HomeMy WebLinkAbout363 ORDINANCE NO. 363
AN ORDINANCE OF
THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 6 REGARDING SOLID WASTE
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code's Chapter on solid waste
collection (which was adopted in. 1975) .needs to be updated to
reflect current practices; and
WHEREAS, the Town wishes to require and enforce mandatory
minimum solid waste and recyclables service in order to have the
distribution of costs be most equitable; and
WHEREAS, the Town has certain obligations to control and
reduce the solid waste within the city limits under the
requirements of AB939;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos
Hills does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Chapter 3 (Garbage, Refuse,
Swill, Waste Matter and Recyclables) of Title 6 (Sanitation and
Health) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal - Code is hereby amended
to read:
Chapter 3 . Solid Waste
Sections:
6-3 . 01 Purpose. of chapter
6-3 . 02 Definitions
6-3 . 03 Mandatory solid waste and recyclables collection
service; owner responsibility
6-3 . 04 Exemptions Grandfathered
6-3 . 05 Commencement of solid waste and recyclables
collection service
6-3 . 06 Frequency of disposal
6-3 . 07 Method of solid waste and recyclables disposal
6-3 . 08 Solid waste and recyclables containers
6-3 . 09 Inappropriate containers
6-3 . 10 Burning and burying solid waste restrictions
6-3 . 11 Disposal of explosive or hazardous materials
restrictions
6-3 . 12 Disposal on public property prohibited
6-3 . 13 Solid Waste - franchise granting authority
61-3 . 14 Recyclables - franchise granting authority
6-3 . 15 Continuation of contract
6-3 . 16 Charges for solid waste and recyclables collection
service
6-3 . 17 Failure to pay for solid waste and recyclables
collection service
6-3 . 18 Notification of delinquency
6-3 . 19 Assignment of delinquent account
6-3 .20 Lien initiation
6-3 .21 Notice of hearings on liens
6-3 .22 Public hearing on liens
6-3 .23 Recording of lien
6-3 . 24 Collection of delinquent charges as a special
assessment
6-3 .25 Report of delinquent charges for special
assessment
6-3 .26 Levy of special assessments
6-3 .27 Collection of special assessment
6-3 .28 Continuing appropriation account
6-3 .29 Unauthorized solid waste and recyclables
collection and transportation
6-3 . 30 Containers stored in trash enclosures
6-3 . 31 Interfering with solid waste and recyclables
collection service
6-3 . 32 Unauthorized use of solid waste_ and recyclables
collection service
6-3 . 33 Rules and regulations adopted
6-3 . 34 Violation - Misdemeanor
6-3 . 35 Singular - Plural
6-3 . 01 Purpose of chapter.
This chapter is determined and declared to be a health,
sanitary and safety measure necessary for the promotion,
protection and preservation of the health, safety and general
welfare of the people of the Town of Los 'Altos Hills.
6-3 . 02 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section,
unless the context or the provision clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Collection station" means the location at which
containers of solid waste or recyclables are placed for
collection by the authorized solid waste and recyclables
collector.
2 . "Delinquent" means a failure of the recipient of solid
waste and recyclables collection service, or of the property
owner, to pay when due all charges owed to the solid waste and
recyclables collector for solid waste and recyclables collection
service rendered or to be rendered.
3 . "Dwelling" means a residence or other facility used for
housing one or more persons.
4. "Hazardous wastes" means any and all toxic, radioactive,
biologically infectious, explosive or flammable waste materials,
including any material defined in Chapter 13 of Title 4 of the
Municipal Code for which a hazardous materials storage permit is
required.
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5. "Manager" means the City Manager and his/her duly
authorized agents and representatives.
6. "Multiple-unit dwelling" means any premises, excluding a
hotel, motel or lodginghouse, used for residential purposes
containing more than one dwelling unit, irrespective of whether
the residency is transient, temporary or permanent.
7. "Nonresidential premises" means all premises except
residential premises, including but not restricted to premises
used for industrial, commercial, administrative and professional
offices, public and quasi-public buildings, utility and
transportation.
8. "Occupancy" ; "occupied" : Premises are "occupied" when a
person or persons take or hold possession of the premises for
permanent or temporary use. For the purposes of determining
whether a premise is occupied during periods when solid waste and
recyclables collection service is made available to such
premises, occupancy shall be presumed, unless evidence is
presented that gas, electric, telephone and water utility
services were not being provided to the premises during such
periods.
