220501 1422 RE_ Mrs. Kim St. Stephen CircleFrom:Peter Grant
To:Frances Marquez
Subject:RE: Mrs. Kim St. Stephen Circle
Date:Sunday, May 1, 2022 2:22:05 PM
Council Member Marquez,
I discussed your suggestion to modify the Municipal Codes regarding trash cans with the Planning
department. You inquired, “Can code enforcement do anything about their lack of compliance regarding
the trash cans? Can we add more specific language to Ordinance 3.10.090 Property Maintenance. The
proposed language is below: When placing bins out for collection place them out on the street against
the curb on own driveway garage approach so that the containers do not impede pedestrian or disabled
accessibility on the public sidewalk or right of way.”
Planning analyzed the feasibility of an ordinance requiring (on trash pickup days) the placement of
trashcans in the right-of-way (ROW) in front of the trash customer’s residence. Currently, trashcans are
permitted within the ROW at 6pm the day before trash day and must be removed 24 hours after pick-
up. The Municipal Code is silent on where within the ROW residents place their trashcans because the
street is not private property. Planning believes an ordinance designating the location of trashcans
within the ROW (for a 24-hour period once a week) would be impossible to enforce. Enforcement would
require Code Enforcement to physically witness a resident place cans in an improper location, which is
infeasible considering cans can be placed in the ROW any time from 6pm the night before until trash
collection the next day. The City could not enforce an ordinance after Valley Vista empties the cans
because the resident is no longer responsible for the can’s placement. Similarly, once a resident put a
can in the ROW, there is no way to determine who may have moved it. It is our experience that cities
should not create ordinances in response to one resident’s complaint; and the city has not received any
other similar complaint. If you or Mrs. Kim are aware of other city’s ordinances that effectively address
this concern, please share them with us so we can follow-up.
What we can do is have Code Enforcement will contact VVS and request it place emptied cans in front of
a resident’s property. This will ensure that VVS will return cans to the ROW in front of a residence, even
if the resident did not put their cans in the ROW in front of their home. Code Enforcement will also send
a notice to all residents on St. Stephens Circle reinforcing trashcan etiquette.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org
From: Peter Grant <pgrant@cypressca.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 16:48
To: Frances Marquez <fmarquez@cypressca.org>
Subject: RE: Mrs. Kim St. Stephen Circle
Council Member Marquez,
I’ll follow-up with Planning/Code Enforcement. Alicia is out for spring break next week, so that can’t
happen until later the week of April 25.
Peter Grant
City Manager
City of Cypress
Office 714-229-6680
Cellular 714-335-1685
pgrant@cypressca.org
From: Frances Marquez <fmarquez@cypressca.org>
Sent: April 14, 2022 13:01
To: Peter Grant <pgrant@cypressca.org>
Cc: Mark Lauderback <MLauderback@cypressca.org>; Alicia Velasco <avelasco@cypressca.org>;
Katherin Kim <katwhang@gmail.com>
Subject: Mrs. Kim St. Stephen Circle
Peter,
Good afternoon! Last week I went to visit Ms. Kim and saw that the neighbors trash cans were placed
directly in front of her home near his car and the trash guy had to get out of the truck to place the bins
correctly. This is a problem because he should place them in front of his driveway.
Moreover, I am also concerned about their safety because when I took these pictures a large man came
out of the house and looked at me and pointed his hand at his head like he was shooting his head. I
drove away and was concerned about my safety as well.
Can code enforcement do anything about their lack of compliance regarding the trash cans?
Can we add more specific language to Ordinance 3.10.090 Property Maintenance. The proposed
language is below:
When placing bins out for collection place them out on the street against the curb on own driveway
garage approach so that the containers do not impede pedestrian or disabled accessibility on the public
sidewalk or right of way. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
Frances
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