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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1992-2492 ORDINANCE NO. 2492 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING CHAPTER 8.25 TO, AND RENUMBERING SECTION 8.24.195 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO MANDATORY RECYCLING WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista recognizes the importance of preserving limited and increasingly valuable landfill capacity, conserving natural resources, and protecting the environment; and, WHEREAS, landfills across the Country are becoming full and the Otay Landfill that serves South County is projected to reach capacity near the end of the decade; and, WHEREAS, conventional methods of solid waste disposal such as landfilling have become increasingly problematical for a variety of reasons relating to cost, competing land usage, citizen concern, and environmental protection; and, WHEREAS, reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting solid wastes can contribute significantly to achieving the environmental goals of the City and have the potential to reduce the financial, environmental, and community burden of solid waste disposal; and, WHEREAS, State law requires each local government to reduce 25 percent of its solid waste by January 1, 1995 and 50 percent of its solid waste by January 1, 2000; and, WHEREAS, the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors in June, 1991 adopted a Mandatory Recycling Ordinance that prohibits designated recyclables from being disposed at County-owed landfills under a phased implementation schedule; and, WHEREAS, the depositing of used newspapers, glass, aluminum and bi-metal cans, plastic bottles, yard waste, construction debris, office white paper, computer paper, and other designated recyclable materials outlined herein, and as may be amended by future ordinances for recycling purposes from the residences, businesses, and industries in the City of Chula Vista for the reasons hereinabove set forth, will implement the State law and the County Ordinance and fosters and promotes the general public interest; and, WHEREAS, experience and data from communities across the country have shown that mandating source separation of refuse into recyclable and non-recyclable materials greatly increases the level of citizen and business and industrial participation in municipal recycling and solid waste reduction programs; and, WHEREAS, citizen and business participation in the City's recycling, composting and solid waste reduction programs will also be enhanced by implementation of a comprehensive public information campaign regarding the purpose, procedures, and requirements of the City's recycling effort. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, does ordain as follows: Ordinance No. 2492 Page 2 SECTION I: That Chapter 8.25 is hereby added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code to read as follows: Section 8.25 RECYCLING Section 8.25.010 Purpose and Intent A. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide standards for integrated solid waste management to include source reduction, recycling and composting of solid wastes, in order to provide for the long term health, safety and welfare of Chula Vista residents through extending current landfill capacity, preserving resources, and providing for the general protection of the environment. The chapter provides for regulation of the storage, collection, transportation and recovery of marketable and recyclable materials. B. It is the intent of the City Council, pursuant to the requirements and provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the State to enter into a contract or contracts or adopt a franchise ordinance with such terms or conditions as may be agreed upon and as may be deemed fit by the City, for the collection and marketing of recyclable materials, compost, or otherwise recoverable material s within the City. Section 8.25.020 Definitions 1. "Aluminum" means recoverable aluminum materials such as used beverage containers, siding, screening, and other manufactured items. 2. "Bulky Waste" means large items of solid waste such as White Goods, furniture, large auto parts, trees, stumps and other oversize wastes whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection, processing or disposal methods. 3. "Buy-back Center" means a facility which pays a fee for the delivery and transfer of ownership to the facility of source separated materials for the purpose of recycling, mulching or composting. 4. "Cardboard" means post-consumer waste paper grade corrugated cardboard (grade #11), kraft (brown) paper bags, or solid fiber boxes which have served their packaging purpose and are discarded and can later be reclaimed for collection and recovery for recycling. Until the market will allow for efficient and cost effective recovery of cardboard coated with wax, such materials are excluded from recycling and shall remain excluded from recycling until adopted by ordinance. Ordinance No. 2492 Page 3 5. "Collection" means the act of collecting Solid Waste materials, or Recyclables at Residential, Commercial, Industrial, or governmental sites, and hauling it to a facility for processing, transfer, disposal or burning. 