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ATTY/ORD.0012/CC ORD AMENDING ARTICLE I, II, & III OF REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE – EXHIBIT A
<br />REV: 11-05-25 MI
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<br />B.Any person desiring a waiver from all or part of the requirement to have refuse service as specified in this
<br />Chapter may make an application to the City’s Health Officer (or their designee) indicating the reasons for
<br />such a waiver.
<br />1.The City’s Health Officer may grant such waiver if the Health Officer finds that the proper sanitation
<br />of the City and the preservation of the health of the inhabitants thereof will not be affected by the
<br />waiver.
<br />2.A waiver may only be granted for organics materials and recyclables if the person can demonstrate
<br />that they are diverting those materials in another manner that is consistent with State statutes
<br />and regulations.
<br />3.After reviewing the waiver application, and after an on-site review, if applicable, the City’s Health
<br />Officer may approve or deny a waiver for part or all of the collection service requirements.
<br />4.Any interested person may appeal the determination of the City’s Health Officer by filing a written
<br />appeal within seventy-two (72) hours or two (2) City working days, whichever is longer, with the
<br />City Manager or their designated representative, who shall set the appeal for hearing within forty-
<br />eight (48) hours. After holding a hearing, the City Manager may reverse, affirm or modify in any
<br />respect the determination of the Health Officer. The City Manager’s decision on the appeal is final.
<br />Sec. 14.3. SANITARY INSPECTIONS:
<br />The Health Officer or other duly authorized representative of the City may visit all premises within the City from time
<br />to time and examine the sanitary conditions of the premises and determine whether the provisions of this Chapter
<br />are complied with.
<br />Sec. 14.4. ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE ON PREMISES UNLAWFUL; EXCEPTION TO SECTION:
<br />No person owning or occupying any building, lot or premises in the City shall suffer, allow or permit to collect and
<br />remain upon the lot or premises refuse of any kind; providing, however, that this provision shall not be construed
<br />as interfering with a building under construction.
<br />Sec. 14.5. DUMPING, ETC., OF REFUSE IN CITY PLACES UNLAWFUL:
<br />No person shall dump, place or bury in any lot, land, street or alley, or in any water or waterway or elsewhere within
<br />the City any refuse or any waste matter condemned by the Health Department or its authorized representatives.
<br />Sec. 14.6. BURNING RUBBISH:
<br />No person shall burn any rubbish within the City except by written permit from the Fire Marshal and then only in an
<br />incinerator of a type approved by the Fire Marshal, on days other than Monday, between the hours of six o'clock
<br />(6:00) A.M. and twelve o'clock (12:00) noon, or as specified in the permit. In no event, however, shall any rubbish
<br />be burned in a manner, time, or place, which constitutes a nuisance or fire hazard to adjoining property.
<br />Sec. 14.7. RESERVED:
<br />Sec. 14.8. RESERVED:
<br />Sec. 14.9. SIDEWALK AREAS TO BE KEPT FREE OF WEEDS, RUBBISH, ETC.:
<br />It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of any building, lot or premises in the City, fronting on
<br />any improved street where cement sidewalks or cement curbs are laid, either as owner, lessee, tenants or tenant,
<br />to allow upon any part of the entire width of the walk area along the building, lot or premises, from curb to property
<br />line, any grass, weeds, dirt, rubbish or other obstructions, which, from any cause whatever, shall have accumulated
<br />or shall accumulate, or grow upon the sidewalk area, to remain thereon; provided, however, that nothing herein
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