HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 521ORDINAl. ICE t.vO.~/NEL':!' SERIES
AN OR:)INA~,v, CE I-IEC-UL,.Ti..'T-IG T~i'.'..', COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
OF REFU$>~, 'S. ARB.,~.GL:',' A),ID T~UBZ'ZISH IN TY'E CITY. OF BATERS-
FI,'.'LD, FIXI¥'G R.~'r'.'ES TO i~E CI-i..%RGir']D FOR SUCH COLLECTION,
ATF~-.O~'(iZ?'!.,G ANT, U,' P~,.?.O!r".':':IbTG ?OR TY.E ENTERING IT.'.TO OF A
CONTRACT '.!ITH SOLL',' PERSON, FIR?.v_, CORPOR~,.TIO~.,I OR ~.L. SSO-
CIATIO!,~ FOR TI~L.j~ COLILZCTION AND DISPOSAL Oi
GY~RBAGE Z!.',-".viO RUBv~ISH iN T~"-'."J CITY OF BA~',RSI,~IELD,
FI~LT.k~G TE~v~/S ,'.~TD CO:':.DITD'ONS Lr..rT~E.~ '.:X-DUCI. SUCt~ COlTTRACT
SHALL BE LET, PROHYB:CTi!~TG J~h~f PERSO.~'~ OTH!';R TPAi'I TIIE
CONTRACT .~C-},.'!~T FRO,V. E.~TGAGIL~TG Ii,: THE BUSI~'ESS OF
COLL'.']CTING AND DISPOSING OP' ~EFUS~, GARB;-.'C~E
RUBBIS~U; PiAKING IT LU.,ILA'.FUL TO PER}.YIT SUCH COLLEC-
TION AND DISPOSAL BY A~TYO~Ti'~ OTEE~ TITAN TPE CO~TTRACT
AGENT, PROVIDI~.~C~ PET,T~%LTI"2S FOR Z'E 11IOLJ~TIO~? OF TT:IS
ORDI.~TA?TCE A]JD R'~'.:u?.cALINC- ALL OR~)IN.a_',:~cCES .T.i:,v CO]T~'LICT
HERi~I' IITH.
BE IT ORDAI~ED BY T~E COI~C~L OF T3TE CITY 0',? BAT~'?~FIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFI?IITIONS
(~) Contract A~ent: - The general term "Contract Agent"
shall include and mean, for the p~~rpose of this ordinance, an
agent or employee of the City of Bakersfield, or any person, firm,
corporation or association, or the agents or employees thereof
with. v~hom the City of Bakersfield s]~all have duly contracted under
the terms hereinafter set out in this ordinance, and under the
provisions of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield, with amend-
ments thereto, to collect, transport through the streets, alleys
or public ~;ays of said City, and dispose of refuse, garbage and
rubbish produced within the limits of said City.
(b) Ashes: - Shall include and mean the residue of all
materials burned.
(c) Combustible Rubbish: - The term "Combustible Rubbish"
shall include and mean paper, pasteboard, carpets, rags, clothing,
trimmings from lawns and flower gardens, tree trimmings, books,
straw, packing, barrel's, boxes, oily rags, oily waste, furniture,
sawdust, shavings and other similar articles that will cinerate
through contact with flames of ordinary temperature.
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(d) Dump Grounds: - The term "Dump Grounds" and/or "City
Dump" and/or "Dump" shall include and mean any property the City
of Bakersfield shall designate at any time to be used for the dis-
posal of any or all refuse, garbage, rubbish or other waste material
that may accumulate within the said City.
(e) Garbag.e~ - The term "Garbage shall include and mean
kitchen and table refuse and offal. Also, every accumulation
of animal, vegetable or other matter that attends the preparation,
consumption, decay or dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls,
birds, fruits or vegetables, saving and excepting dead animals
and offal of slaughter houses.
(f).Incinerators: - The term"Lncinerator" shall include
and mean fire proof receptacles to be used for disposing of com-
bustible rubbish on private premises~
(g) Night Soil: - The term "Night Soil" shall include
and mean the contents of privy vaults, cesspools, dr~ells, and
sinks.
(h) Non-Gombustible Rubbish: - The teen "Non-Combustible
Rubbish" shall include and be held to mean broken crockery, broken
bottles, broken brick, tin vessels, ashes, natural soil, street
sweepings, earth and stone, obsolete or abandoned motor vehicles
and non-combustible waste matter.