6. "Commercial" for purposes of this Chapter, means any nonresidential and short-termresidential establishment which accommodates businesses of two subcategories: 1) Office or 2) Hospitality. 7. "Commercial Recyclables" means recyclable materials from the two commercial subcategories of Office and Hospitality. Materials include, but are not limited to: Office Paper, Cardboard, Newspaper, and Aluminum from Offices; and, Cardboard, Glass Bottles and Jars, Plastic Bottles, Aluminum, Tin and Bi-Metal Cans, and White Goods from Hospitality establishments. 8. "Compost" means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream. 9. "Composting" shall mean the controlled and monitored process of converting organic wastes into Compost. 10. "Construction Waste" means the demolition, dredging, grubbing, building, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and/or demolition activities on housing, commercial, governmental building, and other structures and pavement. 11. "Contract or Franchise Agent(s)" means any person or entity designated by the City Council pursuant to Article XII of the City Charter and Chula Vista Municipal Code, Chapter 8.24, as being responsible for administering, directing, supervising, collecting, operating and/or providing for the disposal or transfer of refuse, or the collection and/or processing of Designated Recyclables. 12. "Curbside Collection" means the collection of designated recyclables from the residential waste stream from the curb or alleyway. May include single-family, multi-family residences and mobil home trailer courts that receive curbside collection of refuse or that are otherwise specially designated as having curbside collection. 13. "Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location" means a place designated by the City Manager in conjunction with the Contract or Franchise Agent(s) for pick up or storage of recyclables segregated from other waste material. Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Locations include, but are not limited to, the curbside of a Residential neighborhood, or the Ordinance No. 2492 Page 4 service alley, loading dock, or basement of a Commercial enterprise. 14. "Designated Recycling Containers" {"Containers"} shall mean those containers or receptacles designated by the City Manager or its Contract or Franchise Agent for pick-up or storage of Designated Recyclables. 15. "Designated Recyclables" means materials that are recyclable, reclaimable, and/or reusable within the following categories of Residential, Commercial and Industrial and as defined more specifically herein within each category. Any material having an economic value on the secondary materials market or that is otherwise salvageable shall be included and/or other materials that have been separated from other Residential, Commercial, or Industrial Solid Waste for purposes of being recycled for resale and/or reuse, and placed at a Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location or in a Designated Recycling Container for the purpose of collection and processing, or any materials collected under a mixed waste processing program. 16. "Garbage" means all kitchen and table waste, and animal or vegetable waste that attends or results from the storage, preparation, cooking, or handling of food stuffs, except organic wastes separated therefrom and used in Composting in accordance with Section 8.35.090. 17. "Glass Bottles and Jars" means food and beverage containers made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone, the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging or bottling, including container glass designated redeemable under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Law, Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500) of the California Public Resources Code, as well as glass jars and bottles without redeemable value ("scrap"), but excluding household, kitchen, and other sources of non-container glass such as drinking glasses, ceramics, light bulbs, window pane glass, and similar glass products that are not bottles or jars. 18. "Hazardous Waste" means any waste material or mixture of wastes which is toxic, corrosive, flammable, explosive, an irritant, a strong sensitizer, which generates pressure through decomposition, heat or other means, if such a waste or mixture of wastes may cause substantial personal injury, serious illness or harm to humans, domestic animals, or wildlife, during, or as an approximate result of any disposal of such wastes or mixtures of wastes as defined in Section 25117 of the California Health and Safety Code. 19. "Hospitality" means any establishment that offers dining services, food or beverage sales. This includes, taverns, Ordinance No. 2492 Page 5 bars, cafeterias, and restaurants, as well as, motels and hotels (temporary housing of less than one month duration), hospitals, schools, colleges, and other such establishments that have dining services, or a restaurant or bar on their premises. 