has the same meaning as in Title 27 of the California Code
of Regulations.
has the same meaning as in Title 27 of the California Code
of Regulations.
means a rigid container with hinged lids and wheels with
a capacity of at least one cubic yard and less than ten cubic yards.
means solid waste that cannot and/or would not typically
be accommodated within a cart including specifically: furniture (including
chairs, sofas, mattresses, and rugs); appliances (including refrigerators,
ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, plumbing, small
household appliances and other similar items, commonly known as "white
goods"); residential wastes (including wood waste, tree branches,
scrap wood, debris from building remodeling, rocks, sod and earth);
electronic equipment (including stereos, televisions, computers and
monitors, VCRs, microwaves and other similar items commonly known
as "brown goods" and "e-waste"); and clothing. Bulky items do not
include car bodies, tires, construction and demolition debris or items
requiring more than two persons to remove. Other items not specifically
included or excluded above will be collected provided that they are
not more than eight feet in length, four feet in width, or more than
one hundred fifty pounds. In the event a question ever arises as to
whether a specific item or category of items meets the definition
of bulky items, city shall be responsible to determine whether said
definition shall apply, which determination shall be final and binding
on the parties.
means the state of California's Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery, and, as this department was structured prior to January
1, 2010, the California Integrated Waste Management Board or CIWMB.
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).
means a polyethylene wheeled container with a hinged lid
and wheels serviced by an automated or semi-automated solid waste
collection truck with a capacity of no less than thirty and no greater
than one hundred one gallons.
means the city of Lawndale and all territory within its jurisdictional
boundaries.
means the city enforcement official, chief operating officer,
executive director, or other executive in charge or their authorized
person(s) who is/are partially or wholly responsible for enforcing
this chapter or their designee.
means to take physical possession, and to transport and remove
discarded materials within and from property within the city.
refers to services performed at or for commercial premises.
means premises upon which business activity is conducted,
and any other premises not defined as residential premises, including,
but not limited to, retail sales, services, wholesale operations,
manufacturing and industrial operations, but excluding residential
premises upon which business activities are conducted when such activities
are permitted under applicable zoning regulations and are not the
primary use of the property. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary herein, premises upon which the following uses are occurring
shall be deemed to be commercial premises: assisted living facilities,
convalescent homes, dormitories, extended stay motels, group residential
facilities, group care facilities, hotels, and motels.
means recyclable materials generated at commercial and/or
industrial property and separated by the waste generator for collection
apart from refuse.
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 one hundred cubic yards and seven
hundred fifty square feet, as specified in 14 CCR; or as otherwise
defined by 14 CCR.
means a review of records by a city to determine compliance
with this chapter. "Compost" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR, which
stated, as of the effective date of this chapter, that
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.
means plastic materials that meet the ASTM D6400 standard
for compostability, or as otherwise described in 14 CCR.
means any combination of inert building material and solid
waste material resulting from building, construction, alteration,
repair, or demolition, as defined in 22 CCR, including asphalt, brick,
stone, cement, lumber, plaster, carpeting, drywall, plastic pipe,
steel, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling,
repair and demolition operations on pavements or on any residential
or commercial buildings or other structures. This term includes, but
is not limited to, asphalt, concrete, Portland cement concrete, brick,
lumber, gypsum wallboard, cardboard, and other associated packaging;
roofing material, ceramic tile, carpeting, plastic pipe and steel.
The material may be commingled with rock, soil, tree stumps; and other
vegetative matter resulting from land clearing and landscaping for
construction or land development projects.
means a container, regardless of color, that contains prohibited
container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
means all types of discarded materials receptacles, including
carts, bins, and roll-off boxes.
means the person having the care and control of any premises
in the city receiving solid waste handling service from the franchisee
pursuant to the terms of the franchise.
means an entity that a city contracts with or otherwise arranges
to carry out any of the city's responsibilities of this chapter as
authorized in 14 CCR. A designee may be a government entity, a hauler,
a private entity, or a combination of those entities.
means recyclable materials, organic materials, solid waste,
and C&D placed by a generator in a collection container and/or
at a location for the purposes of collection excluding excluded waste.
means the ultimate disposition of solid waste collected at
a landfill or otherwise in full regulatory compliance.
means to divert from disposal facilities or transformation
facilities through source reduction, recycling, and composting, as
provided in Section 41780 of California Public Resources Code as such
act may be hereafter amended or superseded provided that divert or
diversion shall include delivery to transformation facilities if the
overall diversion achieved by the city is at a level where delivery
to such facilities shall be considered diversion pursuant to the act.
means food intended for human consumption, or as otherwise
defined in 14 CCR. For the purposes of this chapter or as otherwise
defined in 14 CCR, "edible food" is not solid waste if it is recovered
and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter or in 14 CCR requires or
authorizes the recovery of edible food that does not meet the food
safety requirements of the California Retail Food Code.
means electronic equipment and includes, but is not limited
to, stereos, televisions, computers and computer monitors, VCRs, cellular
phones, fax machines, household copiers, computer printers, other
items with electric plugs that are banned from landfilling, and other
similar items commonly known as "brown goods."
