Yucaipa Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Refuse Storage

The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum standards for the storage of generally nontoxic/nonhazardous wastes within this jurisdiction.

(Ord. 163 § 12(A), 1997)

“Garbage”

includes, but is not restricted to, every accumulation of animal, vegetable or other material:

Resulting from the preparation and consumption of edible foodstuffs; or

Resulting from decay, dealing or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits and vegetables, including the cans, containers or wrappers wasted along with such materials; or

Such industrial, domestic and organic solid wastes or residue of animals sold for meat; or

Fruit, vegetable and animal matter from kitchens, dining rooms, markets, food establishments or any other place using, dealing in or handling meats, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables, grains or other foodstuffs; or

Offal, or the carcasses of animals, fish or fowl.

“Refuse”

includes both garbage and/or rubbish as defined within this chapter.

“Rubbish”

includes, but is not restricted to, all putrescible and nonputrescible waste or debris such as paper, cardboard, grass, tree or shrub trimmings, rugs, straw, clothing, wood or wood products, crockery, glass, rubber, metal, plastic, construction waste and debris litter and other similar materials.

(Ord. 163 § 12(B), 1997; Ord. 240 § 2, 2005)

Refuse removal shall be in accordance with the following unless modified elsewhere in this code:

A. All refuse created, produced or accumulated in or about a dwelling, house or place of human habitation shall be removed from the premises at least once each seven-day period to an approved disposal facility.

B. All garbage created, produced or accumulated at hotels, restaurants, boarding houses or other business houses where refuse containing garbage is accumulated, shall be removed from the premises at least twice each seven-day period to an approved disposal facility. All other refuse shall be removed from the premises at least once each seven-day period to an approved disposal facility.

C. Code enforcement may require a greater number of collections per week upon finding that an unhealthful, unsightly or public nuisance condition is created by adhering to the minimum collection frequency.

(Ord. 163 § 12(C), 1997)

No person, owner, agent, entity or occupant of any premises, whether vacant or improved, shall allow any accumulation of refuse to remain thereon for longer than thirteen (13) consecutive days if such refuse is within four hundred (400) feet of any dwelling or commercial building, nor for more than four weeks if beyond said distance, nor for any period of time beyond that specified by code enforcement where code enforcement determines a public nuisance exists.

(Ord. 163 § 12(D), 1997)

All refuse generated on a premises shall at all times be stored in approved containers and in a manner which complies with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 163 § 12(E), 1997)

All vehicles transporting refuse shall be adequately covered and/or otherwise equipped to prevent the blowing out of refuse, leaking of liquids from refuse, or refuse falling from the moving vehicle upon the roadway and adjacent properties.

(Ord. 163 § 12(F), 1997)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 163 § 12(G), 1997)