Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 8.16 Weeds and Rubbish

RUBBISH, as used in this chapter, shall be defined to include refuse matter, combustible and noncombustible, including tin cans, metal cans and containers, bottles, papers, ashes, wire, box strappings, packing materials, lawn trimmings, trees, parts of trees, plants and other nursery stock, and parts thereof, crockery, glass, brick, cement, motor vehicle body parts, and discarded mechanisms, and all other material and matter similar to that mentioned in this chapter.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.010)

All weeds, rubbish, and other material upon the street or sidewalks, or upon the private property within the city which may endanger or injure the neighboring property, or other property in the vicinity, or the health or welfare of residents of the vicinity, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.020)

The owner, lessee, occupant, or agent in charge of property, building, grounds, lots or land located within the city is hereby required to remove or destroy all rubbish, weeds, dead trees, rank growth of every kind and nature upon, about, in front of or behind all such buildings, grounds, lots or land, and all sidewalks and parkways in front of such grounds, lots or land or, upon or in the streets in front of such property, when, in the latter case only, such materials originated upon the property of such owner, lessee, occupant, or agent in charge thereof.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.030)

If the owner/lessee, occupant, or agent in charge of any building, grounds, lots or land shall fail to remove or destroy all rubbish, weeds, dead trees, or other rank growth as described in § 8.16.020, he or she shall be given written notice by the officer charged with performing that duty, to remove or destroy same. Such written notice may be delivered in person, or delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested to said person at his last known mailing address, postage prepaid, and notice shall be deemed served upon such person when the signed return receipt is received by the issuing authority.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.040) (Ord. 82-32 § 1, 1982)

No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, or maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris, food wastes, or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles or accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin conduit or drainage structure, business place, or upon any public or private plot of land in the city, so that the same might be or become a pollutant as defined in § 12.36.040 of this code. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or other body of water within the city. This section shall not apply to refuse, rubbish or garbage deposited in containers, bags or other appropriate receptacles which are placed in designated locations for regular solid waste pick up and disposal.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.050) (Ord. 97-04, § 4, 1997)

(A) Whenever any refuse, rubbish, garbage, leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris, food wastes, or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles or accumulations shall have been thrown, deposited, placed, left, maintained, kept, or permitted to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, or maintained or kept, upon any premises in the city, written notice pursuant to § 8.16.040 shall be given to the owner, tenant, or person having charge or control of the premises or upon the person who threw or deposited same there, or both, to remove therefrom the substances so deposited or accumulated.

(B) It shall be a misdemeanor for the owner, tenant, or person who threw or deposited same upon such premises to neglect or fail to remove therefrom such rubbish after service of notice.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.060) (Ord. 97-04, § 4, 1997)

Orange trees, lemon trees and other trees and shrubs, infested with icerya purchose, or white scale insects or aspidiotus aurautii or red scale insects, within the corporate limits of the city are hereby declared to be nuisances.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.070)

The remedies and procedures provided in this chapter shall be cumulative to other remedies, and the exercise of other remedies or procedures shall not be a bar to criminal prosecution for the same act or offense, and conversely, the prosecution of any person criminally shall not constitute a waiver of, or an election not to pursue, other remedies which the city may have in connection with the same subject matter.

(`83 Code, § 8.16.080)