Jurupa Valley Municipal Code Ch. 6.75 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bulky waste means large, heavy or otherwise difficult to handle items, including, but not limited to, stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, water heaters, washing machines, furniture, large concrete and asphalt chunks, tree stumps, or other waste materials with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for containers.

Collection permit areas means all those portions of the city divided into collection permit areas, as shown on the map entitled "Solid Waste Collection Permit Areas Jurupa Valley" on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Commercial units means commercial, industrial or institutional facilities.

Comprehensive collection areas means those areas in the city, as established by the City Council, by resolution or ordinance, in which residents are required to subscribe to and pay for solid waste collection services.

Dead animals means animals or portions thereof equal to or greater than ten (10) pounds which have died from any noninfectious cause (except those slaughtered or killed for human use). Dead animals may be included as part of the normal garbage and refuse collection only in the event that such collection is allowed and authorized by the Health Officer.

Disposal site means a solid waste facility including, but not limited to, sanitary landfills, transfer stations, incinerators and waste processing/separation centers that are licensed, permitted or approved by all governmental bodies and agencies having jurisdiction.

Exempt areas means all those portions of the city that do not have any regular solid waste collection service available to the residents in the areas due to accessibility, sparse population density, hauling distance or other factors. Such areas are noted as "Exempt Areas" on the map entitled "Solid Waste Collection Permit Areas of Jurupa Valley," which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Extremely hazardous waste means any hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous wastes which, if human exposure should occur, may likely result in death, disabling personal injury or illness, during or as a proximate result of, any disposal of such waste or mixture of wastes because of its quality, concentration, or chemical characteristics.

Franchise means a written contract or agreement entered into between the city and a solid waste hauler in which the city grants to the hauler the right to collect and haul solid waste and/or recyclables as permitted by law from residential and/or commercial customers in a specified area or areas. A franchise may be nonexclusive, exclusive, or partly exclusive and partly nonexclusive.

Franchisee means any person who has been issued a franchise by the city to collect, transfer or remove solid waste.

Hazardous waste means any waste material or mixture of wastes which is toxic, corrosive, flammable, an irritant, a strong sensitizer, which generates pressure through decomposition, heat or other means, if such a waste or mixture of wastes may cause substantial personal injury, serious illness or harm to wildlife, during, or as a proximate result of any disposal of such wastes or mixture of wastes. The term "toxic," "corrosive," "flammable," "irritant" or "strong sensitizer" shall be given the same meaning found in the California Hazardous Substances Act (Health & Saf. Code Section 108100 et seq.).

Health Officer means the Riverside County Director of the Department of Environmental Health or designee. The term includes the City Manager or designee.

Multi-residential units means permanent buildings containing three (3) or more residential units including, but not limited to, condominiums, apartment houses, motels, hotels, mobilehome parks, travel trailer parks, and recreational vehicle parks.

Permit documents means the permit requirements, permit specifications, performance bonds and the actual permit.

Permittee means any person who has been issued a permit to collect, transfer or remove solid waste under the provisions of this chapter.

Person means any person, firm, business, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or corporation whether for profit or nonprofit.

Recyclable materials means material which has been segregated from other solid waste material for the purpose of reuse or recycling, including, but not limited to, discarded paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, ferrous materials, yard waste or aluminum.

Residential unit means a dwelling within the city occupied by a person or group of persons comprising not more than two (2) families. A residential unit to which service must be rendered under the provisions of this chapter shall be either a single-family residential unit or a duplex residential unit that requires waste collection service. A residential unit shall be deemed occupied when either water or domestic light and power services are being supplied thereto. A duplex is considered to be two (2) attached residential units. This definition shall apply also to mobilehome subdivisions where the mobilehome lot is individually owned.

Solid waste means garbage, rubbish or construction waste as hereinafter defined:

(1) The term "garbage" includes all kitchen and table food waste, animal waste, vegetable waste and all household waste or residue resulting from the preparation, storage, cooking, handling or treatment of food and shall also include putrescible waste as defined in California Administrative Code, Title 14, Section 17225.52.

(2) The term "rubbish" means all nonputrescible waste matter or debris, manure, including combustible or noncombustible materials that result from normal household, community and business activities, including grass clippings, tree trimmings, litter, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics and similar materials, but not including bulky wastes, construction or demolition wastes as defined in California Administrative Code, Title 14, Sections 17225.8 and 17225.15, respectively, car bodies, rocks, tree stumps, or source separated materials having commercial value and intended for reuse, recycling or resale.

(3) The term "construction waste" means all nonhazardous waste material and rubble resulting from the construction, alteration, repair, removal or demolition of buildings or from the production or development of real property which is customarily handled and transported by means of roll-off boxes, bodies or containers.

Solid waste collector means any person who operates collection routes for the removal of solid waste from residential, multiresidential, commercial or industrial premises.

Transfer station includes those intermediate waste handling facilities where solid wastes are transferred from hauling vehicles to a transfer vehicle and where the solid waste or a portion thereof may undergo incidental processing, recycling or further handling before transportation to a disposal site, solid waste processing facility, or other facilities. The following facilities do not constitute a transfer station:

(1) Locations where less than fifteen (15) cubic yards of combined container volume are provided to serve as community or multiresidence receptacles for residential refuse;

(2) Storage receptacles for waste from multiresidential buildings or for commercial solid wastes;

(3) A container used to store construction or demolition wastes at the place of generation;

(4) Containers used to store salvaged materials.

