For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) Administrative Fee shall mean a non-refundable fee submitted by the applicant to the County as described in Section 6-16.07. Portions of this fee shall be deposited into the County’s Division of Integrated Waste Management (DIWM) Recycling Fund and the remaining portions shall be transferred to the Building Division’s and Auditor’s Office Funds as allocated in the fee section of this Ordinance to cover costs associated with this Chapter.
(b) Applicant shall mean any individual, firm, contractor, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever that applies to the County for the applicable permits to undertake any construction or demolition project within the County.
(c) Construction shall mean the building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including any tenant improvements to an existing facility or structure.
(d) Construction and Demolition Debris shall mean:
(1) Discarded materials generally not considered water soluble and non-hazardous in nature, including but not limited to steel, copper, aluminum, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt material, pipe, gypsum, wallboard, roofing materials and lumber from the construction or demolition of a structure as part of a construction or demolition project or from the renovation of a structure and/or landscaping, including rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing, landscaping and development operations for a construction project;
(2) Remnants of new materials, including but not limited to: cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, and metal scraps from any construction and/or landscape project;
(3) Other non-hazardous wastes that are generated at construction or demolition projects provided such amounts are consistent with best management practices of the industry.
(e) Contractor shall mean any person or entity holding, or required to hold, a contractor's license of any type under the laws of the State of California, or who performs (whether as contractor, subcontractor, owner-builder, or otherwise) any construction, demolition, remodeling, renovation, or landscaping service relating to buildings or accessory structures in the unincorporated area of Yolo County.
(f) Demolition shall mean the decimating, razing, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.
(g) Deposit shall mean a cash dollar amount provided to the DIWM at the time of submitting the Diversion Plan for those applicants where prior projects have been determined as Good Faith Effort or Non-Compliance status. Refunds of the deposits (without interest) are dependent on the level of compliance with this Chapter as described in Section 6-16.08. Forfeited deposits shall be deposited in the County’s DIWM Recycling Fund and will be used to implement the Division’s recycling programs.
(h) Designated Recyclable and Reusable Materials shall mean and includes but not limited to:
(1) Corrugated Cardboard (OCC);
(2) Inert materials generally used in construction including but not limited to, asphalt, concrete, rock, stone, mortar and brick;
(3) Metals, including all metal scrap such as, but not limited to, pipes, siding, window frames, door frames and fences;
(4) Roofing materials including wood shingles and shakes as well as asphalt, stone and slate based roofing material;
(5) Salvageable materials and structures, including, but not limited to doors, windows, fixtures, hardwood flooring, sinks, bathtubs and appliances;
(6) Vegetative materials, including trees, tree parts, shrubs, stumps, logs, brush or any other type of plants that are cleared from a site for construction or other use;
(7) Wallboard materials including gypsum and drywall;
(8) Wood materials, including any and all dimensional lumber, fencing or construction wood that is not chemically treated, creosoted, CCA pressure treated, contaminated or painted; and
(9) Any other materials that the County determines can be diverted due to the identification of a recycling facility, reuse facility, or market accessible from the County.
(i) Diversion shall mean the use of material for any purpose other than disposal to include but not be limited to reuse and recycling.
(j) Diversion Plan shall mean a completed County-provided form submitted before the issuance of a building and/or demolition permit, approved by the Waste Reduction Manager for the purpose of compliance with this Chapter.
(k) Diversion Report shall mean a completed County provided form submitted quarterly and after demolition or construction, as a precedent to final inspection and issuance of any certificate of occupancy, approved by the Compliance Officer for the purpose of compliance with this Chapter.
(l) Good Faith Effort shall mean and be applicable to projects where the availability of markets for construction and demolition debris were a determining factor in not meeting full compliance and where sufficient evidence of the project through documented efforts, such as weight receipts, demonstrate the applicant attempted to divert construction and demolition debris but did not meet full compliance.
(m) Project shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6-16.03 of this Chapter.
(n) Recycling shall mean the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of a raw material for new, reused or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
(o) Renovation shall mean any change, addition or modification in an existing structure.
(p) Reuse shall mean further or repeated use of construction of demolition debris.
(q) Waste Reduction Manager shall mean the person(s) designated by the Director of the Planning and Public Works Department authorized and responsible for implementing this Chapter. (§ 3, Ord. 1375, eff. Aug 23, 2008)