Redondo Beach Municipal Code Art. 5 Scavenging of Refuse and Recyclable Materials Prohibited

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "refuse and recyclable anti-scavenging ordinance of the City of Redondo Beach."

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2657 c.s., eff. June 18, 1992)

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this article are defined as follows:

"Approved recycling container"

shall mean the bucket, bag, bin or other container supplied by and/or identified by the City or the authorized recycling contractor or the donor of such recyclable materials as the container into which recyclable materials shall be placed.

"Approved refuse container"

shall mean the barrel, can, container or bin supplied by and/or identified by the resident or authorized contractor as the container into which refuse shall be placed.

"Authorized contractor"

shall mean a person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity authorized by the City to collect refuse and recyclable materials in the City.

"Designated collection location"

shall mean the place where the authorized contractor is to collect refuse or recyclable materials. The location is identified by the City and the authorized contractor and will customarily be the curbside of a residential premises or a designated location in a multi-family or a commercial establishment.

"Recyclable material"

shall mean materials such as, but not limited to, paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal, aluminum, or other recyclable materials which have been segregated from solid waste materials and placed at a designated collection location for the purposes of collection and recycling.

"Refuse"

shall mean all materials placed at the designated collection location for the purposes of collection which are not listed as a recyclable material in this section.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2657 c.s., eff. June 18, 1992)

Refuse and recyclable materials placed at the designated collection location for collection are the property of the City until such time as the refuse and recyclable materials are collected by the authorized contractor.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2657 c.s., eff. June 18, 1992)

No person other than the authorized contractor shall remove refuse or recyclable materials which have been placed at the designated collection location.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2657 c.s., eff. June 18, 1992)

Nothing in this article shall limit the right of an individual person, organization or other entity to donate, sell or otherwise dispose of recyclable material, provided that any such disposal is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992)

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties provided for in Section 1-2.01 of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this article is for any reasons held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article.

(§ 1, Ord. 2647 c.s., eff. January 16, 1992)