(i) Rubbish: - The term "Rubbish" shall include and mean
all combustible and non-combustible waste and refuse ~atter, ex-
cepting garbage ordinarily accu~ulating in and about residences,
flats, buildings, aDart~.ent houses, lodging houses, hotels,
restaurants, eating houses, stores, shops, offices and other public
buildings. Among other things it shall include tree trimmings,
grass cuttings, dead plants and weeds, but shall not include
brick, mortar, or other debris incident to the construction or
demolition of buildings.
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!i)__R.~! - T~e general term "Refuse" shall include
and mean all matter and materials v~hich are rejected by the
owners or producers thereof as offensive or useless, and w~ich by
their presence or accumulation may injuriously affect the health,
comfort, or safety of the commun~.ty by increasing disease or
hazard by fire.
(k__)_ ~plk~se Collector: - The term ~'Refuse Collector" as
used in this ordinance shall include and mean the same as hereto-
fore defined for the term "'Contract Agent".
(1) Semi-Combustible Rubbish: - The term "Semi-Combustible
Rubbish" shall include and mean boots, shoes, dead flowers, feathers,
yard scrapings and similar articles of waste or rejected ~'~atter of
any kind that will inci.~erate, though not readily, through contact
with flames of ord~.nary temperature.
SECTION B. REGv~LATIONS FOR ACCU~XLATTON.
It shall be 'unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to deposit, keep, accumulate or permit, cause or suffer any rubbish
or garbage to be deposited, kept or accumulated upon any lot or par-
cel of land, o~ on any p~hlic or private place, street, lane, alley
or drive, unless the same shall be kept, deposited or allowed to ac-
cumulate as hereinafter provided.
(a) Combustible Eubbish.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to keep, deposit or allow to accumulate any "Combustible Rubbish"
uoon any lot or parcel of land or on any public or private place,
street, lane, alley or drive, unless the same shall be kept in a
metal receptacle provided with handles and said receptacle shall
not have a larger capacity than 80 gallons, said receptacle to be
provided with a close-fitting. metal lid or coveE~bich shall be
kept closed at all times except w~en necessarily opened to permit
combustible rubbish to be taken therefrom or deposited therein.
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( b ) Gar_ba__ge: -
It shall be unla;~fuL for any pearson, firm or Corporation
to keep, accumulate or operas. it to be kept or acc~aulated any ~Garbage"
upon a'.~y lot or parcel of land, or on any public or private place,
street, lane, alley or drive, unless the same s~'.all be in
receptacle provided v~ith handles; ~aid receptacle shall have a
capacity of not less than five (O) gallons and not to exceed
thirty (30) gallons, said receptacle to be provided ~vith a close-
fitting ~-.~etal lid o~ cover v~ich shall be kept clo~ed at all ti~es
except v~ben necessarily opened to permit garba~.e to be taken there-
from or deposited therein.
(c) Non-Co~!bustible Rubbish.: -
It shall be ~la-f~l for any person% firi'.! or corporction
to keep, .accur. lula~.:e or peru,,.it to be kept or acc~',iula'bed any :ri.lon-
Combustible Rubbish~; l~nless. t]no ~ay, ie be kept in a suitable box
or boxes, barrels or other s'.~ita~le receptacles to be kept on
each of said pi~enises, si~.fficient to hole1 the non-coi~ibustible
rubbish tvhich ~vould ordina~ili~ acct~nul~te on s~ch pi~eLiises.
( ) a e 1.e -
It shall be mla~Jful for any person to place or cause
or per~'~it to be placed in the receptacle used. for co~'~bustible
rub~cish s. ny ashes ~-~hatsosver, o~ to place in the ~sce~tacle
for non-combustible rubbish any ashes, o~ to ~lace in~ an~ ~e-
ceptacle contain~n~ ~ubbish a~_v ga~baie, and it shall be the
duty of such person or ~oe'~sons to lnesp sai~ rubbish, garbage and
ashes sspa?ate and a~oaPt, and not to pe~it s com~i~.~ling of e~.thsr
in any one ~sceptccls.
'~'E~.e~e t!~er~e is an alloy, other than a bl~_nd allay, in
the re~.r of the premises, s~.ch vessel, tank or receptacle shall
be olaced on the prez~isss witb~.n five (8) feet of the rear
property line.
