Sec. 13-10. - Solid waste management standards.

The board shall by resolution establish standards for the storage, collection, and transportation of solid waste, based on recommendations of the public works director and the health officer. The board may from time to time revise these standards.

(Ord. No. 533, § 2, 6-21-94)

Sec. 13-11. - Solid waste separation requirements.

All persons within the county shall separate all recyclables from all other solid waste generated at their premises and dispose of it only in accordance with the standards established by the board. Such standards shall be by resolution and may be amended from time to time as may be required to meet the requirements of the Act.

(1)

The regulations shall generally provide for:

a.

Source separation of solid waste.

b.

Placement of recyclables into different containers so as to facilitate segregation at a solid waste facility.

(2)

An owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord of a multi-family rental housing property with three or more units, shall comply with its separation responsibilities by establishing a collection and storage system for separated recyclables at each premises.

(3)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or the regulations or standards adopted pursuant thereto, no person shall be required to relinquish control of salvaged recyclables to the solid waste collector providing routine solid waste collection service pursuant to county contract or license.

(Ord. No. 533, § 2, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 544, § 1, 10-3-95)

Sec. 13-12. - Health and safety issues.

(a)

Private property to be free of excess solid waste and litter. The owner, occupant or operator of any premises, business establishment, or other property, vacant or occupied, shall be responsible for the safe and sanitary storage of all solid waste and recyclables accumulated on the property. The property shall be free of excessive amounts of solid waste and litter, except that manure or wood, leaves and other greenwaste may be accumulated, providing that no nuisance is created. What are excessive amounts of solid waste and litter shall be as determined by the health officer.

(b)

Providing waste collection containers.

(1)

No person shall maintain or use any residence, place of business, or other building or place where persons reside, congregate or are employed which is not provided with a container for the sanitary removal of all solid waste.

(2)

Except for the purpose of greenwaste composting or as set forth in subsection (e) below, no person shall place or dump any solid waste or any offensive, unsightly or decaying matter of any kind whatsoever anywhere in the county other than in a container or an approved solid waste facility.

(3)

No person shall place hot coals, hot ashes or other burning matter in any solid waste container set out for collection.

(c)

Disposition of animal carcasses. Every owner, occupant and operator of any real property situated within the unincorporated area of the county shall, upon reasonable notice given by the county health officer, bury to a depth of at least three feet under the surface of the earth, or remove to a proper disposal site, all carcasses of dead animals which have died or are upon any part of such real property. Animal carcasses shall not be place in solid waste containers.

(d)

Accumulation of solid waste to be removed. Whenever any solid waste has been thrown or deposited upon any street, road, or private or public premises, or has accumulated thereon, the health officer shall give written notice to the owner, tenant or person having charge or control of said street, road, or premises, to remove from the premises the substances so deposited or accumulated. It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant or person having charge or control of said premises to neglect or fail to remove said solid waste from said premises within a reasonable time, as determined by the health officer, after the receipt of said notice.

(e)

Food waste and agricultural byproducts.

(1)

Food waste. The owner or occupant of any agricultural property may allow food waste to be accumulated, stored, disposed of, or used for stock feeding on the premises, as long as such food waste is not permitted to become a nuisance due to the breeding or attraction of flies or rodents, or from odors, or to create a hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare, as determined by the health officer. All such agricultural operations shall comply with the Agricultural Solid Waste Management Standards, Title 14 California Code of Regulations, commencing with Section 17801.

(2)

Agricultural byproducts. Culled fruits and vegetables and agricultural byproducts which cannot be used for animal feed, returned to soil or recovered in another manner shall be disposed of only to an appropriate licensed disposal site. Agriculture byproducts or wastes, not of plant or animal origin, such as nonhazardous packaging, plastic film or shop wastes, shall also be disposed of in an appropriate licensed disposal site.

(Ord. No. 533, § 2, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 555, § 5, 12-3-96)

Sec. 13-13. - Reserved.

Editor's note—

Ord. No. 555, § 6, adopted Dec. 6, 1996, repealed § 13-13, which pertained to mandatory solid waste collection. See the Code Comparative Table.

Sec. 13-14. - Solid waste collection.

(a)

Except as set forth in subsection (b) below, it shall be unlawful for any person to undertake any solid waste collection in any unincorporated area of the county without first obtaining a solid waste collection license from the county pursuant to Article III of this chapter.

(b)

Exceptions: The following persons are not required to obtain a solid waste collection license:

(1)

Professional gardeners and persons hauling special waste such as clean up people;

(2)

Persons collecting dead animals, bones, meat scraps, grease or other waste food products for rendering or animal food;

(3)

Collectors of tires and salvaged recyclables;

(4)

Persons who collect vegetable matter or food waste, without any charge, for use as food for animals;

(5)

Persons who provide solid waste collection under license, permit, franchise or contract with other governmental entities in the unincorporated areas of Kings County.

(c)

The persons listed in subsections (b)(1) through (b)(4) above, shall be subject to the following provisions:

(1)

They shall register in accordance with section 13-15

(2)

They shall comply with all applicable health and safety requirements and standards for the collection, storage, processing and transportation of solid waste;

(3)

They shall comply with all reasonable and applicable policies, regulations and procedures adopted or established by the public works director in accordance with section 13-5

(Ord. No. 533, § 2, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 544, §§ 2, 3, 10-3-95; Ord. No. 555, § 7, 12-3-96)

Sec. 13-15. - Registration of solid waste collection and processing.

(a)

Except as set forth in subsection (b) below, and except within the City of Avenal, it shall be unlawful for any person in any unincorporated area of the county to collect, remove, dispose of, transport or process solid waste without first registering with the public works director.

(b)

Exceptions. The following persons are not required to register:

(1)

Persons holding a solid waste collection license issued pursuant to Article III of this chapter;

(2)

Persons within their own homes, whether owned or rented who perform salvage for their own purposes;

(3)

All publicly operated solid waste facilities which operate under state permit;

(4)

The member agencies of KWRA, and those persons who, collect, remove, dispose of, transport or process solid waste under license, permit, franchise or contract issued or entered into by said member agencies of KWRA.

(c)

All solid waste processors may be required to prepare and submit an annual "report of solid waste processed" to the public works director. This report may be determined to be essential in monitoring the amount of solid waste diverted from land filling. The report shall contain, at a minimum, the following information.

(1)

The name of the person conducting the solid waste processing.

(2)

The type of solid waste processing conducted.

(3)

The total tonnage of solid waste processed.

(4)

The type of and tonnage of solid waste processed as recyclables.

(5)

The destination of the solid waste processed as recyclables.

(Ord. No. 533, § 2, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 555, § 8, 12-3-96)

Secs. 13-22—13-29. - Reserved.