The purpose of this chapter is to prevent harm to the health and safety of the public and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the regulation of solid waste collection and disposal and maintaining consistent and reliable solid waste services under the exclusive supervision and control of the City.

It is expressly the purpose of this chapter to provide for and promote the health of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this chapter.

It is the specific intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon waste generators, collectors, and/or operators of solid waste handling sites, and no provision of, nor term used in, this chapter is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City nor any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this chapter shall be discretionary and not mandatory.

Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall be construed to create or form, the basis for any liability on the part of the City or its officers, employees or agents for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of any person subject to this chapter to comply with the provisions herein, or by reason or in consequence of any act or omission in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter on the part of the City. (Ord. 08-15 § 1; Ord. 04-13 § 1 (Exh. 1))