The following terms are defined for the purposes of this chapter. In the event of a conflict between the Signal Hill Municipal Code and the SB 1383 Regulations, the Signal Hill Municipal Code shall prevail.
"Blue container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR § 18982.2(a)(5) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of source separated recyclable materials or source separated blue container waste.
"California Code of Regulations" or "CCR" means the State of California Code of Regulations.
"CalRecycle" means California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
"City" means the City of Signal Hill, California.
"Commercial" or "commercial business." Means a business, industrial, commercial establishment, or construction site, and any multiple-family, residential dwelling with five (5) units or more on one (1) account.
"Community composting" means any activity that composts green material, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food material, alone or in combination, and the total amount of feedstock and compost on-site at any one time does not exceed 100 cubic yards and 750 square feet, as specified in 14 CCR § 17855(a)(4); or, as otherwise defined by 14 CCR § 18982(a)(8).
"Compliance review" means a review of records by the city to determine compliance with this chapter.
"Container." A cart, bin, roll-off, compactor or similar receptacle used to temporarily store solid waste, organics or recyclables for collection service.
"Container contamination" or "contaminated container" means a container, regardless of color, that contains prohibited container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(55).
"Designated source separated organic waste facility" shall have the same definition as 14 CCR § 18982(14.5).
"Designee" means an entity that the city contracts with or otherwise arranges to carry out any of the city's responsibilities as authorized in 14 CCR § 18981.2. A designee may be a government entity, a hauler, a private entity, or a combination of those entities.
"Edible food" means food intended for human consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(18). "Edible food" is not solid waste if it is recovered and not discarded.
"Enforcement action" means an action of the city to address non-compliance including, but not limited to, issuing administrative citations, fines, penalties, or using other remedies.
"Enforcement officer" means the city manager, county administrative official, chief operating officer, executive director, public works director or other executive in charge or their authorized designee(s) who is/are partially or wholly responsible for enforcing this chapter.
"Food recovery" means actions to collect and distribute food for human consumption that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(24).
"Food recovery organization" means 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 § 18982(a)(25), including, but not limited to:
1. A food bank as defined in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code;
2. A nonprofit charitable organization as defined in Section 113841 of the Health and Safety Code; and,
3. A nonprofit charitable temporary food facility as defined in Section 113842 of the Health and Safety Code.
"Food recovery service" means 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 § 18982(a)(26).
"Food waste" means food scraps separated from solid waste and offered for collection by franchisee, that will decompose and/or putrefy including (i) all kitchen and table food waste, and animal or vegetable waste that attends or results from the storage, preparation, cooking or handling of food stuffs, and (ii) paper waste contaminated with food waste.
"Generator" or "waste generator" means a person or entity that is responsible for the initial creation of waste.
"Gray container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR § 18982.2(a)(28) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of gray container waste.
"Gray container waste" means solid waste that is collected in a gray container that is part of a three- container organic waste collection service that prohibits the placement of organic waste in the gray container as specified in 14 CCR §§ 18984.1 (a)-(b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 17402(a)(6.5).
"Green container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR § 18982.2(a)(29) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of source separated green container organic waste.
"Green waste" means any and all forms of biodegradable plant material which can be placed in a covered container, such as wastes generated from the maintenance or alteration of public, commercial or residential landscapes including, but not limited to, yard clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, prunings, brush, and weeds as well as green waste. Tree stumps and limbs greater than three (3) inches in diameter are excluded unless they are reduced to a chipped form; otherwise, such large portions of green waste shall be considered bulky waste.
"Grocery store" means 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 § 18982(a)(30).
"High diversion organic waste processing facility" means a facility that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR § 18815.5(d) and meets or exceeds an annual average mixed waste organic content recovery rate of 50 percent between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, and 75 percent after January 1, 2025, as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR § 18815.5(e) for organic waste received from the "mixed waste organic collection stream" as defined in 14 CCR § 17402(a)(11.5); or, as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(33).
"Inspection" means a site visit where a city 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 § 18982(a)(35).
"Integrated waste collection" means the collection of source separated green container organic waste in the green container, source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container.
"Large event" means 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.
"Large venue" means 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. 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. 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.
"Local education agency" means a school district, charter school, or county office of education that is not subject to the control of city or county regulations related to solid waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(40).
"Mixed waste organic collection stream" or "mixed waste" means organic waste collected in a container that is required by 14 CCR §§ 18984.1, 18984.2 or 18984.3 to be taken to a high diversion organic waste processing facility or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 17402(a)(11.5).
