HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1994-2589 ORDINANCE NO. 2589
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 8.25.090 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO "COMPOSTING" TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM
DISTANCE OF SIX FEET THAT A COMPOSTING BIN MUST BE
PLACED FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION h That Section 8.25.090 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 8.25.090 Composting.
A. Every establisher of a Composting pile, bin, holding area or other such Cornposting system shall first
obtain a permit from the City, if 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 Cornposting system shall be maintained so
as to not create a public or private nuisance through visual, odor, safety and/or other means, or as
prescribed in Chapter 19.66 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code. Without constituting a limitation
on the foregoing, no such composting pile, bin, holding area or other such tomposting system shall
be maintained within six (6) feet from an exterior window, exterior door or other exterior entrance
to an inhabited residential structure other than one owned by the owner of such cornposting system.
C. The owner, operator, or occupier of property containing a Composting pile, bin, holding area or
other such Composfing system that is greater than 5 feet high, 5 feet wide and 5 feet in length shall
weekly monitor temperantre, 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 defmed in Ordinance No. 2443) premises shall be more than 5 feet in height and/or
greater than 6 feet in width or length.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day
from and after its adoption.
Ordinance No. 2589
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 1 st day March, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Fox, Horton, Moore, Rindone, Nader
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Tim Nader, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly A/. Authelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OI= 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 foregoing Ordinance No. 2589 had its first reading on February 22, 1994, and its second
reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 1 st day of March, 1994.
Executed this 1 st day of March, 1994.
Beverly A/:- Authelet, City Clerk