For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, words and phrases shall have the meanings given them in this section.
"Certified C&D sorting facility" means a facility that receives C&D debris or processes C&D debris into its component material types for reuse, recycling, and disposal of residuals and possesses a valid certificate as a C&D sorting facility from the County of Sacramento.
"Construction and demolition debris" or "C&D debris" means used or commonly discarded materials resulting from construction, repair, remodel or demolition operations on any pavement, house, building, or other structure, or from landscaping that are not hazardous as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25100 et seq. Such materials include, but are not limited to, concrete, asphalt, wood, metal, brick, dirt, sand, rock, gravel, plaster, glass, gypsum wallboard, cardboard and other associated packaging, roofing material, ceramic tile, carpeting, masonry, plastic pipe, trees, and other vegetative matter resulting from land clearing and landscaping.
"Covered project" means the project described in Section 8.124.030.
"Director" means the director of the department of public works or designee.
"Divert" or "diversion" means to use materials for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility. Methods to divert materials include onsite reuse of the materials, delivery of materials from the project site to a certified C&D sorting facility or a recycling facility, or other methods as approved in regulations promulgated by the director.
"Franchised waste hauler" means a person who possesses a valid commercial solid waste collection franchise issued by the city.
"Mixed C&D debris" means loads that include commingled recyclable and nonrecyclable C&D debris generated at a project site.
"Permit holder" means any person who receives from the city the applicable permit to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, convert or demolish a building or structure within the city.
"Person" means any natural person, firm, association, organization, corporation, company, partnership, agency or other private entity.
"Recyclable C&D debris" means C&D debris designated by the director to be diverted from landfills and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused or reconstituted products that meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
"Recycling facility" means a facility or operation that receives, processes and transfers source-separated recyclable materials.
"Source-separated C&D debris" means recyclable C&D debris that is separately sorted and containerized at the site of generation by individual material type and segregated from mixed C&D debris prior to collection and transporting.
"Transformation facility" means a facility where transformation, as defined in California Public Resources Code Section 40201, of solid waste materials occurs.
"Waste log" means a record prepared by the permit holder that details the management of C&D debris generated by the covered project, including, but not limited to, the date that the debris was hauled; the weight or volume of the debris; the type of debris; whether the debris was salvaged, reused, recycled, or disposed; the hauler used; and the sorting or recycling facility where the materials were delivered.
"Waste management plan" or "WMP" means a completed plan describing how the C&D debris will be managed to be submitted with an application for a building or demolition permit for a covered project. (Ord. 2023-0024 §3; Ord. 2021-0003 § 1; Ord. 2009-001 § 1)