20. "Industrial" means any form of mechanized manufacturing facilities, factories, refineries, and construction and demolition operations, excluding hazardous waste operations. 21. "Industrial Recyclables" means recyclables from industrial, construction, and demolition operations, including, but not limited to, asphalt, concrete, dirt, land clearing brush, sand, and rock. 22. "Industrial Solid Waste" means solid waste originating from mechanized manufacturing facilities, factories, refineries, construction and demolition projects, and/or publicly operated treatment works, excluding recyclables and compostables, if properly handled and treated. 23. "Inert" means materials such as concrete, soil, asphalt, ceramics, earthen cooking ware, automotive safety glass, and mirrors. 24. "Integrated Solid Waste Management" means a planned program for effectively controlling the storage, collection, transportation, processing and reuse, conversion or disposal of solid waste, recyclables and/or compostables in a safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, environmentally sound and economical manner. It includes all administrative, financial, environmental, legal and planning functions as well as the operational aspects of solid waste handling, disposal, litter control and resource recovery systems necessary to achieve established objectives. 25. "Landfill" means a disposal system by which solid waste is deposited and compacted before burial in a specially prepared area which provides for environmental monitoring and treatment. 26. "Mixed Waste Processing" means a system of recovering recyclables from the mixed waste stream through separation at a processing facility, transfer station, landfill, or other such facility instead of separation at the waste generation source. 27. "Multi-family" means a structure or structures containing a total of 3 or more dwelling units in any vertical or horizontal arrangement on a single lot or building site. Ordinance No. 2492 Page 6 28. "Newspaper" means newsprint-grade paper including any inserts that come in the paper, and excluding soiled paper, all magazines, and other periodicals, telephone books, as well as all other paper products of any nature. 29. "Nuisance" means anything which is injurious to human health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, and affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any number of persons, although the extent of annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individual may be unequal, and which occurs as a result of the storage, removal, transport, processing, or disposal of Solid Waste, Compost, and/or Designated Recyclables. 30. "Office or Offices" for purposes of this Chapter shall mean any office, combination of offices or connected building or office space in which the combined, total area is more than 20,000 square feet, regardless of office affiliation, ownership, or occupancy. This includes, but is not limited to, businesses used for retail, wholesale, professional services, legal services, financial services {to include banks), medical services, shipping and receiving areas, churches, schools, colleges, and libraries. - 31. "Office Paper" means waste paper grades of white and colored ledgers and computer paper. Examples include forms, copy paper, stationery, and other papers that are generally associated with desk and employee work area activity, and any additional materials to be added by ordinance. 32. "Plastic Bottle" means a plastic container with narrow neck or mouth opening smaller than the diameter of the container body, used for containing milk, juice, soft drinks, water, detergent, shampoo or other such substances intended for household or Hospitality use; to distinguish from non-bottle containers {e.g., deli or margarine tub containers) and from non-household plastic bottles such as those for containing motor oil, solvents, and other non-household substances. 33. "Pollution" means the condition caused by the presence in or on a body of water, soil, or air of any solid waste or substance or derived therefrom in such quantity, or such nature and duration, or under such condition that the quality, appearance, or usefulness of the water, soil, land, or air is significantly degraded or adversely altered. 34. "Processing" means the reduction, separation, recovery, conversion, or recycling of solid waste. _ 35. "Putrescible Wastes" means the waste in organic material with the potential decomposition capacity to emit noticeable Ordinance No. 2492 Page 7 quantities of odor and gas by-products. Material in this category includes, but is not limited to kitchen waste, dead animals, food from containers, etc., except organic wastes separated there from and used in Composting in accordance with Section 8.35.090. 36. "Recycling" shall mean any process by which materials which would otherwise become Solid Waste are collected (source separated, commingled, or as "mixed waste"), separated and/or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products or materials which are otherwise salvaged or recovered for reuse. 37. "Refuse" means Garbage and Rubbish. 