Chico Municipal Code Ch. 8.08 Solid Waste Disposal - Storage and Collection

The definitions contained in Section 8.04.010 of this code apply to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 2499 §2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any garbage, rubbish, waste matter, or waste of any waste type in the city other than at a disposal site established by the city council or designated by the city manager, excepting that the same may be placed in receptacles and in the manner as provided by this chapter, Chapters 5.16, 8.04 and 8.12.

(Ord. 2499 §2)

It shall be unlawful for any solid waste collector to dispose of recyclable solid waste, collected pursuant to the residential recycling program required pursuant to Chapter 5.16 of this Code, in a landfill disposal site, or to dispose of such recyclable solid waste in a manner which results in other than the marketing of such solid waste for re-use.

(Ord. 2499 §2)

A. Garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on property used for single and two family residences shall be placed in receptacles or stored for collection in the manner provided by this chapter, Chapters 5.16, 8.04 and 8.12.

B. All receptacles used for the storage of garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on such property shall be emptied and the contents thereof removed and disposed of when:

1. Said contents are within four inches or less from the top of the receptacle; and

2. At least once a week.

C. Garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on such property may be combined in the same receptacle.

D. Rubbish and waste matter not easily placed in receptacles shall be neatly tied in bundles with a maximum length of four feet and a maximum diameter of two feet.

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A. Recyclable solid waste shall be placed in a designated recycling container system in the manner provided by this chapter, Chapters 5.16, 8.04 and 8.12.

B. Recyclable solid waste shall not be allowed to overflow recycling containers.

C. Recycling containers shall contain recyclable solid waste only, and no other garbage, waste matter, or rubbish.

D. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, recyclable cardboard boxes and cartons not easily placed in recycling containers shall be neatly tied in bundles with a maximum length of 4 feet, and a maximum thickness of 2 feet, and placed on the ground adjacent to recycling containers.

(Ord. 2499 §2)

A. Garbage, rubbish, and waste matter accumulated on properties used for multiple-family residential, commercial and industrial uses shall be placed in receptacles or stored for collection in the manner provided by this chapter, Chapters 5.16, 8.04 and 8.12.

B. All receptacles used for the storage of garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on such property shall be emptied and the contents thereof removed and disposed of when:

1. Said contents are within four inches or less from the top of the receptacle; and

2. At least once a week.

C. Garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on said property may be combined in the same receptacle.

D. Garbage, rubbish and waste matter accumulated on such property in large quantities may be stored for collection in covered and watertight metal receptacles in excess of thirty-two-gallon capacity of a type approved by the city, provided, that mechanical means of hoisting and emptying the same are provided by a licensed solid waste collector or by the person operating the uses upon said property.

(Ord. 2499 §2)