The following words and phrases shall, for the purposes of this Chapter, be defined as following, unless it is clearly apparent from the context that another meaning is intended.
(a) “Collection” means the act of collecting solid waste, recyclables, or organic recylcables at the place of generation by an approved public or private collection agency, and is distinguished from “removal.”
(b) “Container” means any metallic or plastic vessel, can or receptacle with a close-fitting lid or cover, appropriate for collecting solid wastes, recyclables, or organic recyclables for removal, whether owned by the City, an approved collection agent, the property owner, tenant or other person in control of the premises.
(c) “Contractor” or “approved collection agent” or “collector” or “collection service” means any person, persons, firm, corporation or partnership that has been issued a contract or franchise by the City Council for the purpose of collecting, transporting and disposing of refuse.
(d) “Disposal” means the complete operation of treating as required and disposing of the accumulation of garbage, rubbish, waste and the product or residue arising from any such treatment.
(e) “Organic waste” shall mean food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, compostables, nonhazardous wood waste and minimal amounts of soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. “Organic waste” includes organic recyclables. “Organic waste” does not include waste types specified as “special wastes” or “hazardous waste” as defined by California regulations.
(f) “Recyclable material” includes, but is not limited to, glass, newsprint, newspaper, aluminum, cardboard, certain plastics or metal.
(g) “Removal” means the act of taking solid wastes, recyclables or organic waste from the place of generation by an approved collection agent or by a person in control of the premises.
(h) “Solid waste” shall mean all discarded, putrescible and non-putrescible, solid and semi-solid wastes, including refuse, construction and demolition debris, bulky items, recyclable materials, organic waste, or any combination thereof, which are permitted to be disposed of in a Class III Landfill, and which are included in the definition of “non-hazardous solid waste” set forth in the California Code of Regulations, but excludes:
(1) Discarded home or industrial appliances;
(2) Sewage collected and treated in a municipal or regional sewerage system;
(3) Recyclable material, organic recyclables or other materials or substances that have been separated for reuse or resale;
(4) Hazardous refuse, including household hazardous wastes and any compound, mixture, substance or article defined as hazardous under state or federal law, or that, if improperly used, handled, transplanted, processed or stored, may constitute a hazard to health or cause property damage or contamination, or that is explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, radioactive or otherwise harmful to the environment, and includes household batteries;
(5) Discarded (as distinguished from abandoned) automobile or truck parts or bodies, dirt, sod, rock, manure or stable waste, or waste from building or construction operations; and
(6) Special waste as defined by state law.
(15-9/91 § 6.06.06) (Am. Ord. 172, passed 7-12-2017; Am. Ord. 173, passed 8-2-2017)