9. "Owner" means the holder or holders of legal title to
the real property constituting the premises to which solid waste
and recyclables collection service is provided.
10. "Person" includes any person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, joint venture,
corporations, or company, and includes the United States, the
State of California, the County of Santa Clara, special purpose
districts, and any officer or agency thereof.
11. "Premises" means any land, building or structure, or
portion thereof, within. the Town where any solid waste and
recyclables is produced, kept, deposited, placed or accumulated.
12 . "Recyclables" means all materials or objects that are
discarded that are produced, generated or accumulated by all
inhabitants, premises and activities within the Town and that the
City Council has designated as recyclable by resolution. The
collection of recyclables is regulated through the franchise
agreement existing between the Town and the authorized
recyclables collector.
13 . "Residential premises" means any single-unit dwelling or
multiple-unit dwelling.
14. "Single-unit dwelling" means one or more rooms and a
single kitchen, designed for occupancy by one family for
residential purposes. Each dwelling unit within a multiple-unit
dwelling and each second unit located within a single family
residential zoning district, shall constitute a separate single-
unit dwelling to which solid waste and recyclables collection
service is provided, unless the owner or occupants thereof
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arrange for solid waste . and recyclables collection service to be
provided to all dwelling units upon the premises at commercial
rates.
15. "Solid Waste" means all materials, substances or objects
that are discarded, including. but not restricted to, materials,
substances or objects commonly referred to as "trash, " "garbage, "
"refuse" and "rubbish" that are produced, generated or
accumulated by all residential, commercial, industrial,
institutional, municipal, agricultural and other inhabitants,
premises and activities within the Town, the collection of which
is regulated through the franchise agreement existing between the
Town and the authorized solid waste collector; . provided, however,
that "solid waste" does not include (a) hazardous waste,
(b) biomedical waste, (c) ash, (d) sewage and other highly
diluted water-carried materials or substances and those in
gaseous form, and (e) recyclables.
16. "Solid waste and recyclables collection service" .means
the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste and
recyclables by an authorized solid waste and recyclables
collector.
-, 17. "Solid- waste and recyclables collector" means any person
or persons who is authorized by a franchise agreement existing
between he/she and the city, in accordance with Sections 6-3 . 12
and/or 6-3 . 13 of this chapter, to collect, receive, carry,
transport, and dispose of any solid waste and recyclables
produced, kept or accumulated within the Town.
18. "Tenant" means any person or persons, other than the
owner, occupying or in possession of a premises.
19 . "Town" means and include all the territory lying within
the municipal boundaries of the Town of Los Altos Hills as
presently existing, plus all territory which may be added thereto
during the effective term of the ordinance codified herein.
6-3 . 03 Mandatory solid waste and recyclables collection service
- Owner responsibility.
The owner of each occupied residential or nonresidential
premises shall subscribe to and pay for at least the minimum
level of solid waste and recyclables collection service made
available to that premises by the solid waste and recyclables
collector(s) , as specified in the franchise agreement(s) between
the city and the solid waste and recyclables collector(s)
executed pursuant to Sections 6-3 . 12 and 6-3 . 13 of this chapter.
The charges for solid waste and recyclables collection service
rendered or made available shall be paid for all periods of time
during which the premises are occupied, regardless of whether or
not the owner or tenant has any solid waste and recyclables to be
collected on any particular collection date during such
occupancy. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent an
arrangement, or the continuance of an arrangement, under which
payments for solid waste and recyclables collection service are
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ORDINANCE TITLE ADOPTED
331 Amending Chapter 8 entitled "Fire Prevention 3/21/?0
Code of Title 8 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code to adlopt by reference the 1988
Edition of the Uniform Fire Code, including certain
appendices and amendments thereto
332 Amending Title 12 of the Los' Altos Hills Municipal 5/2/90
Code by adding Chapters' 3 and 4 thereto.concerning
protection of oak trees and heritage trees
333 Amending Title 11 of Title 10 by adding a section 5/16/90
regarding expiration of conditional use permits
conditional development permits and variances
334 Amending Title 10 (Zoning and Site Development) 6120/90
by adding trailer coaches as temporary accessory
uses in the residential-agricultural district
335 An urgency ordinance of the Town of los-"Altos ' 6/20/90
Hills Amending Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Los
Altos Hills Municipal Code by adding .provisions
regarding Universal Garbage Service, .unless
exempted by the City Manager and universal
recycling service
336 Amending Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Los Altos 7124190
Hills Municipal Code by adding provisions
regarding universal garbage service', unless
exempted by the City Manager, and universal
recycling service
337 Urgency Ordinance expanding the criteria for when
conditonal development permits are necessary 8115190
338 Urgency Ordinance extending urgency ordinance 9119/90
No. 337 to require conditional development
permits for lots with a human habitation setback
339 Amending Title 10 (Zoning and Site Development) 10/3/90
to eliminate the requirement that property owners
provide addresses of adjacent property owners
and to add the appeal of certain decisions by a
Planning Commissioner. or a Councilmember. without
a fee
340 Amending Chapter 4, Article 4 of Title 6 relating 10/17190
to photographic materials .processing
made by a tenant or tenants, or any agent or other person, on
behalf of the owner. However, any such arrangement will not
affect the owner's obligation to pay for solid waste and
recyclables collection service as provided herein.
