Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 710 Sanitary Disposal of Garbage, Trash and Rubbish

This Chapter shall apply to all territory embraced within the unincorporated limits of the County of Sutter, State of California.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 1; Feb. 3, 1942)

It shall be unlawful to maintain, or use, any residence, place of business, or other building or place where persons reside, congregate, or are employed which is not provided with means for sanitary disposal of all garbage, rubbish, putrescible wastes, or other offensive or nauseous substances.

([119]Ord. 1335, Sec. 2; July 2, 2002)

The purpose of this section, section 710-020 and sections 710-051 through 710-058 is to reduce the insect and rodent populations, to eliminate refuse as an attractant and breeding site for insects and rodents and to prevent nuisances and hazards to public health caused by improper refuse storage, handling and removal.

([119] Ord. 1023, Sec. 1; Apr. 5, 1988)

County Contractor. That agency authorized by agreement with the County to provide refuse removal service to County residents and businesses within the unincorporated areas of Sutter County and transport of that refuse to an approved disposal site.

Garbage. All putrescible wastes and all animal and vegetable refuse or residue that shall result from the preparation or care for, or treatment of, food stuffs, intended to be used as food, or shall have resulted from the preparation or handling of food for human consumption, or any decayed or unsound meat, fish, fruit, or vegetable matter, including containers contaminated with same.

Putrescible Wastes. "Putrescible Wastes" include wastes that are capable of being decomposed by micro-organisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances because of odors, gases or other offensive conditions, and include materials such as food wastes, offal and dead animals.

Rubbish. "Rubbish" includes non-putrescible solid wastes such as ashes, paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber by-products or litter.

Refuse. Garbage and rubbish as herein defined.

(Ord. 1023, Sec. 2; Apr. 5, 1998)

Garbage containers shall be waterproof, rodent-proof, fly tight and durable. Containers shall be equipped with tight fitting lids and suitable handles for receiving and holding without leakage all refuse placed therein. All containers except those provided by the County's duly authorized contractor shall have a capacity of not less than ten gallons and not more than 32 gallons.

Every owner, occupant, agent or manager in control of any premises in or from which refuse is produced or accumulated shall provide a sufficient number of containers adequate to accommodate all refuse accumulated on said premises. All such containers shall be kept in a sanitary condition.

Garbage containers provided for individual units of a multiple unit apartment shall be marked or caused to be marked by the owner of the individual units.

All container storage areas shall be kept in a clean, sanitary manner from accumulations of refuse and odorous liquid waste.

All refuse created, produced or accumulated in or about dwelling houses situated anywhere in the unincorporated area of the County shall be disposed of or removed from the premises at least once each week. All refuse created, produced or accumulated on all other premises shall be disposed or removed from such premises at least once each week, or more often, if necessary.

(a) The person generating or producing any refuse shall be responsible for the proper storage, removal, transport and disposal of his refuse.

(b) In those instances where a person rents or leases to another, the underlying property owner or his agent shall be ultimately responsible for refuse generated and/or stored on those premises should said refuse remain on the premises beyond the tenant term.

No person shall dispose of, or attempt to dispose of, any rubbish by burying it in or underneath the surface of the earth.

Containers shall be placed for collection at ground level on the property, not within the right-of-way of a street or alley, and accessible to and not more than two feet from the curb, sidewalk or roadside on the side of the street from which collection is to be made. Containers are to be placed at streetside for collection within 12 hours of the time of collection and shall be removed within 12 hours after collection service is rendered. In rural areas where reasonably safe private road access is available to county contractor vehicles, containers shall be placed where they are reasonably accessible to county contractor vehicles, giving consideration to turn around requirements. If such reasonably safe access is not available, containers shall be placed within two feet of the connecting county road or as agreed between county contractor and the customer.

(Ord. 1023, Sec. 2; Apr. 5, 1988)

Where approvals of sewage disposal systems and of garbage disposal systems are required, the Health Officer shall be the officer giving such approval.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 6; Feb. 3, 1942)

All dumping grounds shall be established and maintained only with the consent of the County Health Officer and the operation thereof shall be subject to his examination and supervision. No dumping ground shall be maintained in such a manner as to constitute a private or public nuisance.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 7; Feb. 3, 1942)

It shall be the duty of the County Health Officer to enforce the provisions of this Chapter and in the performance of this duty the Health Officer or his duly authorized agent is hereby authorized to enter at any reasonable hour and any premises as may be necessary in the enforcement of this chapter.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 8; Feb. 3, 1942)

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates or refuses or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 9; Feb. 3, 1942)

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that is would have passed this Chapter, and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.

(Ord. 119, Sec. 10; Feb. 3, 1942)