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DATE: October 9, 1990
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AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented
John E. Medina
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS BY
UNAUTHORIZED PE SONS
Ordinance Numb : 90-32
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
BACKGROUND
Prior to. the implementation of the Phase One Recycling program set forth by the
preceding Memorandum of Understanding, it is necessary to adopt legislation
prohibiting the unauthorized collection of materials deemed to be recyclable.
Staff now feels it is necessary to adopt such an "anti -scavenger" ordinance as
research indicates the scavenging of recyclable materials is a major detriment
to City-wide participation in recycling efforts. Violators of such an ordinance
will be subject to a progressive infraction, which, after the third such
incident will from then on be considered a misdemeanor. By making a violation
of this ordinance a progressive infraction, local authorities will be more
inclined to enforce such an ordinance.
That Council waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 90-32.
ATTACHMENT
Ordinance 90-32
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ORDINANCE NO. 90-32
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO PROHIBIT THE
COLLECTION BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS OF RECYCLABLE
MATERIAL AND FIX PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS
Section 1. Collection of recyclable materials by unauthorized
A. Findings. The City Council of Santa Clarita hereby finds as
(1) Assembly Bill 939 of the California State Legislature has
ordained that all California Cities reduce the amount of solid
waste going to landfills by twenty-five percent by the year 1995
and fifty percent by the year 2000.
(2) Reduction of the amount of solid waste and conservation of
recyclable materials is an important public concern by reason of
the growing problem of solid waste disposal and its impact on
landfills;
(3) Recycling will reduce the overall amount of solid waste
presently generated, and thus reduce . storage, collection,
transportation and disposal costs, and;
(4) Based upon the foregoing facts, the City of Santa Clarita
will in October 1990 .initiate a recycling program, which through
a series of phases will culminate into a mandatory City-wide
recycling program in April of 1991. Under this, all residences
in the City of Santa Clarita will be provided with containers in
which to place recyclable materials for collection at curbside
by the City of Santa Clarita or its designated agent(s).
B. Definitions.
(1) Recyclable Material means materials having an economic or
ecological value. The following materials have such economic
value: aluminum cans, bi-metal cans, glass containers, PET
plastic, HDPE containers, steel cans and newspaper.
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C. COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.
VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
(1) From time of placement of recyclable materials at the curb
or in recycling shelters for collection in accordance with the
City of Santa Clarita Recycling Program, such recyclable
materials -shall be and become the property of the City of Santa
Clarita. or its duly authorized agent(s). It shall be a
violation of this ordinance for any person unauthorized by the
City of Santa Clarita to collect or pick up or cause to be
collected or picked up any such items. Any and each .such
collection in violation hereof from one or more locations shall
constitute. a separate and distinct offense punishable as
hereinafter provided.
(2) From date of phase one implementation of aforementioned
recycling program to commencement date of City-wide mandatory
program, only the areas designated by the Director of Public
Works, hereinafter referred to as "Zones", will be regarded as
such areas that only authorized agent(s) of the City of Santa
Clarita , as identified in the Memorandum of Understanding,
shall have exclusive right=of-way in regard to the collection of
recyclable materials.
(3) Each violation determined to. be an infraction shall be
punishable by a fine of no more than $100 for the first
violation. Subsequent violations of the same provision of this
title shall bepunishableby a fine of no more than $200 for the
second violation and no more than $500 for the. third violation
in a 12 -month period as provided by applicable law. The fourth
and any further violations. of this title within a 12 -month
period shall be deemed as separate misdemeanors.
D. Additional methods of disposal of recyclable materials. Nothing
in -this ordinance shall limit the right of any person to donate, sell, or
otherwise dispose of his or her own recyclable materials.
SECTION 2, The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of , 1990.
MAYOR
Ordinance No. 90-32
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Donna M. Grindev. City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 90-32 was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
9th day of October, 1990, by the following four-fifths vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK