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~ ORDINANCE ~4ENDING
CHAPTER 8.32 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO REFUSE~M~'D SOLID
WASTE RECYCLING.
as follows:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
SECTION 1.
Chapter 8.32 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Chapter 8.32
Refuse/Solid Waste/Recycling
Sections:
8.32.010
8.32.020
8.32.030
8.32.040
8.32.050
8.32.060
8.32.070
8.32.080
8.32.090
8.32.100
8.32 110
8.32 120
8.32 130
8.32 140
8.32 150
8.32 160
8.32 170
Declaration of policy.
Definitions.
Special collection charges Industries to dispose of
industrial wastes.
Charge as debt against occupant of property - Penalty.
Billing property owner.
Billing, collection and payment of charges - Refunds.
Additional powers and duties to make rules and regulations.
Accumulation unlawful - Abatement.
Unlawful dumping - Abatement.
Unlawful recovery/redemption of recyclahle materials -
Abatement.
Required containers.
Collection points for refuse/solid waste and/or recyclables.
Preparation of refuse/solid waste/recyclables.
Collection and disposal.
Enforcement.
Violation - Penalty.
Severability.
8.32.010 Declaration of policy.
A. Adequate and proper solid waste management must be
instituted and maintained by the city for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare.
B. The council of the City of Bakersfield finds that
to give practical effect to this policy, a comprehensive system for the
management of solid wastes including periodic collection, removal and
disposal of refuse/solid waste/recyclables from all places and premises
within the city is essential and to accomplish this purpose for the best
interest and welfare of all the inhabitants of the city and for the
general benefit of the community at large, it is necessary to provide
that such services should be paid for directly by the owner and/or
occupant of all uses of property in the city, and therefore, all such
owners and/or occupants are made liable for the charges set pursuant to
the procedures specified in Chapter 3.70 of this code.
C. Every such owner and/or occupant shall pay such
charges whether or not they use refuse/solid waste/recycling services in
all cases where such requirement is lawful.
8.32.020 Definitions.
A. "Building materials" means bricks, stone, mortar,
concrete, asphaltic concrete, wood, or other debris incident to the
construction or demolition of buildings or structures.
B. "Bungalow court" means a group of two or more
detached dwelling units located upon a single lot or building site.
C. "Collector" means an agent or employee of the city
or any person, firm, corporation, or association or the agents or
employees thereof licensed by contract or franchise to collect,
transport, and dispose of refuse/solid waste/recyclables in the city.
D. "Compacted refuse/solid waste" means any compacted
waste material placed into commercial containers for disposal.
E. "Detachable bin" means a portable container not
exceeding three cubic yards in capacity, supported on casters and
approved by the city manager or designee for mechanical handling by the
collection trucks.
F. "Development project" means any of the following:
1. A project for which a building permit is
required for a commercial, industrial, or institutional building, or
residential building having five or more living units, where solid waste
is collected and loaded and any residential project where solid waste is
collected and loaded in a location serving five or more living units.
2. Any new public facility where solid waste is
collected and loaded and any improvements for areas of a public facility
used for collecting and loading solid waste.
3. The definition of development project only
includes subdivisions or tracts of single-family detached homes if,
within such subdivisions or tracts there is an area where solid waste is
collected and loaded in a location which serves five or more living
units. In such instances, recycling areas as specified in this ordinance
are only required to serve the needs of the living units which utilize
the solid waste collection and loading area.
G. "Garbage" means the
resulting from the handling, preparation,
discarded food containers and wrappers.
animal and vegetable waste
and use of foods, including
H. "Improvement" means a change which adds to the
value of a facility, prolongs its useful life, or adapts it to new uses.
Improvements should be distinguished from repairs. Repairs keep
facilities in good operating condition, do not materially add to the
value of the facility, and do not substantially extend the life of the
facility.
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I. "Industrial waste" means solid wastes or waste
material resulting or left over from industrial processes and
manufacturing operations including, but not limited to: fibers; fabrics;
plastics; styrofoam; rubber; resins; metals; slag; wood products, such
as sawdust and shavings; packing materials; putrescible material from
food processing plants and slaughter-houses; condemned food; cinders and
ashes from power plants and incinerators; and miscellaneous manufacturing
wastes. Such industrial waste is distinguished from ordinary commercial
refuse/solid waste or so-called trade wastes which emanate from stores,
hotels, restaurants, and markets.
