Words and phrases defined in Chapter 8.04 of this Code shall have the same meanings when used in this chapter.
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Single-family waste generators shall comply with the following requirements except single-family generators that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.10.080 of this chapter:
1. 
Subscribe to City’s collection services as described in Chapter 8.04 of this Code. The City shall have the right to review the number and size of a generator’s containers to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials; and single-family waste generators shall adjust its service level for its collection services as requested by the jurisdiction. Generators may additionally manage their organic waste by preventing or reducing their organic waste, managing organic waste on site, and/or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c).
2. 
Shall participate in the City’s waste collection service(s) by placing designated materials in designated containers as described below, and shall not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers. Generators shall place source separated green container organic waste, including food waste, in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container. Generators shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or blue container.
B. 
A business that generates four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week, two cubic yards of organic waste per week, or is a multifamily residential dwelling of five units or more shall arrange for recycling services, consistent with the following requirements:
1. 
Arrange for the regular collection of commercial recyclable materials through the City’s authorized waste collection contractor;
2. 
Maintain containers on the premises, which are to be provided by the City’s authorized waste collection contractor, for the collection of commercial recyclable materials;
3. 
Source separate commercial recyclable materials from waste, and place the recyclable materials in the appropriate containers for collection as designated by the City’s authorized waste collection contractor; and
4. 
A business that provides customers access to the business shall provide customers with a commercial solid waste recycling bin or container to collect material purchased on the premises. The containers must be:
a. 
Adjacent to each bin or container for trash other than recyclable commercial solid waste, except in restrooms.
b. 
Visible and easily accessible.
c. 
Clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the commercial solid waste recycling bin or container in accordance with State law and the local jurisdiction’s solid waste ordinances and practices.
5. 
Full-service restaurants are exempt from the requirements of this chapter if the full-service restaurant provides its employees a commercial solid waste recycling bin or container to collect material purchased on the premises and implements a program to collect recyclable commercial solid waste.
6. 
A property owner of a multifamily residential dwelling may require tenants to source separate their recyclable materials to aid in compliance with this section.
C. 
A business that generates two cubic yards or more per week of commercial solid waste, or is a multifamily residential dwelling of five units or more shall arrange for organics recycling services, consistent with the following requirements:
1. 
Arrange for the regular collection of organics recyclable materials through the City’s authorized waste collection contractor;
2. 
Maintain containers on the premises, which are to be provided by the City’s authorized waste collection contractor, for the collection of organics recyclable materials;
3. 
Source separate organics recyclable materials from waste, and place the recyclable materials in the appropriate containers for collection as designated by the City’s authorized waste collection contractor; and
4. 
A business that provides customers access to the business shall provide customers with an organic waste recycling bin or container to collect material purchased on the premises for immediate consumption. The bins and containers shall be:
a. 
Adjacent to each bin or container for trash other than recyclable organic waste, except in restrooms,
b. 
Visible and easily accessible,
c. 
Clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the organic waste recycling bin or container in accordance with State law and the local jurisdiction’s solid waste ordinances and practices;
5. 
Full-service restaurants are exempt from the requirements of this chapter if the full-service restaurant provides its employees an organic waste recycling bin or container to collect material purchased on the premises for immediate consumption and implements a program to collect recyclable organic waste;
6. 
When arranging for gardening or landscaping services, the contract or work agreement between a business subject to this section and a gardening or landscaping service shall require that the organic waste generated by those services be managed in compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
Generators that are commercial businesses, including multifamily residential dwellings, shall:
A. 
Subscribe to City’s collection services as described in Chapter 8.04 of this Code. City shall have the right to review the number and size of a generator’s containers and frequency of collection to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials; and commercial businesses shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the City.
B. 
Except commercial businesses that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.10.080 of this chapter, participate in the City’s waste collection service(s) by placing designated materials in designated containers as described below.
1. 
A three-container collection service (blue container, green container, brown container or gray container). Generators shall place source separated green container organic waste, including food waste in bags, in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; source separated food scraps in the brown container, and gray container waste in the gray container. Generators shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container, brown container or blue container.
C. 
Supply and allow access to adequate number, size and location of collection containers with sufficient labels or colors for employees, contractors, tenants, and customers, consistent with the City’s blue container, green container, brown container, and gray container collection service or, if self-hauling, per the commercial business’s instructions to support its compliance with its self-haul program, in accordance with Section 8.10.080.
D. 
