Chapter 13.12 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS

Paramount Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Paramount

§	13.12.010.	Definitions.	§ 13.16.010.	Capping required upon
§	13.12.020.	Public hearing by City		disconnection of gas fixture,
		Council on placing utilities		appliance, etc.
		underground.	§ 13.16.020.	Notice of requirements of
§	13.12.030.	Designation of		Section to be posted at each
		districts—Fixing of time for		meter.
		completion of work.	§ 13.16.030.	Connections generally.
§	13.12.040.	Maintenance, construction,	§ 13.16.040.	Pressure requirements for
		etc., of overhead wires, etc.,		installations.
		prohibited within designated
		districts.		Chapter 13.20
§	13.12.050.	Exceptions to underground	REFUSE, GARBAGE AND WEEDS
		requirements—Generally.
§	13.12.060.	Emergency		Article 1
		service—Unusual	Collection	and Disposal of Garbage and
		circumstances.		Rubbish Generally
§	13.12.070.	Notice to property owners
		and utility companies to	§ 13.20.010.	Dumping, etc., rubbish,
		provide underground		garbage, etc., on public or
		facilities.		private property prohibited.
§	13.12.080.	Responsibility of utility	§ 13.20.020.	Definitions.
		companies.	§ 13.20.030.	City Council authorized to
§	13.12.090.	Responsibility of property		operate, maintain, etc.,
		owners—Removal of		system.
		overhead facilities by City	§ 13.20.040.	Authority for contract for
		Engineer.		collection and removal.
§	13.12.100.	City Council action	§ 13.20.050.	Termination of contract by
		alternative to Section .		City Council.
§	13.12.110.	Responsibility of City.	§ 13.20.060.	Right of City to discontinue
§	13.12.120.	Extension of time.		service.
§	13.12.130.	Utility lines to be	§ 13.20.070.	Powers of City Manager and
		underground.		Coordinator of Community
§	13.12.140.	Lines included.		Safety.
§	13.12.150.	Appurtenant structures may	§ 13.20.080.	Compliance with chapter
		be placed above ground.		and contract.
§	13.12.160.	Modification of	§ 13.20.090.	Unlawful collection and
		requirements.		removal.
§	13.12.170.	Building or occupancy	§ 13.20.100.	Collection schedules or
		permit issued upon		periods.
		compliance with this	§ 13.20.110.	Contractor subject to
		chapter.		provisions of this chapter,
				other ordinances, etc.
			§ 13.20.120.	Design and operation of
				collection trucks.

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		Article 2	§ 13.20.290.	Accumulations of garbage
		Containers		prohibited—Exceptions.
			§ 13.20.300.	Accumulation of rubbish.
§	13.20.130.	Duty of householder to	§ 13.20.310.	Time limit for keeping
		provide—Specifications—Use		garbage on premises.
		generally.	§ 13.20.320.	Time limit for keeping
§	13.20.140.	Placement of containers for		rubbish, etc., on premises.
		collection.	§ 13.20.330.	Defense for violation of
§	13.20.150.	Cleaning.		Section or .
§	13.20.160.	Refusal to collect upon	§ 13.20.340.	Violations of article declared
		failure to comply with		public
		article.		nuisance—Abatement
§	13.20.170.	Tampering with containers		generally.
		or contents prohibited.	§ 13.20.350.	Resolution declaring
§	13.20.180.	Removal by householder		accumulations, etc., to be
		after contents collected.		public
§	13.20.190.	Bulky waste material		nuisance—Authorized.
		disposal.	§ 13.20.360.	Contents.
			§ 13.20.370.	Notice to abate
		Article 3		nuisance—Posting.
		Charges	§ 13.20.380.	Form.
			§ 13.20.390.	Hearing by City Council.
§ § §	13.20.200. 13.20.210. 13.20.220.	Imposition—Determination—Liability for payment. Billing and collecting. Exemption from charges. § 13.20.400. § 13.20.410. § 13.20.420. § 13.20.430.		Abatement order—Issuance. Service. Cost of abatement. Assessment of cost to be lien
	Article 4 Garbage in Quarantine Areas		§ 13.20.440. § 13.20.450.	on property. Collection of costs generally. Receiving payment of costs
§ §	13.20.230. 13.20.240.	"Garbage" defined. Designation of quarantine district.	§ 13.20.460.	and issuance of receipts by City officer. Refunds.
§ §	13.20.250. 13.20.260.	Storage of garbage in quarantine districts. Disposal of garbage in	Article 6 Property Maintenance
§	13.20.270.	quarantine districts. Enforcement.	§ 13.20.470.	Unlawful property nuisances.
	Article 5 Condition of Premises		§ 13.20.480. § 13.20.490.	"Owner" defined. Declaration of public nuisances.
§	13.20.280.	Accumulations of noxious materials	§ 13.20.500. § 13.20.510.	Notification of nuisance. Hearing to abate nuisance.
		generally—Prohibited.	§ 13.20.520.	Notice of administrative
				review hearing.

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§	13.20.530.	Hearing by Director of	§ 13.20.680.	Notification of nuisance and
		Planning.		corrective action order.
§	13.20.540.	Appeal procedure, action by	§ 13.20.690.	Appeals procedure—Board
		Board of Appeals, appeal on		of Appeals.
		nuisance hearing.	§ 13.20.700.	Appeals procedure—City
§	13.20.550.	Service of order to abate.		Council.
§	13.20.560.	Appeal procedure, action by	§ 13.20.710.	Violations.
		the City Council, appeal on	§ 13.20.720.	Procedure where immediate
		nuisance hearing.		corrective action is not
§	13.20.570.	Appeal decision.		necessary.
§	13.20.580.	City abatement.	§ 13.20.730.	Alternative actions
§	13.20.590.	Cost		available.
		accounting—Notification.	§ 13.20.740.	Implementation manual.
§	13.20.600.	Assessment lien.	§ 13.20.750.	Disclaimer of liability.
§	13.20.610.	Alternative actions	§ 13.20.760.	Duties discretionary.
		available.
§	13.20.620.	Violations.		Article 8
			Construction and Demolition Debris
		Article 7	Recycling and Disposal
	Discharge of Hazardous Material
			§ 13.20.770.	Definitions.
§	13.20.630.	Definitions.	§ 13.20.780.	Construction and demolition
§	13.20.640.	Discharge of hazardous		debris recycling and
		material declared a		disposal.
		nuisance.	§ 13.20.790.	Diversion deposit charge.
§	13.20.650.	Notification of discharge of	§ 13.20.800.	Reporting requirements.
		hazardous materials	§ 13.20.810.	Franchised contractor
		required.		subject to provisions of this
§	13.20.660.	Confidential		chapter.
		information—Public access.	§ 13.20.820.	Diversion deposit use.
§	13.20.670.	Immediate corrective action
		at facility authorized.

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