Ordinance - 631ORDINANCE NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 156 AND ORDINANCE
NO. 578 RELATING TO RECEPTACLES FOR GARBAGE AND RUBBISH.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 9 of Ordinance No. 156, passed and
approved the 2nd day of June, 1948, is hereby amended to read as follow:
"SECTION 9. The hours of collection of garbage shall be
from 6:00 o'clock A.M. to 4:00 o'clock P.M. on days designated
by the collector of garbage. Garbage cans or receptacles shall
not be placed on public property for collection earlier than
5:00 o'clock P.M. of the day before the scheduled day of col-
lection and all such cans and receptacles shall be removed from
the property before 10:00 o'clock. P.M. on the day of collection.
On streets where there is a curb, garbage cans and receptacles
shall be placed on the curb and as close as possible to the
outside edge of the curb. On streets without curbs, the
garbage cans and receptacles shall be placed in the parkway
but not in the gutter. When not placed on public property for
collection, garbage cans and receptacles shall be kept in an
area which is not visible from the public street and which
will not be offensive to neighborin§ property so far as it
is reasonably practicable to do so.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 578, passed -and
approved the 23rd day of June, 1958, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"SECTION 3. Rubbish shall be kept, accumulated and placed
for collection in sturdy containers or receptacles with tight
fitting lids except that: (a) tree trimmings and tree limbs
not to exceed four inches in diameter may be tied in bundles
which shall not exceed three feet in length nor two feet in
diameter (b) newspapers and magazines may be securely tied in
bundles and"(c) florescent lamp tubes may be packaged in heavy
paper which shall have marked thereon the words 'florescent
lamps'. When placed for collection, no bundle, receptacle or
container with contents shall have a gross weight in excess of
fifty pounds. Such container, receptacle or bundle shall not
be placed on public property for collection earlier than 5:00
o'clock. P.M. of the day before the scheduled day of collection
and all receptacles and containers shall be removed from the
property before 10:00 o'clock P.M. on the day of collection.
On streets where there is a curb, such bundle, receptacle or con-
tainer shall be placed on the curb and as close as possible to
the outside edge of the curb. On streets without curbs, the bundle,
receptacle or container shall be placed in the parkway but not
in the gutter."
SECTION 3. Section 4 of said Ordinance No. 578 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 4. When not placed on public property for -col-
lection, receptacles or containers shall be kept in an area which
• is not visible from the public street and which will not be
offensive to neighboring property so far as it is reasonably
practicable to do so."
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved thisl3th day of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
July , 1959.
I, FORBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk.of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No.631 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 22nd day of June , 1959. That, there-
after, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on thel3th day of July , 1959, by the follow-
ing vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Heath, Pittenger, Mottinger, Barnes, Mayor Brown
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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