ORDINANCE 462ORDINANCE NO. 462
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO AND REGULATING
THE ACCUMULATION, HANDLING, COLLECTION,
REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUB -
BISH WITHIN SAID CITY ;AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH.
The City C un it of the City of El Segundo, California,
does ordain as follow :
SECTION DEFINITIONS. That for the ses of this
Ordinance the following words and phrases ar defined and shall be
construed as her in fter set out, unless shall be apparent from
the context th they h e a different eaning:
(a) " bagel' sha mean all imal and vegetable refuse
from ki he and house o waste hat shall have been prepared for
or intend to be us d as food or that shall have resulted from
th p ration o food; all decayed or unsound fruit and vegetable
matte a d all "imal, fis or fowl refuse (.other than manure).
(b l'Co ustible r bbishl' shall mean paper, rags, discarded
household be ing, exc lsior, or other packing materials, cartons,
boxes and ntainers of wood or fiber, sawdust, or shavings from
lumber yards, mil , factories or shops, lumber scraps, wood or
wooden articles, grass, trees, plants, vines and the prunings
thereof.
(c) i n- combustible rubbish shall mean ashes, bottles, broken
crockery, glass, tin cans and other metallic substances, and like
or similar articles or substances that will not incinerate.
(d.) The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall
include the singular.
(e) The masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
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substances without first applying for and obtaining a permit in
writing so to do from the Chief of Police of said City, or his
duly authorized representative; provided, however, that the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm or
corporation with whom the City of E1 Segundo has at the time an
existing contract for the removal, disposal and /or conveyance of
any such materials or substances, or to any bona fide employee of
such contractor, or to any employee of the City of E1 Segundo per-
forming his duties as such employee of said City of E1 Segundo.
SECTION 10. ACCUMULATION OF MANURE, ETC. All manure and
cleanings from stables where any horses or other animals are kept,
and all cleanings from chicken or poultry yards, shall be deposited
in an enclosed bin constructed of boards or netting so as to ex-
clude flies, and to be kept covered, and no person, firm or cor-
poration shall accumulate or allow to accumulate any such manure or
cleanings in an amount to exceed one cubic yard in volume, nor
shall such accumulations be allowed for more than seven (7) days.
SECTION 11. COLLECTION SCHEDULES OR PERIODS. The City
Council shall from time to time fix the respective periods, dates
or schedules in and during which collections of garbage and rub-
bish shall be made and the respective districts within said City to
which such respective collection periods, dates or schedules apply.
SECTION 12. BURNING OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL RESTRICTED.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall:
(A) Burn, ignite or set fire to any combustible material
except in an approved multiple- chamber incinerator erected and
operated pursuant to a permit from the Los Angeles County Air Pol-
lution Control District (anda permit from the Chief of the Fire
Department of said City approving the type and location of such
incinerator with respect to fire safety); or
(B) Build, ignite or maintain any open fire upon or in any
public street, alley, public place or private premises within the
City of E1 Segundo.
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It is provided, however: (1) That the provisions
established in subdivision n(B)" above of this section shall not
apply to any principal, officer or employee of said City, or of
any public utility or franchise holder holding a franchise or per-
mit issued by said City or its authorized officers or representa-
tives, when such principal, officer or employee is acting in line
of duty, or in the course of his or her employment as such princi-
pal, officer or employee;
(2) That the provisions of this section shall not apply to
the burning, igniting or setting fire to any combustible materials
in any fireplace or stove such as is usually or ordinarily con-
structed, provided, found or used in any residential or other
structure for heating purposes and which is at the time being
used for such heating purposes, or in any stove, barbecue pit or
barbecue fireplace constructed for the preparation of food and
which is at the time being used for such cooking or preparation of
food; and
(3) That the provisions of this section shall not apply to
the burning, igniting or setting fire to any combustible materials
in any mobile equipment when used in connection with the lawful
purpose for which such equipment was designed.
SECTION 13. FEES. The City Council finds that the periodic
collection of garbage and /or rubbish from all places in the City
benefits all occupants of places and premises in the City of E1
Segundo, and therefore, all such occupants are made liable for the
rubbish collection fees established for said City. There shall be
and there are hereby imposed fees and charges for the collection
and disposal of garbage and /or combustible and non - combustible
rubbish by said City. Such fees and charges for such collection
and disposal services rendered, or to be rendered, shall be those
which the City Council of said City may from time to time hereafter
determine, fix and establish by resolution (or resolutions) duly
and regularly adopted by it. Such fees and charges may be changed
by said City Council from time to time by resolution, and shall
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respectively be applicable for the respective periods designated
in, or covered by, such respective resolutions.
SECTION 14. As long as water service is connected to
the premises and billings are rendered therefor, said garbage and /or
rubbish charges shall accrue and it shall be presumed that the ser-
vices provided for have been rendered by the City. Payment of
such charge shall be made at the same time and in the same manner
as water bills are paid, and all rules and regulations governing
the collection of water bills shall apply in every particular to
the collection of bills for garbage and /or rubbish service.
SECTION 15. That any person, firm, association or cor-
poration violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of any such viola-
tion such person, firm, association or corporation shall be punish-
able by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the
City Jail of the City of E1 Segundo, California, or in the County
Jail of Los Angeles County, California, as the committing magis-
trate may direct, for a period of not to exceed six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
Every such person, firm, association or corporation shall
be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day dur-
ing which, or during any portion of which, any of the provisions
of this ordinance is violated and shall be punishable therefor as
herein provided.
SECTION 16. SAVING CLAUSE. If any section, sub- section,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance
and each section, sub - section, sentence, clause and phrase there-
of, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitu-
tional.
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SECTION 17. That Ordinance No. 90 and Ordinance No.
209 of said City and all ordinances amendatory of said Ordinance
No. 90 and said Ordinance No. 209 are hereby repealed, as are also
all other ordinances and parts of ordinances insofar as such other
ordinance or ordinances conflict with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 18. That this ordinance shall become effective
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the
final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 19. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to
be entered in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall•
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall,
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 24th day of August,
1955•
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor pro tem of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.
I. Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of
the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing or-
dinance, being Ordinance No. 462, was passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor pro tem of
said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the 24th day of August,
1955, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT:
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
24th day of August, 1955•
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of
the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing or-
dinance, being Ordinance No. 462, is a full, true and correct
original of Ordinance No. 462 of the said City of E1 Segundo,
California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO AND REGULATING
THE ACCUMULATION, HANDLING, COLLECTION,
REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUB-
BISH WITHIN SAID CITY; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH. ",
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor pro tem of said City, and attested by the
City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Coun-
cil held on the 24th day of August, 1955, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT:
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provi-
sions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of Cali-
fornia, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 462 was duly and regularly
published according to law and the order of the City Council of
said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated within the said City
and that the same was so published therein on the following.date,
to wit:
City Clerk -of the City o
E1 Segundo, California.
(SEAL)