For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this chapter. Words and phrases not ascribed a meaning by this chapter shall have the meaning ascribed by Division 30, Part 1, Chapter 2 of the Public Resources Code, §§ 40105-40200, and the regulations of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, if defined therein, and if not, to the definitions found in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et seq. and the regulations implementing RCRA, as they may be amended from time to time.
ACT. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, (sometimes referred to as "AB 939") as it may be amended from time to time.
AUTHORIZE RECYCLING AGENT. A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity licensed, permitted or otherwise authorized by the city to collect recyclable solid wastes in the city. AUTHORIZED RECYCLING AGENTS are not authorized to collect commingled solid waste containing potentially recyclable solid wastes, as commingled solid waste containing potentially recyclable solid wastes is regarded, for purposes of this chapter, as solid waste.
BROWN GOODS. Discarded electronic equipment such as radios, stereos, televisions, computers, VCRs, compact disc players and other similar consumer electronic items.
BULKY GOODS or BULKY WASTE. Includes, but not by way of limitation, discarded large and small household appliances, furniture, carpets, mattresses, white goods, brown goods, tires and oversized yard waste such as tree trunks and large branches if no larger than two feet in diameter and four feet in length and weighing not more than 60 pounds, which a collector has agreed to collect.
CITY. The City of Alhambra, California, a municipal corporation, and all of the territory lying within the municipal boundaries of the city as presently existing and all geographic areas which may be added or annexed to the city.
CITY MANAGER. An individual having that title in the employ of the city or the City Managers duly authorized representative.
CIVIC LITTER CONTAINERS. City-owned receptacles located in public areas for disposal of waste generated by the public, which meet the standards of 14 C.C.R. Chapter 3, Article 9, §§ 17830, et seq.
COLLECTION. The act of collecting solid waste at or near the place of generation by a collector who has made arrangements with the generator for the collection of solid waste on days designated by the collector.
COLLECTOR. A person, persons, local agency, firm, corporation or other entity franchised, permitted, licensed or otherwise authorized by the city to make arrangements with generators for the collection of solid wastes within the city.
COMMERCIAL BINS. Bins provided by a collector, usually three cubic yards, more or less in capacity, designed for the deposit of solid waste, placed by a collector at commercial premises for the collection of commercial solid waste and charged at commercial rates. COMMERCIAL BINS do not include construction and demolition bins placed at residential premises.
COMMERCIAL PREMISES. All premises in the city, other than residential premises, where commercial solid wastes are generated or
accumulated. The term
COMMERCIAL PREMISES is a reference to location, and not to ownership. The term includes, but is not limited to, stores; offices; federal, state, county and local governmental institutions, including, but not limited to schools, school districts,. special districts and water districts; restaurants; rooming houses; hotels; motels; offIces; manufacturing, processing, or assembling shops or plants; hospitals; clinics; nursing homes; convalescent centers; dormitories; barracks; and card rooms. The term COMMERCIAL PREMISES does not include residences using solid waste containers provided by single family residential service recipients or solid waste containers delivered to single or multi-family residential service recipients by a collector.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE. All types of solid waste, including green waste and recyclable solid waste, generated or accumulated at commercial premises and placed in commercial bins for accumulation and collection. COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTES does not include residential solid waste or recyclable material.
CONTAINER. Any commercial bin, residential solid waste container, vessel, can or other receptacle used for the temporary accumulation, collection and removal of solid waste, including recyclable solid wastes or green waste.
FRANCHISE. The right and privilege: (1) to make arrangements for the collection of and to collect, (2) to transport to landfills, transformation facilities or other licensed solid waste management facilities and/or (3) to recycle solid waste collected within the city. Any franchise is subject to all of the provisions and to any rights held by any other solid waste enterprise which may hold rights pursuant to Public Resources Code § 49520.
FRANCHISE FEE. The fee or assessment imposed by the city on a collector because of its status as a collector.
GENERATOR. Any person or other entity which produces solid waste.
GREEN WASTE. (also sometimes referred to as COMPOSTABLES or YARD WASTE) means a form of solid waste composed of leaves, grass clippings,
brush, branches and other forms of organic matter generated from landscapes and gardens, separated from other forms of solid waste.
GREEN WASTE includes Christmas trees and Hanukkah bushes but does not include stumps or branches exceeding four inches in diameter or four feet in length.
GROSS REVENUES. Any and all revenue or compensation in any form derived directly or indirectly by a collector, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parents and any person or entity in which a collector has a financial interest, from the collection, transportation, processing, disposal and other services with respect to solid waste collected within the City of Alhambra, including recyclable solid wastes and green waste pursuant to a franchise, permit, or license. GROSS REVENUES include, but are not limited to, monthly customer fees for collection of solid waste, including recyclable solid wastes, special pickup fees, commercial bin and drop box rental and collection fees, fees for redelivery of commercial bins and drop boxes and revenue from the sale of recyclable solid wastes, without subtracting franchise fees or any other cost of doing business.
HAZARDOUS WASTE Any waste materials or mixture of wastes defined as a HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE or HAZARDOUS WASTE pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq. the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., and all future amendments to either of them, or as defined by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Where there is a conflict in the definitions employed by two or more agencies having jurisdiction over hazardous or solid waste, the term HAZARDOUS WASTE shall be construed to have the broader, more encompassing definition.
NONCOMBUSTIBLE SOLID WASTE. Ashes, bottles, broken crockery, glass, tin cans, metal and metallic substances which will not incinerate through contact with flame of ordinary temperature.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. A material which has commercial value and which is sold for compensation or donated to an entity other than a
solid waste collector or enterprise.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS are not part of the waste stream. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS lose their character as RECYCLABLE MATERIALS upon being disposed of in the waste stream, and become solid waste subject to this chapter.
RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE. A form of solid waste designated as a recyclable solid waste by the city, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, or other agency with jurisdiction, and which has been separated by a solid waste service recipient from non-recyclable solid waste. RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE is a part of the solid waste stream which can be reused or processed into a form suitable for reuse through reprocessing or remanufacture, consistent with the requirements of the California Integrated Waste Management Act. The term RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE includes both mixed recyclables which have been separated from other solid waste and source-separated single-category recyclable solid waste. RECYCLABLE SOLID WASTE does not include those potentially recoverable items which are commingled with non-recyclable solid waste, i.e., commingled solid waste and potentially recyclable articles or materials, or recyclable material.
RESIDENTIAL or RESIDENTIAL PREMISES. Includes single family residences and multifamily residences, including apartments and condominiums (in which each unit has separate cooking and bathing facilities) but does not include hotels, motels, rooming houses, hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent centers, dormitories or barracks or other group living places using commercial bins for the temporary accumulation and collection of solid waste. RESIDENTIAL or RESIDENTIAL PREMISES is a reference to location, and not to ownership or to an interest in property.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE CONTAINER. A container (a trash can, barrel or cart) provided by a service recipient or a collector for the accumulation, storage and collection of single family residential solid waste. The term RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS does not include MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BINS nor those commercial bins used by commercial solid waste service recipients.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. Residences at which residential solid waste containers (i.e., trash cans, barrels or residential carts); but not commercial or multi-family bins, are located and used for the collection and temporary accumulation of solid waste.
WHITE GOODS. Discarded enameled household appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washer/dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, trash compactors and similar items.
(Ord. 4321, passed 6-9-97; Am. Ord. 4325, passed 6-23-97)