Pomona Municipal Code § 62-815 Use of city bins

Every person occupying, leasing, owning, managing, or in possession of any multifamily, commercial, industrial or institutional establishment or premises within the city shall provide sufficient portable containers or trash bins for solid waste to accommodate the amount of solid waste generated by that particular establishment. The term "sufficient portable containers or trash bins" means the number of bins necessary to ensure that all solid waste will be stored in the bins and that the bins will not overflow assuming a regular collection schedule as defined by the city.

(Code 1959, § 12-66; Ord. No. 3884, § 1 (part))

(a) All solid waste containers or bins left outdoors, whether residential, industrial, institutional, multifamily, or commercial, shall be stored with the lid closed or otherwise securely fastened to reduce pests, unlawful disposal and/or scavenging and to exclude rain. The containers and lids shall be maintained so that no solid waste material placed therein shall be permitted to escape from the container until the container is being emptied into a refuse collection vehicle and/or by a person authorized to do so.

(b) Each container required under section 62-811 located in the downtown specific plan area or any bin utilized by any industrial, institutional, multifamily, work/live units or commercial establishment within the downtown specific plan area for refuse collection and disposal by a waste hauler shall be:

(1) Stored in a fully enclosed structure, constructed of masonry block or concrete and designed to be architecturally compatible with the buildings on the site, the only entry to which shall be by means of a self-closing door with a locking device integral to the self-closing door; or

(2) Equipped with an operational self-closing locking device integral to the container lid to prevent unlawful and unauthorized operation, disposal and scavenging for refuse and recyclables; or

(3) Securely fastened by a padlock or similar locking device to prevent unlawful and unauthorized operation, disposal and scavenging for refuse and recyclables.

Each such padlock or locking device shall be under the exclusive control of the person placing materials therein, and shall remain locked at all times except during the time of placing materials therein or until the container is being emptied into a refuse collection vehicle and/or by a person authorized to do so.

(c) Nothing in subsection (b) is intended to preclude persons or businesses in the downtown specific plan area from installing trash compactors, or entering into agreements with other persons or businesses to install trash compactors in the downtown specific plan area. Subsection (b) shall not apply to properties in the downtown specific plan area with trash compactors, provided that the storage of the compactor and all trash shall be kept within a building or structure and that the type and amount of trash does not create a public nuisance.

(d) Any container subject to this section located within the downtown specific plan area shall clearly and visibly identify on the exterior of the container all addresses of all businesses and/or tenants which are served by the container in legible letters and numerals not less than one inch in height.

(e) Any person not in compliance with this section within 60 calendar days from notice of its enactment will be in violation of this section.

(f) Each person and/or business sharing a container(s) are subject to the provisions of this section. Each person and business using a container has the shared duty to insure that the container lid is secured and locked as required by this section.

(Code 1959, § 12-67; Ord. No. 3884, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 4098, § 4, 3-17-2008)

Solid waste containers or bins will not be stored upon city streets. When dumping operations are conducted on city streets, bins or containers will be allowed on the street, provided that such containers are located directly adjacent to the parkway curbing or the like, and shall remain in such a location for a maximum period of 24 hours during dumping operations. Bins or containers will not be allowed on city streets during posted street sweeping, parking, or other restricted pe- riods. All containers shall meet the requirements as established in sections 62-811 and 62-812.

(Code 1959, § 12-68; Ord. No. 3884, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 3955, § 6, 6-17-2002)

No person, other than the owner thereof or his agents or employees or an officer or employee of the city or solid waste enterprise, shall tamper or meddle with any container or the contents thereof or remove the contents of the container or remove the container from the location where the container shall have been placed by the owner thereof or his agent.

(Code 1959, § 12-69; Ord. No. 3884, § 1 (part))

No person shall deposit any refuse in a city-owned or city-controlled refuse bin containers without the permission of the city. Such permission may be given by the posting of a notice on the bin setting forth the city rules and regulations concerning the use of the bin by the public.

(Code 1959, § 12-15; Ord. No. 3884, § 1 (part))