The following definitions shall apply to this chapter as written unless context indicates or requires a different meaning:
AB 341. AB 341 (Chesbro, Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011), which sets forth the requirements of the statewide mandatory commercial recycling program.
AB 939 or THE ACT. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, and subsequent mandatory recycling legislation as may be amended by Public Resources Code Section 40000 et seq. and implementing regulations of CalRecycle.
AB 1826. AB 1826 approved by the Governor in October 2014, which requires businesses that generate a specified amount of organic waste per week to arrange for recycling services for that waste, and for jurisdictions to implement a recycling program to divert organic waste from businesses subject to the law, as well as report to CalRecycle on their progress in implementing an organic waste recycling program.
APPLICANT. Any individual, firm, permittee, 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 permit(s) or any individual, firm, permittee, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity submitting a waste management plan to undertake any construction, demolition or renovation project within the city.
APPLICATION FEE. The fee or assessment imposed by the city on new or returning permittee's. The fee is paid annually on or before permit expiration on June 30 of each year. Applications received after said date will not be pro-rated. The fee shall vary depending on status of applicant ("new" or "renewal") and shall change from time to time upon council resolution.
AUTOMATED CART or AGCs. Automated guided carts that are used to transport material between locations without human involvement and without a conveyor.
BAILING. The process of compacting by pressure resulting in a homogenous mass of like composition bound together by straps or wire.
BIN. Containers, whether residential, multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional, provided for temporary accumulation and collection of solid waste or recyclables for removal from all premises located within the city. Bins include but are not limited to, containers with capacity of at least one cubic yard and roll-off type service containers.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The Chief Building Official of the city.
C&D DIVERSION REQUIREMENT. The percentage of C&D debris for each project that must be diverted from landfills.
C&D GENERATOR. A residential or commercial entity that produces construction and demolition debris.
CALRECYCLE. California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which is the Department designated with responsibility for developing, implementing, and enforcing, among others, SB 1383 Regulations on Jurisdictions.
CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS OR CCR. The California Code of Regulations. CCR references in this chapter are preceded with a number that refers to the relevant Title of the CCR (e.g., "14 CCR" refers to Title 14 of CCR).
CITY MANAGER. The City Manager or another person designated by the City Manager.
COLLECTION. The act of collecting solid waste, recyclables, and construction and demolition debris, at or near the place of generation.
COLLECTION VEHICLE. The vehicle utilized in the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid waste or recyclable solid waste.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS or COMMERCIAL. A firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association, whether for-profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a multifamily residential dwelling, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(6). A multi-family residential dwelling that consists of fewer than five units is not a commercial business for purposes of implementing this chapter.
COMMERCIAL EDIBLE FOOD GENERATOR. Includes a tier one or a tier two commercial edible food generator as defined in this chapter or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) and (a)(74). For the purposes of this definition, food recovery organizations and food recovery services are not commercial edible food generators pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7).
COMMERCIAL PERMIT. A permit issued to permittee to collect, transport, store, transfer or process solid-waste, source-separated material, and/or mixed-waste material, including construction and demolition material, from any commercial business or establishment located within the city. A maximum of four commercial permits may be issued by the city at any time.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. A non-residential unit including, but not limited to, a place of business, hotel, restaurant, office building, shop, store, hospital, auto court, industrial property, including a place of manufacture, production or fabrication, warehouse, and residential units containing five or more family residential units.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE. Solid waste generated by commercial units.
COMPLIANCE REVIEW. A review of records by a jurisdiction to determine compliance with this chapter.
COMPOST. Has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 17896.2(a)(4), which stated, as of the adoption of this chapter, that COMPOST means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic solid wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream, or which are separated at a centralized facility.
COMPOSTING. The process of collecting, grinding, mixing, piling, and supplying sufficient moisture and air to organic materials, such as leaves, grass clippings, brush, and food waste, to speed natural decay to a finished product suitable for incorporating into topsoil as a soil amendment and for growing plants. Compost is different than mulch, which is a shredded or chipped organic product placed on top of soil as a protective layer.
CONSTRUCTION. The building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including any tenant improvement or renovation to an existing facility or structure.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS AKA C&D. Bricks, stones, mortar, concrete, asphaltic concrete, wood, or other debris including used or discarded materials removed from premises during construction, renovation, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations including the demolition of buildings or structures.
CONTAINER. A receptacle constructed of metal, plastic or some other impervious material and having a solid bottom.