Transfer vehicle means a vehicle or roll-off unit used to transport solid waste from a transfer station to a landfill or processing facility.

A. Every tenant, occupier, operator or owner of a residence or construction or demolition site shall, not less than once a week, cause to be removed all solid waste created, produced or brought upon the property to an approved disposal facility. Every person in charge of a commercial unit or industrial unit shall, not less than twice a week, cause to be removed from the property upon which the building is located all solid waste created, produced or brought upon the property. Reduced commercial, or industrial collection may be allowed upon written approval of the Health Officer. Should conditions warrant at any commercial, industrial or multi-residential unit, the Health Officer may require increased frequency of collection.

(1) All solid waste in or about any residential, commercial or industrial building shall be deposited in commercial solid waste bins or suitable containers as approved by the Health Officer. All solid waste bins and other suitable containers shall be leakproof. Bins shall be covered if any garbage is placed therein.

(a) No container shall exceed thirty-six (36) gallons in size or have a loaded weight in excess of fifty-five (55) pounds, except where mechanical loading systems are utilized.

(b) No container shall be placed adjacent to a street for collection more than twelve (12) hours prior to a permittee's collection time. All containers shall be removed from the street location within twelve (12) hours after collection.

(2) Where bins are utilized, arrangements shall be made by the users and the permittee for placement of the containers so as to minimize traffic, aesthetic and other problems both on the property and for the general public. The Health Officer may designate a placement.

B. Dead animals and bulky waste shall not be set out for collection. Bulky waste shall be collected only during annual cleanups or by contractual arrangement between the resident or business and permittee.

C. Following pickup, the permittee and its employees shall set the cans in a properly upright position on the parkstrip. Permittee shall pickup any spillage caused during collection. Permittee is not responsible, however, for spillage caused by dogs, animals, vandals, the wind or other natural causes.

D. No person or permittee shall place in service any container found to be in a deteriorated condition as determined by the City Manager or designee.

E. No persons shall tamper with, remove from or deposit, solid waste or recyclable materials in any container which has not been provided for his or her own use without the permission of the owner of the container. Further, no person, other than the authorized recycling contractor, shall remove paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal, aluminum, or any other recyclable materials, which have been segregated from solid waste materials and placed at a designated recycling collection location for residential curbside collection for the purposes of collection and recycling. From the time that recyclable materials are placed for collection at curbside, the recyclable materials are the property of the authorized recycling contractor.

F. Tree trimmings and brush shall be cut into four (4) foot lengths and tied bundles of not larger than twenty-four (24) inches in diameter for ease in pickup.

G. All residential solid waste must be placed out at the curb pickup site by six (6:00) a.m. on the designated pickup day. Collection shall be made only between the hours of six (6:00) a.m. and five (5:00) p.m. of any day, Monday through Saturday. Commercial pickup may begin at five (5:00) a.m.

H. A person located within an exempt area shall not be subject to the requirements of this section. However, the Health Officer may require compliance with the standards specified in this section should he or she determine that there is a danger of a public health nuisance occurring within the exempt area.

A. No person shall collect, transfer or remove solid waste in the city without a valid permit or franchise issued by the city.

B. A permittee or franchisee shall not collect, transfer or remove solid waste in any area for which it does not hold a current and valid permit or franchise.

C. Exempted from the foregoing prohibitions are the following:

(1) A person may haul solid waste generated from his or her own residence. However, in a comprehensive collection area, the resident is not excused from having to pay any comprehensive collection fee which may be applicable.

(2) A business may remove commercial or industrial solid waste produced in the course of its own business, and utilizing only its own employees and equipment. Such a business shall not be required to obtain a permit, but is required to use equipment meeting the standards set forth in this chapter. However, in a comprehensive collection area, the business is not excused from having to pay any comprehensive collection fee which may be applicable.

(3) Construction contractors or their subcontractors, building remodeling contractors and demolition contractors, may haul their own construction debris and waste provided they utilize only their own employees and equipment.

(4) The City of Jurupa Valley.

D. No person shall accept solid waste at any place, location, tract of land, area or premises that is not a solid waste facility as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40194, which facility is duly licensed, permitted, properly zoned and approved by all governmental bodies and agencies having jurisdiction.

A. Violations by any person, firm, partnerships association or corporation, whether holding a permit franchise or not, or by any customer, owner, occupant or agent, of a customer or user of solid waste services of any of the provisions of this chapter, constitutes an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such person or entity shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter, is committed, continued or permitted.

B. Any person so convicted shall be: (1) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation; (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation of the same site and perpetrated by the same person. The third and any additional violations on the same site and perpetrated by the same person shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or six months in jail, or both. Notwithstanding the above, a first offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any penalty herein shall not relive a person from the responsibility for correcting the violation. The City Council reserves the right to modify the fines by resolution.

In addition, any violation of this chapter is deemed to be a public nuisance, and may be abated by the City Manager or designee, irrespective of any other remedy hereinabove provided.