds
each, and shall not,exceed the size
of four (4) feet in length.
(b) It shall be the duty of householders
to set out or place.containers for
the collection of garbage, combustible
and non-combustible rubbish, mis-
cellaneous debris.and combined rubbish
as follows:
When the householder's property is
contiguous_•to a public alley; all
containers and articles for collection _
shall be placed at the alley property
line in one and the same location.
When the householder's property is not
contiguous- to a public alley; all
containers and articles for collection
shall be placed in the public parkway
or at the curb line in one and the
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same location.
(c) It shall be the duty of commercial
customers to set out or place containers
for the collection of garbage, com-
bustible and non-combustible rubbish,
miscellaneous debris.and combined
rubbish as follows:
When the rear or side of the establish-
ment is accessible to contractor's
equipment and when'personal injury or
property damage is unlikely to result
from the operation of contractor's
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equipment; all containers and articles
for collection shall be placed at the
rear," or when appropriate, at the side
of the establishment in one and the
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same location.
When the rear or side of the establish-
ment is inaccessible to contractor's
equipment or when personal injury or
property damage is likely to result
from the operation of contractor's
equipment; all containers and articles
for collection shall be placed in the
public parkway or curbside at one and
the same location.
(d). In lieu of performing the duties as
heretofore prescribed in this Section,
a householder or commercial customer
may request special service from the
Contractor pursuant to the terms and
provisions of any contract or franchise
agreement between the City and a
contractor."
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Section 4. Section 5409 of the Rosemead Municipal
c. code'shall.be amended to read as follows (added portion
underlined):
115409. Duty of Property Owners re Collection.
aY Except as otherwise provided, in this
Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any
person other than the'c:ontractor, as
defined in this Chapter, or the City,
to gather, collect or remove, any garbage
or rubbish from any commercial, business,.
industrial or residential, premises
within the City, or to tamper with,
injure destroy or remove an in,
container or an other e ui ment used
or re use storage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 12th day of
November •1974.
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