Transfer Station. Any entity which receives solid wastes, temporarily stores, separates, converts, or otherwise processes the materials in the solid wastes, or transfers the solid wastes directly from smaller to larger vehicles for transport, and those facilities utilized for transformation. Transfer station does not include any of the following: | ||
1. | A facility, whose principal function is to receive, store, separate, convert, or otherwise process in accordance with State minimum standards, manure. | |
2. | A facility, whose principal function is to receive, store, convert, or otherwise process wastes which have already been separated for reuse and are not intended for disposal. | |
3. | The operation premises of a duly licensed solid waste handling operator who receives, stores, transfers, or otherwise processes wastes as an activity incidental to the conduct of a refuse collection and disposal business in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 43309 (Public Resource Code). | |
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of material received at facility | M |
Material Recovery Facility. A permitted solid waste facility where solid wastes or recyclable materials are sorted or separated, by hand or by use of machinery, for the purposes of recycling or composting. |
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of material received at facility. | M |
Recycling Center. Any entity, mechanism, or device which deals in the wholesale or retail sale, purchase, collection, or transport, of any products or byproducts of the waste stream which have a tangible market value and are intended to be recycled, including, but not limited to, paper and paper byproducts, metals, glass, plastic, wood, tires, rubber, etc. A recycling center may also engage in redemption center activities. |
License Fee: An annual amount of $1,181.85 plus fees for the number of average employees. | A |
Refuse/Recycling Collector/Enterprise (non-franchise). Any entity which is regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handling services or recycling handling services, including, but not limited to, collecting, transporting, sorting, or processing; and which is not operating under an exclusive or semi-exclusive franchise granted by the City. |
License Fee: An annual amount of $2,955.15 and an amount equivalent to 3% of gross receipts for each single business. Gross receipts/revenues shall include all monies directly or indirectly generated through normal business operations attributable to activities within City boundaries, including, but not limited to, fees for service, resale of recyclable materials, transportation charges, etc. | A |
Redemption Center. Any entity, mechanism or device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value for one or more types of empty beverage containers intended to be recycled. |
License Fee: An annual amount equivalent to $154.80 plus fees for the number of average employees. | A |
Hazardous Waste Facility. All contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal, or recycling of hazardous waste. A hazardous waste facility may consist of one or more treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal, or recycling hazardous waste management units, or combinations of these units. Hazardous waste means either of the following: | |||
1. | A waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may either: | ||
a. | Cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness. | ||
b. | Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. | ||
2. | A waste which meets any of the criteria for the identification of a hazardous waste adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25141 (Health and Safety Code). | ||
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of material received at facility | M |
Transformation, Reuse, Composting Facility. Any entity involved in the transformation, incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, gasification, or biological conversion other than composting of refuse or refuse byproducts. Compost means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream, or which are separated at a centralized facility. Compost includes vegetable, yard, and wood wastes which are not hazardous waste. |
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of material received at facility. | M |
Electronic Waste Facility. Any entity, mechanism, dismantling operation, or combination thereof which collects, accepts or receives, in whatever manner, one or more types of electronic devices, machines or other devices, including, but not limited to, computer monitors, televisions, cash registers and oscilloscopes (CRT devices), computers, computer peripherals, telephones, answering machines, radios, stereo equipment, tape players/records, phonographs, video cassette players/records, compact disc player/recorder, calculators, MP3/MP4 players, microwave ovens and other items containing electronic components or plugs; ("e-waste") which are dismantled, de-manufactured, segregated or broken down into component or sub-component pieces intended for recycling, reuse, in whole or in part, or distributed as commodities. |
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of e-waste received at facility. | M |
Medical Waste Disposal Facility. A permitted medical waste facility, entity, mechanism or operation which collects, accepts or receives, in whatever manner, biohazardous medical waste, including, but not limited to, pathology waste, chemotherapy waste, pharmaceutical waste, animal waste, or animal and plant health inspection service waste ("APHIS") for the purpose of treating or disposing such medical waste through various methods, including, but not limited to, incineration, thermal treatment, electro pyrolysis, chemical/mechanical systems, or steam sterilization, such as autoclaving. A medical waste disposal facility may consist of one or more treatment, transfer, storage, disposal, or recycling medical waste management units, or a combination of these units. | ||
1. | "Medical waste" is defined as biohazardous or sharps waste and waste which is generated or produced as a result of the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human being/animals, research pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings/animals, production/testing of biologicals, or the accumulation of properly contained home-generated sharps waste. | |
2. | APHIS waste consists of all food, plant and animal waste, and all material coming in contact with such waste, generated on board by any means of conveyance during movements to or from foreign locations. Sources of APHIS waste include: cruise and cargo ships, agriculture and food importers, and international airline flights. | |
License Fee: A monthly amount equivalent to 5% of County landfill tipping fee per ton of medical waste received at facility. | M |