Unincorporated Glenn County requires anyone whose property generates garbage or rubbish to keep it in a covered, leak-proof container approved by the hauler serving the premises. Hand-collected containers may not exceed 80 pounds filled, and crews are not required to service containers over 32-gallon capacity unless designed for mechanical emptying.
Glenn County Code Section 7.08.030 provides that no person occupying or maintaining premises where garbage accumulates 'shall fail or neglect to procure either a standard container or other container with close-fitting cover that is approved by the Permittee serving the premises,' for holding all garbage 'without leakage or escape of odors,' and all such containers 'shall at all times be kept in a sanitary condition.' Section 7.08.040 imposes the same rule for rubbish containers. Garbage and rubbish may be combined in one container under Section 7.08.050. A weight cap runs through these sections: a hand-emptied container may not exceed eighty pounds when filled for removal, 'except when such container or containers are designed for mechanical emptying.' For collection service specifically, Section 7.08.460 states that 'no collector shall be required to service containers of over thirty-two gallon capacity' and that they shall not exceed eighty pounds filled, unless designed for mechanical (cart) emptying. In practice, residents in the franchise area use wheeled carts supplied by the County's franchised hauler, Waste Management (WM), which offers 96-, 64-, and 35-gallon trash carts.
Failing to provide an approved, covered, sanitary container is a violation of Chapter 7.08, enforceable as an infraction (or a misdemeanor on the third offense within 12 months under Section 1.12.010). Each day of noncompliance is a separate offense. The County Health Department administers the chapter and may issue notices and pursue abatement; overweight or leaking containers may simply be left unserviced by the hauler.
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