Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 418. REFUSE |
Chapter 418-6. MANDATORY SUBSCRIPTION |
§ 418-6.004. Purpose.
The accumulation of solid waste and other filth on land for long periods of time is a matter affecting the public health, welfare and safety. Such accumulation encourages and attracts rodents, flies and other disease-carrying pests, is offensive to the senses, and is a public and private nuisance. Such unhealthy and illegal accumulation of solid waste is less likely to occur when removed from property on a regular and frequent basis. The purpose of this chapter is to prevent such accumulation of solid waste by requiring that owners and other persons in control of all premises from which solid waste is generated provide for its removal and disposal on a regular and frequent basis.
(Ord. 85-12 § 2 (part)).