Redwood City Municipal Code § 14.18 Unlawful to Remove or Convey Garbage Upon Public Streets, Etc.; Exceptions

A. The collection, removal and disposal of refuse may be performed by a Refuse Collector who has been granted an exclusive or non-exclusive solid waste, recyclables, organic materials, or other refuse collection franchise by the City, or by any person or entity who has successfully obtained a waiver and a self-haul permit pursuant to Section 14.22 of this Chapter.

B. It is declared to be an infraction for any person or entity other than as provided in subsection (A) above, to remove, or convey or cause or permit to be removed or conveyed, any refuse upon or along any public street or alley or other public place in the City without a special written permit as required by this Article.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

State Law reference— Health & S.C. § 4250.

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or convey or to cause or permit to be removed or conveyed any garbage upon or along any public street or alley or other public place in the City; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any person in the employ of the City, who shall be assigned by the Department of Public Service to the work of garbage removal, or to any person or entity with whom the City has entered into an exclusive or non-exclusive solid waste, recyclables, organic materials, or other refuse collection franchise, or to any employee of such contractor during such time as such contract is in force, or to any person.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

The City Council may let contracts or enter into agreements with any person for the removal of solid waste, recyclables, organic materials, garbage, rubbish or waste matter and for this purpose may license such person.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

A contract or agreement with the City, authorizing the contractor to remove garbage, rubbish or waste matter, shall also require that the contractor procure for the period covered by the proposed contract and provide evidence of insurance which provides the coverage that the City's Risk Manager determines to be necessary and adequate under the circumstances. The City's Risk Manager may require the applicant to provide commercial general liability, property damage, and automobile insurance, as well as evidence of worker's compensation insurance, as may be appropriate.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

It shall be unlawful for any person in any manner to interfere with the collection or removal or disposal of refuse by the authorized refuse collector.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

A. A person may self-haul the refuse they generated if they first obtain a waiver pursuant to Section 14.2(B) and a self-haul permit from the City's Health Officer.

B. The following requirements apply as a condition of maintaining a self-haul permit:

1. All refuse must be hauled using the self-hauler's own vehicles, equipment, and employees to a permitted solid waste processing facility.

2. Unless the self-hauler is servicing his own dwelling with fewer than five (5) units, the self-hauler must separate recyclables from other refuse at the source and transport them to a solid waste facility operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers such materials.

3. The self-hauler must separate organic materials from other refuse at the source and transport them to a solid waste facility operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers source separated organic materials. Alternatively, organic materials commingled with other refuse must be transported to a high diversion organic waste processing facility as specified in 14 CCR Section 18984.3.

4. Unless the self-hauler is servicing his own dwelling with fewer than five (5) units, the self-hauler must keep a record of each instance of disposal of organic materials at the requisite processing facility. This record is subject to inspection by the City's Health Officer.

i. The record must include the name of the processing facility, delivery receipts and weight tickets from the facility, and the amount of organic material in cubic yards or tons.

ii. In instances where the facility is not capable of weighing the organic materials accepted, the record entry need not contain the weight of the organic materials or the weight ticket.

5. The self-hauler must comply with any additional requirements specified by the City's Health Officer, such as requirements for the frequency of disposal.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

All automobile bodies or other bulky material shall be broken up by the possessor in a manner satisfactory to the Street Superintendent before being put out for collection.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

The Health Department may make such regulation concerning the number and manner of collections of refuse by refuse collectors as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article but in no case shall collection service less often than once a week be permitted.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

The time of collections of refuse in residential areas shall be between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M., exclusive of holidays in residential areas. The time of collections of refuse in commercial areas shall be between the hours of three o'clock (3:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on weekdays and on weekends between six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M. exclusive of holidays.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

The refuse collector shall dispose of all garbage outside of the City limits in a place and manner that will not be a nuisance to the inhabitants nearby or objectionable in any way to the City Council. It shall also have the approval of the County Health Officer and the State Board of Health.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

Unless specifically stated in a written agreement between the refuse collector and the City Council, all refuse, once collected, becomes the property of the refuse collector to dispose of as he sees fit; provided, that the manner of disposal does not conflict with any provisions of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)

In all cases of disputes or complaints arising from or concerning the place where receptacles for refuse shall be placed awaiting the removal of their contents, the quantities to be removed and the number of times of removal, the Health Officer shall designate the place, the estimated quantity, and the times and manner of removal.

(Ord. No. 2555, § 3(Exh. A), 11-24-25)