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SECTIO" 5. TEAL"SPORTY'.TT('N.
(a) Garbage Trans~9ortation -
No garba~e sl?.all bc re~-oved and carried on or along any
street or alley of the ss. id C, ity of Bakoz,~s.~ield except the same
be traqs-oorted ~.n uator tight containers ~it~ proper covers, so
that the gaPbs.~e shall not be offensive and. ever7~r such contsino~
shall be kept clean and said gsrba,-.e sl~all be so loaded that
none of it s]~all fall, drip cr spill to or on the gromd, side-
",alk or pavement.
(b) Rubbish Trsns.?oPtation-
No rubbish shall be rev~ovsd and carried on and along the
streets and alleys of the said City of Bakersfield except that
t~fe same be carried, conveyed or hauled in conveyances so con-
structed as to ~'~.~ absolutely diist proof, and so arranged that it
is impossible for any of the contents of such conveyance.. to
sift through or fall out upon said streets and alleys. The
contents of sucrs conveyances ?'lust be further protected so as to
prevent t]-~e sar~e fron! being blown upon the streets, elleye and
adjacent lands.
(c) GarbaZ~ Co~ lection -
All garbaCe acc~unulated st any store, shop, p~-~staui~ant,
hotel, care, apartment be Lee, tsnevuont, boarding lzo~se, oi~ other
'olace not a private residence or dlvelling sball~. be rer~oved by
the City of Bakersfield, its susnt, er.~.oloyess, psEi~ittees or
representatives at re~ul-r intervals of once a day, unless other-'
v~ise directed by the City Health Officer of the said Cit',j of
Bakers field.
All garbage accu~'!ulatsd on any private lot or parcel
of land, private residence or d~vsllin.~ shall be ro~'~oved by the
City of Bakersfield, its agenZs, ei,,.ployees, per~'~ittees or represents.-
tives at regular intervals of t-.,ice a week, unless othervziso direct-
ed by the City Health Officer of the City of Ba!~orsfield.
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(d) Rubbish Collection -
All rubbis~ accumulated at any store, shop, restaurant,
hotel, care, apartment bo~se, tenement, boarding house, private
lot or parcel of land, private residence or dwelling shall be
removed by the City of Bakersfield, its a~ents, employees, per-
mittees, or representatives at regular intervals once a w~ek, or
oftcrier w~en directed by the City P~al~h Officer and/or the City
Fire ~rshall of the City of BaLersfield.
(e) City Health Officer Directs ~emoval.
It shall be the duty of any collector en6a~,ed in or
conducting the business of collecting garbage and/o~ rubbish by
contract with the City of Bakersfield or acting as its a~.ent,
permittee, or representative, under this ordinance, when
directed by the City Health Officer of the said City of Bakers-
field, to immediately call at any premises in t3~e City of Bakers-
field to ~icb said rubbish or garbage collector may be directed'
by said Health Officer, and where garbage and/or rubbish is ac-
cumulated and there collect and remove said garbage and/or
rubbish in accordance ~ith tl~s provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. RATD~S FOR COLLECTI~T.
(a) SinEle Households. -
Fo~ the service of oollect!ng all refuse, garbage or
rubbish ordinarily p~oduced in and about the ho~sehold, but not
including dead animals, or the refuse from the construction,
demolition or alteration of buildings, each separate household
having refuse containers shall not be required to pay more than
the following rates:
Quantity Per
Collection
Rates Per Month for the Followlag
Number of Collections '~Veekly
1
30 gallons or less ........ .,
gallons to ...... 6o
F~om 40 gallons to 80 gallons ......VO
From 80 gallons to 60 gallons .... . .80
9 ~ 6
· ',':;1.00 (j~l .sS ~s.40
1.20 1.65 3. O0
1.40 1.95 3.60
1.60 2.25 4.20
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Where the regular acc~nulation of garbage exceeds
sixty (60) gallons per collection the excess garbshe shall be
removed at the rate.of ten (10) cents for each ten (10) 8allons
or fraction thereof, for one collection each week; for more
frequent collections the rate shall incroase at the same ratio
as set forth in the above schedule.
The above schedule of rates for collection and re~oval
of garbage shall ~.nclude the collection, removal and disposal of
rubbish where the accumulation of said rubbish does not exceed
one (1) barrel of fifty (80) gallons ca~acity per collection.