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.
means hazardous substance, hazardous waste, infectious waste,
designated waste, volatile, corrosive, medical waste, infectious,
regulated radioactive waste, and toxic substances or material that
facility operator(s), which receive materials from the city and its
waste 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 chapter, 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 city, 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 collection programs and the waste generator or
customer has properly placed the materials for collection pursuant
to instructions provided by city or its designee for collection services.
means a company that distributes food to entities including,
but not limited to, supermarkets and grocery stores, or as otherwise
defined in 14 CCR.
has the same meaning as in Section 113789 of the Health and
Safety Code.
means actions to collect and distribute food for human consumption
that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
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, including,
but not limited to:
A food bank as defined in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety
Code;
A nonprofit charitable organization as defined in Section 113841
of the Health and Safety Code; and
A nonprofit charitable temporary food facility as defined in
Section 113842 of the Health and Safety Code.
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. A food recovery service is not a commercial edible food generator
for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR.
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.
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.
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.
means all kitchen and food scraps, animal or vegetable waste
that is generated during or results from the storage, preparation,
cooking or handling of food stuffs; food-soiled paper; fruit waste,
grain waste, dairy waste, meat, and fish waste, which has been source
separated from other solid waste. Food waste is a subset of organic
materials and excludes hazardous materials.
means a self-hauler who generates and hauls, utilizing their
own employees and equipment, an average of one cubic yard or more
per week, or six thousand five hundred pounds or more per quarter
of their own food waste to a location or facility that is not owned
and operated by that self-hauler. Food waste self-haulers are a subset
of self-haulers.
means the special right granted by the city to an entity
to provide discarded materials services within the city.
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.
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.
means any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste
which is or becomes regulated by any local governmental authority,
the state of California, or the United States Government. The term
"hazardous material" includes, without limitation, any material or
substance which is: (1) petroleum or oil or gas or any direct or derivate
product or byproduct thereof; (2) defined as a "hazardous waste,"
"extremely hazardous waste" or "restricted hazardous waste" under
Section 25115, 25117 or 25122.7, or listed pursuant to Section 25140,
of the California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.5
(Hazardous Waste Control Law); (3) defined as a "hazardous substance"
under Section 25316 of the California Health and Safety Code, Division
20, Chapter 6.8 (Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account
Act); (4) defined as a "hazardous material," "hazardous substance,"
or "hazardous waste" under Sections 25501(j) and (k) and 25501.1 of
the California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.95 (Hazardous
Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory); (5) defined as a
"hazardous substance" under Section 25281 of the California Health
and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.7 (Underground Storage of
Hazardous Substances); (6) "used oil" as defined under Section 25250.1
of the California Health and Safety Code; (7) asbestos; (8) listed
under Chapter 11 of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code
of Regulations, or defined as hazardous or extremely hazardous pursuant
to Chapter 10 of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations; (9) defined as waste or a hazardous substance pursuant
to the Porter-Cologne Act, Section 13050 of the California Water Code;
(10) designated as a "toxic pollutant" pursuant to the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1317; (11) defined as "hazardous
waste" pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903); (12)
defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901);
(13) defined as "hazardous material" pursuant to the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act 29 U.S.C. Section 5101, et seq.; or (14) defined
as such or regulated by any "Superfund" or "Superlien" law, or any
other federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability
or standards of conduct concerning hazardous materials and/or oil
wells and/or underground storage tanks and/or pipelines, as now, or
at any time hereafter, in effect.
means all substances defined as "hazardous waste," "acutely
hazardous waste" or "extremely hazardous waste" under California Health
and Safety Code Sections 25117, 25110.02 and 25115, or in any amendments
to or recodifications of such statutes, or identified and listed as
"hazardous waste" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42
U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), all amendments thereto, and all rules
and regulations promulgated there-under.
means a facility that is in compliance with the reporting
requirements of 14 CCR and meets or exceeds an annual average mixed
waste organic content recovery rate of fifty percent between January
1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, and seventy-five percent after January
1, 2025, as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR for organic waste received
from the "mixed waste organic collection stream" as defined in 14
CCR; or, as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
means material used in residences that may threaten human
health or the environment when improperly discarded and which usually
has one or more of the following characteristics: flammable, toxic,
corrosive, and/or reactive.
means a site visit where a city reviews records, containers,
and an entity's collection, handling, recycling, or landfill disposal
of recyclable materials, organic waste, solid 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.