. The owner of each residential or nonresidential premises,
whether occupied or not-, upon which major construction is taking
place, shall subscribe to and pay for at least one debris box
from the solid waste collector during the entire period of
construction. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent an
arrangement, or the continuation of an arrangement, under -which
payments for debris boxes are made by any agent or other person,
on behalf of the owner. However, any such arrangement will not
affect the owner's obligation to pay for a debris box as provided
herein. The determination of whether construction is "major"
shall be made by the Town Planner.
6-3 . 04 Exemptions Grandfathered
Section 6-3 . 03 notwithstanding, any owner that has received
an exemption from solid waste collection from the Manager prior
to March 1, 1993 , shall be required to pay for only mandatory
baseline service, which shall entitle the owner to participate in
all programs except for solid waste collection. Such an
exemption is personal to the person to whom it has been granted _
and is not a permit that attaches to or runs with property.
Nothing herein shall prevent an owner from subscribing to the
solid waste collection service, if the owner subscribes to such
service instead of the mandatory baseline service. - Once an
owner chooses to subscribe to solid waste collection service,
instead of baseline service, the owner shall be deemed to have
given up the exemption and shall not be entitled to revert to
baseline service at a later date.
6-3 . 05 Commencement of solid waste and recyclables collection
service.
The owner or tenant shall commence solid waste and
recyclables collection service within ten days after occupancy of
a premises, or portion thereof. In the event service is not
initiated within such period of time, the Manager may give
written notice to the owner or tenant that solid waste and
recyclables collection service is required. If service is not
initiated by the owner or tenant within ten (10) days after the
date of mailing the notice, the Manager shall authorize the solid
waste and recyclables collector to begin and continue providing
the minimum level of solid waste and recyclables collection
service to such premises and the service shall be deemed to have
been made available as of the date of such authorization.
6-3 . 06 Frequency of disposal.
No more than one week's accumulation of solid waste shall be
kept or permitted to remain upon any premises in the Town. At
least once a week for solid waste and at least once every two
weeks for recyclables, all solid waste and recyclables produced,
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kept, deposited, placed or accumulated on any premises in the
Town shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
6-3 . 07 Method of solid waste and recyclables disposal.
All -solid waste and recyclables shall be disposed of by
delivery of each solid waste and recyclables container to an
authorized collection station, located as to be readily
accessible for the removal and emptying of its contents by the
solid waste and recyclables collector.
6-3 . 08 Solid waste and recyclables containers.
A. All solid waste containers shall be kept in a sanitary
condition continuously closed with a tight-fitting cover.
B. Solid waste containers for residential premises shall
have handle and side bails and shall not exceed thirty-two
gallons capacity and shall not have a filled weight in excess of
seventy pounds gross weight except for those containers furnished
by the solid waste collector. Solid waste containers for
commercial premises shall be provided by or approved by the solid
waste collector.
C. All containers for recyclables shall be kept in a
sanitary condition and shall be containers provided by or
approved for recyclables by the recyclable collector.
D. Solid waste containers and containers for recyclables
shall be emptied by the solid waste and recyclables collector
when the containers are placed at' the collection stations
authorized by the collector and approved by the Town pursuant to
the franchise agreement.