(b) Business Places or Establishments. -
For the service of collecting all gsrba~e and rubbish
ordinarily produced in and about business places or establishments,
but not including dead aninmls, or the refuse from the construction,
demolition or alteration of buildings, each separate business place
or establishment having refuse containers shall not be required to
pay moro than the following rates:
Quantity Per
Collection
Less than l0 gallons ......
Rates Per Month for the Following
Number__o~ Collections ~eek~l__
1 ~. 3 6 V
$ .45 .90 1.20 2.15 2.45
The above schedule of rates for collection and removal of
garbage shall include the collection, re;uoval and disposal of rub-
bish where the accumulation of said rubbish does not exceed thirty
(30) cubic feet per collection.
¥~ere the regular acc~mulstion of rubbish per collection
exceeds thirty (30) cubic feet the excess rubbish shall be removed
and the charge for said excess shall not exceed the following rates:
Quantity Per
Collection
For each 15 cubic feet
over 30 cubic feet or
fraction thereof. ........
Rates Per [Ionth for the Following
Number of Col~ectionsUe_e~ly
1 2 3 6 V
(~.45 .65 .90 1.5S 1.80
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Provided, ho~ever, ~',ere the regular garbage accumula-
tion exceeds ten (lO) gallons or ;~:ore per day at any plnce of
business or establishment (said garbaSe to have a fluid content
not to exceed ~5%), it shall be removed free of charge by the
Collector and shall be deemed of sufficient value to compensate
the Collector in full for the removal of rubbish, not exceeding
30 cubic feet per collection. For said garbage the Collecto~
must furnish the necessary containers, and said containers shall
meet all requirements of the IIoalt~ Depa~t~.2ent as to storiliza-
tion and sanitation. Said Collector s~all ~e~ove garbage and
r~bisb from places no~7 ~2sed for the p~.rpose of storing such
garbage and rubbish, or fro~ such ~lace as ~ay be designated by
the City Health Officer, and shall not remove garbage and
rubbish from hotels and restaurants between t~e ho~s of 10:30
P. ~. and 6 A.LI.
Provided, further, that apart~ents and tenements not
producing ten (10) gallons of garbage per day shall~c~iz~ that
casedfor the service of collecting all refuse, garbage and/or
rubbish ordinarily produced in and about apartments and tene~'.~ents,
the rates for the v~hole apart"~ent ~ouse nr tene~:~ent payable in one
fee, pay the following fees:
1. For five (5) or less apartments the rate shall not
exceed one dollar and thirty-five cents (?1.35) per ~onth for
two collections per ~veek.
B. For ~ore than five (~) apartments the ~ate for each
apartment shall not exceed t~venty-five cents (~5~) per month for
two collections per week, forty cents (~0~) per month'for three
collections per week, and si::ty-five cents (65~) per month for
six (6) collections per ~eek.
(c) Office BulldinEs, Places of Business -
Fo~ the regular collection, removal and disposal of
rubbish from any office building using a co~.t0n container or from
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any promises or ~lace of business -~roducing said refuse (excepting
those premises for which rates are hereinabove specified) the rate
per month for said collection shall not exceed the following:
Quantity Per
Collection
5 or less cubic feet ........ ......
6 to 15 cubic feet. ...............
16 to 30 cubic feet. ...............
For each 15 cubic feet over 30 cubic
feet or fraction thereof. ...........
(d) Decaying Vegetable ~tters -
Collections Per ':Veek
1 '2 3 6
l.s5l.sos.vo
1.35 2.25 2.90 4.50
1.80 3.15 4.05 6.30
.45 .65 .90 1.55
For the collect.~.on of decaying vegetable matter in lots
of less than two (2) tons the rate shall be twenty (20) cents per
one htundred (lO0) pounds, with a minimitre charge of one (~l~;1.00)
dollar; and in lots of more than two (2) tons the rate shall be
ten (10) cents per hundred (100) pounds.
(e) Irregular Collections -
For the occasional or irregular collection of refuse
for which rates are not heroinbefore ?'ixed the refuse collector
sly-all be entitled to charge at the rate of one dollar and thirty-
five cents (:.)1.35) per cubic yard with a miniu:mn charge of sl;:ty-
five cents (65~). It shall be the duty of the refuse collector
to make such collections upon being properly notified.
S':f, CTI~N 5. DIS'~OSAL.