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 two thousand
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 differs
from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR shall apply to this
chapter.
means a permanent venue facility that annually seats or serves
an average of more than two thousand 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, 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 chapter and implementation of 14 CCR,
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 differs from
this definition, the definition in 14 CCR shall apply to this chapter.
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.
means a permitted solid waste facility where discarded materials
are sorted and/or separated for the purposes of recycling, processing
or composting.
means organic waste or solid waste collected in a container
that is required by 14 CCR to be taken to a high diversion organic
waste processing facility.
means the separation and sorting of recyclables and other
recoverable materials from refuse at a MRF where commingled loads
of solid waste are processed.
means any residential premises greater than four units (not
including hotels or motels), irrespective of whether residence therein
is transient, temporary or permanent. Multifamily dwelling units generally
receive solid waste collection service through the use of shared bins,
but may use carts. Service is not dependent upon unit count unless
specifically stated.
includes, but is not limited to, paper that is coated in
a plastic material that will not break down in the composting process,
or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
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.
means food waste, yard waste, compostable plastic, and other
organic material as defined by CALRecycle, collectively or individually.
shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of
source separated organic materials.
means solid wastes containing material originated from living
organisms and their metabolic waste products, including, but not limited
to, food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles
and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper,
manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges or as otherwise defined
in 14 CCR. Biosolids and digestate are as defined by 14 CCR.
means any activity or process deemed to constitute a reduction
of landfill disposal in accordance with 14 CCR.
means all persons holding legal title to the real property
constituting the premises to which solid waste collection service
is to be provided.
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.
means any individual, firm, company, limited liability company,
association, partnership, organization, trust, estate, industry, political
subdivision, governmental agency, public or private corporation, or
any other entity whatsoever.
include, but are not limited to, copy, xerographic, watermark,
cotton fiber, offset, forms, computer printout paper, white wove envelopes,
manila envelopes, book paper, note pads, writing tablets, newsprint,
and other uncoated writing papers, posters, index cards, calendars,
brochures, reports, magazines, and publications, or as otherwise defined
in 14 CCR.
means any land, or building in the city, or properties of
any kind, or any other dwelling, building or vacant property, including
any paved or unpaved land where solid waste is generated or accumulated.
means the following: (1) discarded materials placed in the
recyclable materials container that are not identified as acceptable
source separated recyclable materials for the city's recyclable materials
container; (2) discarded materials placed in the organic materials
container that are not identified as acceptable source separated organic
materials for the city's organic materials container; (3) discarded
materials placed in the solid waste container that are acceptable
source separated recyclable materials and/or source separated organic
materials to be placed in city's organic materials container and/or
recyclable materials container; and (4) excluded waste placed in any
container.
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.
means solid waste that is source separated or recovered through
mixed waste processing, has some potential economic value, and is
set aside, handled, packaged, or offered for collection in a manner
different from refuse in order to allow it to be processed for recycling.
shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of
source separated recyclable materials.
means paper products and printing and writing paper that
consists of at least thirty percent, by fiber weight, postconsumer
fiber, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
means the process of separating for collection, collecting,
treating and/or reconstituting recyclable materials which would otherwise
be discarded without receiving compensation and returning them to
the economy in the form of raw materials for new, reused, or reconstituted
products. The collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste
not intended for, or capable of, reuse is not recycling, and recycling
does not include the use of solid waste for conversion to energy.
means solid waste or debris, except sewage, construction
and demolition debris, recyclables, and/or organic materials placed
in source-separated containers for collection.
means the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and/or wireless
electronic devices to visualize the contents of recyclable materials
containers, organic materials containers, and solid waste containers
for purposes of identifying the quantity of materials in containers
(level of fill) and/or presence of prohibited container contaminants.
refers to services performed at and for residential premises,
which include both single-family and multifamily dwelling units.