J. "Mobile home" is a vehicle designed and equipped
for human habitation and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
K. "Multiple-family dwelling unit" means a building
designed for residential occupancy and includes duplexes, triplexes,
apartments, bungalows in a bungalow court, apartment houses, and mobile
homes, situated on a single parcel, and condominiums.
L. "Occupant" includes and means every owner, tenant,
occupant, or person having the care of control of premises subject to
direct charge for services within the city.
M. "Public facility" includes, but is not limited to,
buildings, structures, marinas, and outdoor recreation areas owned by a
local agency.
N. "Recycling" is defined as a group of activities
that results in the diversion from disposal and final use of materials
to manufacture new products.
0. "Recycling area" means space allocated for
collecting and loading of recyclable materials. Such areas shall have
the ability to accommodate receptacles for recyclable materials.
Recycling areas shall be accessible and convenient for those who deposit
as well as those who collect and lead any recyclable materials placed
therein.
P. "Recyclable material" is defined as a post-consumer
waste material that, when separated from the waste stream, has value or
reusable characteristics. Recyclable material shall include, but not be
limited to, all California Redemption Value materials, cardboard, glass,
plastics, newspaper and other paper products, green/wood waste, and other
materials as defined from time to time.
Q. "Recycling program" means any organized effort
established by the City to manage, divert, or recycle refuse/solid waste
and/or recyclable materials as defined from time to time.
R. "Refuse/solid waste" is defined as all putrescible
and non-putrescible solid wastes with the exception of body wastes; for
the purposes of this chapter, "refuse/solid waste/recyclable" shall
include garbage, swill, or rubbish, bu~ 4ees no~ inalu4e earth, dead
animals, grease, waste oil, liquids, industrial waste, building
materials, heavy or bulky articles or objects including trees, tree
limbs, logs, automobile bodies, large motor vehicle parts, abandoned
appliances or household or business fixtures, or any other substance,
material or object that cannot be legally collected and safely
transported in the collection vehicle.
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S. "Refuse/solid waste/recycling container" includes
standard containers, standard automated carts, detachable refuse/solid
waste/recycling bins, and stationary refuse/solid waste/recycling
compactor and roll-off boxes.
T. "Residential dwelling unit" shall mean a house or
other structure designed for and occupied by a single family excluding
multiple-family dwelling units as defined in this chapter.
U. "Rubbish" includes wastepaper, cardboard, rags,
household ashes, lawn clippings, tree and shrubbery trimmings, leaves,
wearing apparel, household goods and such worthless, useless, unused,
rejected and cast-off matter produced by and as the result of human
habitation and the transaction of business within the city, transported
in the collection vehicle.
V. "Single-family dwelling unit" means any detached
building designed and used exclusively for occupancy by one family,
excluding bungalows in a bungalow court and mobile homes.
W. "Solid waste management" includes a planned program
for effectively controlling the generation, storage, collection,
transportation, processing and reuse, conversion or disposal of solid
wastes in a safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, environmentally
sound and economical manner. It includes all administrative, financial,
environmental, legal and planning functions as well as the operational
aspects of solid waste handling, disposal and resource recovery systems
necessary to achieve established objectives.
X. "Standard container" means a metallic or plastic
can or disposable polyethylene or plastic bag of sufficient strength to
prevent them being broken under ordinary conditions. They shall have a
maximum capacity of thirty-two gallons and such cans shall not exceed
eighty pounds and such bags shall not exceed forty pounds when filled.
Cans shall be equipped with a fly-tight cover, cover handles, and side
bales. Bags shall be secured at the top.
Y. "Standard automated cart" means a plastic container
with or without wheels, provided by the City of Bakersfield for automated
service purposes. Such containers are typically 60 - 300 gallon capacity
and designed to be serviced by side-loading automated equipment.
Z. "Stationary refuse/solid waste/recyclingcompactor
or open top roll-off box" are large metallic refuse/solid waste/recycling
containers capable of being detached and hauled by mechanical means, and
may be connected to a stationary, mechanical, refuse/solid
waste/recycling compactor for compacting refuse/solid waste/ recyclables
in such container.
AA. "Swill" means all classes of putrefactive and
easily decomposable animal or vegetable matter that ismixed with liquid
and subject to immediate decay and which has some property value.
