Gilroy Municipal Code § 12.1 Definitions

For the purposes of this article the following words shall be defined as hereinafter set forth:

“Garbage”

means all kitchen and table leavings or waste, offal, swill, all discarded accumulations of animal, vegetable or other matter resulting from the preparation or consumption of food or food-stuffs, or the storage of, or business of dealing in, any of the same, and all abandoned dead animals.

“Refuse”

includes debris, garbage and rubbish as defined in this section, discarded or abandoned used clothing, bedding, mattresses, carpets, lino-leum or oil cloth, sweepings or cleanings from buildings, yards, lawns, or gardens, empty bottles, tin cans or containers, broken crockery and glass-ware, old metals, wires, packing or wrapping materials, ashes or broken bricks, or any other discarded, abandoned or useless matter which, by its presence or accumulation may injuriously affect the health, comfort, safety or convenience of any portion of the community by increasing the danger of disease, injury or damage to person or property, or hazard by fire; and shall include all other organic or inorganic matter rejected, abandoned or discarded by the owners or producers thereof as useless or offensive.

“Rubbish”

means all classes of refuse not herein classified as garbage.

(Ord. No. 428, § 2; Ord. No. 568, § 1)

To facilitate the enforcement of this article and to carry out the true intent thereof, it shall be lawful for the city health officer, fire chief or any peace officer of the city to enter any hotel, restaurant or public place or any yard or out buildings of any public place or private residence for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition thereof, and the removal of unlawful or dangerous accumulations of refuse therein or thereon. The fire chief, the members of the police department and health officer of the city are hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this section, and any person denying or obstructing such entry or inspection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the punishment provided by section 1.7.

(Ord. No. 428, § 16)

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, suffer or permit the carcass of any animal to remain upon any lot, premises or place owned, controlled or occupied by him in the city, for a period of twenty-four hours, or to cause, suffer or permit any animal or vegetable matter, garbage, filth, night soil, slops, swill, suds, stagnant water or other offensive matter liable to become putrid, to collect or be deposited upon any lot, premises or place owned, controlled or occupied by him, except as otherwise provided by sections of this Code which regulate the accumulation and removal of garbage.

(Ord. No. 314, § 9)

It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass or go upon the land or property of any other person for the purpose of dumping, or to dump upon the land or property of any other person, any garbage, refuse, junk or any waste or discarded matter of any kind.

(Ord. No. 314, § 10)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, throw, deposit, dump or stand any paper, cans, bottles, broken glass, ash tray accumulations, refuse, trash, rubbish or garbage in or upon any public or private alley or street or public grounds within the city or cause the same to be so done; except that garden refuse may be deposited in proper containers or properly bundled for the purpose of having the same collected by trash or refuse or garbage collectors employed by or under contract with the city in accordance with this Code.

**State law references—**Deposit of offensive matter on roads or private property, Pen. C. § 374b.

(Ord. No. 267, § 1; Ord. No. 618, § 1)

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to use or suffer or permit to be used any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him or her in the city, for the throwing, dumping or depositing of table refuse, offal, swill, accumulation of animal, vegetable or other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, or animals, or any garbage or offal, ashes, tin cans or rubbish.

(Ord. No. 314, § 11; Ord. No. 86-19, § 47, 10-6-1986)

§ 12.6-1. through § 12.6-4. (Reserved)

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Editor’s note—Ord. No. 86-19, § 48, adopted October 6, 1986, repealed §§ 12.6-1—12.6-4 in their entirety. Former §§ 12.6-1—12.6-4 were concerned with the city dump, and derived from Ord. No. 817, §§ 1—4, adopted April 15, 1968.