For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section, unless the context or the provision clearly requires otherwise.
1. “Applicant” means 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.
2. “California Green Building Standards Code” means the latest California Green Building Standards Code as adopted per Cupertino Municipal Code Section 16.58.010 with all local amendments as set forth in Chapter 16.58.
3. “Construction” means the building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including tenant improvements to an existing facility or structure.
4. “Construction” and “demolition debris” or “C&D debris” means materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, or demolition of buildings of other structures. “Construction and demolition debris” includes, but is not limited to, asphalt, rock and dirt related to construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure.
5. “Covered project” means project meeting the specifications of § 16.72.030 of this section.
6. “Demolition” means 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.
7. “Director of Public Works” shall be the Director of Public Works and his or her duly authorized agents and representatives.
8. “Divert” means to reuse material so it is not disposed of in a landfill or incinerated.
9. “Diversion requirement” means the diversion of a percentage, as determined from time to time by the Director of Public Works or the amounts, criteria and requirements specified in the applicable California Green Building Standards Code, whichever is more restrictive, of the total construction and demolition debris generated by a project via reuse or recycling.
10. “Project” means any activity, which requires an application for a building or demolition permit, or any similar permit from the city.
11. “Recycling” means 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.
12. “Renovation” means any change, addition, or modification in an existing structure.
13. “Reuse” means further or repeated use of construction or demolition debris.
14. “Salvage” means 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.
15. “Waste Management plan” means, collectively, a plan and all related reporting documentation prepared in a format approved by the Director of Public Works, that fulfills the recycling reporting requirements specified in the applicable California Green Building Standards Code. Copies of supporting documentation shall be required and included as a part of the final construction and demolition debris recycling reporting.
(Ord. 17-2164, 2017; Ord. 2070 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 2022 (part), 2008)