For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. Any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political
subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever who applies to the city for the applicable permits to undertake construction, demolition, or renovation project within the city.
CONSTRUCTION. The building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including tenant improvements to an existing facility or structure.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS or C&D DEBRIS. Used or discarded materials removed from premises during construction or renovation of a structure resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure.
CONVERSION RATE. The California Integrated Waste Management's accepted conversion rate used in estimating the volume or weight of materials identified in a waste management plan.
COVERED PROJECT shall have the meaning set forth in § 6-3.202 and must comply with the 2019 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) and any future changes made to the threshold for covered projects under that code.
DECONSTRUCTION. The process of carefully dismantling a building or structure in order to salvage components for reuse or recycling.
DEMOLITION. The decimating, razing, ruining, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.
DIVERSION REQUIREMENT. The redirection from the waste stream of at least 65% of the total construction and demolition debris generated by a project via reuse or recycling, and must comply with the 2019 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) and any future changes made to the diversion rate under that code unless the applicant has been granted an infeasibility exemption, in which case the DIVERSION REQUIREMENT shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate established by the WMP Compliance Official for the project.
DIVERT. To use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility.
PROJECT. Any activity which requires an application for a building or demolition permit, or any similar permit from the city.
RECYCLING. The process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
RENOVATION. Any change, addition, or modification in an existing structure.
REUSE. Further or repeated use of materials in their original form.
SALVAGE. The controlled removal of construction or demolition debris from a permitted building or demolition site for the purpose of recycling, reuse, or storage for later recycling or reuse.
TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. A project involving structural or other modifications of an existing property resulting in the generation of C&D debris.
TOTAL COSTS. The total construction value of the project using standard commercial and residential valuation formulas.
VENDOR. A hauler of commercial recycling materials authorized by the City of Antioch.
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (WMP). A completed WMP form, approved by the city for the purpose of compliance with this article, submitted by the applicant for any covered project. Prior to project start, the WMP shall identify the types of C&D debris materials that will be generated for disposal and recycling. A completed WMP contains actual weight or volume of the material disposed or recycled.
WMP COMPLIANCE OFFICIAL. The Community Development Director or his or her designee.
(Ord. 2123-C-S, passed 1-10-17; Am. Ord. 2200-C-S, passed 1-11-22)