As used in this chapter:
"Broker" means a person that, for a fee or other consideration is the customer's designee or authorized representative identified in a customer service agreement with a franchised waste hauler.
"Business" has the same meaning as in California Public Resources Code section 42649.8(a) and also includes the owner, operator, or manager of the party contracting for waste material collection service.
"Business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or city holiday.
"CalRecycle" means the State of California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
"CCR" means the California Code of Regulations. "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
"City manager" means the city manager or designee.
"Collection" means the act of removing waste material from the place it was generated.
"Commercial edible food generator" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(7) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Commercial hauler" or "hauler" means any person who loads, collects, hauls, or transports commercial solid waste, that was generated by another person or its employees or subcontractors in the course of providing its principal service, or manufacturing, constructing or assembling its major product; by any means, including, but not limited to, a dumpster truck, a roll-off truck, a trailer, a side-load, front-load, or rear-load garbage truck.
"Commercial solid waste" means all solid waste generated by commercial and industrial sources, multi-family residential properties, schools, public agencies, and construction and demolition activities, that is collected by a commercial hauler.
"Commercial waste material" means waste material generated by the activities of an owner, operator, tenant, or customer at a business, non-residential property, or multi-family residential property.
"Compostable plastic" means plastic material that meets the ASTM D6400 standard for compostability, or as otherwise defined in section 18984.1(a)(1)(A) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Customer" means an owner or generator that contracts for solid waste removal services and enters into a service agreement with a franchised waste hauler or authorized recycler for recycling services. Where several businesses share waste material containers and service, "customer" refers only to the entity that arranges for the service.
"Edible food" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(18) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"EMD" means the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department.
"Food facility" has the same meaning as in section 113789 of the California Health and Safety Code.
"Food recovery" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(24) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Food recovery organization" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(25) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Food recovery service" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(26) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Food scraps" means all food, including, but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese, and eggshells. Food scraps excludes fats, oils, and grease that are source separated from other food scraps.
"Food-soiled paper" means compostable paper material that has come in contact with food or liquid, such as, but not limited to, paper plates, paper coffee cups, napkins, and pizza boxes.
"Food waste" means food scraps, food-soiled paper, and compostable plastic.
"Franchise" means a commercial solid waste collection franchise issued under the provisions of this chapter to a commercial hauler within the city.
"Franchised waste hauler" or "franchisee" means a commercial hauler holding a franchise issued pursuant to this chapter. A franchised waste hauler may also collect, haul, or transport recyclable materials or organic materials.
"GAAP" means the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles comprised of a standard framework of guidelines generally accepted in the United States of America. GAAP includes the established standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions, and in the preparation of financial statements.
"Generator" means the owner or operator of a business, non-residential property, or multi-family residential property that generates waste material as a result of activities conducted on their property.
"Green material" or "green waste" has the same meaning as defined in section 17852(21) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Large event" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(38) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Large venue" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(39) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Local enforcement agency" or "LEA" means the enforcement agency designated by the local governing body and certified by the California Department of Resources and Recovery, also known as CalRecycle, as defined in California Public Resources Code section 40130.
"Missed collection" means each incident when a franchisee fails to service a container that was accessible for collection on the service day.
"Multi-family residential property" means any multi-family dwelling, building, or group of buildings containing five or more individual dwelling units on a single parcel. Multi-family complexes include, but are not limited to, apartment complexes, and senior housing or care facilities.
"National contract" means a contract between a solid waste management company and a multi-sited waste generating company that operates throughout the United States.
"Non-residential property" means real property located in the city and used primarily for:
1. Commerce, including but not limited to offices, stores, restaurants, motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks, theaters, and service stations;
2. Not-for profit organizations; and
3. Institutional uses, including schools, churches, and hospitals.
The term non-residential property shall not include any residential units or undeveloped land.
"Organic material" or "organic waste" has the same meaning as defined in California Public Resources Code section 42649.8(d).
"Owner" means the person who owns a business, non-residential property, multi-family residential property, or single-family residential property managed by an association or other organization. An owner may also be a generator.
"Recyclable material" or "recyclables" means materials that have been separated from the solid waste stream prior to disposal and returned for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standard necessary to be used in the market place, and that are not land filled, including, but not limited to, recyclable material designated by the solid waste manager pursuant to section 13.24.550.
"Recyclable materials container" means any box, tub, cart, or other container designated or labeled as holding only recyclable materials.
"Recycler" means any person or business entity that lawfully collects recyclable materials.
"Recycling" means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials, including organic material unless otherwise indicated, that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standard necessary to be used in the market place. Recycling does not include transformation as defined in California Public Resources Code section 40201.
"Recycling percentage" means the numeric performance of a certified diversion facility, calculated by the solid waste manager.
"Removal" means the act of taking waste material from the place of waste generation.
"Residential mixed-use property" means residential property combined with office, commercial, or retail use on a single parcel.
"Residual" means solid waste destined for disposal, further transfer, processing, or transformation, which remains after processing of recyclable or organic materials.
"Rubbish" has the same meaning as defined in section 17225.59 of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Self-haul" or "self-hauling" means waste material being generated and hauled by the same person.
"Self-hauling form" means the form provided by the solid waste manager on which a business, non-residential property, multi-family residential property, single-family residential property managed by an association or other organization, owner, or generator certifies that all self-hauling activities will be completed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any other applicable law or regulation.
"Service agreement" or "customer service agreement" means a written agreement between a franchised waste hauler or authorized recycler and an owner, broker, or generator concerning the collection of waste materials.
"Single-family residential properties" means all individual residential dwelling units and complexes that are located on a single parcel and managed by an association or other organization.
"Solid waste" means all putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semi-solid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, soiled paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition debris, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, and other discarded solid and semi-solid wastes. Solid waste does not include hazardous waste as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 25117, low-level radioactive waste, or medical waste. Solid waste does not include source-separated recyclable materials or organic materials set out for separate collection for the purposes of recycling, and that are not landfilled.
"Solid waste manager" means the city's integrated waste general manager of the recycling and solid waste division or designee.
"Source separate" or "source-separated" means keeping recyclable materials or organic materials independently containerized or clearly segregated from solid waste at the point of generation for the purpose of reuse, recycling, composting, or some other method of diversion and preventing them from being contaminated by solid waste.
"Tenant" means the occupant or person in control, where different than the owner, of any property in the city.
"Tier one commercial edible food generator" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(73) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Tier two commercial edible food generator" has the same meaning as in section 18982(a)(74) of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
"Treated medical waste" means medical waste treated in the manner described in subsection (a) of California Health and Safety Code section 25123.5.
"Waste material" means solid waste, recyclable material, and organic material.
"Waste material container" means any dumpster, roll-off container, compactor, bin, cart, or other container used to hold waste material. (Ord. 2023-0024 § 33; Ord. 2021-0031 § 8; Ord. 2021-0003 § 15)