38. "Removal" means the act of taking Solid Wastes or Designated Recyclables from the place of generation either by the Contract or Franchise Agent(s), or by a person in control of the premises. 39. "Removal Frequency" means frequency of removal of Solid Wastes or Recyclables from the place of generation. 40. "Residential" for purposes of this Chapter, means any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, including single and multiple family dwellings, apartment-hotels, boarding and lodging houses. Residential does not include short-term residential uses, such as motels, tourist cabins, or hostels which are regulated as Hospitality establishments as defined in Sub-Section U. 41. "Residential Recyclables" means those specific recyclable materials from residential Solid Waste (single family and multi-family} including, but not limited to, Aluminum, Glass Bottles and Jars, Newspaper, Plastic Bottles, Tin and Bi-Metal Cans, White Goods, and Yard Waste. 42. "Rubbish" means non-putrescible solid wastes such as ashes, paper, yard clippings, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber by-products or litter. Such materials that are designated as Recyclable or Compost may be exempt from categorizing as rubbish provided such materials are handled, processed and maintained in a properly regulated manner. 43. "Salvaging" means the controlled and/or authorized storage and removal of Solid Waste, Designated Recyclables or recoverable materials. 44. "Scavenging" means the uncontrolled and/or unauthorized removal of Solid Waste, Designated Recyclables or recoverable materials. Ordinance No. 2492 Page 8 45. "To Segregate Waste Material" means any of the following: the placement of Designated Recyclables in separate Containers; the binding or bagging of Designated Recyclables separately from other waste material and placing in a separate container from Refuse, or the same Container as Refuse; the physical separation of Designated Recyclables from other waste material (either at the generating source, Solid Waste transfer station, or processing facility). 46. "Solid Waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semi-solid and liquid wastes, such as Refuse, Garbage, Rubbish, ashes, Industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, also includes liquid wastes disposed of in conjunction with Solid Wastes at Solid Waste transfer/processing stations or disposal sites, but excludes: sewage collected and treated in a municipal or regional sewage system or materials or substances having commercial value or other importance which can be salvaged for reuse, Recycling, Composting or resale. 47. "Storage" means the interim containment of Solid Wastes, Yard Wastes, or Recyclables in an approved manner after generation and prior to disposal, Collection or processing. 48. "Tin and Bi-Metal Cans" means any steel food and beverage containers with a tin or Aluminum plating. 49. "Transfer or Processing Station" means those facilities utilized to receive Solid Wastes and to temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the Solid Waste and/or Recyclables. 50. "White Goods" means kitchen or other large enameled appliances which includes, but is not limited to, refrigerators, washers, and dryers. 51. "Wood Wastes" means lumber and wood products but excludes painted wood, wood treated with chemicals, and pressure treated wood. 52. "Vector" means a carrier, usually insects or rodents, that is capable of transmitting a disease. 53. "Yard Wastes" means leaves, grass, weeds, and wood materials from trees and shrubs from single family and multi-family Residential sources (to include landscape haulings from residential sources). Ordinance No. 2492 Page 9 Section 8.25.030 Mandatory Fees for Recycling A. The City Council finds and determines that the regular collection of Designated Recyclables by the Contract or Franchise Agent(s) of the City from all places in the City is a service to the premises from which it is collected. All owners or occupants shall pay the monthly collection rate set forth in Ordinance 2410 (presently $1.10 per residence), as adjusted in accordance with the provision of Ordinances Nos. 2410 and 2475. Following the process described in those two ordinances, the Council may from time to time establish such rates by resolution, including the establishment of rates for different classifications of generators of Designated Recyclables (Residential, Commercial, or Industrial, or subclassifications thereof) or types of Designated Recyclables, including preferential or discounted rates for senior citizens or low income families or other classifications which are deemed to be in the public interest. No person shall wilfully fail, neglect or refuse, after demand by the Contract or Franchise Agent(s), to pay the fees so established. B. The Contract or Franchise Agent shall provide billing service and be totally responsible for the collection of such payments, at the same time and in the same manner, as the collection of charges for refuse collection pursuant to Section 8.24.180. Section 8.25.040 Separation of Recyclable Materials, Storage, and Containers A. The owner, operator, and/or occupant of any