E. Solid waste and recyclables containers shall be placed
at the authorized collection station not more than twenty-four
hours preceding the scheduled collection time. Such containers
shall be removed from the collection station within twenty-four
hours after collection. Containers provided by the solid waste
and recyclables collector shall not be removed from the property
by any person other than the solid waste and recyclables
collector.
6-3 . 09 Inappropriate containers.
The use of solid waste and recyclables containers which do
not meet the standards set forth in Section 6-3 . 08 of this
chapter shall be subject to regulations prescribed by the
Manager, including appropriate additional charges to be paid the
solid waste and recyclables collector for the collecting and
transporting of the inappropriate containers or waste contained
therein.
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6-3 . 10 Burning and burying solid waste restrictions.
It is unlawful for any person to burn, or cause to be
burned, or bury, or cause to be buried any solid waste or
recyclables within the Town. Dry waste may be burned by owners
or producers thereof on privately owned property only when the
hours and conditions of such burning have been approved in
advance by the Fire Marshal and the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District.
Each day's violation of this section shall be a separate and
distinct offense.
6-3 . 11 Disposal of explosive or hazardous material
restrictions.
No person shall deposit in any solid waste or recyclables
container any explosive, highly inflammable or otherwise
hazardous material or substance, without having first made
special arrangements with the solid waste or recyclables
collector.
6-3 . 12 Disposal on public property prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person in the Town to throw or
deposit solid waste or recyclables or to cause the same to be
thrown or deposited, upon any street, alley, gutter, park, or
other public place, or to throw or deposit the same in or upon
any vacant lot, or back yard, or to store or keep the same
otherwise than in containers as required by Section 6-3 . 08.
Each day's violation of this section shall be a separate and
distinct offense.
6-3 . 13 Solid Waste - Franchise granting authority.
The City Council may award an exclusive franchise to any
person the Council believe is qualified to perform solid waste
collection service. Such franchise agreement shall require the
solid waste collector to render service to all residential and
commercial premises within the Town in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter and in conformity with such
regulations as may be adopted by the Manager with the approval of
the City Council. Additional terms of such franchise agreement
shall not conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.
6-3 . 14 Recyclables. - Franchise granting authority.
The City Council may award an exclusive franchise to any
person the Council believes is qualified to perform the
processing and transportation of recyclables, including but not
limited to the same solid waste collector awarded the franchise
for solid waste collection service. The City Council may, from
time to time by resolution, designate what material shall be
deemed recyclable and which may therefore be disposed of as
recyclables. The Town may operate one or more centers for the
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collection of recyclables or may enter into a contract with a
private party to operate such centers.
6-3 . 15 Continuation of contract.
Except as herein provided, nothing contained in this chapter
shall be construed as negating any covenants, promises,
undertakings and obligations made and assumed by the parties to
the franchise agreement.
6-3 . 16 Charges for solid waste and recyclables collection
service.
The City Council reserves the right to establish by
resolution a schedule of rates and charges for all levels of
solid waste and recyclables collection service to be rendered by
the solid waste and recyclables collector, who shall then have
authority to collect such rates and charges, provided that the
City Council may, at its option, determine that the collection of
such rates and charges shall be performed by a third party under
contract with the Town. . The schedule may be changed from time to
time in the manner prescribed by the franchise agreement between
the Town and the solid waste and recyclables collector.
6-3 . 17 Failure to pay for solid waste and recyclables
collection service.
The solid waste and recyclables collector shall be entitled
to payment from either the owner or the recipient of solid waste
and recyclables collection service for any services rendered or
to be rendered. Upon failure to make such payment, the means of
collecting delinquent charges shall be in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this chapter. Solid waste and
recyclables collection service shall not be discontinued by
reason of any failure to pay the charges for such service.
6-3 . 18 Notification of delinquency.
If a bill for solid waste and recyclables collection service
remains delinquent for thirty days, the solid waste and
recyclables collector shall be entitled to collect a late charge
in such amount as approved by the City Council and set forth in
the franchise agreement. The solid waste and recyclables
collector may, at any time after such thirty-day period, send or
deliver notice of delinquency to the owner indicating the amount
owed for solid waste and recyclables collection service, the
amount of late charge thereon, and advising the owner that
failure to pay the same will result in the placement of a lien
upon the premises. The form of delinquency notice shall be
approved by the Manager.
6-3 . 19 Assignment of delinquent account.