(a) City Dump Grounds -
The City of Bakersfield sl-.al! provide a parcel of land
known as the City Dump Orottnds, situated without t]-e City Limits
of said City.
All garbage, r-e. bbish, stable manure, ashes or other refuse
collected uitbin t~e City of BaU,-'_ersfield shall be delivered to safi. d
City Dump Grounds and dis.posec] of in accordance with the regulations
of said Dump Grounds and in accordance with the instruct.~.ons of the
Mana-~er or Custodian in charge of said Dump Grounds.
(b) Hours of 'Disposal -
No garbage or rubbish of any kind v,~t~.atsoever si:all be
dumped at the City Du~:~p Gro~nds except bet'.~oen tr.e ~ours of V
o'clock A. i.~. and six (8) o'clock P.
(c) Custodian of City D~m.D Grounds. -
It shall be the duty of any ~Ref~se Collector engaged in
or conducti~.g t_hs business of collecting garbage and/or rub:~ish by
contract ~vith the City of Bakers:Cield, or acting as its ~n~ent,
permittee or representative, ~nder t~is ordi',,~.ance, to ~.aintain at
the City Dump Grounds a co~..npete~t e~ployee v.~ho shall be k.'.~o~:~n ~s
the Custodian of said Dt~i~p Grounds. Said Custodian sly. all rcmain
at said Dump Gn?OUndS at all ti~_es during the ho~.u~s provided by
t~is ordinance for the disposal of all gsrb~.ge and/or rubbish.
Said Custodian shall have corl~plete charge of said Dtn~p
Grounds in accordance i.~ith Rules and Hsgulations as provided in
this ordinance, or such other rules and regulatiov~s as may be
adopted by the City Council, and _be shall direct the dub_ping and
disposal of all garbage and/or rubbish delivered t~o~.er· by the
Collectors.
(d) Rules and Eeg~ulations of' Cit~_ Dtn~p.
Tb.e Custo~ian of the City ))ur~p Grounds s~all be guided,
at all times, by the follo~ving Rules and Regulations for same.
1. Hours open for service: - From V:O0 A. DI. to 8:00
P. L~. daily except Sundays.
~. Sanitat~.on s.bsll be t~s chief objective and ~nder
co:',ditions v~ill an unsan~ tary condition be tolerated.
~. Dune. ping shall be orderly and systematic in
that dump area shall be most efficiently used.
~. All salvs~e ~sterial s.ball bo disposod c~ as
rapidly as possible in o-~der to keep do~n accumulations to a
minimum.
5. Private individual_s bringing their own refuse
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to dump grounds vfil! be reo~ired to dur~.p as directed end v~ill
receive co~.rteous treatk'-:ent fro~.~ attendants.
6. RoacJs an~ drive~vays r~ust be -~'~intainod for sc. fo
accessibility to all parts of tbs dump.
V. Accmulation of aon-corabust!ble rubbish (autos, etc.)
shall be disposed of at first opport~ity the r~arkst affords.
8. Entrance and approach area shall be maintained in a
clean and safe condition.
SECTION 6. T'.IUCiqS.
Every truck used ~n tbs collection and removal of garbage,
and/or rubbish, shall be kept well painted, clean inside and out,
and in a nrominent place on each truck display the follo~ving sign:
GARBAGe.: SERVICE
BAtC~.~'j'iELD, CALIF.
NO.
SECTION V. !~IGHING.
The City reserves the right to require the Contractor
to send to public scalos all of its loaded trucks carrying rofuse,
ga~bage and rubbis~ originatin~ v~ithin the boundaries of the
City for a period not oxcoeding ten (lO) days in any one year,
for the purpose of v~eighino tT~o samo, at city expense.
SECTION 8. BUllYiNG H~FUS~.
It s!nall bs unlauful to de'~osit or bury any refuse 7ithin
the City Li~dts; provided, bov~sver, t!~st rubbish and ~vaste
may bs nmde use of ~vhen leveled and properl'y covs..cd, on uritten
porr~ission of the City F. calth Officer for the filling of lov~ lots
~ithin t)~e City Limits.
SECTION 9. B~I~.TG
Refuse ~s~r bo burned as reCulsted Lmder O~jinance '.'~o
559 .No..., Series of the Cit~r of Baker~field, PPovided, ~Douever,
tibet !t will be unlarzfu! to cres. te dense smoke and offensive
odor therefPom,
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Si~CTION 10 . Z:-."'~:'DRGE'..rC~--~ '.'..: ];'OVAL.
