Whenever the following defined words and phrases are used in this chapter, they shall have the definition or meaning established by this section, unless it is clearly apparent from the context in which the word or phrase appears that a different definition or meaning is intended.
"Animal waste"
means pet waste, manure, fertilizer, or any form of solid excrement produced by any and all forms of domestic or commercial livestock.
"Blue container"
has the same meaning as in 14 CCR section 18982.2(a)(5) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of source separated recyclable materials.
"CalRecycle"
means the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which is the department designated with responsibility for developing, implementing, and enforcing SB 1383 Regulations on jurisdictions (and others).
"California Code of Regulations" or "CCR"
means the State of California Code of Regulations. CCR references in this chapter are preceded with a number that refers to the relevant title of the CCR (e.g., "14 CCR" refers to Title 14 of CCR).
"Cardboard"
means post-consumer waste paper grade corrugated cardboard (#11), kraft (brown) paper bags or solid fiber boxes.
"City"
means the City of Escondido.
"City manager"
means the city manager of the City of Escondido.
"Commercial business" or "commercial"
means a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association, whether for-profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a multifamily residential dwelling, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(6). A multifamily residential dwelling that consists of fewer than five units is not a commercial business for purposes of implementing this chapter.
"Commercial edible food generator"
includes a tier one or a tier two commercial edible food generator as defined in this chapter or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR sections 18982(a)(73) and (a)(74). For the purposes of this definition, food recovery organizations and food recovery services are not commercial edible food generators pursuant to 14 CCR section 18982(a)(7).
"Commercial solid waste"
means solid waste originating from stores, offices, and other commercial sources, but does not include construction and demolition waste.
"Compliance review"
means a review of records by the city to determine compliance with this chapter.
"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 section 17855(a)(4); or as otherwise defined by 14 CCR section 18982(a)(8).
"Compost"
has the same meaning as in 14 CCR section 17896.2(a)(4), which stated, as of the effective date of this chapter, that compost means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic solid wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream, or which are separated at a centralized facility.
"Compostable plastics" or "compostable plastic"
means plastic materials that meet the ASTM D6400 standard for compostability, or as otherwise described in 14 CCR section 18984.1(a)(1)(A) or 18984.2(a)(1)(C).
"Container contamination" or "contaminated container"
means a container, regardless of color, that contains prohibited container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(55).
"Construction waste" or "construction site debris"
means and includes sweepings, rocks, stones, bricks, plaster, or other building materials whether combustible or noncombustible, resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition of old buildings or resulting from new construction of any other structure and pavement.
"City council" or "council"
means the city council of the City of Escondido.
"Curbside collection"
means the collection of recyclables or refuse from the curb or alleyway.
"Designated source separated organic waste facility",
as defined in 14 CCR section 18982(14.5), means a solid waste facility that accepts a source separated organic waste collection stream as defined in 14 CCR section 17402(a)(26.6) and complies with one of the following:
(1) 
The facility is a "transfer/processor," as defined in 14 CCR section 18815.2(a)(62), that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR section 18815.5(d), and meets or exceeds an annual average source separated organic content recovery rate of 50% between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024 and 75% on and after January 1, 2025 as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR section 18815.5(f) for organic waste received from the source separated organic waste collection stream.
(A) 
If a transfer/processor has an annual average source separated organic content recovery rate lower than the rate required in paragraph (1) of this definition for two consecutive reporting periods, or three reporting periods within three years, the facility shall not qualify as a "designated source separated organic waste facility."
(2) 
The facility is a "composting operation" or "composting facility" as defined in 14 CCR section 18815.2(a)(13), that pursuant to the reports submitted under 14 CCR section 18815.7 demonstrates that the percent of the material removed for landfill disposal that is organic waste is less than the percent specified in 14 CCR section 17409.5.8(c)(2) or 17409.5.8(c)(3), whichever is applicable, and, if applicable, complies with the digestate handling requirements specified in 14 CCR section 17896.5.
(A) 
If the percent of the material removed for landfill disposal that is organic waste is more than the percent specified in 14 CCR section 17409.5.8(c)(2) or 17409.5.8(c)(3), for two consecutive reporting periods, or three reporting periods within three years, the facility shall not qualify as a "designated source separated organic waste facility." For the purposes of this ordinance, the reporting periods shall be consistent with those defined in 14 CCR section 18815.2(a)(49).
