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“Bear-proof” means a container or structure which is reasonably secure against access or opening by an adult black bear. Containers shall be fitted with an overlapping tight-fitting cover. Specifically excluded from the definition of “bear-proof” are plastic garbage cans, plastic or paper bags, metal garbage cans made of metal less than one-sixteenth-inch thick (55-gallon oil drum thickness), metal garbage cans without chained lids (or other bear-proof locking lids), sheds, garages or outbuildings without substantial locking doors and windows that would prevent entry by an adult bear.

“Collection bins” means those metal receptacles placed at the transfer sites or at other locations within the county by county or commercial solid waste haulers.

“Garbage” means all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including food wastes resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of food, and includes all such substances from all public and private establishments and residences.

“Harass” means to do any act in the immediate vicinity of a bear which would reasonably tend to annoy, agitate or anger such bear. Not included within the meaning of “harass” are those actions intended or reasonably calculated to frighten bears away, including banging on metal objects or similar activity.

“Loyalton landfill” means Sierra County solid waste disposal site located approximately two miles East of Loyalton on “Garbage Pit Road,” County Road #861 (sometimes referred to as “the Loyalton landfill”).

“Solid waste transfer site(s)” (“transfer site(s)”) means the disposal sites within the county identified and located as follows:

1. Alleghany Transfer Site, located approximately three miles west of Alleghany on the “Dump Road,” County Road #308.

2. Ramshorn Transfer Site, located approximately two miles west of Goodyears Bar on the “Ramshorn Road,” County Road #463.

3. Sierra City Transfer Site, located approximately one mile west of Sierra City on the “Columbo Mine Road,” County Road #528.

4. Sattley Transfer Site, located approximately four miles north of Sattley on “Westside Road,” County Road #S640. (Ord. 756, eff. 3/8/90)