San Fernando Municipal Code Art. IV Vehicles

No person may operate any vehicle for the collection of solid waste or recyclables other than a collector who has a valid business license and a collection agreement or collection permit and who has paid all required license, collection agreement, permit or other city charges.

(Ord. No. 1536, § 3, 10-21-2002)

Any vehicle utilized for the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste or recyclables shall comply with the following standards:

(1) Each vehicle shall be constructed and used so that no solid waste, recyclables, oil, grease, or other substance will blow, fall or leak out of the vehicle.

(2) A broom and shovel shall be carried on each vehicle at all times.

(3) Each vehicle shall comply with all applicable statutes, laws, or ordinances of any public agency.

(4) Each vehicle must be under seven years of age unless specifically authorized in writing by the city.

(5) Routine bi-annual inspections by the California Highway Patrol shall be conducted and certificates for the inspection shall be filed with the city.

(6) All vehicles shall at all times be kept clean and sanitary, in good repair and well and uniformly painted to the satisfaction of the city.

(7) Each vehicle shall be equipped with watertight bodies fitted with close-fitting metal covers.

(8) The collector's name or firm name and telephone number shall be printed or painted in legible letters not less than five inches in height in plain sight on both sides of all of collector's vehicles used in the city.

(9) High intensity fog lamps shall be maintained on any vehicle 80 inches or wider, which shall consist of two red tail lamps in addition to the standard tail lamps. All equipment shall be maintained at all times in a manner to prevent unnecessary noise during its operation.

(Ord. No. 1536, § 3, 10-21-2002)

All persons operating equipment for the collection or transportation of solid waste or recyclables shall do so in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. Such vehicles shall not be operated in a manner which results in undue interference with normal traffic flows. No such vehicle shall be parked or left unattended on the public streets. No such vehicle shall be parked overnight on a public street or thoroughfare in the city.

(Ord. No. 1536, § 3, 10-21-2002)

Any vehicle used in the collection or transportation of solid waste or recyclables in the city shall, at all times, be maintained in accordance with all the standards set forth in this chapter unless expressly waived or altered by the city administrator (in writing), or if the collection agreement so provides. The use of a vehicle which fails to comply with each of the standards set forth in this chapter is prohibited. A collector shall immediately remove any vehicle from collection service which fails, at any time, to conform to any of the standards recited in this chapter and shall not use that vehicle until it is repaired. Should the city give notification at any time to a collector that any of the collector's vehicles are not in compliance with the standards of this chapter, the collector shall immediately remove the vehicle from service. The vehicle shall not again be utilized in the city until it has been inspected and approved by the city. The collector shall maintain its regular collection schedule regardless of the repair of any vehicle.

(Ord. No. 1536, § 3, 10-21-2002)