means premises upon which dwelling units exist, including,
without limitation, single-family and multifamily dwelling units,
apartments, boarding or rooming houses, condominiums, mobile homes,
efficiency apartments, and second units. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary herein, premises upon which the following uses are
occurring shall not be deemed to be residential premises, and rather
shall be deemed to be commercial premises: assisted living facilities,
convalescent homes, dormitories, extended stay motels, group residential
facilities, group care facilities, hotels, motels, and any other businesses
not specifically listed at which residency is transient in nature
and hence should be classified as commercial premises as determined
by city on a case by case bases.
means the owner, property manager, tenant, lessee, occupant,
or other designee that subscribes to and pays for recyclable materials,
organic materials, and/or solid waste collection services for a premises
in the city, or, if there is no such subscriber, the owner or property
manager of a single-family premises, multifamily premises, or commercial
premises. In instances of dispute or uncertainty regarding who is
the responsible party for a premises, responsible party shall mean
the owner of a single-family premises, multifamily premises, or commercial
premises.
means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale
of food and drinks for on-premises or immediate consumption, or as
otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
means solid waste collection containers of ten yards or larger.
means 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.
means the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Act of 2016 (Chapter
395, Statutes of 2016), as amended, supplemented, superseded, and
replaced from time to time.
means to act as a self-hauler.
means a person, who hauls solid waste, organic waste or recyclable
material they have generated to another person. Self-hauler also includes
a landscaper, or a person who back-hauls waste. Back-haul means generating
and transporting recyclable materials or organic waste to a destination
owned and operated by the generator or responsible party using the
generator's or responsible party's own employees and equipment, or
as otherwise defined in 14 CCR.
means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles,
lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for
the delivery of medications.
means each premises used for or designated as a single-family
residential dwelling, including each unit of a condominium project,
duplex, triplex, townhouse, apartment building, or mobile home park
in which each premises receives individual discarded materials collection
service using carts, and consisting of four dwelling units or less
per legal parcel.
means all solid wastes generated by residential, commercial,
and industrial sources, and all solid waste generated at construction
and demolition sites, and at treatment works for water and wastewater,
which are collected and transported under the authorization of the
city or are self-hauled by residents or contractors. Municipal solid
waste does not include agricultural crop residues, mining waste and
fuel extraction waste, forestry wastes, ash from industrial boilers,
furnaces and incinerators or hazardous material, any waste which is
not permitted to be disposed of at a Class III landfill and which
fall within the definition of "nonhazardous solid waste" set forth
in 23 CCR as amended or designated Class II wastes. Materials shall
be deemed "solid waste" consistent with the meaning of California
Public Resources Code Section 40191, and shall be regulated as such,
whether or not they may be potentially recyclable material, in either
of the following instances: (1) the material is mixed or commingled
with other types of solid waste such that more than sixty-five percent
of the material consists of solid waste rather than recyclable materials,
or (2) the payment of a fee, charge, or other consideration, in any
form or amount, is directly or indirectly solicited or received from
the waste generator by any person or combination of persons in exchange
for collection, removal, transportation, storage, processing, handling,
consulting, container rental or disposal services ("fee for service"
recycling), whether or not arranged by or through a subcontractor,
broker, agent, consultant, or affiliate of the provider of such service.
means either the agents and employees of the city authorized
to collect solid waste, or an independent person granted a franchise,
permit, license or contract, or otherwise permitted by the city to
collect, transport and/or dispose of solid waste from specified premises
and/or locations within the city.
shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of
solid waste.
means organic materials that are source separated and placed
in an organic materials container.
means recyclable materials that are source separated and
placed in a recyclable materials container.
means the segregation into separate containers by the waste
generator of individual components of material which otherwise would
become refuse (such as glass bottles, metal cans, newspapers, plastic
containers, etc.) into separate container(s) for the sole purpose
of recycling of such materials.
means the state of California.
means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual
sales of two million 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.
means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the
following:
means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the
following:
Restaurant with two hundred fifty or more seats, or a total
facility size equal to or greater than five thousand square feet.
Hotel with an on-site food facility and two hundred or more
rooms.
Health facility with an on-site food facility and one hundred
or more beds.
Large venue.
Large event.
A state agency with a cafeteria with two hundred fifty or more
seats or total cafeteria facility size equal to or greater than five
thousand square feet.
means incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, gasification,
or biological conversion other than composting.
means any person as defined by the Public Resources Code,
whose act or process produced solid waste as defined in the Public
Resources Code, or whose act first causes solid waste to become subject
to regulation.
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.
means leaves, grass clippings, brush, branches, and other
forms of organic materials generated from landscapes or gardens, which
have been source separated from other solid waste. Yard waste is a
subset of organic materials and excludes hazardous materials.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1049-10 § 3; Ord. 1128-17 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