CONTAINER CONTAMINATION OR CONTAMINATED CONTAINER. A container, regardless of color, that contains prohibited container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(55).
CONVERSION RATE. The rate set forth in the standardized conversion rate table approved by the city pursuant to this chapter for use in estimating the volume or weight of materials identified in a waste management plan.
COVERED PROJECT. Any and every construction, demolition or renovation project within the city. Each project must meet a diversion rate of 75% (which may be changed time to time), failure to do so may result in fines, fee, penalties, civil and/or criminal charges, and a denial letter from City Manager or his/her designee at project completion.
DEMOLITION. The disseminating, razing, ruining, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior including, but not limited to soft demolition such as that associated with remodeling or the replacement of roofs.
DISPOSAL. The complete operation of treating and disposing of the accumulations of solid waste and the products or residue arising from such treatment.
DIVERT. To use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility.
DIVERSION RATE. The percentage of total waste that a jurisdiction diverted from disposal at a Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery permitted landfill, MRFs, waste-to-energy, reclamation and transformation facilities through reduction, reuse, recycling programs, and/or composting programs , pursuant to California Code of Regulations Title 27. As of the year 2000, jurisdictions are required by law to achieve 50% diversion, which may change from time to time per city and/or state regulations.
EDIBLE FOOD. 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.
ELECTRONIC WASTE OR E-WASTE. Consumer and business electronic equipment that is near or at the end of its useful life including but not limited to, computers, computer peripherals, telephones, answering machines, radios, stereo equipment, tape players/recorders, phonographs, video cassette players/recorders, compact disc players/recorders, calculators, and some appliances. Certain components of some electronic products contain materials that render them hazardous, depending on their condition and density. For instance, California law currently views non-functioning CRTs (cathode ray tubes) from televisions and monitors as hazardous.
ENFORCEMENT ACTION. An action of the jurisdiction to address non-compliance with this chapter including, but not limited to, issuing administrative citations, fines, penalties, or using other remedies.
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 18982(a)(22).
FOOD FACILITY. Has the same meaning as in Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code.
FOOD RECOVERY. Actions to collect and distribute food for human consumption that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(24).
FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATION.
(1) 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:
(a) A food bank as defined in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code
(b) A nonprofit charitable organization as defined in Section 113841 of the Health and Safety code; and,
(c) A nonprofit charitable temporary food facility as defined in Section 113842 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) A food recovery organization is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7)
(3) If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25) for food recovery organization differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25) shall apply to this chapter.
FOOD RECOVERY SERVICE. A person or entity that collects and transports edible food from a commercial edible food generator to a food recovery organization or other entities for food recovery, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(26). A food recovery service is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7).
FOOD SCRAPS. All food such as, 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 when such materials are source separated from other food scraps.
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).
FOOD-SOILED PAPER. Compostable paper material that has come in contact with food or liquid, such as, but not limited to, compostable paper plates, paper coffee cups, napkins, pizza boxes, and milk cartons.
FOOD WASTE. Food scraps and/or food-soiled paper.
FRANCHISE. The right of a person or entity to make arrangements for the collection and transportation of solid waste, recyclable material and recyclable solid waste to landfills, transformation facilities, material recovery facility or other Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery permitted solid waste management facilities, and/or the ability to extricate recyclable material from all solid waste including recyclable solid waste and green waste, or composting material. A franchise is only applicable to residential and/or commercial permittees.
FRANCHISE FEE. The applicable percentage of gross receipts of residential and/or commercial permittees that must be submitted monthly or quarterly upon submission of tonnage report for the applicable time period.
GARBAGE. Waste, animal and vegetable matter of every kind and character including such waste food, animal and vegetable matter as accumulates in hotels, restaurants, eating houses and private homes in the kitchens and on the tables of such places; and also including such waste, animal and vegetable matter as accumulates in meat markets, grocery stores and fruit and vegetable markets.
GENERATOR. Any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization or corporation which accumulates, exports or causes to be exported, from the city solid waste and/or recyclable materials which is sold, donated, or charged a fee by a permittee identified in § 50.020.
GRAFFITI. A non-permitted inscription or drawing, including "tagging," written on a public or private surface, wall, or building.
GREEN BUILDING. The practice of creating buildings that are designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Also known as sustainable building. Green building includes the practices of salvaging material from building demolition for reuse in new buildings and for recycling. The term, green building, is also applied to buildings that minimize impact to the environment, protect health and enhance productivity of occupants, and utilize energy, water, and other resources efficiently.
