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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1917
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING
SECTION 16-29 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE
AND ADDING SECTION 16-29.5 THERETO TO REVISE
THE DEFINITION OF "REFUSE" IN THE CITY REFUSE
COLLECTION REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 16-29 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16-29. Definitions.
(a) "Garbage" shall mean and include all animal and
vegetable kitchen waste, all household waste which has
resulted from the preparation of food, all table refuse
or offal, and every accumulation of animal vegetable or
other matter that attends the preparation, consumption,
packing, canning, storage and decay of meats, fish, fowls,
vegetables and fruit intended for human and animal
consumption.
(b) "Solid waste" shall mean combustible and non-
combustible waste materials not included in the term
"garbage," and shall include tree and shrubbery trimmings,
lawn renovatings, grass, weeds, leaves, chips, paper,
pasteboard, magazines, books, rags, rubber, carpets,
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, furniture, bedding, bottles,
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dirt, dust,
packing boxes and cartons, crates, packing material and all
other kinds of rubbish, trash or waste material which
ordinarily accumulates in the operation of a household or
a business.
(c) "Refuse" means garbage and solid waste, as such
terms are defined herein. However, the term "refuse," for
purposes of this article, shall not include the items
listed in Section 16-29.5. "Refuse" includes demolition and
construction debris generated in the ordinary course of
business on a permanent site.
(d) "Standard service" shall mean curbside collection
service provided on a weekly basis to occupants not
receiving bin service.
(e) "Bin service" shall mean collection service pursuant
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1917
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to agreements between occupants and the city's refuse
collection contractor by which bin containers suitable for
mechanical unloading are rented to the occupants.
SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 16-29.5, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 16-29.5. Exclusions from "refuse".
The following items are not "refuse" for purposes of this
article:
A flammable waste.
A containerized waste (e.g., a drum, barrel, portable
tank, box, pail, etc.).
A waste transported in a bulk tanker.
A liquid waste.
A sludge waste.
A waste from an industrial process.
A waste from a pollution control process.
Residue and debris from the cleanup of a spill or
release of chemical substances, commercial products
or any other special wastes.
Contaminated soil, waste, residue, debris and articles
from the cleanup of a site or facility formerly used
for the generation, storage, treatment, recycling,
reclamation or disposal of any other special wastes.
Dead animals.
Manure.
Sewage waste.
Waste water.
Explosive substance.
Radioactive materials.
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1917
PAGE THREE
Materials which have been exposed to highly infectious
or contagious diseases.
Hazardous materials.
ADOPTED this 6th day of July , 1987.
ATTEST:
~nice C. Guy /
Clerk of the Counci
COUN CI LMEMBE RS:
Young A~
McGuigan
Acosta aye
Griset A~
Hart
May
Pulido
APPROVED AS TO FORM: