Bell Municipal Code Art. VI Unlawful Acts

A. It is unlawful for any person to place refuse in, or to otherwise use the refuse containers of another person, without the permission of such other person.

B. The keeping of refuse in containers or bins other than those prescribed by this chapter, or the keeping upon premises of refuse which is offensive, obnoxious or unsanitary is unlawful, constitutes a public nuisance and may be abated in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the abatement of nuisances.

C. Removal of Refuse. No person, other than the person in charge of any premises, or the person authorized by law to remove any container or bin from the location where the container was placed by the person in charge for storage or collection, shall remove any refuse or recyclable materials from any container or bin, or move the container or bin from the location in which it was placed for storage or collection, without prior written approval of the person in charge of the premises.

D. Bulky Waste. No person shall place bulky waste adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection or removal purposes without prior approval and arrangements with the collector.

E. Institutional, Commercial, or Industrial Refuse. It is unlawful for any person to place or deposit institutional, commercial, industrial, special or hazardous waste in any container placed upon the public street by public authority, and meant primarily for the disposal of refuse by pedestrians using the sidewalk.

F. Unauthorized Collection. It is unlawful for any person, other than a person holding a contract or franchise for the collection of refuse or recyclable materials, to take, remove, or appropriate for his or her own use any refuse or recyclable materials which have been placed in any street or alley for collection or removal, whether the refuse or recyclable materials are so placed in regular containers or not.

G. Public Nuisance. It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to occupy, inhabit or maintain any property within the city for which appropriate arrangements have not been made and kept in full force and effect for regular refuse removal services.

H. Unlawful Dumping.

1. It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or dump solid waste of any kind whatsoever upon any property, within the city, or to cause, suffer or permit such solid waste to be placed, deposited or dumped upon any property, in the city, without first having obtained a conditional use permit pursuant to the zoning laws of the city, as now or hereinafter amended, or pursuant to any other zoning law that may be hereinafter adopted in the place and stead of the zoning laws of the city.

2. Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 836.5, the director of planning and any city code enforcement officer are authorized to enforce the provisions of this subsection and as well as those of California Penal Code Sections 374, 374a, 374.2, 374.3, 374.4, 374d, 374.7, and 375; California Government Code Section 68055 et seq.; and California Vehicle Code Sections 23111 and 23112.

(Prior code §§ 3904.110, 3906.100—3906.115, 3906.125, 3906.130, 3911.100, 3911.105; Ord. 1097 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1142 §§ 2, 3, 2001)