"Multi-family residential dwelling" or "multi- family" means of, from, or pertaining to residential premises with five (5) or more dwelling units. Multi- family premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities, which are considered commercial businesses.
"Notice of Violation" or "NOV" means a notice that a violation has occurred that includes a compliance date to avoid an action to seek penalties, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(45) or further explained in 14 CCR § 18995.4.
"Organics," "organic waste," and "organic material" mean solid wastes containing material originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including, but not limited to, food waste, green waste, non-hazardous wood waste, and unwaxed food-soiled paper.
"Organic waste generator" means a person or entity that is responsible for the initial creation of organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(48).
"Paper products" include, 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 § 18982(a)(51).
"Printing and writing papers" include, but are not limited to, copy, xerographic, watermark, cotton fiber, offset, forms, computer printout paper, white wove envelopes, manila envelopes, book paper, note pads, writing tablets, newsprint, and other uncoated writing papers, posters, index cards, calendars, brochures, reports, magazines, and publications, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(54).
"Prohibited container contaminants" means the following: (i) discarded materials placed in the blue container that are not identified as acceptable source separated recyclable materials for the city's blue container; (ii) discarded materials placed in the green container that are not identified as acceptable source separated green container organic waste for the city's green container; (iii) 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 the city's green container and/or blue container; and, (iv) non-solid waste items placed in any container.
"Recovered organic waste products" means products made from California, landfill-diverted recovered organic waste processed in a permitted or otherwise authorized facility, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(60).
"Recovery" means any activity or process described in 14 CCR § 18983.1(b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(49).
"Recyclable material" means material such as, but not limited to, paper, cardboard, glass, metal and aluminum cans, and plastics which is separated from other waste or refuse for the purpose of recycling.
"Recycling" means the process of collecting and turning used products into new products by reprocessing or remanufacturing them.
"Recycled-content paper" means paper products and printing and writing paper that consists of at least 30 percent, by fiber weight, postconsumer fiber, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(61).
"Remote monitoring" means the use of the internet of things and/or wireless electronic devices to visualize the contents of blue containers, green containers, and gray containers for purposes of identifying the quantity of materials in containers (level of fill) and/or presence of prohibited container contaminants.
"Residential" means any residential dwelling or apartment house.
"Route review" means a visual inspection of containers along a hauler route for the purpose of determining container contamination and may include mechanical inspection methods such as the use of cameras, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(65).
"SB 1383" means Senate Bill 1383 of 2016 approved by the Governor on September 19, 2016.
"SB 1383 Regulations" means 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.
“Self-hauler” means a person who hauls solid waste, organic waste or recyclable material he or she has generated to another person. Self-hauler also includes a person who back-hauls waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(66). Back- haul means generating and transporting organic waste to a destination owned and operated by the generator using the generator's own employees and equipment, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(66)(A).
"Single-family" means of, from, or pertaining to any residential premises with fewer than five (5) units.
"Solid waste" means all putrescible and non- putrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge that is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes. Solid waste does not include hazardous, radioactive waste or medical waste.
"Source separating" or "source separation" means the process of removing recyclable materials from solid waste at the place of generation, prior to collection, and placing them into separate containers that are separately designated for recyclable materials.
"Source separated blue container waste" means source separated wastes that can be placed in a blue container that is limited to the collection of those organic wastes and non-organic recyclables as defined in 14 CCR § 18982(a)(43), or as otherwise defined by 14 CCR § 17402(a)(18.7).
"Source separated green container organic waste" means source separated organic waste that can be placed in a green container that is specifically intended for the separate collection of organic waste by the generator, excluding source separated blue container waste, carpets, non-compostable paper, and textiles.
"Supermarket" means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($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 § 18982(a)(71).
"Tier one commercial edible food generator" means 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.
"Tier two commercial edible food generator" means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
1. Restaurant with 250 or more seats, or a total facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet.
2. Hotel with an on-site food facility and 200 or more rooms.
3. Health facility with an on-site food facility and 100 or more beds.
5. Large event.
6. 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.
7. A local education agency facility with an on-site food facility.
"Wholesale food vendor" means a business or establishment engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of food, where food (including fruits and vegetables) is received, shipped, stored, prepared for distribution to a retailer, warehouse, distributor, or other destination, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR § 189852(a)(76).
(Ord. 2021-08-1526)