§ 8-83. Regulations

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, dump or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped any solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste in or upon any private property or in or upon any public property which the public is admitted by easement or license without the consent of the owner, or in or upon any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, parkway or upon any private road, alley, sidewalk, gutter or driveway in common use, or upon any public property other than property designated or set aside as a disposal station for such purpose by resolution of the city council or county board of supervisors.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or dump solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste of any kind whatsoever upon any private or public property within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet from any public highway in the city, or within a distance of five hundred (500) feet from any established residence or dwelling house within the city, or to cause or suffer or permit such solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste to be placed, deposited or dumped upon any public or private property within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet of any public highway or within a distance of five hundred (500) feet of any established residence or dwelling house in the city, without first having obtained a use permit pursuant to the zoning laws of the city, county, and State of California, or pursuant to any other zoning law that may be hereafter adopted in the place and stead of said zoning laws of the city. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste placed into a container for pickup by a solid waste enterprise operating pursuant to a permit issued under this article.

(c) No person shall burn any solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste within the city without having first complied with all rules and regulations of the city, the county, the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the state.

(d) No person shall scavenge or bury any solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste within the city.

(e) Special arrangements must be made and permits issued by the county, State of California, and federal agencies for the disposal of any of the following items: Ammunition; explosives; industrial waste; chemicals; infectious; hazardous and radioactive waste; acids; drugs; medicines; human feces; unwrapped animal feces; and items which are too large for the collection equipment or which may damage the collection machinery such as large pieces of metal, machine parts, logs and tree stumps.

(f) Branches of trees, hedges, etc., shall be cut in lengths of not over four (4) feet and placed in containers or tied into bundles not exceeding fifty (50) pounds. All vacuum cleaner dust sweepings or ashes shall be wrapped and placed in the container. Newspapers and magazines may be bundled in bundles not exceeding fifty (50) pounds maximum. All metal containers may be placed in an enclosed container or wrapped in bundles not exceeding fifty (50) pounds maximum. In areas of curbside refuse collection, the requirements of this subsection are superseded by any requirements of the CMSD.

(g) It shall be unlawful for a person or solid waste enterprise to commingle solid waste collected from within the jurisdiction of the City of Costa Mesa with solid waste collected from any other jurisdiction. A violation of this subsection shall result in the revocation of the permit pursuant to section 8-79

(h) For any type of solid waste collection in the city, it shall be unlawful for any person to use the services offered by a person, service, or enterprise that has not obtained all the required permits from the city pursuant to this article.

(Ord. No. 92-31, § 2, 1-18-93; Ord. No. 97-24, § 2, 8-4-97; Ord. No. 10-11, § 1, 10-19-10 )