Excluding multifamily residential dwellings, provide containers for the collection of source separated green container organic waste, source separated brown container food scraps, and source separated recyclable materials in all indoor and outdoor areas where disposal containers are provided for customers, for materials generated by that business. Such containers do not need to be provided in restrooms. If a commercial business does not generate any of the materials that would be collected in one type of container, then the business does not have to provide that particular container in all areas where disposal containers are provided for customers. Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(b), the containers provided by the business shall have either:
1. 
A body or lid that conforms with the container colors provided through the collection service provided by the City, with either lids conforming to the color requirements or bodies conforming to the color requirements or both lids and bodies conforming to color requirements. A commercial business is not required to replace functional containers, including containers purchased prior to January 1, 2022, that do not comply with the requirements of the subsection prior to the end of the useful life of those containers, or prior to January 1, 2036, whichever comes first.
2. 
Container labels that include language or graphic images, or both, indicating the primary material accepted and the primary materials prohibited in that container, or containers with imprinted text or graphic images that indicate the primary materials accepted and primary materials prohibited in the container. Pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.8, the container labeling requirements are required on new containers commencing January 1, 2022.
E. 
Multifamily residential dwellings are not required to comply with container placement requirements or labeling requirement in subsection (d) above pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(b).
F. 
To the extent practical through education, training, inspection, and/or other measures, excluding multifamily residential dwellings, prohibit employees from placing materials in a container not designated for those materials per the City’s blue container, green container, and gray container collection service or, if self-hauling, per the commercial business’s instructions to support its compliance with its self-haul program, in accordance with Section 8.10.080.
G. 
Excluding multifamily residential dwellings, periodically inspect blue containers, green containers, brown containers, and gray containers for contamination and inform employees if containers are contaminated and of the requirements to keep contaminants out of those containers pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(b)(3).
H. 
Annually provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about organic waste recovery requirements and about proper sorting of source separated green container organic waste, source separated brown container food scraps, and source separated recyclable materials.
I. 
Provide education information before or within 14 days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes requirements to keep source separated green container organic waste, source separated brown container food scraps, and source separated recyclable materials separate from gray container waste and the location of containers and the rules governing their use at each property.
J. 
Provide or arrange access for the City or its agent to their properties during all inspections to confirm compliance with the requirements of this chapter and SB 1383 regulations.
K. 
If a commercial business wants to self haul, meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.10.080 of this chapter.
L. 
Nothing in this section prohibits a generator from preventing or reducing waste generation, managing organic waste on site, or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c).
M. 
Commercial businesses that are tier one or tier two commercial edible food generators shall comply with food recovery requirements, pursuant to Section 8.10.050.
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
The City may waive a commercial business’s obligation (including multifamily residential dwellings) to comply with some or all of the organic waste requirements of this chapter if the commercial business provides documentation that the business generates below a certain amount of organic waste material as described in subsection(A)(2) below. Commercial businesses requesting a de minimis waiver shall:
1. 
Submit an application specifying the services that they are requesting a waiver from and provide documentation as noted in subsection (A)(2) below.
2. 
Provide documentation that either:
a. 
The commercial business’s total solid waste collection service is two cubic yards or more per week and organic waste subject to collection in a blue container or green container comprises less than 20 gallons per week per applicable container of the business’s total waste; or
b. 
The commercial business’s total solid waste collection service is less than two cubic yards per week and organic waste subject to collection in a blue container or green container comprises less than 10 gallons per week per applicable container of the business’s total waste.
3. 
Notify the City if circumstances change such that commercial business’s organic waste exceeds threshold required for waiver, in which case waiver will be rescinded.
4. 
Provide written verification of eligibility for de minimis waiver every five years, if the City has approved de minimis waiver.
B. 
Physical Space Waivers. The City may waive a commercial business’s or property owner’s obligations (including multifamily residential dwellings) to comply with some or all of the recyclable materials and/or organic waste collection service requirements if the City has evidence from its own staff, a hauler, licensed architect, or licensed engineer demonstrating that the premises lacks adequate space for the collection containers required for compliance with the organic waste collection requirements of this chapter.
C. 
A commercial business or property owner may request a physical space waiver through the following process:
1. 
Submit an application form specifying the type(s) of collection services for which they are requesting a compliance waiver.
2. 
Provide documentation that the premises lacks adequate space for blue containers and/or green containers including documentation from its hauler, licensed architect, or licensed engineer.
3. 
Provide written verification to the City that it is still eligible for physical space waiver every five years, if the City has approved application for a physical space waiver.
