Del Norte County Municipal Code § 7.16 Garbage 7.16.10 Definitions

• 7.16.50 Collection Vehicle; Care Of Contents

• 7.16.60 Collection Vehicle; Inspection

• 7.16.80 Garbage Dump; Use Restrictions

• 7.16.90 Garbage Dump; Firearm Discharge Prohibited

1. As used in this chapter, the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular, and "person" includes both natural and artificial persons, partnerships and associations.

2. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

   1. "Garbage" means and includes the animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods, and all other readily putrescible waste materials.

   2. "Refuse" means and includes mixed garbage and rubbish.

   3. "Rubbish" means and includes all trash, refuse and waste materials not included within the term "garbage," as defined herein. It includes, but is not limited to tree, shrub and lawn trimmings, paper, glass, crockery, packing materials, and rags.

(Ord. 226 §§ 1, 11, 1955)

All persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of disposing of garbage and rubbish in the county shall obtain a license or franchise for the right and privilege of collecting garbage and rubbish within the county or any portion thereof or district to be fixed by the board of supervisors for such periods of time as the board deems advisable, but not to exceed ten years.

(Ord. 226 § 2, 1955)

Any license or franchise shall provide that the licensee will dispose of the garbage and rubbish at such place or places and by such means and methods, as the board of supervisors shall determine. The licensee shall pay the county such fees for the license or franchise as may be determined by the board.

(Ord. 226 § 3, 1955)

Any person, firm or corporation which obtains a franchise or license for the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish shall collect all garbage and rubbish offered in suitable containers as often as may be required by the board of supervisors and shall remove the garbage or rubbish from the premises in a sanitary manner.

(Ord. 226 § 4, 1955)

Any person, firm or corporation which engages in the business of collecting garbage shall secure the contents of the vehicles in such a manner as to prevent the contents from escaping or blowing out upon a public highway.

(Ord. 226 § 5, 1955)

All vehicles engaged in the business of transporting garbage and rubbish upon any public road or street in the county shall first be inspected and approved by the county health department.

(Ord. 226 § 6, 1955)

No person shall place, deposit or dump or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped, any garbage, rubbish or refuse upon any public or private highway or road, including any portion of the right-of-way thereof, or on any private property without the consent of the owner, or in or upon any public park or other public property.

(Ord. 226 § 7, 1955)

1. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to dump auto bodies or similar bulky rubbish in any public dump except in such dumps as are designated for the dumping of such material by the board of supervisors.

2. All persons using the public dumps and dumping garbage or refuse thereon shall place the garbage or refuse at a point or places thereat as designated by the person in charge of or the caretaker of the garbage dumps.

3. No person shall set fire to any garbage or refuse at any garbage dump without the approval and direction of the caretaker of the dump having been first had and obtained.

4. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to dispose of tires or petroleum products in the Klamath Dump.

(Ord.77-40, 1977; Ord. 278 (part), 1958; Ord. 226 § 8, 1955)

It is unlawful for any person to discharge firearms in, onto, or about garbage dumps in the county.

(Ord. 295 (part), 1960; Ord. 226 § 8a, 1955)

It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation in possession of, or having charge of any boardinghouse, eating place, lodging house, restaurant, store, apartment house, or other place where food is served or sold to the public, to provide and keep at all times one or more suitable water and fly tight receptacle in which all garbage from such premises will be placed and kept until removed. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the placing of rubbish in suitable containers in such manner or fashion that this rubbish will not be blown away or accessible to animal life.

(Ord. 226 § 9, 1955)

1. In any case in which a person is arrested for any violation of this chapter and does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer, instead of taking such person before a magistrate, shall prepare in duplicate, a written notice to appear in court containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court.

2. The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least five days after such arrest.

3. The place specified in the notice to appear shall be either:

   1. Before a judge of a justice court within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who has jurisdiction of the offense and who is nearest and most accessible with reference to the place where the arrest is made; or

   2. Upon demand of the person arrested, before a judge of a justice court having jurisdiction of such offense at the. county seat of the county in which such offense is alleged to have been committed or before a judge in the judicial district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.

   3. Before an officer authorized by the county to receive a deposit of bail.

4. The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person and the arrested person in order to secure release must give his written promise so to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.

5. The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file the duplicate notice with the magistrate specified therein. Thereupon the magistrate shall fix the amount of bail, which in his judgment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1275 of the Penal Code, will be reasonable and sufficient for the appearance of the

defendant and shall indorse upon the notice a statement signed by him in the form set forth in Section 815a of the Penal Code. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail thus set. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant shall not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited, and may in his discretion order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case. Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the county treasury for distribution pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code.

6. No warrant shall issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who has given such written promise to appear in court, unless and until he has violated such promise or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment, as required by law.

7. Any person willfully violating his written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

(Ord. 300 (part), 1960; Ord. 226 § 12, 1955)

Except as provided in this chapter, the provisions of Section 17301 through 17751 of Title 14 of the California Administrative Code are adopted as the minimum standards for storage, collection, transportation and disposal of garbage, refuse and trash in the county. It shall be unlawful for persons to engage in garbage, refuse and trash storage, collection, transportation, or disposal practices that do not meet those minimum standards and the standards herein set forth.

(Ord. 87-09 § 1, 1987)

It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of garbage, refuse or trash except as provided herein.

(Ord. 87-09 § 2, 1987)