Ordinance - 1655ORDINANCE NO.1655
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 1 AND 12.
• WHEREAS, the City. Council of the City of West Covina does find
and determine that the periodic collection of garbage and rubbish from all
residential premises within the City benefits all the occupants thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1-37.1 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add the following: "Chapter 12 - Garbage and Rubbish
Collection: Section 12-17."
SECTION 2. Section 1-37.2 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to delete "Section 12-20 (a), (b), (d)" and to add "Section
12-17, 12-20 (a), (b), (d)."
SECTION 3. Section 12-16 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add the following: "Ordinary household garbage: Ordinary
household garbage means all animal and vegetable waste that has resulted
from the preparation of food.
Ordinary household garbage also means all leaves, grass, trash,
cuttings, shrubs, combustible waste, and inorganic refuse, both combustible
and non-combustible, that accompany routine household or property maintenance
functions."
.SECTION 4. Section 12-17 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to.add the following:
"It is the duty of the waste collector, as part of regularly
scheduled waste collection, to collect all ordinary household garbage from
all residential premises within the City that subscribe for.such service.
It shall be the duty of all occupants or persons in possession,
charge or control of any residential premises within the City from which
ordinary household garbage is created, accumulated or produced, to subscribe
to the collection service provided by the City. However, when the residential
premises are vacant for at least one month, no collection will be mandatory
during the period of vacancy. Further, when the joint or multiple use of
garbage containers is provided on the residential premises, it shall be
the duty of the person in possession, charge or control of such containers,
to subscribe to the City's collection service."
SECTION 5. Section 12-21(b)(1) of the West Covina Municipal Code
is amended to read:
"(1) Single bulky items of solid waste or items not in containers
shall be collected provided that no item exceeds three (3) feet in length
and one (1) foot in diameter, or weigh over fifty (50) pounds."
SECTION 6. Section 12-21(b)(2) of the West Covina Municipal Code
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is amended to read:
"(2) Solid waste in bundles shall be collected provided that
each bundle is tied and does not exceed three (3) feet in length and one
(1) foot in diameter, or weigh over fifty (50) pounds."
SECTION 7. That the Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
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Passed and approved this loth day of nerember
1984.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City C1 rk
I, HELENE MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1655 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 13th day of November 1984. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the loth day of December 1984, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES . Councilmembers: Manners, Chappell, Shearer, Tennant, Bacon
NOES . Councilmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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. -(6n5 was published, pursuant to law, in the San
Gabriel Valley- Tribune, a newspaper 'of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
�n�✓ Janet
Berry,
Deputy
City Clerk
City
of West
Covina,
California
DATED: