ORD-31-85 PROHIBITING TAMPERING WITH GARBAGE AND REFUSE CONTAINERS OR THE CONTENTS THEREOFORDINANCE NO. 31-
85 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.28
OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD
SECTION 8.28.155 PROHIBITING TAMPERING
WITH GARBAGE AND REFUSE CONTAINERS OR
THE CONTENTS
THEREOF.WHEREAS, the Orange police Department and the
Department of Public Works have received numerous complaints
from residents and businesses concerning persons scavenging
in garbage and refuse containers and causing refuse to
be removed from the containers and deposited upon the ground
or street;
and WHEREAS, the City's contractor is not required
by contract nor ordinance to pick up refuse not in its
proper container;
and WHEREAS, such careless handling of garbage and
refuse creates litter, unsanitary conditions and
maintenance problems for the container owners and surrounding
property owners;
and WHEREAS, persons scavenging through the contents
of garbage and refuse containers expose themselves to
possible health problems or physical injury;
and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that in
the interest of the public health, safety and welfare the
unauthor-ized tampering or meddling with garbage and refuse
containers or the contents thereof shall not be
permitted.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:Section
I:Chapter 8.28 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add Section 8.28.155 to read as
follows:8.28.155 Tampering with Garbage or Refuse. No
person,other than the owner thereof, his agents or employees,
an officer or employee of the City or an authorized
refuse contractor shall enter, tamper, or meddle with any
garbage or refuse container or the contents thereof or remove
the contents of any such container or remove any such
container from the location where the same shall have been placed
by the owner thereof or his agent, regardless of whether or
not such container conforms to the requirements set forth
in this
Section II:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a
certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be
posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5)
days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance
is to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be
published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's
passage in the Orange City News, a newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated in the City of Orange.
The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance
along with the names of those City Council members voting
for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government
Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty
30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 13 th day of August 1985.
he C~ty of Orange
ATTEST:
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ty Cler of e C' 0 Orange STATE
OF CALIFORNIA )COUNTY
OF ORANGE ) ss CITY
OF ORANGE )I,
MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 23 rd day of Y.1. , 19 85, and thereafter
at a regular meeting ~f said City Council duly held
on the 13 th day of August , 19 85 was duly passed
and adopted by the following vote, to wit:AYES:
COUNCILMEN: SMITH, MAYOR BEAM, PEREZ, BEYER NOES:
COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEN: BARRERA AA'~
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Cler 0 t41"ee;rtyof Orange ORD31-
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