8.12.401 Containers.
A. Design Specifications. If a sanctioned hauler provides containers to a customer for discard of any or all of the following materials:
•garbage,
•mixed garbage, or
•other putrescible solid waste,
then the containers must meet all of the following specifications, in the judgment of the public works director. They must be:
1. Durable;
2. Constructed of structural steel plate, with all seams welded;
3. Nonabsorbent, watertight (to keep rain water out of the container) and leak resistant (to keep liquid from solid waste inside the container, until discard), although a drainage plug is permissible;
4. Easily cleanable, having interior surfaces that are smooth, without projections;
5. Designed for safe handling;
6. Equipped with a noncombustible lid;
7. Provide adequate protection against fire hazard;
8. Vector resistant (including rodents, insects and other vermin);
B. Labels. A sanctioned hauler who provides containers to its customers for discard of refuse must label those containers legibly, plainly and visibly as follows:
1. Identification. With respect to containers having capacity of one or more cubic yards, the name of hauler in lettering no less than four inches high placed on the outside of the container;
2. Contact. With respect to containers having capacity of one or more cubic yards, telephone number of solid waste hauler, in lettering no less than four inches high placed on the outside of the container;
3. Regulatory Mandates. With respect to containers having capacity of one or more cubic yards, comply with 14 CCR 17316;
4. Hazardous Waste. With respect to all containers, prohibition on discarding of unpermitted waste, in content acceptable to the public works director, which label should be placed on the inside of the container lid;
5. Scavenging Prohibition. With respect to containers storing recyclables, prohibition on scavenging that provides adequate notice to institute enforcement actions under Public Resources Code Section 41950(b), in substantially the following form, acceptable to the public works director:
The recyclables in this container are the property of an authorized recycler. It is illegal to remove recyclables from this container under City and State law. Only a recycler authorized by the City may collect these recyclables. Anyone else who removes materials from this container is subject to prosecution, treble damages and civil penalty.
C. Maintenance and Cleaning. A sanctioned hauler must maintain containers that it provides its customers in all of the following manners:
1. In good condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) unless the hauler furnishes them under other terms, conditions or agreements, and in compliance with 14 CCR 17314;
2. In a clean, sound condition free from putrescible residue, and in compliance with 14 CCR 17315; and
3. Graffiti-free.
D. Placement. A sanctioned hauler must plan with each of its customers the location to store and set out containers in order to minimize traffic, aesthetic and other problems both on the premises and for the general public. Sanctioned hauler must comply with 14 CCR 17314.
E. Noncompliance. The city may place a tag on a container that does not comply with the requirements of this section, describing the nature of the noncompliance and stating the date by which the solid waste hauler must remedy the noncompliance. If a sanctioned hauler does not remedy the noncompliance by the stated date, the city may consider the container to be solid waste and remove and discard it (including recycling metal). The city may charge the sanctioned hauler for the city’s costs of removal and discard. (Ord. 633 (Att. A), 2013).