California Public Resources Code (PRC) section 40059 authorizes a local agency to determine all aspects of solid waste handling which are of local concern, including, but not limited to, frequency of collection, means of collection and transportation, level of services, charges and fees, and nature, location, and extent of providing solid waste handling services within its jurisdiction. PRC section 40051 provides that a local agency, in implementing its responsibilities for solid waste management, shall, among other things, promote recycling. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the orderly regulation of collecting, transporting, processing, and disposing of solid waste, recyclable materials, organic waste, and construction and demolition debris, which is kept, accumulated, or produced within the unincorporated area of the County.
The Board of Supervisors (Board) finds that solid waste shall be regulated to the extent necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, to conserve disposal capacity, to meet State laws, and to ensure cost effective public service. The Board determines that these goals may best be accomplished by issuance of non-exclusive franchise agreements and recyclable materials collector certificates to persons collecting materials to regulate solid waste, recyclable materials, organic materials, and construction and demolition debris collection, transportation, processing, and disposal, and to regulate a comprehensive system for storage, collection, removal, transport, and recovery of marketable recyclable materials, organic waste, and construction and demolition debris. This chapter shall be construed to achieve this purpose.
(Amended by Ord. No. 7551 (N.S.), effective 11-22-88; amended by Ord. No. 7608 (N.S.), operative 7-21-89; amended by Ord. No. 7920 (N.S.), effective 7-11-91; amended by Ord. No. 8060 (N.S.), effective 5-28-92; amended by Ord. No. 8191 (N.S.), effective 2-4-93; amended by Ord. No. 8790 (N.S.), effective 4-29-97; amended by Ord. No. 8866 (N.S.), effective 1-6-98; amended by Ord. No. 9269 (N.S.), effective 12-15-00; amended by Ord. No. 9495 (N.S.), effective 9-13-02; amended by Ord. No. 9666 (N.S.), effective 8-14-04; amended by Ord. No. 10036 (N.S.), effective 2-26-10; amended by Ord. No. 10253 (N.S.), effective 3-8-13; amended by Ord. No. 10729 (N.S.), effective 6-4-21)