premise, business establishment, industry, or other property, vacant or occupied, shall be rebuttably presumed to be the generators of, and be responsible for, the safe and sanitary storage of all Solid Waste, Designated Recyclables, and Compost accumulated on the property. The Designated Recyclables and Compost shall be stored separately from Refuse. The property owner, operator, or occupant shall store such Solid Waste, Designated Recyclables, and Compost on the premises or property in such a manner so as not to constitute a fire, health, or safety hazard, and shall require it to be handled in such a manner so as not to promote the propagation, harborage, or attraction of vectors, or the creation of litter or other nuisances. B. A Container or Containers for Designated Recyclables shall be provided by the Contract or Franchise Agent(s) for any premises generating Residential or Commercial Recyclables, for the exterior collection of Designated Recyclables. Containers for Industrial Recyclables shall be provided by the generator of the Designated Recyclables, unless otherwise arranged through the City Manager. The Containers shall effectively segregate the Designated Recyclables from refuse. C. All such Containers to be used in the City's Recycling programs shall be approved by the City Manager, in conjunction with the Ordinance No. 2492 Page 10 Contract or Franchise Agent(s) (or, in the case of Industrial Recyclables, the generators of the Industrial Recyclables). D. Designated Recyclables shall be sorted according to type and/or as established by program guidelines and placed in separate Containers, Containers with se regated compartments, or commingled (in one Recycling Containert, as a reed upon by the City Manager and the Contract or Franchise AgentIs}. Containers, if more than one, shall be grouped together and placed for collection at the same time as when regular Refuse collection occurs or at designated Recycling collection times {if different from Refuse collection} and at Designated Recycling Collection Locations. E. All Containers used for Recycling purposes, storage or collection, including Commercial and Industrial Recycling Containers used in City Recycling programs as well as all other Containers used for recycling purposes whether owned or operated by a commercial entity, nonprofit organization, or any other persons or entity shall be identified with the name and current telephone number of the owner or the responsible agency or person. Commercial recycling Containers shall remain locked at all times in order to discourage scavenging and prevent dumping of refuse in the Container, unless exempted by the City Manager in conjunction with the Contract or Franchise Agent(s). F. Containers which do not comply with the requirements of this section shall be presumed to be refuse and taken by the Contract or Franchise Agent(s) for disposal or potential use as Salvaging or Recycling Containers. G. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose, dump, or otherwise place material other than Designated Recyclables, in a Designated Recycling Container or at a Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location. H. Exemption. Designated Recyclables which are source sorted by their generator for the purpose of recycling by selling them to a Buy-back Center or donating them to a City licensed nonprofit or community group conducting recycling programs for the purpose of raising funds do not have to be placed in the Designated Recycling Container required by this Section, nor placed in a Designated Recycling Collection Location in accordance with this Section. When Designated Recyclables are received by a City licensed nonprofit or community group conducting recycling programs for the purpose of raising funds they shall be stored and sorted in accordance with this Section and transported to a Buy-back Center for the purpose of recycling. Section 8.25,050 Mandatory Recycling Implementation Schedule ._ On and after the date below it shall be mandatory for all generators of Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Recyclables in the City to Ordinance No. 2492 Page 11 separate from Refuse, for Recycling purposes, all Designated Recyclables and otherwise participate in Recycling as described by this Chapter. Sector Effective Enforcement Date Residential Single-Family 03/01/92 (as defined in Ordinance No. 2443) Industrial 10/01/92 Yard and Wood Waste 01/01/93 Commercial: Office and Hospitality 07/01/93 Residential Multi-Family 07/01/93 Section 8.25.060 Recycling Programs A. The City Manager shall establish and promulgate reasonable regulations, guidelines and other program related specifics as to the implementation of Recycling programs for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Recycling, including the method for Collection of Designated Recyclables. B. Commercial and Industrial establishments shall develop their respective "in-house" Recycling plans that provide for the Collection of Designated Recyclables in conjunction with the City's established Recycling programs. The City and the Contract or Franchise Agent(s) shall assist in program