Ordinance - 1616„•
ORDINANCE NO. 1616
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 26, ARTICLES II AND VIII AS THEY RELATE
TO TRASH DISCARDS IN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
(AMENDMENT NO. 186)
iThe City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Chapter 26, Article II, is hereby amended
by adding Section 26-58.5 to read as follows:
Section 26-58.5. Garbage
"Garbage” shall mean every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit,
vegetable or other putrescible matter that attends the preparation,
consumption, decay, dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls,
fruit, vegetables or grains.
SECTION NO. 2: Chapter 26, Article II is hereby amended
by adding Section 26-94.5 to read as follows:
Section 26-94.5. Rubbish
"Rubbish" shall mean and include discarded bottles, cans, jars,
scrap metals, paper, wood, glass, crockery, rags, garden and lawn
trimmings and other normal refuse except garbage as defined in Sec-
tion 26-58.5.
SECTION NO. 3: Chapter 26, Article VIII, Division 2, Sec-
tion 26-413 is hereby amended to read as follows:
• Section 26-413. Certain objects and materials prohibited in all
yards.
a. No owner or occupant of any parcel of real property zoned
for residential purposes shall maintain or permit to re-
main within the front yard, street side yard or any other
portion of the property, except as otherwise permitted in
this section:
1. Any garbage or putrescible matter, whether mixed with
rubbish or other matter or not.
2. Any rubbish, whether combustible or non-combustible,
other than garbage or putrescible matter.
3. Any discarded, useless and unusable object, material
or equipment.
4. Any pile or accumulation of lumber or building materi-
als, provided, however, that this subparagraph (4)
shall not apply to any parcel upon which a building is
in the process of construction.
b. Objects and materials prohibited in paragraph "a" may be
placed in the front yard or street side yard for a period
not to exceed 24 hours and may be stored in other portions
of the property screened from public view for a period not
to exceed 10 days.
C. All garbage and putrescible matter, whether mixed with
rubbish or other matter shall be kept in a watertight
container with close fitting lids and ties. All rubbish,
other than garbage or putrescible matter shall be kept in
a metal container or other.substantial and adequate con-
tainer.
d. As used in this section, a "front yard" refers to all
space between the main building (also the projection of
the main building to the side property lines) and the
front property lines. "Street side yard" refers to all
space between the main building (also the projection of
the main building to the front and rear property lines)
and the street side property line of a corner lot, which
• is not totally screened from public view by a six- (6)
foot high solid fence or wall. "Other portions of prop-
erty" shall mean those portions of property not included
in the front yard or street side yard and screened from
public view with a six- (6) foot high solid fence or wall.
SECTION NO. 4: The City Council finds and determines that
said Amendment to the Municipal Code is a minor modification to the
City's Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, categorically exempt
(Class 5) from the requirements of the California Environmental Qual-
ity Act of 1970 (CEQA).
SECTION NO. 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the pas-
sage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 12th DAY OF December 198
Mayor Kenneth Chap ell
ATTEST:
�ify Clerk Ifelene W Mooney
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of West Covina )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West
Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1616 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of November ,
198 . That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 12th day of
December , 198 , by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Tice, Tennant, Shearer, Bacon, Chappell
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
• City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City ttto ney
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.�_
wa.s published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a newspaper of general circula.tion published
and circulated in the City of West Covina..
Dated n-;9-11-8' K-3
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7anej Berry, Deputy Cit Clerk
--City of West Covina. California