BB. Whenever any Bakersfield Municipal Code section,
State Statute or any other law or regulation is used herein it shall be
understood to be the code section, statute, law or regulation as
currently constituted or as later amended.
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8.32.030 Special charqes.
A. Whenever any place, premises or use of property has
accumulated refuse/solid waste/recyclables which requires special
handling or is not prepared in accordance with Section 8.32.130 or which
is not regularly collected and charged for under the provisions of this
chapter or which has not been regularly collected due to obstruction or
other factors impeding pickup during scheduled collection, or which
requires or requests additional containers (if on automated type
service), or which requires abatement of illegal dumping activities or
unsanitary premises violations, or which is placed in a commercial
container in a compacted state, collection and/or removal of such
refuse/solid waste/recyclables shall be considered a special collection.
B. Charges for such special collections shall be
identified in Section 3.70.040 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and the
related resolution setting fees. Such charges may be adjusted from time
to time to reflect the actual total cost of providing such service.
Properties served by standard automated carts which require or request
additional containers shall be charged an additional fee for each
additional container as established from time to time. Whenever any
property has containers which are not placed in accordance with Section
8.32.120, there may be levied a penalty as set forth in the General
Penalty provision of Chapter 1.40, Section 1.40.010 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code.
C. Whenever any place, premises or use of property has
damaged a container through a negligent act or acts, a charge equivalent
to the actual replacement cost or repair shall be assessed the occupant
as defined in this chapter. Actual replacement or repair costs shall be
determined by the city manager or designee.
D. Industries in the city, not the city, shall be
responsible for the proper collection and removal of industrial waste
from industrial premises. The city manager or designee shall determine
what is and what is not industrial waste.
8.32.040 Charqe as debt aqainst occupant of property - Penalty.
A. A charge set pursuant to the procedures specified
in Chapter 3.70 of this code for refuse/solid waste management services
shall be a civil debt owing to the city from the owner and/or occupant
of the property.
B. Any service user and/or property owner who fails
or refuses to pay such charges shall be subject to a penalty as set forth
in the General Penalty provision, Section 1.40.010 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code.
C. Said additional charges shall be applicable only
in the event that it becomes necessary for the city to commence legal
action to collect the charge.
8.32.050 Billinq property owner.
A. The charges set pursuant to the procedure specified
in Chapter 3.70 of this code for refuse/solid waste management services
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may be billed to the property owner who may collect such charges imposed
against the occupants of such unit or units located on such premises, and
shall transmit the amount so collected to the city.
B. In the event the property owner fails to collect
such charges from any such occupant and remit the same to the city, the
property owner shall be liable to the city for payment of such charges.
8.32,060 Billinq, collection and Da~nen~ of charqos - Refunds.
A. The collection of the charges shall be under the
direction, supervision and control of the finance director.
B. Collection of charges for single-family dwelling
units, duplexes, and triplexes receiving residential can type service
shall be submitted by the finance director to the Kern County auditor-
controller and tax collector, and to such other county officers as may
be required, for placement of such charges as assessments on the secured
roll of the county and he shall request that the tax collector each year
collect and enforce the assessments in the same manner as ad valorem
property taxes. With respect to all other charges (including commercial
and multi-residential refuse bin accounts), the finance director may
require billings to be paid quarterly in advance; provided, that the
first quarterly charges shall be prorated for the unexpired number of
months or major part thereof in such quarter.
C. The finance director may make refunds of advance
payments on the same pro rata basis if requested in writing in affidavit
form by the depositor within three months from the date of any
termination of an account, otherwise no refund shall be made.
Adjustments for any increase or decrease of service shall otherwise be
made only on a quarterly basis.
D. All charges set pursuant to the procedures
specified in Chapter 3.70 of this code for refuse/solid waste/recycling
services or otherwise imposed in this chapter are due and payable on the
first day of the month following the month of billing and became
delinquent after the last day of the month following the month of
billing. An additional ten percent administrative service charge and
interest at the rate of one percent per month shall be added to any
surcharge which is delinquent. Should the city resort to court action
to collect amounts due, the city shall be entitled also to collect its
reasonable costs, including attorneys fees.
