Suisun City Municipal Code Art. III Prohibited Conduct

Except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person other than the city, or such solid waste contract agent as may be designated by the city under contract and its agents, to collect or transport through the streets, alleys, or public thoroughfares of the city, any solid waste (including, without limitation, recyclable solid waste), hazardous waste, or other matter offensive to the sight or smell, or to collect, transport, or dispose of the same.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

A. It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop, place, or deposit bulky items, hazardous waste, or solid waste in a public place or on private property not designated for dumping or disposal purposes.

B. Illegal dumping does not include the discarding, dropping, or scattering of small quantities of waste matter ordinarily carried on or about the person, commonly referred to as littering, including, but not limited to, beverage containers, packaging, wrappers, wastepaper, newspapers, and magazines, and including minimal waste matter that escapes or is allowed to escape from a receptacle or vehicle used for the lawful disposal or transport of solid waste.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

No person who owns or controls real property in the city shall deposit, keep, accumulate or permit, cause, or suffer any solid waste to be deposited, kept, or accumulated upon that parcel of land, unless same is kept, deposited, or allowed to accumulate as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep, accumulate, or permit to be accumulated any solid waste upon any private property or public place, unless the same is in an approved receptacle as provided in this chapter, and in the rules and regulations as may be authorized by the franchise agreement and attached thereto as an exhibit.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

It is unlawful to burn, or cause to be burned, solid waste in the city.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

It is unlawful for any person or persons to bury solid waste at any place within the city.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

It is unlawful for any person in any manner to interfere with the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste (including, without limitation, recyclable solid waste) by any person, firm or corporation authorized by license or contract to collect, transport and dispose of the same.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the collection, transportation, and disposal by an unlicensed person of materials considered by the health officer or police department to constitute a public health menace of such a nature that it is necessary to be ordered promptly removed.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 10-3-2023)