Cathedral City Municipal Code Art. 2 Solid Waste Management

In order to protect the public health, safety, and well-being, and to prevent the spread of vectors, the person in charge of a premises in the city shall make arrangements with a solid waste franchisee for solid waste handling services and keep such arrangement in good standing. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and punishable as provided in Article 7 of this chapter.

(Ord. 854 § 2, 2022)

A. Use. Every person in charge of a premises shall:

1. Keep on the premises a sufficient number of containers to hold all solid waste, including gray container waste, non-organic recyclables, and organic waste that accumulates on the premises each week without spilling, leaking, or emitting odors.

2. Deposit or cause to be deposited all solid waste, including gray container waste, non-organic recyclables, and organic waste generated or accumulated on the premises into the proper containers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

B. Placement for Collection. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, no person shall place a container in a public right-of-way for collection by the appropriate solid waste franchisee more than twenty-four hours prior to the normal collection time. Containers placed in a public right-of-way for collection shall be removed from the right-of-way within twenty-four hours after collection.

C. Storage. Except during the time a container is placed for collection, no container shall be visible from the public right-of-way. A debris box may be placed in a location that is visible from the public right-of-way at a single-family residential premises for up to thirty consecutive days and for no more than sixty total days during any twelve month period.

(Ord. 854 § 2, 2022)

A. Until solid waste has been picked up by the appropriate solid waste franchisee, each person in charge of a premises shall be responsible for the cleanup of any and all solid waste generated, accumulated, or spilled on the premises. This cleanup responsibility includes the cleanup of solid waste spilled for any reason, including, but not limited to, human or animal interference with a container, wind or other natural forces, at any time during storage, collection, removal, or transfer of the materials.

B. The city's solid waste franchisee(s) shall clean up any solid waste spilled during its collection, removal, or transfer, as soon as the spill occurs.

(Ord. 854 § 2, 2022)

All solid waste accumulating upon a premises must be disposed of as frequently as required to avoid an accumulation of solid waste in violation of this chapter, but in no case shall disposal occur less frequently than one time per week, except that less than weekly disposal may be permitted during any period of time the premises is temporarily unoccupied and solid waste is not accumulating on the premises due to out-of-town travel or other similar situations.

(Ord. 854 § 2, 2022)