Yucca Valley Municipal Code Part VI Prohibited Acts

A. Non-organic recyclables and organic waste contamination is prohibited. Gray container waste, non-organic recyclables, and organic waste must be source separated by the person in charge of a premises.

B. Any container not provided by the appropriate solid waste franchisee or approved by the Town pursuant to an approved self-haul permit is prima facie evidence that the owner of the container is engaging in solid waste disposal in violation of this Chapter. Any such unauthorized container may be abated as a public nuisance and impounded as provided by this Chapter.

C. Notwithstanding Subsections (A) and (B) of this Section, composting organic waste at a single-family premise in a container other than one provided by a solid waste franchisee or approved by the Town pursuant to an approved self-haul permit shall not be a violation of this Section.

D. No person in charge of a premises may place an overfilled container out for collection by a solid waste franchisee. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person other than the person in charge of any premises or a Town solid waste franchisee shall:

A. Remove any container from the location where the container was placed for storage or collection by the person in charge of the premises; or

B. Remove any solid waste, recyclable materials or organic waste from any container; or

C. Move a container from the location in which it was placed for storage or collection without the prior written approval of the person in charge of the premises. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

A. No person shall place bulky waste adjacent to or in a street or public right-of-way for collection or removal purposes without first making arrangements with the appropriate solid waste franchisee for the collection or removal of such bulky waste.

B. After making arrangements for bulky waste removal with the appropriate solid waste franchisee, bulky waste shall be placed in the public right-of-way no more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to collection. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person shall place or deposit hazardous waste, household hazardous waste, or universal waste in any container provided by a solid waste franchisee, or deposit, release, spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, dump or dispose into the environment any hazardous waste, household hazardous waste or universal waste. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person shall burn any solid waste within the Town, except in an approved incinerator or transformation facility or other device for which a permit has been issued, and which complies with all applicable permit and other regulations of air pollution control authorities, and provided any such act of burning in all respects complies with all other laws, rules and regulations. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person, except a solid waste franchisee, a landscaper hauling green waste, or a licensed contractor performing work within the scope of that license, shall collect or remove any solid waste from any premises within the Town. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

It is unlawful and a public nuisance if one of the following conditions exists at a premises:

A. The person in charge of the premises has not made arrangements with the appropriate solid waste franchisee for solid waste handling services, or does not have a valid self-haul permit;

B. The person in charge of the premises has made arrangements with the appropriate solid waste franchisee for solid waste handling services, but the solid waste franchisee has terminated services to the premises due to the account holder's failure to pay for such services; and

C. The person in charge of the premises has obtained a self-haul permit, but the permittee has violated one or more of the operational standards contained in Section 6.02.340. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person shall place anything in another person's containers without the permission of such other person. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

It is unlawful for any person transporting solid waste not to clean up, or arrange for the cleanup, of any solid waste during removal or transport within the Town by such person. If any person transporting solid waste spills any such materials and does not clean up or arrange for the cleanup of the Spill, the Town may clean up the Spill and charge the person responsible for the Spill one hundred percent (100%) of the costs the Town incurred in cleaning up the Spill. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

It is unlawful for any person to negligently or intentionally Spill upon any property within the Town any solid waste, or to cause, suffer, or permit solid waste, to be located upon any property in the Town, except as authorized by law. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)

No person shall construct or operate a solid waste management facility, including, but not limited to, a materials recovery facility, solid waste transfer or processing station, composting facility, a buy-back or drop-off center, disposal facility or a recycling center without first satisfying all Town requirements for land use, environmental and other approvals. (Ord. 289, 5-19-2020; amd. Ord. 301, 6-7-2022)