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ORDINANCE NO. 2225
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5120.1
AND 5120.7.1 OF ARTICLE V CHAPTER 1 OF THE ARCADIA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS
REGARDING SOLID WASTE SERVICE
WHEREAS, existing provisions of the Arcadia Municipal Code require the
owners, managers, and occupants of residential, commercial, industrial, and other
types of property to subscribe to the solid waste services provided by the City's
solid waste franchisee; and
WHEREAS, state law authorizes the City to require subscription to the solid
waste services provided by the City's solid waste franchisee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt minor clarifying amendments
to certain provisions of the Municipal Code pertaining to solid waste service, in
order to avoid the possibility of confusion on the part of the public; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the amendments enacted through
this ordinance merely clarify the existing provisions of the Arcadia Municipal
Code, and do not in any way alter or amend the obligations of any person to
subscribe to solid waste collection service;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Article V, Chapter I of the Arcadia Municipal Code is
hereby amended by amending Section 5120.1 to read as follows:
"5120.1 SAME. FREQUENCY. The City, its agents, employees, or the
person with whom the City has entered into or may hereafter enter into a contract
for the collection and removal of garbage, or refuse shall collect and remove all
garbage and refuse accumulated at the intervals specified in the following
subsections hereof. Garbage or refuse presented for collection must have been
accumulated from or generated by the use of the property from which the
collection is made."
SECTION 2. Article V, Chapter 1 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is
hereby amended by amending Section 5120.7.1 to read as follows:
"5120.7.1 SERVICE AND PAYMENT. The owners or occupants of all
single-family houses and all multiple-dwelling units including, without limitation,
duplexes, triplexes, apartments and condominiums in the City shall subscribe to
and pay for garbage or refuse collection service, regardless of whether garbage or
refuse is placed for collection. Such service shall be provided by the City's duly
authorized residential refuse collector as established by the Arcadia Municipal
Code, resolutions of the City and the City Residential Refuse Agreement. No
person shall refuse such service, use other service, or fail to pay the collector of
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such garbage or refuse the fee charged by such collector, which shall be in
accordance with the rates fixed and determined by resolution of the City Council."
SECTION 3.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official
newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This Ordinance
shall take effect on the thirty first (31) day after its adoption.
Passed approved and adopted this 6th
day of March
,2007.
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Mayor the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2225 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of March, 2007 and that said Ordinance
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Amundson, Harbicht, Segal, Wuo and Chandler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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