For the purposes of this chapter and Chapters 5.16, 8.08, 8.12, 8.14 and 9.22, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
A. Biohazardous or biomedical waste. A waste type consisting of any waste which may cause disease or reasonably be suspected of harboring pathogenic organisms; included are waste resulting from the operation of medical clinics, hospitals, and other facilities processing wastes which may consist of, but are not limited to, human and animal parts, contaminated bandages, pathological specimens, hypodermic needles, sharps, contaminated clothing and surgical gloves.
B. Brown goods. A waste type consisting of electronic equipment such as stereos, televisions, VCRs, Personal Data Assistants (PDAs), telephones, and other similar items not containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs).
C. Bulky waste. A waste type consisting of large items; large green waste; discarded furniture; carpets; mattresses; household appliances including refrigerators, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, and dishwashers and other similar items; large household goods including lawn garden equipment (drained of fluids), bicycles and other similar large personal items. Bulky waste does not include exempt waste, and must be able to be safely lifted by two people into a collection vehicle.
D. Collection/Collect. The process whereby solid waste garbage, recyclable materials, organic waste, and C&D waste are removed and transported to a disposal or processing facility, as appropriate.
E. Commercial edible food generator. Commercial edible food generator includes a tier one or a tier two commercial edible food generator as defined herein and in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) and (a)(74).
F. Construction and demolition debris (C&D). A waste type consisting of commonly used or discarded materials removed from construction, remodeling, repair, demolition, or renovation operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure, or from landscaping. Such materials include, but are not limited to, dirt, sand, rock, gravel, bricks, plaster, gypsum wallboard, aluminum, glass, asphalt material, plastics, roofing material, cardboard, carpeting, cinder blocks, concrete, copper, electrical wire, fiberglass, Formica, granite, iron, lead, linoleum, marble, plaster, plant debris, pressboard, porcelain, steel, stucco, tile, vinyl, wood, masonry, rocks, trees, remnants of new materials, including paper, plastic, carpet scraps, wood scraps, scrap metal, building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, renovation, repair and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings and other structures. Construction and Demolition Debris does not include Exempt Waste.
G. Disposal facility. A facility identified in a franchise agreement that is operated and legally permitted for the purpose of accepting materials for disposal.
H. Edible food. "Edible food" means food intended for human consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(18). For the purposes of this chapter or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(18), "edible food" is not solid waste if it is recovered and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter or in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 requires or authorizes the recovery of edible food that does not meet the food safety requirements of the California Retail Food Code.
I. E-Waste. A waste type consisting of discarded electronics equipment such as cell phones, PDAs, computers, monitors, televisions, and other items containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs), LCD or plasma screens and monitors.
J. Exempt waste. A waste type consisting of biohazardous or biomedical waste (including sharps), hazardous waste, sludge, automobiles, automobile parts, boats, boat parts, boat trailers, internal combustion engines, and those wastes under the control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
K. Food recovery organization. An entity that engages in the collection or receipt of edible food from commercial edible food generators and distributes that edible food to the public for food recovery either directly or through other entities or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25), including, but not limited to:
1. A food bank as defined in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code.
2. A nonprofit charitable organization as defined in Section 113841 of the Health and Safety code; and
3. A nonprofit charitable temporary food facility as defined in Section 113842 of the Health and Safety Code.
L. Food recovery service. An entity that collects and transports edible food from a commercial edible food generator to a food recovery organization or other entities for food recovery.
M. Food waste. A waste type consisting of food scraps and trimmings and other putrescible waste that results from food production, preparation, storage, consumption, or handling, and that has been separated at the source of generation from other types of solid waste including, garbage, recyclable materials, and green waste. Food waste includes but is not limited to meat, fish and dairy waste, fruit and vegetable waste, and grain waste, compostable paper products may be included as appropriate if processing facilities capable of processing such materials are used in the future and are commercially viable. Food waste does not include Exempt Waste.
N. Front yard service. "Front yard service" shall mean collection of a waste type such as solid waste, solid waste recyclables, and recyclable organic waste in receptacles placed within five feet of the edge of the street (curbside) for collection.
O. Garbage. A waste type consisting of:
1. Every accumulation of animal, vegetable, or other matter that attends or results from the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing in, or storage of, meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits, vegetables or other food products. The term "garbage" includes manure and other animal excrement;
2. All putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semi-solid and associated liquid waste, as defined in California Public Resources Code Section 40191.
Garbage does not include those items defined herein as recyclable materials, organic waste, or bulky waste that have been source-separated for purposes of diversion, or exempt waste.
P. Green waste. A waste type consisting of vegetative matter resulting from normal yard and landscaping maintenance that is not more than three (3) feet in its longest dimension or two (2) inches in diameter, and that has been separated at the source of generation from other types of solid waste including garbage, recyclable materials and food waste. Green waste includes plant debris, such as, ivy, grass clippings, leaves, pruning, weeds, branches, brush, non-flocked Christmas trees, and other forms of vegetative waste generated by and at the location of collection where collected. Green waste does not include items herein defined as exempt waste, or succulent plants, yucca, cactus, or fibrous plant materials determined to potentially cause damage to green waste collection or processing equipment.