D. 
Review and Approval of Waivers by the City. The City Manager or designee shall review and approve waivers. The City Manager or designee may revoke a waiver upon a determination that any of the circumstances justifying a waiver are no longer applicable.
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Tier one commercial edible food generators must comply with the requirements of this section commencing January 1, 2022, and tier two commercial edible food generators must comply commencing January 1, 2024, pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18991.3.
B. 
Large venue or large event operators not providing food services, but allowing for food to be provided by others, shall require food facilities operating at the large venue or large event to comply with the requirements of this section, commencing January 1, 2024.
C. 
Commercial edible food generators shall comply with the following requirements:
1. 
Arrange to recover the maximum amount of edible food that would otherwise be disposed.
2. 
Contract with, or enter into a written agreement with food recovery organizations or food recovery services for: (1) the collection of edible food for food recovery; or (2) acceptance of the edible food that the commercial edible food generator self-hauls to the food recovery organization for food recovery.
3. 
Shall not intentionally spoil edible food that is capable of being recovered by a food recovery organization or a food recovery service.
4. 
Allow the City’s designated enforcement entity or designated third party enforcement entity to access the premises and review records pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18991.4.
5. 
Keep records that include the following information, or as otherwise specified in 14 CCR Section 18991.4:
a. 
A list of each food recovery service or organization that collects or receives its edible food pursuant to a contract or written agreement established under 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b).
b. 
A copy of all contracts or written agreements established under 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b).
c. 
A record of the following information for each of those food recovery services or food recovery organizations:
i. 
The name, address and contact information of the food recovery service or food recovery organization.
ii. 
The types of food that will be collected by or self-hauled to the food recovery service or food recovery organization.
iii. 
The established frequency that food will be collected or self-hauled.
iv. 
The quantity of food, measured in pounds recovered per month, collected or self-hauled to a food recovery service or food recovery organization for food recovery.
D. 
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or conflict with the protections provided by the California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 2017, the Federal Good Samaritan Act, or share table and school food donation guidance pursuant to Senate Bill 557 of 2017 (approved by the Governor of the State of California on September 25, 2017, which added Article 13 [commencing with Section 49580] to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to food safety, as amended, supplemented, superseded and replaced from time to time).
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Food recovery services collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators, via a contract or written agreement established under 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b), shall maintain the following records, or as otherwise specified by 14 CCR Section 18991.5(a)(1):
1. 
The name, address, and contact information for each commercial edible food generator from which the service collects edible food.
2. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food collected from each commercial edible food generator per month.
3. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food transported to each food recovery organization per month.
4. 
The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery organization that the food recovery service transports edible food to for food recovery.
B. 
Food recovery organizations collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators, via a contract or written agreement established under 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b), shall maintain the following records, or as otherwise specified by 14 CCR Section 18991.5(a)(2):
1. 
The name, address, and contact information for each commercial edible food generator from which the organization receives edible food.
2. 
The quantity in pounds of edible food received from each commercial edible food generator per month.
3. 
The name, address, and contact information for each food recovery service that the organization receives edible food from for food recovery.
C. 
Food recovery organizations and food recovery services that have their primary address physically located in the City and contract with or have written agreements with one or more commercial edible food generators pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b) shall report to the City it is located in the total pounds of edible food recovered in the previous calendar year from the tier one and tier two commercial edible food generators they have established a contract or written agreement with pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18991.3(b).
D. 
Food Recovery Capacity Planning.
1. 
Food Recovery Services and Food Recovery Organizations. In order to support edible food recovery capacity planning assessments or other studies, food recovery services and food recovery organizations operating in the City shall provide information and consultation to the City, upon request, regarding existing, or proposed new or expanded, food recovery capacity that could be accessed by the jurisdiction and its commercial edible food generators. A food recovery service or food recovery organization contacted by the City shall respond to such request for information within 60 days, unless a shorter timeframe is otherwise specified by the City.
(Ord. 731 2-16-21; Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Requirements for Haulers.
1. 
Haulers contracted by the City to provide residential, commercial, or industrial organic waste collection services to generators within the City’s boundaries shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of a contract, agreement, or other authorization with the City to collect organic waste:
a. 
Through written notice to the jurisdiction annually identify the facilities to which they will transport organic waste including facilities for source separated recyclable materials, source separated green container organic waste, and mixed waste.
b. 
Transport source separated recyclable materials, source separated green container organic waste, and mixed waste to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste as defined in the SB 1383 regulations.