development, provide technical expertise, and training materials. C. Collection of Designated Recyclables from single-family Residential units shall minimally occur once weekly. For Commercial and Industrial entities, collection shall be provided as needed to meet demand. D. The City encourages use of buy-back centers, donation centers (for used furniture and other reusable bulky items, and nonprofit agents), scrap dealers, home and commercial Composting, source reduction, and other creative, lawful and environmentally sound efforts to reduce waste in accordance with this Chapter that do not conflict with any established or planned City sponsored Recycling, Composting or source reduction programs. Section 8.25.070 Reports All Commercial and Industrial establishments shall submit recycling tonnage documentation on an annual basis to the City's Conservation Coordinator, due on or before January 31, for the previous year. Annual Ordinance No. 2492 Page 12 reporting shall be on the form promulgated by the City Manager, and commence on the first anniversary of the date set forth in the mandatory recycling implementation schedule as established in this Chapter. Voluntary reporting prior to the required mandatory recycling is encouraged. Section 8.25.080 Scavenging A. It shall be unlawful for any person other than authorized City personnel or Contract or Franchise Agent(s) to remove any separated Designated Recyclable(s) or salvageable commodity from any Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location, or Designated Recycling Container. However, the original generator of the Designated Recyclables, may for any reason, remove the Designated Recyclables placed by said generator from the Designated Recycling Container or Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location in which said generator had originally placed them. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb, modify, harm, or otherwise tamper with any Container or Designated Recycling Collection or Storage Location containing Designated Recyclables, or the contents thereof, or to remove any such Container from the location where the same was placed by the generator thereof, or to - remove the contents of any such Container, unless authorized by the generator of such Designated Recyclables or a duly authorized City personnel or Contract or Franchise Agent(s). Section 8.25.090 Composting A. Every establisher of a Composting pile, bin, holding area or other such Composting system shall first obtain a permit from the City, i f the total volume used within the boundaries of the premises for Composting is 15 cubic yards or greater. B. Every Composting pile, bin, holding area or other such Composting system shall be maintained so as to not create a public nuisance through visual, odor, safety and/or other means, or as prescribed in Chapter 19.66 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code. C. The owner, operator, or occupier of property containing a Compost pile, bin, holding area or other such Composting system that is greater than 5 feet high, 5 feet wide and 5 feet in length shall weekly monitor temperature, through utilization of a thermometer designed for such purposes. D. No single Compost pile, bin, holding area or other such Composting system on a Residential Single-Family (as defined in Ordinance No. _ 2443) premises shall be more than 5 feet in height and/or greater than 6 feet in width or length. Ordinance No. 2492 Page 13 Section 8.25.100 Enforcement A. The City Manager or desi9nee is responsible for enforcin9 the provisions of this Chapter. B. Types of materials included in Designated Recyclables may be administratively deleted by the City Manager under emergency conditions (to include market failures), subject to formal ordinance amendment approved by the City Council, if such conditions persist. C. Nothing in this ordinance or its implementing regulations shall prevent the City or its Contract or Franchise Agent(s) from efforts to obtain voluntary compliance by way of warning, notice of violation, educational or other means. Section 8.25.110 Severability If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or application of the provisions of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are hereby declared to be severable. SECTION II: Section 8.24.195 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is re- numbered Section 8.25.035. SECTION III: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day from and after its adoption. Presented by Appr ed aitoL~ Conservation Coordinator City Attorney L Ordinance No. 2492 Page 14 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 4th day of February, 1992 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Grasser Horton, Malcolm, Moore, Nader, Rindone NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None Tim Nader, Mayor ATTEST: Beve~/ly~.AuEhelet, City Clerk _ STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoin9 Ordinance No. 2492 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council held on the 4th day of February, 1992. Executed this 4th day of February, 1992. Bever~A. ~uthelet, City Clerk