In the event the bill for solid waste and recyclables
collection service, together with any late charge thereon, is not
paid within thirty days after the date of mailing the notice of
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delinquency to the owner, the solid waste and recyclables
collector may assign such bill to the Town for collection through
the initiation of lien and special assessment proceedings in
accordance with this chapter. The assignment shall include the
name and address of the owner, the assessor' s parcel number of
the premises, the period of solid waste and recyclables
collection service covered by the bill, the amount owed for such
service, the amount of any late charge and such other information
as requested by the Manager together with a copy of the notice of
delinquency mailed or otherwise delivered to the owner.
6-3 .20 Lien initiation.
Upon the Town's receipt of the assignment from the solid
waste and recyclables collector, the Manager shall prepare a
report of delinquency and initiate proceedings to .create a lien .
on the premises to which the solid waste and recyclables
collection service was or will be rendered. The Manager shall
fix a time, date and place for a public hearing to be held by the
City Council to consider any objections or protests to his or her .
report.
6-3 .21 Notice of hearings on liens.
The Manager shall send written notice of the public hearing
to the owner of the premises against which the lien will be
imposed at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. The
notice shall be mailed to each person to whom such premises is
assessed in the latest equalized assessment roll available on the
date the notice is mailed, at the address shown on said
assessment roll or as known to the Manager. A copy of the notice
shall also be mailed to the solid waste and recyclables
collector. The notice shall set forth the amount of delinquent
solid waste and recyclables collection service charges, the
amount of any late charge thereon, and the possible lien and
administrative charges as provided in Section 6-3 .23 of this
chapter. The notice shall also inform the owner of the time,
date and place of the public hearing and advise the owner of his
right to appear at the public hearing to state his objections to
the Manager's report or the proposed lien.
6-3 . 22 Public hearing on liens.
The City Council shall conduct a public hearing to consider
the Manager's report at the time and place set forth in Notice
described in Section 6-3 .20 of this chapter. At such hearing,
any interested person shall be afforded the opportunity to appear
and present evidence as to why the report, or any portion
thereof, should not be confirmed. The City Council may adopt,
revise, reduce or modify any charge shown on the report or
overrule any or all objections as it deems appropriate, based
upon the evidence presented at the hearing. If the City Council
is satisfied with the final report as rendered or modified, the
Council shall confirm such report by resolution. The decision by
the City Council on the report and any objections or protests
thereto, shall be final and conclusive.
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6-3. 23 Recording of lien.
Upon confirmation by the City Council of the final report,
the Manager shall cause to be recorded in the Office of the
Recorder for Santa Clara County, a lien against each premises
described in the report for the amount of delinquent solid waste
and recyclables collection service charges and late charges as
confirmed by the City Council. The lien shall also include such
additional administrative charges as established by resolution of
the City Council. All persons to whom notice was sent pursuant
to Section 6-3 .20 of this chapter shall be notified by the
Manager that the service charges, charges and administrative
charges are due and payable to the Town and that said lien has
been recorded.
6-3 .24 Collection of delinquent charges as a special
assessment.
The Manager shall initiate proceedings to levy as a special
assessment against the premises described in the lien recorded
pursuant to Section 6-3 . 22 of this chapter, the sum of delinquent
solid waste and recyclables collection service charges, late
charges and administrative charges, plus an assessment charge as
established by resolution of the City Council.
6-3 . 25 Report. of delinquent charges for special assessment.
A report .of delinquent charges shall be prepared by the
Manager and submitted to the City Council for confirmation. The
report shall indicate all charges for which a lien has been
recorded pursuant to Section 6-3 .22 of this chapter, which remain
unpaid as of the date of the report.
6-3 .26 Levy of special assessments.
Upon confirmation by the City Council of the Manager's
report as rendered or modified, the delinquent charges contained
therein shall constitute a special assessment levied upon the
premises against which such charges have been imposed. The
Manager shall file a copy of the report, together with a
certified copy of the resolution by the City Council confirming
the same, with the Tax Collector for Santa Clara County with
instructions to enter the delinquent, charges as special
assessments against the respective premises described in the
Manager's report. The Tax Collector shall include such special
assessment on the next regular bill for secured property taxes
sent to the owner.
6-3 .27 Collection of special assessment.