GREEN WASTE. Leaves, grass clippings, brush, branches and other forms of organic matter generated from landscapes and gardens and incidental pieces of untreated and unpainted scrap lumber no longer than twenty-four inches and containing no metal objects, separated from other forms of solid waste. Green waste also includes holiday trees from which all tinsel, flock, base attachments and ornaments have been removed. Green waste does not include stumps or branches exceeding six inches in diameter or two feet in length, palm fronds, yucca, food waste, manure, dirt, rocks, garbage or any other form of solid waste which are not suitable for composting.
GROCERY STORE. A store primarily engaged in the retail sale of canned food; dry goods; fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh meats, fish, and poultry; and any area that is not separately owned within the store where the food is prepared and served, including a bakery, deli, and meat and seafood departments, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(30).
GROSS RECEIPTS. The summation of all revenue/receipts that a permittee/recycler collects during a certain period of time; either monthly or quarterly. It shall be the decision of the city whether payments based on gross receipts should be made monthly or quarterly.
GROSS TONNAGE COLLECTED. All commodities (regardless of the type) collected by a permittee from within the city's borders within a certain time-period; such as monthly, quarterly, annually.
HAULER ROUTE. The designated itinerary or sequence of stops for each segment of the jurisdiction's collection service area, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(31.5).
HAZARDOUS WASTE.
(1) All waste defined or characterized as hazardous waste by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.) in 42 U.S.C. Section 6903 (5) as amended from time to time, and all implementing regulations;
(2) All waste defined or characterized as a hazardous substance pursuant to the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA" or "Superfund"), as in 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14), may be amended from time to time, and all implementing regulations; and
(3) All waste defined or characterized as hazardous waste by agencies of the state of California (including without limitations the Department of Health Services, the Department of Toxic Substances Control and CalRecycle) having jurisdiction over solid and hazardous waste. The term HAZARDOUS WASTE means, in addition to any substance, included in any of the foregoing categories, those substances which are not normally permitted to be disposed of by generally accepted, sanitary landfill disposal methods, but which may be contained in solid waste streams. In the event of a conflict in the definitions employed by two or more governmental agencies having concurrent or overlapping jurisdiction over hazardous waste, the broader, more encompassing definition shall apply.
HIGH DIVERSION ORGANIC WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY. A facility that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR Section 18815.5(d) and meets or exceeds an annual average mixed waste organic content recovery rate of 50% between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, and 75% after January 1, 2025, as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18815.5(e) for organic waste received from the "mixed waste organic collection stream" as defined in 14 CCR Section 17402(a)(11.5); or, as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(33).
INSPECTION. A site visit where a jurisdiction reviews records, containers, and an entity's collection, handling, recycling, or landfill disposal of organic waste or edible food handling to determine if the entity is complying with requirements set forth in this chapter, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(35).
JURISDICTION. The City of Santa Fe Springs, or the area within the territorial limits of the City of Santa Fe Springs, and such territory outside of the city over which the city has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
JURISDICTION ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. The City Manager, County Administrative Official, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director, or other executive in charge or their authorized designee(s) who is/are partially or whole responsible for enforcing the chapter. See also REGIONAL OR COUNTY AGENCY ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
LARGE EVENT. An event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event or a flea market, that charges an admission price, or is operated by a 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. If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(38) differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(38) shall apply to this chapter.
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 of the venue facility. For purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, a venue facility includes, but is not limited to, a public, nonprofit, or privately owned or operated stadium, amphitheater, arena, hall, amusement park, conference or civic center, zoo, aquarium, airport, racetrack, horse track, performing arts center, fairground, museum, theater, or other public attraction facility. For purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, a site under common ownership or control that includes more than one large venue that is contiguous with other large venues in the site, is a single large venue. If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(39) differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(39) shall apply to this chapter.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY or MRF. A materials recovery facility permitted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and capable of guaranteeing a reduction in the amount of waste residue through the diversion of materials, including but not limited to papers, glass, plastic, metal, organics, wood products, or fiber board.
MIXED WASTE. Organic waste collected in a container that is required by 14 CCR Sections 18984.1, 18984.2 or 18984.3 to be taken to a high diversion organic waste processing facility
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OR MULTI-FAMILY. Of, from, or pertaining to residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multi-family premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities, which are considered commercial businesses.
