HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-09-25 - ORDINANCES - PROHIBIT RECYCLING COLLECTION (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
ORDINANCE NO. 90-26
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,
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
FOLLOWS: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS
persons. Section 1. Collection of recyclable materials by unauthorized
follows: 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
r., 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 ageni(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 be punishable by 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. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency
ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety
of our City. The facts constituting the urgency are these: California State
Assembly Bill 939 has mandated that every city reduce the amount of waste
disposal going to landfills twenty-five percent by the year 1995 and fifty
percent by the year 2000. In accordance with AB939 and set forth in the
Memorandum of Understanding between local city haulers and Santa Clarita, the
City shall implement a recycling program which shall begin on October 15, 1990
to satisfy the constraints of AB939. Staff has determined that the scavenging
of recyclable materials would be a major detriment to a city-wide
participation in recycling efforts. Thus, to preserve the integrity of such a
recycling program, this urgency ordinance shall take effect immediately, upon
a 4/5ths vote of the City Council.
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SECTION 3. 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 25th day of ber , 1990.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Donna Grindey, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 90-26 was regularly introduced and
duly adopted as an urgency ordinance at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 25th day of September , 1990, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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