CHAPTER 2. SOLID WASTE, ORGANIC WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTION PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL*
* Chapter 2, entitled “Garbage and Refuse,” consisting of Sections 6-2.01, through 6-2.10 and 6-2.15, recodified from Sections 4700, 4701, 4703 through 4710, and 4716, T.O.O.C., and Sections 6-2.11 through 6-2.14, codified from Ordinance No. 64, as amended by Ordinance No. 78, repealed by Section I, Ordinance No. 361-NS, effective May 24, 1973. Chapter 2 entitled “Garbage and Refuse Collection and Disposal” consisting of Sections 6-2.01 through 6-2.36, added by said Ordinance No. 361-NS, repealed by Section II, Ordinance No. 584-NS, effective August 19, 1976. Chapter 2, entitled “Garbage and Refuse Collection and Disposal,” consisting of Sections 6-2.01 through 6-2.34, as added by Ordinance No. 584-NS, effective August 19, 1976 as amended by Ordinance No. 765-NS, effective December 25, 1980, Ordinance No. 780NS, effective June 18, 1981, Ordinance No. 907, effective February 11, 1986, Ordinance No. 939, effective October 14, 1986, Ordinance No. 1131, effective January 7, 1992, repealed by Section 1, Ordinance No. 1200-NS, effective March 15, 1994, and Ordinance No. 1200-NS, effective March 15, 1994 and Ordinance No. 1315-NS, eff. April 2, 1998 repealed by Part 1, Ordinance No. 1677-NS, effective February 28, 2020. Chapter 2, entitle “Solid Waste, Organic Waste and Recyclable Materials Collection Processing and Disposal,” consisting of Sections 6-2.101 through 6-2.104, 6-2.200 through 6-2.291, 6- 2.301 through 6-2.310, 6-2.401, 6-2.402, 6-2.501 through 6-2.507, and 6-2.601 through 6-2.610, as established by Ord. 1677-NS, effective February 28, 2020, was subsequently repealed and replaced by Ord. 1688-NS, effective December 17, 2021.
Article 1. General Provisions
Sec. 6-2.101. Purpose.
   The storage, accumulation, collection, processing, and disposal of solid waste, organic waste, and recyclable materials are matters of great public concern. Improper control of such matters creates a public nuisance, can lead to pollution, fire hazards, illegal dumping, pest infestation, and other problems affecting the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of this and surrounding cities. The establishment and regulation of waste reduction programs are necessary for the City to avoid environmental damage, achieve the diversion mandates of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939), and ensure compliance with AB 341, AB 1826, AB 1594, and SB 1383.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.102. Flow control.
   All solid waste, organic waste, and recyclable materials, once such materials have been placed at the curb, or, in the case of a Commercial Service Recipient, in the Collection Container or Bin placed for collection by a Contractor, are subject to the City's control and this Chapter.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.103. Anti-scavenging and materials handling.
   Other than the property owner or tenant of the premises, Contractor or Permittee, it is unlawful for any person to remove, interfere, tamper with, or otherwise disturb any recyclable materials or their containers which have been placed for collection by the waste generator. No individual, other than the property owner or tenant of the premises, Contractor or Permittee, may physically enter a Commercial Collection Container located on private property.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.104. Violations.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Chapter. Any person, firm, company, or corporation violating any of such provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this Chapter, and, shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 2 of Title I of the Thousand Oaks Municipal Code. Each such person, firm, company or corporation shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this Chapter, or the provisions of any code adopted by reference to this Chapter, is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly. In addition to the penalties provided by this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code, or the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this Code, shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by this City, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Article 2. Definitions
Sec. 6-2.200. Definitions.
   For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this article, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended. If any words or phrases are not defined in this article, such terms shall have the meaning applied to them in the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, as amended (California Public Resources Code).
(Ord. 188-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.201. AB 341.
   "AB 341" means State of California Assembly Bill No. 341 approved October 5, 2011. AB 341 requires businesses, defined to include commercial or public entities that generate more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week or multifamily residential dwellings of 5 units or more, to arrange for recycling services and requires jurisdictions to implement a commercial solid waste recycling program.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.202. AB 827.
   "AB 827" means State of California Assembly Bill No. 827 approved October 2, 2019. AB 827 provides that as of July 1, 2020, businesses subject to AB 341 and/or AB 1826 are required to provide customers access to a recycling bin and/or organics recycling bin to collect materials purchased on premises.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
Sec. 6-2.203. AB 939 or “The Act”.
   "AB 939" or "The Act" means "The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989" codified in part in Public Resources Code §§ 40000 et seq, as it may be amended and as implemented by the regulations of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), or its successor agency.
(Ord. 1688-NS, eff. December 17, 2021)
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