Q. Hazardous waste. A waste type consisting of any material which is defined, regulated, or listed as "hazardous", "toxic", a "pollutant", or words of similar import, waste under California or United States law or any regulations promulgated pursuant to such law, as such state or federal law or regulations may be amended from time to time; and "designated waste" as defined in California Water Code Section 13173.
R. Mixed paper. A waste type consisting of white and colored paper, magazines, phone books, paperback books, catalogs, junk mail, envelopes, manila folders, and paper grocery bags, but specifically excluding milk cartons and other waxed paper, hardcover books, blueprints or carbonless paper, and paper contaminated by food.
S. Organic waste. A waste type consisting of green waste, food waste, or both, separated at the source of generation from other waste types.
T. Organic waste generator. A person or entity that is responsible for the initial creation of organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(48) of SB 1383.
U. Outer banks. The term "outer banks," when used in the context of the outer banks of a creek, channel, or other watercourse, shall mean the upper elevation of land having a slope not exceeding ten percent which confines the water flowing in such creek, channel, or other watercourse during normal winter flows.
V. Recyclable materials. A waste type consisting of discarded materials capable of being recycled (utilized again in the waste stream) which have been separated at the source of use or generation from other waste types. City may identify which recyclable materials are included in a City-approved recycling program including but not limited to: paper and paper products of all type and kinds; glass; metal and metal products; plastics (i.e., #1-7 plastics, except #6, that have commercial value regardless of form or mold). Recyclable materials do not include exempt waste.
W. Recyclable solid waste. A waste type consisting of those discarded materials which are capable of being recycled and which have been separated at the source of generation from other types of solid waste. Recyclable materials included in the City-approved recycling program include: newsprint, mixed paper, glass, aluminum cans, tin cans, bimetal containers; plastic containers, cardboard boxes, and cartons.
X. Recyclable yard debris. A waste type consisting of lawn cuttings, weeds, leaves, wood chips and shavings, nontreated or painted wood scraps, and remnants from tree or pruning which are less than four inches in diameter and are four feet long or less, excluding palm fronds, yucca plants and sod.
Y. Rubbish. A waste type consisting of painted or treated wood, woodenware, printed matter, cloth, straw or hay, leather, felt, plastic, and all other combustible solid waste.
Z. SB 1383. Senate Bill 1383 of 2016 approved by the Governor on September 19, 2016, which added Sections 39730.5, 39730.6, 39730.7, and 39730.8 to the Health and Safety Code, and added Chapter 13.1 (commencing with Section 42652) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a Statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time.
AA. SB 1383 regulations. For the purpose of this ordinance, SB 1383 regulations mean or refers to the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction regulations developed by CalRecycle and adopted in 2020 that created 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 and amended portions of regulations of 14 CCR and 27 CCR.
BB. Self-hauler. A person who hauls solid waste, organic waste, or recyclable material he or she has generated to another person. Self-hauler also includes a person who back-hauls waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66). Back-haul means generating and transporting organic waste to a destination owned and operated by the generator using the generator's own employees and equipment, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66)(A).
CC. Service area. An area defined and approved by city in a franchise agreement by which a solid waste collector may collect the waste type(s) as indicated in the franchise agreement.
DD. Solid waste. All waste types, including, but not limited to, garbage, recyclable materials, organic waste, and C&D.
EE. Tier one commercial edible food generator. A commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
1. Supermarkets with gross annual sales of $2,000,000 or more, and which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items.
2. Grocery store with a total facility size equal to or greater than 10,000 square feet.
3. Food Service Provider - an entity primarily engaged in providing food services to institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these types of organizations, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(27).
4. Wholesale Food Vendor - a business or establishment engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of food, where food, (including fruits and vegetables) is received shipped, stored, prepared for distribution to a retailer, warehouse, distributor, or other destination, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 189852(a)(76).
5. Food Distributor - a company that distributes food to entities including, but not limited to Supermarkets and Grocery Stores or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 1892(a)(22).
FF. Tier two commercial edible food generator. A commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
1. Restaurant with 250 or more seats, or a total facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet.
2. Hotel with an on-site food facility and 200 or more rooms.
3. Health facility with an on-site food facility and 100 or more beds.
4. Large Venue - a permanent venue facility that annually seats or serves an average of more than 2,000 individuals within the grounds of the facility per day of operation.
5. Large Event - an event including but not limited to a sporting event, flea market, festival, that charges an admission price or is operated by the local agency and serves an average of more than 2,000 individuals per day of operation of the event, at a location that includes but is not limited to a public , nonprofit, or privately owned park, parking lot, golf course, street system, or other open space when being used for an event.
6. A state agency with a cafeteria with 250 or more seats or total cafeteria facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet.
7. A local education agency facility with an on-site food facility, such as a school district, charter school, or county office of education that is not subject to control of city or county regulations related to solid waste.
GG. Waste matter. "Waste matter" consists of soil, earth, sand, clay, gravel, loam, stones, brick, plaster, cement, concrete, asphalt, crockery, screen wire, china, glass, glassware, ashes, cinders, shells, metals, and all other noncombustible material.
(Ord. 2498 §2; Ord. 2573 §1)