E. Beginning with the 1986-87 fiscal year, persons
aged sixty-five or older who own and have owned and occupied a single-
family dwelling unit since March 1st of the preceding year shall, upon
application to the finance director between April 1st and June 30th, be
entitled to a refund of one-half that year's annual charges paid for city
refuse/solid waste management services to such dwelling. Not more than
one refund shall be made per dwelling.
F. Owner/occupants of a single-family dwelling, absent
from such dwelling for a period of thirty consecutive days after the
effective date of the ordinance adopting this subsection shall, upon
application to the finance director, be entitled to a prorated refund of
refuse/solid waste/recycling charges for such period as the dwelling is
unoccupied, provided advance notice that the dwelling would be unoccupied
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for such period of time was provided to the water and sanitation
department.
8.32.070 Additional vowers and duties to make rules and requlations.
The finance director shall have the power and duty, and
is directed to enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to the
billing and collection of charges for city refuse/solid waste management
services, and may make such rules and regulations as are consistent with
the provisions of this chapter as may be necessary or desirable to aid
in such administration and enforcement.
8.32.080 Accumulation unlawful - Abatement.
It is unlawful and declared to be a public nuisance for
any owner and/or occupant to permit the accumulation of refuse to become
or remain offensive, unsightly, or unsafe to public health or hazardous
from fire, or to deposit, keep, or accumulate, or permit or cause any
refuse to be deposited, kept, or accumulated upon any lot or parcel of
land, or any public or private place, street, lane, alley, or driveway,
except as provided in this chapter. The city manager or designee may
take action to abate the nuisance pursuant to the procedures set forth
in Chapter 8.80 of this code.
8.32.090 Unlawful dumpinq - Abatement.
It is unlawful for any person or persons to place,
deposit or dump, or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped upon any
right-of-way, street or thoroughfare, or upon any public or private
property, or on any premises, or in any refuse container, without the
permission of the owner thereof, of refuse, garbage, junk, brush, weeds,
cans, bottles, rubbish, or other offensive, unsightly, putrescible or
decaying matter of any kind whatsoever.
8.32.100
Unlawful recoverv/redemption of recvclable materials -
Abatement.
It is unlawful for any person or persons to remove
recyclable materials from any containers identified as being provided for
a City approved recycling program. This provision does not preclude a
property owner from separating and hauling recyclable materials generated
on the premises.
8.32.110 Required containers.
Every owner and/or occupant shall at all places or
premises in the city maintain sufficient clean containers, free from
jagged edges and in good repair and strength to hold all refuse/solid
waste/recy¢lables created, produced, or accumulated on the places or
premises between regular collections as established and approved by the
city manager or designee.
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A. A sufficient number of containers shall mean, but
not be limited to, the following:
1. For single-family dwelling units, a minimum
of one standard container or standard automated cart.
2. For multiple-family dwelling units, a minimum
of one standard container or standard automated cart per unit, unless
another requirement is set by the city manager or designee.
property, a minimum of one
per unit, unless another
designee.
For other places, premises and uses of
standard container or standard automated cart
requirement is set by the city manager or
4. If any place, premises or use of property
accumulates or generates twelve or more cubic yards of refuse/solid
waste/recyclables per day, the city manager or designee may require the
occupant to provide and install a stationary compactor or roll-off box
of sufficient capacity to hold accumulated refuse/solid
waste/recyclables.
5. Properties receiving automated type services
are limited to one standard automated cart of given capacity each
scheduled service day, unless additional cart service has been requested
by occupant and proper payment for said service provided.
6. All refuse/solid waste/recycling containers,
as defined in this chapter, shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times by the owner and/or occupant of the property.
B. When not being filled or emptied, all containers
must be kept tightly closed. It is unlawful for any person, not
authorized to do so, to open such containers to collect or to scatter the
refuse/solid waste/recyclables stored therein.
8.32.120 Collection points for Nefuse/solid was%e and/oN rec¥clables.
For collection purposes every person shall place
refuse/solid waste/recycling containers in accordance with the following
rules and regulations:
A. In those portions of the city where there is an
alley abutting the premises, all properly prepared refuse/solid waste/
recyclables shall be placed adjacent to the alley as near as possible to
the property line, except when impracticable; such containers shall be
placed as directed by the city manager or designee.
