(A) This chapter is adopted in accordance with Article XI, § 7 of the California Constitution and Cal. Public Resources Code § 40059 in order to protect public health, safety, and well-being, to control the spread of vectors, and to limit sources of air pollution, noise, and traffic within the city.
(B) State recycling law, Assembly Bill 939 of 1989, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Cal. Public Resources Code §§ 40000, et seq., as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time), requires cities and counties to reduce, reuse, and recycle (including composting) solid waste generated in their jurisdictions to the maximum extent feasible before any incineration or landfill disposal of waste, to conserve water, energy, and other natural resources, and to protect the environment.
(C) SB 1383, the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, requires CalRecycle to develop regulations to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane. The regulations place requirements on multiple entities, including the city, residential households, commercial businesses and business owners, commercial edible food generators, haulers, self-haulers, food recovery organizations, and food recovery services to support achievement of statewide organic waste disposal reduction targets.
(D) SB 1383, the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, requires the city to adopt and enforce an ordinance or enforceable mechanism to implement relevant provisions of SB 1383 Regulations. The provisions of this chapter will also help reduce food insecurity by requiring commercial edible food generators to arrange to have the maximum amount of their edible food, that would otherwise be disposed, be recovered for human consumption.
(Ord. 1091, passed 1-5-04; Am. Ord. 1313, passed 12-1-21)