A.
All solid waste collected from commercial/industrial premises for a fee, service charge, or other consideration shall be collected by a solid waste enterprise under the provisions of an exclusive franchise awarded by the city council ("franchised collector"), subject only to the terminable and revocable continuation rights of certain qualified collectors which, upon the effective date of this chapter, are operating under nonexclusive franchise agreements, and which collectors have been given written notification as required by Public Resources Code Section 49520. As used in this chapter, the term "solid waste enterprise" shall have the meaning defined in Public Resources Code Section 40193, which is as follows: any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation, which is regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handling services.
B.
No person, firm, corporation or solid waste enterprise, other than those referenced in subsection A of this section, shall negotiate or contract for, undertake to receive, collect or transport solid waste from within the city for a fee, service charge or other consideration therefor, except only as hereinafter specifically provided.
C.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each commercial/industrial business owner shall utilize the services of the franchised collector for the collection of solid waste from the commercial/industrial premises held or occupied by such commercial/industrial business owner and shall pay for such services the fees approved by the city council. No commercial/industrial business owner shall enter into an agreement for solid waste handling services with any person, firm or corporation other than the franchised collector, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
D.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a commercial/industrial business which, as of the effective date of this chapter, has its own program for recycling materials generated by such business, and not utilizing a commercial or industrial solid waste enterprise which provides collection services for a fee, service charge, or other consideration, from continuing such recycling program; provided, however, that the recyclable materials included in such program are excepted from the exclusive franchise between the city and the franchised collector; and provided further, that such recycling program is in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.100.190.
E.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this section, certain solid waste enterprises that have been authorized by a nonexclusive franchise agreement to provide solid waste handling services for commercial/industrial premises in the city may continue to provide these services until the rights thereunder are terminated or revoked, or until such rights expire by virtue of the provisions of Section 49520 of the Public Resources Code. Such solid waste enterprises are hereinafter referred to as "excepted collectors."
F.
The exclusive franchise of the franchised collector shall not preclude a commercial/industrial business served by such an excepted collector from continuing to use the solid waste handling services of such excepted collector until the rights of such excepted collector to operate in the city are terminated or revoked or have expired; provided, however, if the rights of an excepted collector to provide such services to a commercial/industrial business owner are terminated or revoked for any reason, or if they expire by virtue of Section 49520 of the Public Resources Code, said business owner shall not use the services of any collector other than the franchised collector.
(Ord. 2021-12-CC § 2 (Exh. A), 11-23-2021)