Comply with state laws requiring
cities providing waste collection services to adopt ordinances and
take other measures to reduce the amount of organic and recyclable
materials deposited in landfills from commercial and residential generators
pursuant to the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Organic Waste Reduction
regulations adopted pursuant to Senate Bill 1383 (2016).
Streamline the reduction and recycling
process for commercial and residential generators by opting into the
countywide organics reduction and recycling Ordinance developed by
the Alameda County waste management authority.
(Ord. 2226 §
2, 2021)
The Alameda County waste management
authority's organics reduction and recycling ordinance (WMA Ord. 2021-02)
is adopted in this chapter by reference, to be effective in Pleasanton
beginning on January 1, 2022.
(Ord. 2226 §
2, 2021)
The city adopts the following local
amendments to WMA Ord. 2021-02 as follows:
A. The enforcement agency for the provisions
of Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, of the WMA Ord. 2021-02 is the city,
the WMA, and any other designee of the city. The enforcement agency
for the provisions of Sections 7, 11 and 12 of the WMA Ord. 2021-02
is the city, the WMA, the Alameda County department of environmental
health (ACDEH), and any other designee of the city and authorizes
the city manager to enter into agreements with WMA and ACDEH.
B. WMA Ord. 2021-02 Section 4 is amended to
exclude the phrase, "Except Single-Family Organic Waste Generators
that meet the Self-Hauler requirements in Section 10 of this Ordinance."
C. WMA Ord. 2021-02 Section 6 subsection
(c) is deleted; therefore "collection frequency waiver" for commercial business generators is not applicable in the city.
D. WMA Ord. 2021-02 Section 10 subsection
(h) is deleted.
(Ord. 2226 §
2, 2021)
The city declares that each section,
subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause and phrase of
this chapter is severable and independent of every other section,
subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause and phrase of
this chapter. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is held invalid, the city
declares that it would have adopted the remaining provisions of this
chapter irrespective of the portion held invalid, and further declares
its express intent that the remaining portions of this ordinance should
remain in effect after the invalid portion has been eliminated.
(Ord. 2226 §
2, 2021)