HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 05141991 - 91-26 ORDINANCE N0. 91- 26
(Requirements for vehicles Transporting Refuse)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official test of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance amends County Ordinance Code
section 418-2 . 008 to require all vehicles transporting refuse to
a solid waste disposal or processing facility to be covered.
SECTION II . Section 418-2 . 008 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended, to provide that all vehicles transporting refuse to a
solid waste disposal or processing facility must be covered, to
read:
418-2 .008 Vehicle Requirements . (a ) Every vehicle
transporting refuse to a solid waste disposal or processing
facility shall provide a means to cover and contain refuse
securely within the vehicle, so that no refuse shall escape.
(b) Every vehicle used in the business of refuse
collection shall have painted on the outside of each side wall of
the hauling body, in letters not less than four inches high and
one inch wide, the following legible information in a color
contrasting with the body color:
( 1 ) Name of the refuse collector;
( 2 ) Permit number issued by the Board of Supervisors;
( 3 ) Number of vehicle, if more than one vehicle is operated
by the collector.
(c) Collecting vehicles shall be kept clean, and no
nuisance of odor committed.
(Ord. 91-26 § 2 : prior code § 4503 : Ord. 1443 . )
SECTION III. Section 418-2 . 010 of the County Ordinance Code Is
amended, to reflect the appropriate sections of 418-2 . 008, as
newly amended, to read:
418-2.010 Chapter Exceptions . The provisions of this
chapter, except Section 418-2 . 008 (a) and (c) , ' shall not apply to
a septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner as defined in Section 413-
3 . 415 , having a valid, unrevoked, unsuspended public health
license issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of Article
413-3 . 8, and to persons collecting:
( 1 ) Dead animals, bones , or meat scraps for tallow plants;
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( 2 ) Waste material, such as waste paper and waste paper
products , to be used as a raw material in
manufacturing;
( 3 ) Refuse originating on their own premises .
(Ords . 91- 26 S 3; 82-42 S 2: prior code 5 4504 : Ord. 1443 . )
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be
published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and
against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper in this County.
Passed on May 14, 1991 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers
NOES : None
ABSENT: Supervisor Fanden
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County
Administrator
Chairperson of the Board
By: G1�
Deputy
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