B. In those portions of the city where there are no
alleys, properly prepared refuse/solid waste/recyclables, excep~ grass
clippings, leaves or trimmings shall be placed adjoining the private
driveway, where feasible, as near the front of the house as practicable,
but in no case more than fifty feet distant from the curb line adjacent
to the street from which such driveway extends. Properly prepared grass
clippings, leaves or trinunings, and any refuse/solid waste/recyclables
contained in polyethylene or plastic bags shall be placed not more than
ten feet from the curb line. Exception: S~andard automated car~ service
requires con%ainers be placed a~ a curbsAde or alley loca%ion or as
determined by ~he city manager or designee.
C. Refuse/solid waste/recycling containers shall be
placed on or near ground level, or if necessary a rack, not to exceed two
feet above the ground, shall be constructed so that the containers will
not tip over.
D. In no event shall the collector be required to
collect residential refuse/solid waste/recyclables through any gate, nor
shall such collector be required to collect refuse/solid
waste/recyclables through any trellis, pergola, arbor, clothesline,
carport or within any enclosed structure. It shall be the responsibility
of the person receiving refuse/solid waste management service to provide
free and proper access to refuse/solid waste/recycling containers.
E. Standard automated carts supplied by the City of
Bakersfield shall be placed at a location determined by the city manager
or designee. Residents receiving standard automated cart service are
required to place all refuse/solid waste/recyclables in supplied
containers for removal.
F. Detachable bin refuse/solid waste/recycling
containers shall be placed on four-inch thick concrete slabs at grade
level or on slabs of similar construction or material if approved by the
city manager or designee. Requirements are delineated in city
specifications.
G. Recycling areas shall be provided for all
development projects, improvements, and public facilities as defined, or
demonstrate reasonable proximity to an existing buy-back or drop-off
recycling center to allow daily removal of recyclables. Containment areas
shall at a minimum be 100% duplicated from either the existing
enclosure/containment area size or those depicted in city specifications.
H. The city manager or designee may require an
enclosed structure around detachable bin refuse/solid waste/recycling
containers if an unenclosed bin is determined to be unsightly.
8.32.130 PEe~aFa~£on o~ Fefuse/solid wasee/~ec¥clables.
A. For the protection of the collector and efficient
handling, all refuse/solid waste/recyclables shall be placed in
refuse/solid waste/recycling containers unless otherwise provided for in
this section. Said containers shall be kept free of all liquids and
further prepared in the following manner:
1. Garbage is to be securely placed in either a
standard container, standard automated cart, or detachable refuse/solid
waste/recycling bin.
2. Swill, when the city manager or designee
determines a premise is producing it in sufficient quantities so as to
be salvageable, shall be separately accumulated in standard containers,
or otherwise disposed as garbage.
3. Animal or human excrement and all types of
disposable diapers must be wrapped securely and placed in refuse/solid
waste/recycling containers or standard automated carts.
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4. Grass clippings are to be placed in
refuse/solid waste/recycling containers or cardboard containers, provided
such containers do not exceed fifty pounds in weight when served by the
collector. Cardboard containers will be taken unless otherwise indicated
that they are to remain. Areas served by standard automated carts are
required to place all grass clippings in the cart; no other container
shall be serviced.
5. Shrubbery and brush trimmings with branches
not over one and one-half inches in diameter shall either be securely
tied in bundles on both ends not exceeding four feet in length or
eighteen inches in diameter, or be placed in cardboard containers that,
including their contents, do not exceed three cubic feet each nor fifty
pounds in weight. Such material shall not be placed in any refuse/solid
waste/recycling container. Exception: Standard automated cart areas
shall cut branches to fit inside container. Branches must be cut to a
sufficient length allowing material to freely fall from standard
automated carts when inverted by mechanical means.
6. All ashes must be thoroughly cold by the day
of collection; residential ashes must be placed in a disposable cardboard
box not to exceed fifty pounds or disposed in a manner approved by the
city manager or designee. Ash may only be placed in automated carts
after complete cooling is accomplished in a properly secured plastic or
paper bag.
7. Containers, cardboard boxes or other
receptacles containing grass clippings, weeds or leaves, may also contain
dirt which is incidental to such rubbish; provided, that the maximum
permitted weight is not exceeded; under no circumstances is sod to be
placed out for removal by the collector.
8. Any refuse/solid waste/recyclable not
prepared in accordance with this section need not be handled by the
collector, and if allowed to lie about and accumulate for any length of
time shall be deemed in violation of Section 8.32.140.
