Oakland Municipal Code Art. V Special Liabilities and Responsibilities

A. Any business that provides or rents or provides as part of accommodations rental or licensing beds household furniture, or upholstered furniture is required to place a permanent, legible mark in an inconspicuous location clearly identifying the owner of the mattresses, household furniture, or upholstered furniture. This includes, but it not limited to hotels, motels, rooming houses, rental property owners who rent or provide furnishings with unit rentals.

B. Failure to comply with this section is citable as an administrative penalty for each piece not marked for identification, for a first inspection and citable as a civil penalty for each piece for a subsequent inspection of the same property.

(Ord. No. 13195, § 1, 10-15-2013)

Any parent or legal guardian of a minor dumping violator is personally liable for any and all costs incurred by the City or any person or business in connection with the illegal dumping caused by conduct of said minor, and for all attorney's fees, court costs, and other costs and any administrative citations or civil penalties incurred in connection with the civil or administrative prosecution of any claim for damages to the maximum extent permitted by California Civil Code Section 1714.1 or other applicable laws.

(Ord. No. 13195, § 1, 10-15-2013)

To the extent permitted by law, an owner or operator of a motor vehicle or trailer is liable and responsible for illegal dumping for all costs, penalties and fines relating to the illegal dumping when the owner's vehicle is used with the express or implied permission of the owner or operator, irrespective of whether the owner or operator knew or should have known of the intended use of the vehicle.

(Ord. No. 13195, § 1, 10-15-2013)

All persons creating or generating waste matter are responsible for seeing that it is disposed of in the manner provided by law. Persons disposing of waste matter must ensure that it is not illegally dumped. This responsibility includes not giving waste matter to a person for disposal who is not authorized to legally dispose of waste matter. A person whose waste matter is illegally dumped is jointly responsible for the illegal dumping along with the party who actually illegally dumped.

(Ord. No. 13195, § 1, 10-15-2013)

A real property owner who rents commercial or residential property is responsible for the property of a tenant that was removed from the tenant's unit and illegally dumped after the tenant vacates, whether voluntarily or involuntarily pursuant to this section. If the tenant's property is removed from the tenant's unit by the real property owner or an eviction or other process, the property owner must see the property is either retained for the tenant or properly disposed of in accordance with law. To this end, the property owner must cooperate with the tenant in working with the collector to dispose of the tenant's property, which can be done at the tenant's expense for any of the collector's fees or costs. If the tenant's property is illegally dumped by the tenant on public or private property in front of the tenant's former unit or the adjacent properties, the real property owner is responsible to have the tenant's property properly disposed of. If the tenant's property is illegally dumped at a different location, the real property owner must provide the tenant's forwarding information if it is within the real property owner's knowledge.

(Ord. No. 13195, § 1, 10-15-2013)