El Dorado County Municipal Code Art. VIII Prohibited Acts, Nuisances, Violations, Abatement and Penalties

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, dump, scatter, discard, place or deposit litter or solid waste in any manner or amount on any highway, road, right-of-way, or public or private property within the unincorporated area of the County, except in containers or in areas lawfully provided for or permitted for that use.

B. The existence or accumulation, without the authority of the County, of litter, trash, scrap materials, junk parts, garbage or refuse of any kind upon private property shall be prohibited, provided that said refuse is visible to the occupants of an adjacent or nearby parcel of real property, or to the users of any right-of-way. It shall be unlawful to allow accumulations of wastepaper, litter or combustible or flammable waste materials or rubbish of any kind to remain in any court, yard, vacant lot or open space.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.700; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager or employee of a commercial establishment or institution to deposit solid waste from the establishment or institution in any receptacle maintained on a sidewalk or at any other location for disposal of litter by pedestrians.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.710; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person shall dump, deposit, or otherwise dispose of any hazardous or biomedical waste onto land, into soil, rock, air, or water or at an unauthorized disposal sites, transfer stations, resource recovery facilities, transformation facilities, buy-back centers, drop-off recycling centers, or any container to be collected and ultimately deposited, unless otherwise approved in advance and in writing by the Board or Director.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.720; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person shall burn or incinerate solid waste except as permitted by the Department.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.730; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person, except a franchisee or permittee authorized by the Board under this chapter, shall store solid waste inside a building or structure except in enclosed containers as specified in Section 8.42.520 and as is necessary or incidental to the temporary storage of such waste until the next regularly scheduled solid waste collection pickup. Such temporary storage shall not exceed the time limits specified in Section 8.42.500.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.740; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person shall tamper with, modify, remove from, or deposit solid waste or recyclable materials in any container which has not been provided for his or her use, without the permission of the container owner.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.750; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person shall place solid waste upon the land of another, or in a residential or commercial solid waste receptacle of another, or upon premises other than those from which the solid waste originated, for the purpose of making solid waste available for collection and disposal.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.760; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person shall, other than the owner or franchised recyclable materials hauler, tamper with, modify, or deposit wastes into recyclable materials that have been segregated from non-recyclable wastes and placed at a designated collection location for the purpose of collection and recycling. Unless otherwise provided by contract, all recyclable materials which are segregated from non-recyclable wastes for the purpose of recycling, and placed at a designated collection location, may not be removed by anyone other than the franchised recyclable materials collector or owner.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.770; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

No person, franchisee or permittee shall transport solid waste and/or recyclable materials within the County unless the vehicle load is covered in such a way so as to prevent wastes or recyclable materials from blowing or falling from the load. Persons hauling wastes or recyclable materials from their residences, or wastes or recyclable materials produced in the course of their own business, or persons performing occasional hauling for others without compensation must haul such materials in appropriate covered vehicles or must cover the loads with a temporary cover suitable to prevent materials from being blown or falling from the load.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.780; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)

A. No person shall enter upon any County-owned or franchised waste disposal site, transfer station or processing facility without first obtaining the County's and/or the franchisee's consent. Such consent shall be deemed to have been given where a person is:

1. Entering the facility for the purpose of disposing of solid waste or recyclable materials in accordance with County ordinance or State and Federal law;

2. Logging in with the franchisee with responsibility for the operation of the facility each time that entry for the purpose of inspection is requested. A person making an inspection or touring the facility in this manner may do so only when accompanied by an authorized employee. Reasonable notice shall be given to the Department and/or franchisee so that arrangements can be made for an employee to be present; or

3. Obtaining the permission of the Department and/or franchisee for visits. The permission shall be in writing from the Director and shall contain conditions and restrictions as to its use, and the visitor shall execute a signed and witnessed hold-harmless agreement.

B. For reasons of health and safety, no single person shall be permitted to exercise the provisions of this section unless directly accompanied by another adult person. The Department is authorized by this section to place perimeter signs on the landfill property placing all persons on notice of this trespass regulation.

(Code 1997, § 8.42.790; Ord. No. 5262, 5-19-2026)