Ordinance Number 845063
ORDINANCE NO. 845
AMENDING TITLE 6 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE -
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION LAW
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING AMENDING SECTION 6-3.10 OF THE MUNCIIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ILLEGAL DUMPING
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings.
WHEREAS, the City must comply with the California Integrated Waste
Management Act of 1989 (Public Resources Code Section 40000, et seq.) which, among other
things, requires the City to track the quantity of solid waste being generated in the City and to
reduce the total amount going to the landfill by 50%; and,
WHEREAS, to enable the City to comply with the California Integrated Waste
Management Act of 1989 and to better control solid waste within the City, prohibitions for illegal
dumping are necessary.
SECTION 2. Code Amendment.
Section 6-3.10, of Title 6 "Sanitation and Health" of the Municipal Code is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 6-3.10. Illegal Dumping, Depositing and Scattering of Solid Waste.
"(a) Illegal Dumping. No unauthorized person shall cause the placement of
solid waste, originating from another premises, within a waste container designated to serve
the premises for which the container has been assigned.
"(b) Depositing and scattering. No person shall cast, place, sweep, or deposit
anywhere in the City any solid waste in such a manner so that it may be carried or deposited
by elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway storm drain, stream or public
place or into any premises within the City."
SECTION 3. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage.
SECTION 4. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same
to be posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published once within
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fifteen (15) days after passage and adoption as required by law; or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date
of adoption of this Ordinance; and, within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall
cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post a certified copy of this
Ordinance, together with the vote for and against the same, in the Office of the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED
January ,2000.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
AND ADOPTED this 1 Rtb day of
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No.
245 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, held on Ta.,,,a,-�7 4th , 2000, and adopted at a
meeting held on January 18th , 200e, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Greiner, Hart, Swerdlin and
Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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CHERYL JO SO ,CITY CLERK
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