Not]','.ng i~.~,. t' is ordinance shall bo deemed to prohibit
the reT.~oval and hsUli:..?.~ by an ~m]-icensed perso;a of ~;~s. torials con-
sidered by the Health Officer or i,'ire C' ief to con,:titute a
health menace or a fire henace of such nature as zaeoessa~-y to be
ordered by either of said. officers to be pro~llotly reproved.
SECTION ll. PRODUCEE HAULZi:~'G.
Nothin~ in tU-,is ordinance contag.ned shall be construed
to prohibit any p~oducer of ~efuse, ~srba~.e. or rubbish :':tom
personally hauling such refuse. garbage o~ r~bbish, in produce~-,s
vehicle, through the streets of the Cit~r of Bakersfield and dis-
posing of sa~e ~itbout t]~e li~its of tl':e City of Bakez-sfield,
'provided that such hauling ~-nd disposal shall at s. ll times be
,~ubject to the approval of the Cit~r Kes. ltb Officer, and provided,
furt?,o~~, that sa~d hauling.' and dls;~osal of garba&.;s sD.d/Or rubbish
shall not be done ".~itbout a v~ritten porr~it of the Health Officer.
SECTI ON 12. H~-:;AL'I~ 0FFI C~'.-j R.~JGUL., :.,' I 01US.
The Health Officer shell b.s. ve pov~er to establish rules
and rsgul,~tions not inconsistent x~ith this ordinance, ~overg'~ing
the collection and disposal of refuse, jarba~e or rubbish, pro-
vided that such rules and regulations shall bs. vo as the:,.r purpose
the enforcement of the provis:~.ons of t}~is ordi~ance and the health
and sanitary la~vs and ordinances in effect in the City of Bske-rs-
field.
S~CTiO~',Y 13. 'ENFORCE~,'L..~HT.
The Health Departr~.ent is ]Dereby spocifically roqUired
to enforce tl~e provisions of this ordinance, end s~'~all have the
right to enter any s. nd all pr~mxise~ for tl-,e ',~urpose of det".rb~in-
in~ the sanitary condit':.o~.~ thereof, and any person denying or
obstructing such entry she, ll be subject to the penalty heroin pro-
vided.
It shall be ~mlsv;ful for any person in any ~:~anncr to
interfere ~;ith the collectio:.~ :or dispgossl of :~efuss, garbage or
rubbish by any person, firr.~ or corporatic=: autl?orized by license
or contract to collect and dispose of t~e same.
SEC~:I~0N 14. CONTRACT.
For t~.',.e collection and disposal of Refuse, GarbaCe and
Hubbish, a Contract for a period not to exceed ten (lO) years
may be entered into by the City of Bakersfield, in accordance with
and subject to the terms and conditions of this ordinance and the
City Charter.
Suc~ contract sl~all provide that the Contractor shall
collect and dis~pose of the Refuse, Garbage and Rubbish in the
City of Bakers?ield, in the ~.an~.er iu tb. is ordi~a~.ce provided, and'
shall not charge any av~ounts in excess of the rates sDecified,
in this ordinance. Said contr:'~ctor shall be required to furnish
a surety bond to the City of B~,.kersfield, in the s~m of Five
Thousand Dollars (~'~5,000.00), coy.~.ditioned upon the faithful per-
formance of the contract and the provisions of t].~is ordinance.
Such contractor shall hc. vo the sole and exclusive ri~ht~ except
as in this ordi~.ance otl~orv~iss provided, to collect all refuse,
~arbage and rubbish in the City of Bakersfield, and transport the
same thro~gh the streets and public ~vays of said .?ity.
Said contract shall further provide that s~.id contractor
shall be required to dispose of all ~uch refuse or ~.arbage and
rubbish at the said City D~p as prove. tied in t~'is ordf.~ance, and
provided., further, that such dis~osal st the City ~u~p shall hove
'the approval of the County Health 0f?icer and the St~=e Board of
Health.
Such contract shall also require tT~e.t said Contractor
procure for the period covered by the proposed contract, ful].
compensation insur~,.nce "~ith an 'mIndustrisl Carrier~ e.s defined
by and in accordance v~i~h the provis~.ons of the Act of tP~e Legis-
1cture of the State of C~l.'_fornia, Imo~vn as '~'.~or~aen's Co~upenss-
tion Act~, a ~proved ~.Zay 26, 191~, and as subseq,~.entl'~' amended.