8.32.140 Collection and disposal.
A. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove
or dispose or to enter into any agreement to collect, remove or dispose
or to allow the collection, removal or disposal of, garbage or swill,
unless such person making such collection, removal or disposal, is the
collector as defined in subsection C. of Section 8.32.020.
B. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove
or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose
or allow the collection, removal or disposal of any salvageable or
recyclable material, unless such person making such collection, removal
or disposal, is the collector as defined in subsection C. of Section
8.32.020 or has applied for and been granted a permit for such purpose
by the city manager.
C. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove
or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose
or to allow the collection, removal or disposal of rubbish unless such
person making such collection, removal or disposal, is the collector as
defined in subsection C. of Section 8.32.020 or is the person from whose
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premises said rubbish is collected and removed; provided, however, that
every person engaging in the business of gardening is authorized to
collect, remove and dispose of garden trimmings as an incident to such
business.
D. Any person in the city authorized as a collector
shall collect on predetermined, regularly scheduled days as required by
the city manager or designee.
E. Transportation of all garbage or swill by
authorized collectors shall be in leak-proof and fly-proof containers or
in leak-proof vehicle bodies or compartments fitted with sliding or
hinged covers, which shall be kept closed at all times, except that one
cover at a time may be open during loading. All such containers, vehicle
bodies and compartments, must be kept clean at all times.
F. Transportation of all rubbish shall be in vehicles
so constructed and equipped that said rubbish cannot be blown, sifted
through, nor allowed to fall upon any street, lane, alley, or driveway.
G. Disposal requirements shall be as follows:
1. It is unlawful at any time for any person,
including the collector, to burn or bury any garbage within the city
except at the designated sanitary landfill property or other approved
areas and then only in accordance with the rules and regulations
governing the use of these disposal areas.
2. It is unlawful at any time for any person,
including the collector, to dump refuse/solid waste/recyclables at any
place within the city except at the designated sanitary landfill
projects, unless such other places have been approved by the city.
3. It is unlawful at any time for any person,
including the collector, to bury any rubbish within the city, except at
designated sanitary landfill projects or other approved areas.
H. All refuse/solid waste shall otherwise become the
property of the city upon the authorized collection thereof as provided
in thls chapter.
8.32.150 Enforcement.
A. The city manager or designee shall supervise the
collection and removal of all refuse/solid waste/recyclables by the city
and shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. The city manager or designee shall establish routes
and days for collection and may change same from time to time. When such
routes and days are established or changed, he shall give such notice
thereof as he may deem advisable.
C. In all cases where city manager or designee finds
that practical problems are created by the requirements of this chapter
as to the placement of refuse/solid waste/recyclables for collection by
the city, he or she shall designate where such refuse/solid
waste/recyclables shall be placed or kept for collection and the
conditions under which it shall be collected.
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D. The city manager or designee, shall make such rules
and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as
may be necessary, reasonable and proper to effect the expeditious,
economical and efficient collection and removal of refuse/solid
waste/recyclables by the city. Such rules and regulations may also
relate to the required frequency of refuse/solid waste/recycling
collections at various locations, the type and number of refuse/solid
waste/recycling containers required, and the vehicles used in making such
collections. The determination and approval of the city manager or
designee shall be conclusive.
8.32.160 V£ola~ion - Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter or willfully and knowingly refuses to comply with the rules,
regulations and determinations of the city manager or designee shall be
punished as set forth in the general penalty provision section 1.40.010
of the Bakersfield Municipal Code.
8.32.170 Severability.
If any part of this Ordinance is held to be invalid for
any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion of this Ordinance, and this City Council hereby declares it would
have passed the remainder of this Ordinance if such invalid portion had
been deleted.
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SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days
from and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on SEP ~? 1~% , by the following vote:
AEi~..NT: OOUNCILMEMBERS I '~, ~ % ~'-~
CITY CLERK and EX Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
BOB PRICE
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
JUDY K. SKOUSEN
City Attorney
~ Assis=~ ul~y-~Lzorney
LCM/ADD/meg
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) ss.
County of Kern )
CAROL WILLIAMS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of
the City of Bakersfield; and that on the 12th day of September,
1994 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true
and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3605, passed by
the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 7th day of
September, 1994, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.32 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO REFUSE
AND SOLID WASTE RECYCLING
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUT~ City