"Designee"
means an entity that the city contracts with or otherwise arranges to carry out any of the city's responsibilities of this ordinance as authorized in 14 CCR section 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 section 18982(a)(18). For the purposes of this chapter or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(18), edible food is not solid waste if it is recovered and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter or in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 requires or authorizes the recovery of edible food that does not meet the food safety requirements of the California Retail Food Code.
"Franchisee"
means any refuse collector or recycling agent authorized by the city council of the City of Escondido, pursuant to the procedures established by this chapter.
"Enforcement action"
means an action of the city to address noncompliance with this chapter, including, but not limited to, issuing administrative citations, fines, penalties, or using other remedies.
"Enforcement official"
means the city manager or other executive in charge or their authorized designee(s) who is/are partially or entirely responsible for enforcing this chapter.
"Excluded waste"
means hazardous substance, hazardous waste, infectious waste, designated waste, volatile, corrosive, medical waste, regulated radioactive waste, and toxic substances or material that facility operator(s), which receive materials from the city and its generators, reasonably believe(s) would, as a result of or upon acceptance, transfer, processing, or disposal, be a violation of local, state, or federal law, regulation, or ordinance, including: land use restrictions or conditions, waste that cannot be disposed of in Class III landfills or accepted at the facility by permit conditions, waste that in the city's, or its designee's, reasonable opinion would present a significant risk to human health or the environment, cause a nuisance or otherwise create or expose city, or its designee, to potential liability; but not including de minimis volumes or concentrations of waste of a type and amount normally found in single-family or multifamily solid waste after implementation of programs for the safe collection, processing, recycling, treatment, and disposal of batteries and paint in compliance with sections 41500 and 41802 of the California Public Resources Code. Excluded waste does not include used motor oil and filters, household batteries, universal wastes, and/or latex paint when such materials are defined as allowable materials for collection through the city's or its designee's collection programs and the generator or customer has properly placed the materials for collection pursuant to instructions provided by jurisdiction or its designee for collection services.
"Food distributor"
means a company that distributes food to entities, including, but not limited to, supermarkets and grocery stores, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(22).
"Food facility"
has the same meaning as in section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code.
"Food recovery"
means actions to collect and distribute food for human consumption that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 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 section 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.
A food recovery organization is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR section 18982(a)(7). If the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(25) for food recovery organization differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(25) shall apply to this chapter.
"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 section 18982(a)(26). A food recovery service is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR section 18982(a)(7).
"Food scraps"
means all food such as, but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese, and eggshells. Food scraps excludes fats, oils, and grease when such materials are source separated from other food scraps.
"Food service provider"
means an entity primarily engaged in providing food services to institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these types of organizations, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(27).
"Food-soiled paper"
is compostable paper material that has come in contact with food or liquid, such as, but not limited to, compostable paper plates, paper coffee cups, napkins, pizza boxes, and milk cartons.
"Food waste"
means food scraps and food-soiled paper.
"Glass bottles and jars"
means food and beverage glass containers including container glass covered by the deposit law, and excluding household and kitchen containers such as drinking glasses, cups, and cooking and serving dishes.
"Gray container"
has the same meaning as in 14 CCR section 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 sections 18984.1(a) and (b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 17402(a)(6.5).
"Green container"
has the same meaning as in 14 CCR section 18982.2(a)(29) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of source separated green container organic 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 section 18982(a)(30).
"Hauler route"
means the designated itinerary or sequence of stops for each segment of the city's collection service area, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(31.5).
"High diversion organic waste processing facility"
means a facility that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR section 18815.5(d) and meets or exceeds an annual average mixed waste organic content recovery rate of 50% between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, and 75% after January 1, 2025, as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR section 18815.5(e) for organic waste received from the "mixed waste organic collection stream" as defined in 14 CCR section 17402(a)(11.5); or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(33).
"Inspection"
means a site visit where the 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 section 18982(a)(35).
"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. If the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(38) differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(38) shall apply to this chapter.
"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. For purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, 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. For purposes of this ordinance and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, 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. If the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(39) differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(39) shall apply to this chapter.
"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 section 18982(a)(40).
"Metal"
means recoverable aluminum, tin and bi-metal materials such as used beverage containers, siding, and other recyclable manufactured metal items.
"Mixed paper"
means and includes catalogs, cereal boxes, colored paper, computer paper, construction paper, cracker boxes, envelopes (non-padded), envelopes with windows, grocery bags (brown), junk mail, legal pad backings, magazines, shoe boxes, telephone books and white ledger paper.
"Multifamily residential dwelling" or "multifamily"
means of, from, or pertaining to residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multifamily premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities, which are considered commercial businesses.
