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A. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into any agreement to collect, remove or dispose or to allow the collection, removal or disposal of, solid waste or swill, unless such person making such collection, removal or disposal, is the collector as defined in Section 8.32.020.

B. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose or allow the collection, removal, processing, or disposal of any salvageable materials, recyclable materials, or organic materials, unless such person making such collection, removal, processing, or disposal, is the collector as defined in Section 8.32.020.

C. It is unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose or to allow the collection, removal, processing, or disposal of discarded materials unless such person making such collection, removal, processing, or disposal, is the collector as defined in Section 8.32.020 or is an approved self-hauler as defined in Section 8.32.020; provided, however, that every person engaging in the business of gardening or landscaping is authorized to collect, remove, and transport green waste as an incident to such business to the approved organic waste processing facility.

D. Any person in the city authorized as a collector shall collect on predetermined, regularly scheduled days as required by the city manager or designee.

E. Transportation of all discarded materials or swill by authorized collectors shall be in leakproof and flyproof containers or in leakproof vehicle bodies or compartments fitted with sliding or hinged covers, which shall be kept closed at all times, except that one cover at a time may be open during loading. All such containers, vehicle bodies and compartments must be kept clean at all times.

F. Transportation of all discarded materials shall be in vehicles so constructed and equipped that said discarded materials cannot be blown, sifted through, nor allowed to fall upon any street, lane, alley, or driveway.

G. Disposal requirements shall be as follows:

1. It is unlawful at any time for any person, including the collector, to burn or bury any discarded materials within the city except at the approved disposal facility or other approved areas and then only in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the use of these disposal areas.

2. It is unlawful at any time for any person, including the collector, to dump discarded materials at any place within the city except at the approved facility(ies), unless such other places have been approved by the city.

3. It is unlawful at any time for any person, including the collector, to bury any discarded materials within the city, except at the applicable approved facility or other approved areas.

H. All discarded materials shall otherwise become the property of the city upon the authorized collection thereof as provided in this chapter.

I. Collectors providing discarded materials collection services shall meet the following standards as a condition of approval of its collection agreement with the city to collect discarded materials:

1. All discarded materials shall be removed from the premises and transported and properly disposed at the applicable approved facilities, all in compliance with applicable sections of this code, no less than once per week, or another frequency determined by the city manager in compliance with applicable law.

2. Through written notice to the city, submitted at the same time as the collector’s annual report, identify the facilities to which they will transport discarded materials, including facilities for source separated recyclable materials, source separated organic materials, and solid waste, unless otherwise stated in the collection agreement with the city.

3. Transport discarded materials to the applicable approved facility for each discarded material type or to the approved transfer facility for subsequent transfer to the applicable approved facility for each discarded material type, as follows:

a. Transport source separated recyclable materials to the approved recyclable materials processing facility that recovers those materials;

b. Transport source separated organic materials to the approved organic waste processing facility, operation, or activity that recovers organic waste, in accordance with 14 CCR Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 2;

c. Transport solid waste to the approved disposal facility or operation that processes or disposes of solid waste;

d. Transport manure, if separately collected in accordance with an active collection agreement, to a facility that manages manure in conformance with 14 CCR Article 12 and such that the manure is not disposed.

e. Organic waste shall not be used as alternative daily cover or alternative intermediate cover.

J. Facility operators and community composting operations shall comply with the following requirements:

1. Owners of facilities, operations, and activities located in the city’s boundaries that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly owned treatment works shall, upon city request, provide information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days.

2. Community composting operators with operations located in the city’s boundaries, upon city request, shall provide information to the city to support organic waste capacity planning, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of organic waste anticipated to be handled at the community composting operation. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days.

3. Owners of facilities, operations, and activities located in the city’s boundaries that receive recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste shall provide to the city on a quarterly basis copies of all reports they are required to report to CalRecycle under 14 CCR Section 18815.9.

K. Self-haulers shall comply with the following requirements:

1. Generators or other approved entities may opt to self-haul, as defined, their own discarded materials to the applicable approved facility for each material type, with the express written permission of the city manager or their designee; provided, that the generator’s own vehicle is used and the discarded materials are generated on their own premises.

2. Self-haulers shall source separate all recyclable materials and organic waste materials (materials that the collector otherwise collects in their organic materials and recyclable materials collection services) generated on site from solid waste in a manner consistent with 14 CCR Sections 18984.1 and 18984.2, or shall haul organic waste to a high diversion organic waste processing facility as specified in 14 CCR Section 18984.3.

3. Self-haulers shall transport their source separated recyclable materials to the approved recyclable materials processing facility that recovers those recyclable materials; and transport their source separated organic waste to the approved organic waste processing facility, operation, activity or property that processes or recovers source separated organic waste. Alternatively, self-haulers may haul organic waste to a high diversion organic waste processing facility.

a. Self-haulers must properly separate all recyclable materials and organic materials and deposit materials in appropriate containers or designated areas at the applicable approved facilities, and must follow all other applicable rules and regulations.

4. Self-haulers must dispose of discarded materials at intervals determined satisfactory by the city manager or designee in the written approval specified in subsection K of this section.

5. Self-haulers must establish an account at the approved facility(ies) where the self-hauler delivers materials, or provide alternate arrangements deemed acceptable to the city manager or designee.

6. Self-haulers that are commercial businesses shall keep a record of the amount of source separated organic waste delivered to each approved facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers organic waste; this record shall be subject to inspection by the city or county. The records shall include the following information:

a. Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the waste.

b. The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported by the generator to each entity.

c. If the material is transported to an entity that does not have scales on site, the self-hauler is not required to record the weight of material but shall keep a record of the entities that received the organic waste.

7. Self-haulers shall retain all records and data required to be maintained by this section for no less than five years after the recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste was first delivered to the facility accepting the material.

8. Self-haulers that are commercial businesses or multifamily premises shall provide copies of records required by this chapter to city, upon request by the city manager or their designee, or at standard reporting frequencies specified in the written approval or otherwise specified by the city manager or their designee.

9. A residential organic waste generator that self-hauls source separated organic waste is not required to record or report information in subsection (K)(8) of this section.

10. Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18815.9, food waste self-haulers are required to maintain records and report to CalRecycle information on the tons of food waste self-hauled and the facilities or each use of such material. Food waste self-haulers shall provide to the city on a quarterly basis copies of all reports they are required to report to CalRecycle. (Ord. 5076 § 14, 2022; Ord. 4811 § 1, 2015; Ord. 3605 § 1, 1994)