Such contract shall also require that said Contractor
carry public lia~ility insura~.ce to the e~'tont of f: fty thousand
(rY':;50, O00.O0) dollal~s for the death or injury to one person, s. nd
one hadred thousand C~100,000.00) dollars fo~ the deatl~ or injury
of more than one person, and property damage insurance to the
extent of five t~oussnd dolls. rs (([;5,000.00) dollars, upo.~. each of
the trucks or other ve~icles used by l~i~,~ in carrying out the
work called for in the ~ontrs. ct; such insurs, nce to cover both the
City and the refuse collector.
The City Comcil by resolution shall hs, ve power to pro-
vide for tb.e inclusion in such contract of such terns as it d. eems
necessary to protect the interests of tl~e City of Bakersfield.
Before said. contract shall be entered into, sealed bids
shall be called for by the City Comcil and the contract a~arded
to the ~ighest responsible bidder. ~acl~ p~opos~l or bid shall be
accompanied by a certified check payable to the City of Bakers~ield,
in the s~ of 'five hadred (~;500.00) dollars, v~hick. s~ sicall be
forfeited to the City of Bake~rsfield if the bidder to 'vbom is
a~mrded the contract shall fail or refuse to enter into the con-
tract ~vithin ten (10) days s. ftsr the date of mailing to the
successful bidder the Hotice of Award of Contract. The Comcil
reserves the ri~t to reject s. ny and all bids.
SECT~0N 15. COI~TR~kCT ~GENT~ ONLY T0 ~ AND DISPOSE 0F RU'~FUS~'.~ GARBAGE AND
It shall be mla.:'j:.[ul for any person, firm or corporation'
other than t~.~e Contract A~cnt (as defiL?.ed in this ordinance) to
collect, remove, or haul refuse, d'a~bage or rubbis]~ ove~ the
streets of tl~e City of Bakersfield duri~g such ti~;~e ss such Contract
Agent has a contract v~itla the City for t]~e collection and disposal
of the same; provided, ho~vever, that this section sba].l not apply
to pe~'so~s who have ~. perr~it from the Health Officer to haul and
d~.s',~ose of the same.
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SECTION 16. NO ONE OTFER T3. A~--T .C.O-..LT.~CT AC-EiyrT TO REY'.~OV'.': H~P~E~_ GARBAr;E AND
It shall be mlawful for any person, firm or corporati~
to permit any person, firm or corporation to rcr~ovo any rsfuco,
garbage or rubbish fro:'~. !'~is pre~ises, other than the Contract
Agent as above defined.
SECTI03~ 1V. CONSTIT~IO?~ALiTY.
If any section, sub-section, cls~.se, or ohrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be mconstitutio~al, such
decision s~all not s. ffect the val~.~ity of the remaining sections
of t~"is ordinance. ~e Co~c~.l hereby declares that it would
have passed t~is ord'~.naY~ce, an?! each section, sub-section, sen-
tence, claL~se an~ ~hrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any 'one or ~,~ors other sections, sub-sections, sentences, old. uses
or phrases be declared u~co~stitutional.
SECTYOL-I 18. PENALTY.
Any person, fiEu or corporat~..on violating any of the
provisio'<~s of t3-.is ordi~ance or ~;~ili'ully non-cov~plying ~vith any
of the te~s, requirements or provisions contained herein, s]'.all
be guilty of a hisdemeanor, and upon convictio3~ thereof, shall
be pun~.shsble by a fine not to exceed Three Hundred (~'~:~00.00) Dollars
or by imprisoLment in the Country Jail for a 'oe~.oc~ not to exceed
ninety days, or by both such "'ine and inpriso~snt.
SECTiCON 19. R'~iPL:EALX~iG ORDINA3TC~dS.
All o~di~ances or pa~ts of ordinances in co~.flict
herevj!th are hereby expressly repealed.
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I IIEL!k~BY C3ERTIL~ that the forogo~.ng Ordinance was pas~ed
and adopted by the Coucil of tl~.e City of L~3~ers~rield, at a re~uln3~
meeting thereof held on the ~ day of_ ~~ 19S8,
by the follo~vin~ vote:
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