"Non-compostable paper"
includes, but is not limited to, paper that is coated in a plastic material that will not breakdown in the composting process, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(41).
"Non-local entity"
means the following entities that are not subject to the city's enforcement authority, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(42):
(1) 
Special district(s) located within the boundaries of the city;
(2) 
Federal facilities, if any, including military installations, located within the boundaries of the city;
(3) 
Facilities operated by the state park system located within the boundaries of the city, if any;
(4) 
Public universities (including community colleges) located within the boundaries of the city;
(5) 
County fairgrounds located within the boundaries of the city;
(6) 
State agencies located within the boundaries of the city, if any.
"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 section 18982(a)(45) or further explained in 14 CCR section 18995.4.
"Occupant"
means and includes every owner of and every tenant or person who is in possession of, is the inhabitant of, or has the care and control of an inhabited residence or a place of business, including, but not limited to, the United States, the State of California, the County of San Diego, the City of Escondido, and every other local agency.
"Organic waste"
means solid wastes containing material originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including, but not limited to, food, green material, yard waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, biosolids, digestate, and sludges or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(46). Biosolids and digestate are as defined by 14 CCR section 18982(a).
"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 section 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 section 18982(a)(51).
"Person"
as used in this chapter means any individual, firm, corporation, association or group or combination acting as a unit.
"Place of business"
means any hotel, motel, trailer court, restaurant, cafeteria, market, hospital, or any educational, professional, commercial or industrial establishment of any nature whatsoever, where there is an accumulation of refuse.
"Prohibited container contaminants"
means the following: (1) discarded materials placed in the blue container that are not identified as acceptable source separated recyclable materials for the city's blue container; (2) 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; (3) 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 city's green container and/or blue container; and (4) excluded waste 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 section 18982(a)(60).
"Recovery"
means any activity or process described in 14 CCR section 18983.1(b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(49).
"Recyclable material"
means materials that are recyclable and/or reusable within the following categories of residential, commercial (office and hospitality), and industrial as defined more specifically by resolution of the city council, including: printing and writing papers, glass, cardboard, rigid plastics and empty plastic beverage bottles and containers, newspaper, white goods, tin cans, ferrous metal, aluminum, or other materials which may be recycled for use in an altered form, that has been segregated from other solid waste and placed at a designated collection location for the purpose of collection and recycling.
"Recycling operator"
means a person or persons, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corporation engaged in the collection and recycling of waste and other discarded materials. For the purposes of this chapter, "recycling" means as established by Government Code section 66716.6
"Regional agency"
means regional agency as defined in Public Resources Code section 40181.
"Remote monitoring"
means the use of the internet of things (IoT) 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.
"Renewable gas"
means gas derived from organic waste that has been diverted from a California landfill and processed at an in-vessel digestion facility that is permitted or otherwise authorized by 14 CCR to recycle organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(62).
"Residential dwelling unit"
means each place used for residential dwelling purposes for a single family. A structure may have one or more residential dwelling units. No place used primarily for business purposes shall be considered as a residential dwelling unit.
"Restaurant"
means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and drinks for onpremises or immediate consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(64).
"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 section 18982(a)(65).
"SB 1383"
means Senate Bill 1383 of 2016 approved by the Governor on September 19, 2016, which added sections 39730.5, 39730.6, 39730.7, and 39730.8 to the Health and Safety Code, and added Chapter 13.1 (commencing with Section 42652) to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time.
"SB 1383 Regulations" or "SB 1383 Regulatory"
means or refers to, for the purposes of this chapter, 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.
"Scavenging"
means the uncontrolled and/or unauthorized removal of solid waste materials, recyclable materials, or organic waste.
"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 section 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 section 18982(a)(66)(A).
"Single-family"
means of, from, or pertaining to any residential premises with fewer than five units.
"Solid waste"
has the same meaning as defined in State Public Resources Code section 40191, which defines solid waste as all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semi-solid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish; ashes, bottles, broken crockery, glass; such industrial, domestic, and organic solid wastes or residue of animals sold for meat; offal, animal excreta, or the carcasses of animals, fish or fowl; industrial wastes; demolition and construction wastes that cannot be reused; abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, and other discarded solid and semi-solid wastes, with the exception that solid waste does not include any of the following wastes:
(1) 
Hazardous waste, as defined in the State Public Resources Code section 40141.
(2) 
Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the State Radiation Control Law (Chapter 8 (commencing with section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the State Health and Safety Code).
