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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1826 - Amending Section of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Relating to Exclusivity of Refuse Collection Contractor and Exceptions TheretoORDINANCE NO. NS- 1826~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 16-30 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EXCLUSIVITY OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION CONTRACTOR AND EXCEPTIONS THERETO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 16-30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 16-30. Exclusivity. (a) The City and its refuse collection contractor have the exclusive right to collect, transport and dispose of refuse in the City of Santa Ana, and all refuse placed for collection by the City or its refuse collection contractor shall be deemed to be the property thereof, except as other- wise provided herein. (b) The occupant or owner of any premises upon which refuse has accurm~lated or the actual producers of such refuse may personally collect, convey and dispose of such refuse. (c) Collectors of refuse originating outside the City may haul such refuse over City streets. (d) Any person may collect, transport and dispose of refuse during a period in which collection services by the City or its refuse collection contractor are interrupted or delayed due to a labor strike or other circumstances affecting collection services throughout the City, provided such persons comply with any and all directives of the Executive Director, Public Services. (e) The Executive Director, Public Services may, by written permit, authorize provision of bin service if the City's refuse collection contractor fails to provide such service within five (5)calendar days after a customer order and such service is not thereafter provided within forty-eight (48) hours after notice to the City's refuse collection contractor of such failure by the Executive Director, ~dblic Services. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1826 PAGE TWO (f) Any person other than the City or its refuse collection contractor who collects, transports, or disposes of refuse, or who pays another to do so, other than as permitted by-subsection (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section is quilty of a misdemeanor. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ATTEST: ADOPTED this 20th day of January , 1986. VCLFA{K OF TH~ C~CIE- -~ COUNCILMEMBERS: Griset Aye Johnson Aye Acosta Aye Hart Aye Luxembourger Aye McGuigan Aye Young Aye DANIEL E. GRISET, MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: