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5-2400 CHAPTER 4 shall not be placed within the traveled portion of any street, road, or avenue in the County, or anywhere in SOLID WASTE SERVICE AND THE such manner as to constitute a nuisance.No such contain- RETENTION AND ACCUMULATION OF SOLID er shall be placed in a location so as to require a refuse WASTE collector or his agents or employees to be physically endangered by dogs or other animals or by other causes Sections: while in the process of removing and emptying such 5-2400 Accumulation of Refuse, Waste containers.The individual containers shall have a capacity and Filth Prohibited. of not greater than thirty-five (35) gallons and shall 5-2401 Disposal on Premises. weigh, when placed for collection, not more than fifty 5-2402 Metallic or Plastic Containers (50) pounds, except where mechanical loading systems Required. are used. (Ord. 877; 2887; 3228) 5-2403 Frequency of Service. 5-2404 Mandatory Residential Solid 5-2403 FREQUENCY OF SERVICE. Waste Collection. All refuse produced or accumulated in or about any dwelling within the County shall be disposed of or re- 5-2400 ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE, moved from the premises at least once each calendar WASTE AND FILTH week.All refuse created,produced,or accumulated at any PROHIBITED. industrial, commercial, or institutional establishment No owner,lessee,agent,or occupant of a lot or parcel anywhere in the County shall be disposed of or removed of land upon which a building of any kind may exist, or from the premises at least twice in each calendar week. of a vacant lot or parcel of land, shall allow any collec- The Health District, after investigation and upon ade- tion of refuse or waste matter of any kind or description quate and reasonable justification, may vary the require- to accumulate or to remain on such lot or parcel for ments of this section. Such variances shall be subject to longer than seven(7)days except as provided in Sections appeal to the Board. Such variances shall be adopted and 5-2300,5-2301,and 5-2607 or except as provided in any shall be subject to appeal in the same manner as rules rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this division. and regulations adopted by the Health District pursuant (Ord. 1481; 2887) to this division. (Ord. 877; 2887) 5-2401 DISPOSAL ON PREMISES. 5-2404 MANDATORY RESIDENTIAL In the event that refuse is disposed of on the premises SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. of an industrial or commercial establishment pursuant to (a) The Board may establish mandatory residential Section 5-2300,or upon the premises of a farm or single- solid waste collection areas by order of the Board.Unless family residence pursuant to Section 5-2301,such dispos- otherwise specified by the Board, one (1) or more of the al shall be strictly pursuant to the rules and regulations following criteria shall be used for all real property par- prescribed by the Health District. (Ord. 877; 2887) cels, with at least one (1) and no more than nine (9) habitation units,to determine which real property parcels 5-2402 METALLIC;OR PLASTIC will be included in mandatory residential solid waste CONTAINERS REQUIRED. collection areas. Any person maintaining any premises within the Coun- (1) The parcel has the current General Plan Land Use ty where refuse or waste matter of any kind is created, Designation of Residential and is located within an area produced, or accumulated upon such premises shall pro- that has a density of twenty-four (24) or more dwelling cure a metallic or plastic container or containers with units per mile of roadway. close-fitting covers for receiving and holding, without (2) The parcel is located on a roadway that connects leakage of liquids or escape of odors, all such refuse or two(2)mandatory collection areas that are no more than waste matter of any kind which is produced,created, or one (1) mile apart. accumulated upon such premises, and all such persons (3) The parcel is located on a roadway that bounds shall deposit all such refuse or waste matter of any kind a mandatory residential solid waste collection area. in such a container. All such containers shall at all times (b) Residential solid waste collection and related be kept in a sanitary condition,and good repair,and shall services will be provided by the franchise collectors, as be located in such a place as to be readily accessible for required by the residential refuse collection contacts, to removing and emptying the same, but such containers residents within mandatory residential solid waste collec- 159 (San Joaquin County 9-98)