NON-ORGANIC RECYCLABLES. Non-putrescible and non-hazardous recyclable wastes including but not limited to bottles, cans, metals, plastics and glass, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(43).
ORGANIC WASTE. Solid wastes containing material originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including but not limited to food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(46). Biosolids and digestate are as defined by 14 CCR Section 18982(a).
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).
PAPER PRODUCTS. Includes, but are not limited to, paper janitorial supplies, cartons, wrapping, packaging, file folders, hanging files, corrugated boxes, tissue, and toweling, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(51).
PERMIT FEE. The fee or assessment imposed by the city on a permittee that:
(1) Charges a generator/customer to pick up a commodity (regardless of the type); or
(2) Permittee which purchases a commodity or receives a commodity through donation from a recycling generator. The fee is due at the time permittee submits their tonnage report, either monthly or quarterly. The fee shall be determined by City Council resolution and shall vary time to time.
PERMITTEE.
(1) The individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, or private corporation, or any other entity person, company, or corporation entering into a contract with and receiving a permit for the collection and/or disposal of solid waste, other commodities, and/or recyclable materials within the city.
(2) PERMITTEE. Any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization or private corporation who has been issued a valid RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION PERMIT, COMMERCIAL COLLECTION PERMIT, and/or RECYCLABLE MATERIAL DEALER PERMIT by the city as required by § 50.020 that has not been suspended and/or revoked.
PROHIBITED CONTAINER CONTAMINANTS. Any of the following:
(1) Discarded materials placed in the blue container that are not identified as acceptable source separated recyclable materials for the jurisdiction's blue container;
(2) Discarded materials placed in the green container that are not identified as acceptable source separated green container organic waste for the jurisdiction's green container;
(3) Discarded materials placed in the gray container that are acceptable source separated recyclable materials and/or source separated green container organic wastes to be placed in jurisdiction's green container and/or blue container; and
(4) Excluded waste placed in any container.
PROJECT. Any activity for which the city requires a waste management plan (WMP) for a building, construction, demolition or similar permit.
RECEPTACLE. Containers, automated carts, or bins whether residential, multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional, provided for temporary accumulation and collection of solid waste or recyclables for removal from any premises located within the city. Receptacles include but are not limited to, containers, automated carts, bins, and roll-off type service containers.
RECOVERED ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS. Products made from California, landfill-diverted recovered organic waste processed in a permitted or otherwise authorized facility, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(60).
RECOVERY. Any activity or process described in 14 CCR Section 18983.1(b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(49).
RECYCLABLE DEALER. Any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation that has been issued a recyclable dealer permit in accordance with this chapter in order to legally provide collection services for any source separated recyclable material, and/or any other material that is transported within city limits and either recycled or disposed of at a calrecycle permitted facility within or outside city limits. This includes dealers that purchase recyclable material from generators.
RECYCLABLE DEALER PERMIT. A permit which has been issued by City Council to any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation for the collection, transportation, storage, or processing of material which has a commercial value, and which is sold or donated to the permitted entity.
RECYCLABLE DEALER TONNAGE FEE. A per ton permit fee that city may charge for collected recyclables to recyclable dealer permittees, which will be determined from time to time upon City Council resolution.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. Material which has been source-separated from other forms of solid waste, whether or not there is a fee-for-purchase or a fee-for-hauling associated with the material. Any permittee which transports recyclable material within the city shall have a valid permit per the requirements of § 50.020.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL BIN. A bin, vessel, can, cart or other receptacle used for accumulating and collecting recyclable material.
RECYCLE OR RECYCLING. The process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting source separated single-category materials that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
RECYCLING GENERATOR. Any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization or corporation which accumulates, exports or causes to be exported recyclable materials which is sold or donated to a permittee in good-standing.
REDEEMABLE MATERIAL. A material which has commercial value, and which is sold or donated to an entity. Redeemable materials are commodities that have been source-separated from the solid waste stream at the point of generation. If the generator of redeemable material pays a permittee (entity), such as a RECYCLABLE MATERIAL DEALER, any consideration for collecting, processing, recycling, or transporting of REDEEMABLE MATERIAL, the transaction shall be regarded as a sale or donation of REDEEMABLE MATERIAL and therefore falls under § 50.020 which requires purchaser/buyer to have a valid RECYCLABLE MATERIAL DEALER PERMIT and submit the required reports and fees per § 50.030. REDEEMABLE MATERIAL shall be deemed to be contaminated if the container into which is has been placed contains more than one percent non-recyclable material, or any amount of hazardous waste.