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 Section 18989.1 and the provisions of this Code.
B. 
Requirements for Facility Operators and Community Composting Operations.
1. 
Owners of facilities, operations, and activities that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly-owned treatment works shall, upon the City’s 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 60 days.
2. 
Community composting operators, upon the City’s request, shall provide information to the jurisdiction 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 60 days.
(Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Self-haulers shall source separate all non-organic recyclable materials and organic waste 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.
B. 
Self-haulers shall haul their source separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; and haul their source separated green container organic waste to a solid waste 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.
C. 
Self-haulers that are commercial businesses (including multifamily residential dwellings) shall keep a record of the amount of organic waste delivered to each solid waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers organic waste; this record shall be subject to inspection by the city. The records shall include the following information:
1. 
Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the waste.
2. 
The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported by the generator 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 organic waste.
4. 
Within 30 days following the end of each calendar month, self-haulers shall report to City the amount of organic waste in cubic yards or tons delivered to each solid waste facility and the name of each solid waste facility.
D. 
A residential organic waste generator that self hauls organic waste is not required to record or report information in this section.
(Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
Persons applying for a permit from the City for new construction and building additions and alterations shall comply with the requirements of this section and all required components of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, known as CALGreen, as amended, if its project is covered by the scope of CALGreen. If the requirements of CALGreen are more stringent then the requirements of this section, the CALGreen requirements shall apply.
Project applicants shall refer to City’s building and/or planning code for complete CALGreen requirements.
B. 
For projects covered by CALGreen, the applicants must, as a condition of the City’s permit approval, comply with the following:
1. 
Where five or more multifamily dwelling units are constructed on a building site, provide readily accessible areas that serve occupants of all buildings on the site and are identified for the storage and collection of blue container and green container materials, consistent with the three-container collection program offered by the City, or comply with provision of adequate space for recycling for multifamily and commercial premises pursuant to Sections 4.408.1, 4.410.2, 5.408.1, and 5.410.1 of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11 as amended provided amended requirements are more stringent than the CALGreen requirements for adequate recycling space effective January 1, 2020.
2. 
New commercial construction or additions resulting in more than 30 percent of the floor area shall provide readily accessible areas identified for the storage and collection of blue container and green container materials, consistent with the three-container collection program offered by the City, or shall comply with provision of adequate space for recycling for multifamily and commercial premises pursuant to Sections 4.408.1, 4.410.2, 5.408.1, and 5.410.1 of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11 as amended provided amended requirements are more stringent than the CALGreen requirements for adequate recycling space effective January 1, 2020.
3. 
Comply with CALGreen requirements and applicable law related to management of C&D, including diversion of organic waste in C&D from disposal. Comply with Chapter 8.08 of this Code, and all written and published jurisdiction policies and/or administrative guidelines regarding the collection, recycling, diversion, tracking, and/or reporting of C&D.
C. 
Refer to municipal code Chapter 8.08 for further requirements related to recycling and diversion of waste from construction and demolition.
(Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
City representatives and/or its designated entity, including designees are authorized to conduct inspections and investigations, at random or otherwise, of any collection container, collection vehicle loads, or transfer, processing, or disposal facility for materials collected from generators, or source separated materials to confirm compliance with this chapter by organic waste generators, commercial businesses (including multifamily residential dwellings), property owners, commercial edible food generators, haulers, self-haulers, food recovery services, and food recovery organizations, subject to applicable laws. This section does not allow the City to enter the interior of a private residential property for inspection.
B. 
Regulated entity shall provide or arrange for access during all inspections (with the exception of residential property interiors) and shall cooperate with the City’s employee or its designated entity/designee during such inspections and investigations. Such inspections and investigations may include confirmation of proper placement of materials in containers, edible food recovery activities, records, or any other requirement of this chapter described herein. Failure to provide or arrange for: (1) access to an entity’s premises; or (2) access to records for any inspection or investigation is a violation of this chapter and may result in penalties described.
C. 
Any records obtained by the City during its inspections, and other reviews shall be subject to the requirements and applicable disclosure exemptions of the Public Records Act as set forth in Government Code Section 6250 et seq.
D. 
City representatives, its designated entity, and/or designee are authorized to conduct any inspections, or other investigations as reasonably necessary to further the goals of this chapter, subject to applicable laws.
E. 
City shall receive written complaints from persons regarding an entity that may be potentially noncompliant with SB 1383 regulations, including receipt of anonymous complaints.