The special assessment shall be collected at the same time
together with and in the same manner and frequency and by the
same persons as ordinary municipal taxes, and shall be subject to
the same .interest and penalties and the same procedure of sale as
provided for delinquent ordinary municipal taxes. The special
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assessment shall be subordinate to all existing special
assessment liens previously imposed upon the premises and
paramount to all other liens except those for state, county and
municipal taxes, with which it shall be upon parity. Each
special assessment shall continue until all delinquent charges
due and payable thereon are paid in full. All laws applicable to
the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal taxes shall be
applicable to such special assessment.
6-3 .28 continuing appropriation account.
There is hereby created in the general fund a continuing
appropriation account entitled "Payment of Delinquent Charges for
Solid Waste and Recyclables Collection Service. " This account
shall be credited with such sums as may be appropriated by the
City Council,, all delinquent service charges, late charges and
administrative charges collected by the Manager, and all amounts
remitted by the Tax Collector for Santa Clara County representing
special assessments collected pursuant to Section 6-3 .26 of this
chapter. The delinquent solid waste and recyclables collection
service charges and late charges shall be disbursed from said
account to the solid waste and recyclables collector promptly
upon receipt of such payments. The -administrative charges and
assessment charges shall be retained by the Town.
6-3 . 29 Unauthorized solid waste and recyclables collection and
transportation. "
No person shall collect any solid waste and recyclables or
transport any solid waste and recyclables upon any Town streets,
if such solid waste and recyclables is produced, kept or
accumulated within the Town, unless such person is an agent or
employee of the Town acting within the course and scope of his
employment, or has been awarded a franchise by the Town to act as
solid waste and/or recyclables collector; provided that, anyone
may donate or sell his or her recyclables as long as the recycler
does not charge to take away the recyclables unless under
contract with the Town.
6-3 . 30 Containers stored in trash enclosures.
Any person owning, controlling or maintaining any premises
within, the Town which is required to have and maintain trash
enclosures as a condition of development or use shall keep all
solid waste and recyclables, refuse and waste containers within
the confines of the trash enclosures at all times except when the
containers are being emptied by the solid waste and recyclables
collector.
6-3 . 31 Interfering with solid waste and recyclables collection
service.
No person shall, in any manner, interfere with the
performance of solid waste and recyclables collection services
being rendered by an agent or employee of the Town acting within
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the course and scope of his employment, or being rendered by the
authorized solid waste and recyclables collector.
6-3. 32 Unauthorized use of solid waste and recyclables
collection service.
No person shall deposit, place or accumulate, or allow the
deposit, placement or accumulation upon a premises for pick up by
the solid waste and recyclables collector, any solid waste and
recyclables produced from another premises where such action
results in the avoidance or reduction of any solid waste and
recyclables collection service charges that would otherwise be
payable for collection of such solid waste and recyclables from
the premises at which it was produced.
6-3 .33 Rules and regulations adopted.
The Manager shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this
chapter, and any franchise, contract or license issued or
executed thereunder, including regulations relating to the
required frequency of collection from various types of places and
premises, and the types of special containers required for
certain classes of places and premises.
The Manager shall resolve all disputes concerning the
administration or enforcement of this chapter and any franchise,
contract, or license issued or executed thereunder. Any affected
person who is dissatisfied with the determination of the Manager
may, within ten (10) days after such decision appeal the same to
the City Council. Such appeal must be in writing, filed with the
City Clerk, and must set forth the -reasons for such appeal. No
violation of this chapter shall be permitted, or be continued,
during the time any such appeal is pending.
6-3 . 34 Violation - Misdemeanor.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided in Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this code.
6-3 . 35 Singular - Plural.
When the context of this ordinance requires, the neuter
gender includes the masculine, the feminine, a partnership or
corporation or joint venture, and the singular includes the
plural and the plural includes the singular.
SECTION 2 . ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act, the Council finds that
there is no substantial evidence that this ordinance will have a
significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3 . SEVERABILITY. If any part of this ordinance is
held to be invalid or inapplicable to any situation by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
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validityof the remaining portions of this ordinance or the
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applicability of this ordinance to other situations.
SECTION 4 . EFFECTIVE DATE POSTING. This ordinance shall
become effective thirty (30) days from the date of its passage,
and shall be posted within the Town of Los Altos Hills in three
(3) public places.
INTRODUCED: May 5, 1993
PASSED: May 19, 1993
AYES: Mayor Tryon and Councilnembers Dauber,.Hubbard, Johnson
and Siegel
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
By:
Mayor \
ATTEST:
City Clem
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
PB\MAS\149490HS.004
05/20/93
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