A. 
City Authorization. In order to protect public health, safety and well-being, to prevent the spread of vectors, to carry out the responsibilities of the city as provided by law, and to plan for the management of vehicular traffic and mitigate adverse environmental impacts, the city council may, in its sole discretion, award one or more franchises, permits, licenses or contracts for the collection of solid waste, bulky items, recyclable materials, construction and demolition debris and/or organic materials, from all or any portion of any premises in the city, including, but not limited to, commercial, industrial, institutional or residential collection, whether by exclusive or non-exclusive franchise, license, permit, contract or otherwise. Such solid waste collector(s) may make arrangements directly with owners, occupants or persons otherwise responsible for the day-to-day operations on any premises within the city, for the collection, transfer, disposal, and/or recycling of solid waste, bulky items, recyclable materials, construction and demolition debris and/or organic materials.
B. 
Collection Categories. The city council may determine waste management collection categories, whether single-family residential, multifamily residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, special event, household hazardous waste, recyclable materials, bulk waste, organic materials, construction and demolition debris, or others, and the city council may make or impose requirements in connection with the issuance of any franchise, license, permit or contract for a solid waste collector.
C. 
Protection of Public Health and Safety. Solid waste collectors shall make arrangements with their customers specifying the manner in which integrated waste management services are to be provided, subject to the city's exercise of its police power authority for the purposes of protecting public health, safety and wellbeing, and regulating the manner of collection to control the growth and spread of vectors and to limit sources of noise, soil, water and air pollution within the city.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
A. 
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.
B. 
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.
C. 
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 AB 901 and SB 1383.
(Ord. 1183-21 § 2)
A. 
Every self-hauler shall source separate its recyclable materials and organic materials (materials that city otherwise requires waste generators or responsible parties to separate for collection in the city's recyclable materials and organic materials collection program) generated on site from solid waste in a manner consistent with 14 CCR and the city's collection program. Self-haulers shall deliver their materials to facilities described in subsection B below. Alternatively, self-haulers may or choose not to source separate recyclable materials and organic materials and shall haul its solid waste (that includes recyclable materials and organic materials) to a high diversion organic waste processing facility that is approved by the city.
B. 
Self-haulers that source separate their recyclable materials and organic materials shall haul their source separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; haul their source separated organic waste to a facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers source separated organic waste; haul their solid waste to a disposal facility or transfer facility or operation that processes or disposes of solid waste; and, transport manure to a facility that manages manure in conformance with 14 CCR Article 12 and such that the manure is not landfilled, used as alternative daily cover (ADC), or used as alternative intermediate cover (AIC).
C. 
Self-haulers that are responsible parties of commercial businesses or multifamily premises shall keep records of the amount of recyclable materials, organic waste, and solid waste delivered to each facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers recyclable materials and organic waste and processes or disposes of solid waste or shall keep records of solid waste delivered to high diversion organic waste processing facilities. These records shall be subject to inspection by the city or its designee. The records shall include the following information:
1. 
Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste.
2. 
The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported by the waste generator or responsible party to each entity.
3. 
If the material is transported to an entity that does not have scales on site or employs scales incapable of weighing the self-hauler's vehicle in a manner that allows it to determine the weight of materials received, the self-hauler is not required to record the weight of material but shall keep a record of the entities that received the recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste.
D. 
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.
E. 
Self-haulers that are commercial businesses or multifamily premises shall provide copies of records required by this section to city if requested by the city manager and shall provide the records at the frequency requested by the city manager.
F. 
A single-family waste generator or single-family responsible party that self-hauls recyclable materials, organic waste, or solid waste is not required to record or report information in subsections C and D above.
G. 
Pursuant to 14 CCR, 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. 1183-21 § 2)
To protect public health, safety and well-being, solid waste collectors shall conduct operations in accordance with the following:
A. 
Hours. In order to protect residents' quiet enjoyment of their homes, collection from all premises shall be made between the hours of six-thirty a.m. and six p.m. Monday through Saturday.
B. 
Routes and Times. Collection practices, routes and times shall be established and designed so as to minimize problems of traffic, noise, air pollution, and wear and tear on streets and rights-of-way, and other problems having the potential to adversely affect public health, safety or the environment.
C. 
Special Services. Collection service recipients shall be informed by the solid waste collector of the charge for special collections prior to pick-up. Service recipients shall be responsible for paying for the special collection service at or prior to the time of pick-up unless other arrangements for payment are made with the solid waste collector.
D. 
Equipment. Any truck regularly used for the collection or transportation of discarded materials within the city shall be leak-proof and equipped with a close-fitting cover, which shall be affixed in a manner that will prevent spilling, leaking, releasing, dropping, or blowing of any discarded materials upon any street or right-of-way.
E. 
Containers. After the removal or collection of discarded materials, all containers shall immediately be placed in an upright position after being emptied.
F. 
The solid waste franchisee shall conduct operations in accordance with state law as well as the franchise agreement, as may be amended from time to time.
G. 
In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the franchisee shall comply with all other requirements of state law as more fully set forth in the solid waste franchise agreement between the franchisee and the city, as may be amended from time to time.
H. 
Additional Requirements for Solid Waste Collectors.
1. 
Franchisee(s) and/or other solid waste collectors providing recyclable materials, organic waste, and/or solid waste collection services to waste generators within the city's boundaries shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of its contract, agreement, permit, license, or other authorization with the city to collect recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste:
a. 
Through written notice to the city annually on or before December 15th of each year, 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 franchise agreement, contract, permit, or license, or other authorization with the city.
b. 
Transport source separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; transport source separated organic materials to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste as defined in 14 CCR; transport solid waste to a disposal facility or transfer facility or operation that processes or disposes of solid waste; and transport manure to a facility that manages manure in conformance with 14 CCR Article 12 and such that the manure is not landfilled, used as alternative daily cover (ADC), or used as alternative intermediate cover (AIC).
c. 
Obtain approval from the city to haul organic waste, unless it is transporting source separated organic waste to a community composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that complies with 14 CCR, this section, and Article VII of this chapter.
2. 
Franchisee(s) and/or other solid waste collectors authorized to collect recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste shall comply with education, equipment, signage, container labeling, container color, contamination monitoring, reporting, and other requirements contained within its franchise agreement, permit, license, or other agreement entered into with city.
(Ord. 840-97 § 1; Ord. 1049-10 § 8; Ord. 1183-21 § 2)