(Ord. 758 6-8-22)
A. 
The City may take enforcement actions under this chapter, including the issuance of an administrative citation and assessment of a fine. The City’s procedures on imposition of administrative fines under Chapter 4.24 of this Code are hereby incorporated in their entirety, as modified from time to time, and shall govern the imposition, enforcement, collection, and review of administrative citations issued to enforce this chapter and any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, except as otherwise indicated in this chapter.
B. 
Other remedies allowed by law may be used, including civil action or prosecution as misdemeanor or infraction. The City may pursue civil actions in the California courts to seek recovery of unpaid administrative citations. The City may choose to delay court action until such time as a sufficiently large number of violations, or cumulative size of violations exist such that court action is a reasonable use of City staff and resources.
C. 
Responsible Entity for Enforcement. Enforcement pursuant to this chapter may be undertaken by the City Enforcement Official, which may be the City Manager or designated entity, legal counsel, or combination thereof.
D. 
Process for Enforcement.
1. 
City Enforcement Official and/or designee will monitor compliance with this chapter randomly and through compliance reviews, route reviews, investigation of complaints, and an inspection program.
2. 
The City may issue an official notification to notify regulated entities of its obligations under this Code.
3. 
For incidences of prohibited container contaminants found in containers, jurisdiction will issue a notice of violation to any generator found to have prohibited container contaminants in a container. Such notice will be provided via a cart tag or other communication immediately upon identification of the prohibited container contaminants or within 60 days after determining that a violation has occurred. If the City observes prohibited container contaminants in a generator’s containers on more than three occasion(s), the City may assess contamination processing fees or contamination penalties on the generator.
4. 
With the exception of violations of generator contamination of container contents addressed under Section 8.10.120(D)(3), City shall issue a notice of violation requiring compliance within 60 days of issuance of the notice.
5. 
Absent compliance by the respondent within the deadline set forth in the notice of violation, the City shall commence an action to impose penalties, via an administrative citation and fine, pursuant to Chapter 4.24 of this Code.
Notices shall be sent to “owner” at the official address of the owner maintained by the tax collector for the City or if no such address is available, to the owner at the address of the dwelling or commercial property or to the party responsible for paying for the collection services, depending upon available information.
E. 
Penalty Amounts for Types of Violations. The penalty levels are as follows:
1. 
For a first violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be $50 to $100 per violation.
2. 
For a second violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be $100 to $200 per violation.
3. 
For a third or subsequent violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be $250 to $500 per violation.
F. 
Compliance Deadline Extension Considerations. The City may extend the compliance deadlines set forth in a notice of violation issued in accordance with this chapter if it finds that there are extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the respondent that make compliance within the deadlines impracticable, including the following:
1. 
Acts of God such as earthquakes, wildfires, flooding, and other emergencies or natural disasters;
2. 
Delays in obtaining discretionary permits or other government agency approvals; or
3. 
Deficiencies in organic waste recycling infrastructure or edible food recovery capacity and the jurisdiction is under a corrective action plan with CalRecycle pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18996.2 due to those deficiencies.
G. 
Appeals Process. Consistent with Chapter 4.24 of this Code, persons receiving an administrative citation containing a penalty for an uncorrected violation may request a hearing to appeal the citation. A hearing will be held only if it is requested within the time prescribed and consistent with City’s procedures in the City’s codes for appeals of administrative citations. Evidence may be presented at the hearing. The City will appoint a hearing officer who shall conduct the hearing and issue a final written order.
H. 
Education Period for Noncompliance. Beginning January 1, 2022 and through December 31, 2023, the City will conduct inspections, route reviews or waste evaluations, and compliance reviews, depending upon the type of regulated entity, to determine compliance, and if the City determines that organic waste generator, self-hauler, hauler, tier one commercial edible food generator, food recovery organization, food recovery service, or other entity is not in compliance, it shall provide educational materials to the entity describing its obligations under this chapter and a notice that compliance is required by January 1, 2022, and that violations may be subject to administrative civil penalties starting on January 1, 2024.
I. 
Civil Penalties for Noncompliance. Beginning January 1, 2024, if the City determines that an organic waste generator, self-hauler, hauler, tier one or tier two commercial edible food generator, food recovery organization, food recovery service, or other entity is not in compliance with this chapter, it shall document the noncompliance or violation, issue a notice of violation, and take enforcement action pursuant to this section, as needed.
(Ord. 758 6-8-22)