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ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8.32.140 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
REFUSE /SOLID WASTE /RECYCLING.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8.32.140 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
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.
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 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.
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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 this chapter.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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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
JUN 2 4 2015 by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR, SMITH, SULLIVAN, PARLIER
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ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
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JUN 2 4 2015
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ROBERTA GAFFORD,bAC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
JUA H. RUDNICK
uty City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, 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 26th day of June , 2015 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a
full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4811, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 24th day of June, 2015 and entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8.32.140 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO REFUSE /SOLID
WASTE /RECYCLING.
ROBERTA GAFFORD
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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