(3) 
Medical waste regulated pursuant to the State Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with section 117600) of Division 104 of the State Health and Safety Code). Untreated medical waste shall not be disposed of in a solid waste landfill, as defined in State Public Resources Code section 40195.1. Medical waste that has been treated and deemed to be solid waste shall be regulated pursuant to Division 30 of the State Public Resources Code.
"Solid waste collector"
means any person or persons, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or corporation engaged in the collection, transportation or disposal of refuse in the city.
"Solid waste disposal"
includes the collecting, transporting and disposal of solid waste in the city.
"Solid waste disposal operator"
is synonymous with "refuse collector," "contractor" or "collector."
"Source separated"
means materials, including commingled recyclable materials or organic waste, that have been separated or kept separate from the solid waste stream, at the point of generation, for the purpose of additional sorting or processing those materials for recycling or reuse in order to return them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products, which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR section 17402.5(b)(4). For the purposes of the chapter, source separated shall include separation of materials by the generator, property owner, property owner's employee, property manager, or property manager's employee into different containers for the purpose of collection such that source separated materials are separated from gray container waste or other solid waste for the purposes of collection and processing.
"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 carpets, non-compostable paper, and textiles.
"State"
means the State of California.
"Streets"
mean the public streets, ways, alleys and places, except state freeways, as the same now or may hereafter exist within the city.
"Supermarket"
means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million ($2,000,000.00) dollars 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 section 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; or
(5) 
Wholesale food vendor.
If the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(73) of tier one commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(73) shall apply to this chapter.
"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;
(4) 
Large venue;
(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 five thousand (5,000) square feet; or
(7) 
A local education agency facility with an on-site food facility.
If the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(74) of tier two commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR section 18982(a)(74) shall apply to this chapter.
"Transfer station"
means the city's designated site where collected refuse may be transferred to vehicles which will haul the refuse to a disposal site.
"Truck"
means any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, conveyance or vehicle used or intended to be used for the purpose of collecting refuse or to haul or transport refuse.
"White goods"
means large enameled appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, and washing machines.
"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 section 189852(a)(76).
"Wood waste"
means lumber and wood products but excludes painted wood, wood treated with chemicals and pressure treated wood.
"Yard waste"
means landscaping and pruning waste such as leaves, grass, weeds, and wood material from trees and shrubs that are less than four feet in length and six inches in diameter.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)
(a) 
The city manager is hereby authorized and empowered to adjust, settle, or cancel any charge required or made under this chapter or any controversy which may arise in the administration of this chapter.
(b) 
The city manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the city, any contract, agreement, or other authorization pursuant to this chapter.
(c) 
The city manager shall have charge and supervision of the collection and removal of solid waste, recyclable material, and organic waste and shall prescribe and establish the routes and days for such collection and removal from the various parts of the city so as to conform with the provisions of this chapter. The manager shall have the authority to change such routes and days from time to time.
(d) 
When the routes and days of collection of solid waste, recyclable material, and organic waste are established or changed as authorized by this chapter, the city manager shall give notice thereof in such manner as he or she deems best.
(e) 
The type of watertight, metal body, or container required in vehicles transporting or carrying solid waste, recyclable material, and organic waste over the public streets and the method of hauling solid waste, recyclable material, and organic waste in vehicles shall be subject to the regulation and approval of the city manager.
(f) 
The city manager, or designee, shall have responsibility for the enforcement of all provisions of this chapter. Violations of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter will be prosecuted in the same manner as other violations of the city code; however, nothing in the regulations shall prevent the authorized agents or deputies from efforts to obtain voluntary compliance by way of warning, notice of violation, or educational means.
(Ord. No. 2021-15. § 3, 12-15-21)
(a) 
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. The city council of the City of Escondido hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional, and would have passed and adopted the same, even though any parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases that may be held invalid had been omitted therefrom.
(b) 
The provisions of this chapter are intended to augment and be in addition to other provisions of the Escondido Municipal Code. Whenever the provisions of this chapter impose a greater restriction upon persons, premises, or practices than are imposed by other provisions of the Escondido Municipal Code or applicable law, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
(Ord. No. 2021-15. § 3, 12-15-21)
(a) 
The city council will, from time to time, appropriate such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) 
The city council shall have the authority to make other reasonable rules and regulations concerning individual collection, disposal, and hauling of solid waste, recyclable material, or organic waste over city streets by private persons, or relating to the operation of a transfer station.
(c) 
The city council by resolution shall designate materials to be recycled in accordance with this chapter.
(d) 
Recycling fees and exceptions from recycling fees under this chapter may be established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. No. 2021-15, § 3, 12-15-21)