South Lake Tahoe Municipal Code Art. IV Prohibited Acts and Enforcement

No person, other than those persons permitted by the terms of this chapter, shall collect, dispose of, or process discarded materials, for commercial gain, in, along or over any public street, alley or highway in the city. No two or more owners of separate properties shall organize to jointly or collectively remove discarded materials from their respective properties.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-23)

No person shall place discarded materials upon the land of another, or in the container of another, or upon premises other than those from which the discarded materials originated, for the purpose of making such discarded materials available for collection and disposal. This section shall not prohibit the deposit of discarded materials at a duly permitted transfer station.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-24)

No person shall place a container, including dumpsters, upon a vacant lot or any site from which the discarded material was not originally generated. This includes property owned, leased, or rented by the person generating the discarded material.

(Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-24.1)

No person shall place for collection and disposal, or place in public view, any item other than discarded materials or bulky items.

Neither the city, nor its authorized franchisee, shall collect or dispose of any item other than discarded materials or bulky items; provided, that this section shall not prohibit the deposit and disposal of any item at a duly permitted transfer station.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-25)

No person shall throw, place, scatter, dump or otherwise deposit any refuse or other waste in or upon the private property of another. No person shall throw, place, scatter, dump or otherwise deposit any refuse or other waste in or upon any public property.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-26)

No person shall burn refuse within the city unless such act complies with all applicable laws of each and every jurisdictional agency.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-27)

No person shall render any meat, grease, fat, offal, bones, animals, animal parts, animal substances, garbage, fish or parts of fish, or distill bones or reduce refuse, offal or dead animals or operate or conduct any plant or establishment for the distillation of bones, or the rendering of fat, or further reduction of refuse, offal or dead animals.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-28)

No person shall bring into or cause to be brought into the city any discarded materials or receive or possess any discarded materials brought into the city from beyond the city limits; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to discarded materials being transported directly to, and received at, a duly permitted transfer station.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-29)

No person shall keep or maintain any discarded materials inside any building in violation of any provision of law.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-30)

No person shall connect or cause to be connected to any residential unit not then receiving such services any water or electrical service without first obtaining from the city manager a permit therefor. Such permit shall be issued by the city manager upon request of any person without fee. Collection fees shall be charged for service to such residential unit upon the issuance of such a permit or occupancy of such unit, whichever first occurs. The sole purpose of the permit required by this section is to advise the city manager that the residential unit should be charged collection fees, and such permit shall not authorize the connection of any water or electrical services to any premises in violation of any other provision of law.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 536 § 13; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-31)

No person shall sell, or act as an agent for the purpose of selling, any parcel of real property without first disclosing, in writing, the amount or amounts, if any, of unpaid collection fees due and owing for collection services made available to such parcel of real property.

(Ord. 419 § 1; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-32)

The city or its agent may enter a commercial premises or common areas of a multiresidential property of five or more units to conduct a compliance inspection of any collection container or collection vehicle load, and may enter a transfer, processing, or disposal facility to conduct a compliance inspection. Compliance inspections may be performed without prior notice during normal business hours.

(Ord. 1157 § 9; Ord. 1187 § 1)

All violations of any portion of this chapter are hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be abated as such in the manner provided by law. Additionally and alternatively, violations of any portion of this chapter are subject to administrative citations and fines under Chapter 2.30 SLTCC.

(Ord. 409 § 1; Ord. 419 § 2; Ord. 921 § 1; Ord. 1157 § 10; Ord. 1187 § 1; Code 1997 § 23-33)