Ordinance - 1673ORDINANCE NO. 1673
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE IN REGARDS TO TRASH
COLLECTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I& The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1-37.2 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to delete the reference to "Special Services Officer, Assistant
Special Services Officer" and to replace it with "Code Enforcement Officer,
Assistant Code Enforcement Officer."
SECTION 2. Section 12-17 of the West Covina Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 12-17. Service to be provided
by City. A. The City shall provide the service
of collecting waste within the City, either
through its own employees or through an entity
under exclusive franchise with the City. So
long as the City provides such service either
through its own employees or by exclusive
franchise, it shall be unlawful for any person
to engage in the business of collecting solid
waste within the City unless such person has
a valid contract with the City to do so.
B. The collector awarded an exclusive
franchise by the City is required to comply
with all local government licenses, permits,
or written approval requirements applicable
to the City or county.
No waste collector permits or City -granted
exclusive franchise shall be required for the
removal of vegetative cuttings, other solid
waste not containing garbage, or manure to
a legal place of disposal as a part of gardening
or horticulture.
In accordance with state regulations,
the following items are required before an
exclusive contract shall be awarded by the
City:
(a) The filing of a faithful performance bond
with the City.
(b) Evidence that the collector has experience
sufficient to meet the needs of the
customers within the jurisdiction.
(c) Acquisition of a permit for waste collection
from the County of Los Angeles. Application
and annual operating fees for the permit
shall be as required by the County of
Los Angeles and as adopted from time to
time by resolution by the City Council.
(Ord. No. 1554, § 2, 7-26-82)
SIt is the duty of the waste collector,
to collect all solid waste from premises within
the City that subscribe for such service.
C. It shall be unlawful for any occupant
or person in possession, charge or control
of any residential premises within the City
from which ordinary household garbage is created,
accumulated or produced, to fail to subscribe
for, the collection service provided by the
City. However, when the residential premises
are vacant for at least one month, no
subscription 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 unlawful
for the person in possession, charge or control
of such containers, to fail to subscribe to
the City's collection service.
D. I It shall be unlawful for any occupant
and/or any contractor doing business on any
premises or any person in possession, charge,
or control of any non-residential premises
within the City to subscribe for solid waste
collection with anyone other than the service
provided by the City.
Violations of this section, for either
failure to subscribe for collection service
or for contracting for collection with other
than the collector awarded an exclusive franchise
by the City, shall be punishable as an infraction
in accordance with Section 1-37 of the West
Covina Municipal Code. Fines for such
infractions shall be within the limits
established by the West Covina Municipal Code,
Section 1-37, and shall be set by the City's
Police Department in the bail schedule filed
with the appropriate court authorities."
SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to
be published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of May 1985.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF WEST COVINA
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Mayor
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I, Helene Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1673 was regularly introduced and
placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 22nd day of April , 1985. That thereafter said Ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
13th day of May , 1985, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES . Councilmembers:
NOES Councilmembers
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
Manners, Chappell, Shearer, Tennant
None
Bacon
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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. /4 73 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.
Janet Ber eputy City Clerk
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City of Mst Covina, California
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