REFUSE or RUBBISH. Solid waste.
RENOVATION. Any change, addition or modification to an existing structure.
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT. A permit issued to any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization or corporation to collect, transport, store or process solid-waste, source-separated material, and/or mixed-waste material, including construction and demolition material, from any residential property located within the city. A maximum of three residential permits may be issued by the city at any time.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. Every lot in the city upon which is situated one or more but not more than four dwelling units including planned development projects and any other parcel which has been improved with a "duplex" or "triplex" residential dwelling unit designated and used as living quarters by human beings. Residential units shall not include hotels, motels, lodge halls, clubs, tourist camps, trailer camps, churches, commercial and industrial establishments, or any other lot containing more than four dwelling units or upon which commercial or industrial occupation is conducted.
RESIDUE. Residual solid waste that is unable to be recycled and must therefore be taken to a landfill, transformation facility, or other permitted disposal facility pursuant to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations. All facilities mentioned must be permitted with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery at the time of disposal.
RESTAURANT. An establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and drinks for on-premises or immediate consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(64).
REUSE. Further or repeated use of construction or demolition debris.
SALVAGE. 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.
SB 1383. Senate Bill 1383 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.
SB 1383 REGULATIONS or SB 1383 REGULATORY. 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.
SCAVENGING. The unauthorized removal of recyclable material or any other commodity designated by the city to have recyclable properties or value by any person, individual, business, or solid waste entity other than those authorized by the city or established in accordance with this chapter.
SELF-HAUL. The activity of a generator, whether it be residential, commercial, industrial or construction demolition debris, that hauls, transfers, or conveys any solid waste or recyclables upon any public property, street or alley or upon any property of another. Any person that self-hauls any solid waste or recyclables within the city without a valid permit, shall be subject to all fines, fees, and penalties identified in this chapter.
SOLID WASTE.
(1) Refuse, rubbish, garbage, sludges, and other discarded solid materials resulting from residential activities, and industrial and commercial operations including but not limited to: tree and shrubbery trimmings, lawn clippings, grass, weeds, leaves, chips, paper, pasteboard, magazines, books, rags, rubber, carpets, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, straw, packing boxes and cartons, crates, packing material and other kinds of combustible rubbish, trash or waste material. This does not include hazardous waste, radioactive waste, electronic waste, universal waste, or medical waste nor does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants. However, if any of these materials are separated from the water that carries them and are solidified, then they are considered solid waste.
(2) Solid waste additionally includes non-source separated or commingled material that is 10% or more non-source separated, including:
(a) All putrescible and non-putrescible solid and semisolid waste;
(b) Garbage;
(c) Trash;
(d) Refuse;
(e) Paper (including all forms of paper products, shredded documents and cardboard);
(f) Rubbish;
(g) Ashes;
(h) Industrial wastes;
(i) Demolition and construction wastes;
(j) Abandoned vehicle parts;
(k) Discarded home and industrial appliances (does not include u-waste or e-waste);
(l) Dewatered, treated or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste;
(m) Manure;
(n) Sludge; and
(o) Vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES. The collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid waste or recyclable solid waste for residential, commercial, industrial, construction or institutional user(s), customers, patrons, or residents. Only entities holding a valid residential collection permit and/or commercial collection permit in accordance with this chapter shall be allowed to collect this material.
SOLID WASTE PERMITTEE. Any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation that holds a valid residential collection permit and/or commercial collection permit in accordance with this chapter to collect, transport, transfer or process solid-waste from a residential and/or commercial location within the city.
SOURCE SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL. Single type or category of recyclable or redeemable or organic material that has been segregated from all other materials. Source separated recyclable material shall be deemed contaminated if the container into which it has been placed contains more than 10% of any other type of material (including but not limited to any mixed waste and/or any amount of hazardous waste). If a container is deemed "contaminated" it is therefore considered "solid waste" as defined under this chapter. Effective June 30, 2019: should the "recyclable dealer" permittee's charge to pick-up this material or any other type of material, they shall be subject to all fines, fees, penalties, and civil and/or criminal prosecution as provided herein.
SPECIAL WASTE. An item or element of solid waste identified in California Code of Regulations Title 22, §§ 66261.120, 66261.122 (or provision subsequently enacted in place of this provision) or any other waste which has been classified as special waste by resolution of the City Council.
