.010 Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials, and/or Organic Materials Container enclosures shall be required for any construction, reconstruction or alteration of any Multiple-Family dwelling of five units or more or any Commercial or industrial establishment within the City for which a building permit is required after the effective date of this Section. All such enclosures shall be constructed in accordance with specifications approved and on file with the City Manager or their Designee and the Building Division. Required building permits shall not be issued until the City Manager or their Designee has approved the size, design and location of said enclosures.
.020 Enclosures shall be used solely for the storage of Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials, and/or Organic Materials Containers and shall be maintained in a safe, clean and usable condition.
.030 All Multi-Family residential (five or more units), Commercial, industrial or institutional development projects (referred to in this Section as “projects”) which utilize a centralized collection area for Solid Waste shall include an area or areas for the collection of Recyclable Materials and/or Organic Materials. Such an area or areas shall be in addition to the space allocated for the Collection of Solid Waste.
.040 Persons applying for a permit from the City for new construction and building additions and alternations shall comply with the adequate Container space requirements of this Chapter and applicable required components of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, known as CALGreen, as amended, if its project is covered by the scope of CALGreen. If the requirements of CALGreen are more stringent than the Container enclosure requirements of this Section, the CALGreen requirements shall apply.
.050 Prior to the issuance of a building permit for all new projects requiring a building permit, the proponent of the project shall obtain the review and approval of the Public Works Director or their Designee of a plan depicting the Recyclable Materials and/or Organic Materials collection area or areas for the project. The plan shall comply with the following provisions:
(1) Location. Recyclable Materials and/or Organic Materials collection areas may be located either indoors or outdoors and may be included as part of the same enclosure where Solid Waste is collected. In no case shall any Recyclable Materials and/or Organic Materials collection area be farther from a dwelling unit or structure than the Solid Waste collection area which serves the same dwelling unit or structure.
(2) Design. Collection areas which are outdoors shall be in compliance with City enclosure standards or approved by City Manager or their Designee. Additionally, an outdoor area shall be covered, or the Recyclable Materials and/or Organic Materials collection containers shall have weatherproof lids. Enclosures and Containers shall be readily accessible to residents or employees but shall be designed to discourage scavenging of materials.
(3) Signage. Collection areas and containers shall be clearly labeled to indicate the type and condition of Discarded Materials accepted.
(4) Space Allocation Based on City enclosure plan check. In lieu of having specific collection area space allocation tables or formulas, and to allow maximum flexibility, a plan may be submitted by the applicant which details the Recyclables and/or Organic Materials collection from Generator source to the final collection area and/or the size of interim and final collection areas to house Containers for all types of materials collected. (Ord. 6519 § 1 (part); December 11, 2021.)