Moorpark Municipal Code Art. IV Unlawful and Prohibited Acts

A. To protect public health, safety, and well-being, no person except a city employee or a franchisee or authorized collector or self-haul permittee recognized by the city, or entity authorized under Article VII of this chapter shall collect or remove any solid waste, organic waste or green waste from any premises within the city.

B. No person except a city employee or a franchisee or authorized collector or self-haul permittee recognized by the city, or entity authorized under Article VII of this chapter, shall place a container owned by the franchisee, collector, or contractor for the accumulation of solid waste at any premises within the city or collect any solid waste from any premises or permit or suffer a solid waste container to remain in any place within the city that has not been placed by an authorized solid waste collector. Each day any person other than a franchisee, collector or entity as described above shall collect any solid waste from any premises or place a container for the accumulation of solid waste at any premises within the city, or permit or suffer a solid waste container to remain in any place within the city shall constitute a separate offense and shall be a nuisance.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

To protect public health, safety, and well-being and to control the spread of vectors, no person other than a self-haul permittee pursuant to this chapter, or a contractor performing work within the scope of that contractor's license according with Section 8.36.750 of this chapter, shall keep solid waste, including green waste and organic waste, in any container other than a container approved by a franchisee or the city; nor shall any person place solid waste in any container provided by a non-franchised solid waste hauler (except pursuant to Articles VI or VII of this chapter); nor shall any person accumulate solid waste for more than 14 consecutive days; nor shall any person keep upon any premises in the city, solid waste which is offensive, obnoxious, or unsanitary. All of the foregoing is unlawful, constitutes a public nuisance and may be abated in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the abatement of nuisances.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

No person, other than the person responsible for day-to-day activities or operations at any commercial or residential premises or a solid waste collector, may remove or move any container from the location where the container was placed for storage or collection without the prior written approval of the responsible person.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

No person responsible for day-to-day activities or operations at any commercial or residential premises shall collect, enter into an agreement to collect, or provide for the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste, unless such person or persons is authorized by the city to operate within the city by means of a license, franchise, contract, permit, operations agreement or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all solid waste created, produced or accumulated in or about residential or commercial premises in the city shall be collected at least once per week. No person who is the occupant or responsible party of any residential or commercial premises shall fail or neglect to provide for the collection of solid waste at least as often as prescribed in this chapter. Unless otherwise permitted by this chapter, the party responsible for day-to-day activities or operations of any residential or commercial premises shall subscribe to or arrange for collection of solid waste from such premises by the franchisee. The franchisee shall dispose of solid waste collected pursuant to this chapter and the agreement in a manner satisfactory to the city and in accordance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

To protect public health, safety, and well-being and to prevent the contamination of solid waste, including recyclable solid waste, and organic waste, no person shall place solid waste in, or otherwise use the solid waste container, including a recyclable solid waste, organic waste, or other waste container, of another, without the prior written permission of such other person.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 478 § 13, 2020; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

To protect public health, safety, and well being, no person shall place or deposit residential or commercial solid waste, industrial waste, special waste, medical waste, electronic waste, universal waste or other hazardous waste in any civic solid waste container.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

No person may cause or permit the burning of any solid waste within the city, except in an approved incinerator, transformation facility, conversion technology facility or other device for which a permit has been issued and which complies with all applicable permit and other regulations of air pollution control authorities and provided any such act of burning in all respects complies with all other laws, rules, and regulations.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

No person shall dump, deposit, release, spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, bury, or dispose into the environment any solid or liquid waste upon any premises within the city, or to cause, suffer, or permit any solid or liquid waste to come to be located upon any premises in the city, except in an authorized or permitted solid waste container or at an authorized or permitted solid waste facility approved for that type of waste.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

It is unlawful for anyone other than the owner of the recyclable materials, or recyclable solid waste, to remove recyclable materials or recyclable solid waste placed for collection in their containers labeled for use in connection with a recycling program sponsored by the city or authorized franchise or collector.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)

To protect public health, safety, and well-being and to prevent the spread of vectors, it is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person or entity to violate any term of this chapter. For these same reasons, it is a public nuisance for any person or entity to occupy, inhabit, maintain, or to be in day-to-day control of any premises within the city which generates solid waste for which arrangements have not been made with a franchisee or authorized collector, or without obtaining a self-haul permit from the city for regular collection and removal of solid waste, including recyclable solid waste and green waste.

(Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)