SPILL KIT. A kit containing material designed to absorb liquids in an emergency situation.
STATE. Means the State of California.
SUPERMARKET. A full-line, self-service retail store 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, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(71).
TIER ONE COMMERCIAL EDIBLE FOOD GENERATOR.
(1) A commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
(1) Supermarket.
(2) Grocery store with a total facility size equal to or greater than 10,000 square feet.
(3) Food service provider.
(4) Food distributor.
(5) Wholesale food vendor.
(2) If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) of tier one commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) shall apply to this chapter.
TIER TWO COMMERCIAL EDIBLE FOOD GENERATOR.
(1) A commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
(a) Restaurant with 250 or more seats, or a total facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet.
(b) Hotel with an on-site food facility and 200 or more rooms.
(c) Health facility with an on-site food facility and 100 or more beds.
(d) Large venue.
(e) Large event.
(f) 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.
(g) A local education agency facility with an on-site food facility.
(2) If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(74) of tier two commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(74) shall apply to this chapter.
TRANSFORMATION. Incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, gasification, or biological conversion other than composting. Transformation (Public Resources Code § 40201) does not include composting or biomass conversion. For purposes of diversion rate measurement, only waste sent to CalRecycle-permitted transformation facilities is used in diversion rate calculations. Transformation counts as disposal, except in special circumstances beginning in the year 2000, when limited amounts of waste sent to CalRecycle-permitted transformation facilities may count as diversion.
UNIVERSAL WASTE or U-WASTE. Reflects the traditional federal concept of identifying processes. In the case of universal wastes, there are supposedly no processes that can be clearly identified as the source of generation because they come from an infinite number of sources. California universal waste includes but is not limited to:
(1) Batteries. Includes AAA, AA, C, D, button cell, 9-volt, both rechargeable and single use. These may contain some corrosive or reactive chemicals, as well as toxic heavy metals like cadmium (Automotive type batteries are not universal waste. However, when they become waste, they are banned from the trash).
(2) Fluorescent lamps and tubes. Includes fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps, metal halide lamps, sodium vapor lamps, high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, and neon bulbs. These lamps contain Mercury. Mercury vapor might be released to the environment when they are broken. The mercury from broken lamps in trash bins could find its way to lakes and rivers during rain storms.
(3) Thermostats. There is mercury inside the sealed glass "tilt switch" of the old-style thermostats (not the newer electronic kind).
(4) Electronic devices. Includes televisions and computer monitors, computers, printers, VCRs, cell phones, telephones, and radios. These devices often contain heavy metals like lead, cadmium, copper, and chromium.
(5) Electrical switches. Some electrical switches and relays contain mercury. Such mercury switches can be found in some chest freezers, pre-1972 washing machines, sump pumps, electric space heaters, clothes irons, silent light switches, automobile hood and trunk lights, and ABS brakes.
(6) Pilot light sensors. Mercury-containing switches associated with pilot light sensors are found in some gas appliances such as stoves, ovens, clothes dryers, water heaters, furnaces and space heaters.
(7) Mercury gauges. Some gauges, such as barometers, manometers, blood pressure, and vacuum gauges contain mercury.
(8) Mercury added novelties. Examples include greeting cards that play music when opened; athletic shoes (made before 1997) with flashing lights in soles; and mercury maze games.
(9) Mercury thermometers. Mercury thermometers typically contain about a half gram of mercury. Many health clinics, pharmacies and doctor's offices have thermometer exchange programs that will give you a new mercury-free fever thermometer in exchange for your old one.
(10) Non-empty aerosol cans that contain hazardous materials. Many products in aerosol cans are toxic. And many aerosol cans contain flammables, like butane, as propellants for products like paint. If your aerosol can is labeled with words like TOXIC or FLAMMABLE don't put it in the trash unless it is completely empty.
UNPERMITTED HAULERS. Any person or entity that does not have a valid permit and/or is hauling material which they are not permitted to collect as identified in §§ 50.020 and 50.025.
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN. A completed waste management plan form, approved by the City Manager or his/her designee in compliance with this chapter, submitted by the applicant for any covered project.
WMP COMPLIANCE OFFICIAL. The City Manager or his/her designee authorized and responsible for implementing this chapter.
(Ord. 1101, passed 3-28-19; Am. Ord. 1119, passed 12-7-21)