For purposes of this chapter, and other municipal code provisions referred hereto, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed thereto, unless the context in which they are used clearly indicates another meaning:
"AB 341"means State of California Assembly Bill No. 341 approved October 5, 2011. AB 341 requires businesses, defined to include commercial or public entities that generate more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week or multifamily residential dwellings of five units or more, to arrange for recycling services and requires jurisdictions to implement a commercial solid waste recycling program.
"AB 827"means State of California Assembly Bill No. 827 approved October 2, 2019. AB 827 requires businesses that are mandated to recycle under AB 341 ("MCR") and/or mandated to recycle organics under AB 1826 ("MOR") or SB 1383 and that provide customers access to the business to provide customers with a recycling bin and/or organics collection bin for those waste streams that is visible, easily accessible, and adjacent to each bin or container for trash.
"AB 939" or "the Act"means "The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989" codified in part in Public Resources Code Section
40000 et seq., and such regulations adopted by California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for implementation of the Act, or its successor agency, including, but not limited to, the Jobs and Recycling Act of 2011 (AB 341), SB 1016 (Chapter 343, Statutes of 2008 (Wiggins, SB 1016)), the Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Resources Code Section 40000 and following as it may be amended and as implemented by the regulations of CalRecycle.
means State of California Assembly Bill No. 1594 approved September 28, 2014. AB 1594 provides that as of January 1, 2020, the use of green material as alternative daily cover does not constitute diversion through recycling and would be considered disposal.
"AB 1669"means State of California Assembly Bill No. 1669 approved September 30, 2016, which amends California Labor Code Sections
1070 through
1076 with respect to the hiring of displaced employees under service contracts for the collection and transportation of solid waste.
means State of California Assembly Bill No. 1826 approved September 28, 2014. AB 1826 requires each jurisdiction, on and after January 1, 2016, to implement an organic waste recyclable materials program to divert from the landfill organic waste from businesses. Each business meeting specific organic waste or solid waste generation thresholds phased in from April 1, 2016, to January 1, 2020, is required to arrange for organic waste recyclable materials services.
"AB 3036"means State of California Assembly Bill No. 3036 approved September 27, 2018. AB 3036 prohibits a county, city, district, or local government agency from subjecting the hauling of certain byproducts from the processing of food or beverages to an exclusive franchise, contract, license, or permit.
"Administrator"means one or more employees designated by the City Manager who is functioning in a responsible level in the City administration. The Administrator(s) shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
"Agreement"means the written integrated waste management services agreement between the City and the contractor covering the work to be performed and all contract documents attached to the agreement and made a part thereof.
"Animal livestock"means any type of farm animal kept or raised for use or pleasure, including, but not limited to, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, goats, llamas, zebras, emus, ostriches, buffalo, camels, alpacas, rabbits, chickens, and birds kept in aviaries. Dogs and cats are specifically excluded.
"Animal livestock keeping"means owning and/or caring for horses or other animal livestock on privately owned, commercial or public property within the City.
"Applicant"means any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever who applies to the City for the applicable permits to undertake any construction, demolition, or renovation project within the City.
"Back-haul"means transporting recyclable materials or organic waste to a destination owned and operated by the waste generator using a vehicle or trailer that was originally used to deliver products or finished goods to the waste generator's location.
"Best management practices (BMP)"means the schedule of activities, prohibition of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce, to the maximum extent that is technologically and economically feasible, the discharge of pollutants in the storm drain system and/or most effective and practicable means of storing, handling, removing, and disposing of livestock manure.
"Bin"shall mean those plastic or metal containers of two cubic yards to six cubic yards that have plastic lids on the top. Bins are used for weekly or more frequent collection of garbage waste, organic waste, manure or designated recyclables by the City's franchise agent.
"Biohazardous or biomedical waste"means any waste which may cause disease or reasonably be suspected of harboring pathogenic organisms; included are waste resulting from the operation of medical clinics, hospitals, and other facilities processing wastes which may consist of, but are not limited to, human and animal parts, contaminated bandages, pathological specimens, hypodermic needles, sharps, contaminated clothing and surgical gloves.
"Black container"means a container with a black lid used to store and collect garbage waste.
"Blue container"means a container with a blue lid used to store and collect source separated recyclable materials waste.
"Bulky waste"means items such as furniture, household appliances, automobile tires, shipping crates, carpets, mattresses, oversized yard waste such as tree trunks and large branches if no larger than two feet in diameter and four feet in length, and similar large bulky or heavy items not normally discarded on a regular basis at a single-family or multifamily service unit. "Bulky items" do not include construction and demolition debris or electronic waste, which are regarded as universal waste, the disposal of which is governed by the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Each bulky item shall weigh less than 200 pounds.
"Buy-back center"means a facility licensed and permitted by the Department of Conservation and/or local jurisdiction which pays a fee for the delivery and transfer of ownership to the facility of source-separated materials for the purpose of recycling or composting.
"CalRecycle"means California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which is authorized to implement and enforce State laws related to waste and recycling.
"Cart"shall mean a heavy plastic receptacle with a rated capacity of at least 20 and not more than 100 gallons, having a hinged tight-fitting lid and wheels, that is provided by the exclusive franchise solid waste contractor, approved by the City, and used by service recipients for collection, accumulation, and removal of solid waste from any premises in connection with exclusive franchise integrated waste management services.
"City"shall mean the City of Norco, a municipal corporation of the State of California, in its present incorporated form or in any later reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated form.
"Collect," "collection" and "collected"means the removal of solid waste from a service unit and transportation to a disposal facility, organic waste processing facility, manure processing facility, materials recycling (or recovery) facility, or transfer station as appropriate.
"Commercial business" or "commercial"means a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association whether for-profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a multifamily residential premises. A multifamily residential development that consists of fewer than five units is not a commercial business for purposes of this chapter.
"Commercial edible food generator"means a commercial premises that generates recoverable edible food including a tier one or a tier two commercial edible food generator as defined in this chapter. For the purposes of this definition, food recovery organizations, and food recovery services, are not commercial edible food generators.
"Compactor containers"means those fully enclosed metal containers of two to 40 cubic yards provided by the City's hauler or customer. Compactors typically serve very large quantity generators.
"Compost"means the act or product of the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are source separated or are separated at a centralized facility. Compost may also include the product of anaerobic digestion or other conversion technologies.
"Compostable plastics"means food-service and food-packaging plastic materials or plastic bags used for collecting organics material that are placed in the green container and transported to compostable material handling operations or facilities, in-vessel digestion operations or other facility provided the organic waste processing facility accepts the material and has provided written notification annually to the City stating that the facility can process and recover that material for compostability, as defined in 14 CCR Section
18984.1(a)(1)(A) for three-container systems.
means the process by which biological decomposition of organic solid waste is carried out under controlled aerobic conditions, and which stabilizes the organic fraction into a material which can easily and safely be stored, handled, and used in an environmentally acceptable manner for a period of 30 to 90 days.
"Construction"means the building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including any tenant improvements to an existing facility or structure.
"Construction and demolition debris"means discarded materials removed from premises, resulting from construction, renovation, remodeling, repair, deconstruction, or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure or from landscaping. Such materials include but are not limited to "inert wastes" as defined in Public Resources Code Section
41821.3(a)(1) (rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics and cured asphalt), gravel, plaster, gypsum wallboard, aluminum, glass, plastic pipe, roofing material, carpeting, wood, masonry, trees, remnants of new materials, including paper, plastic, carpet scraps, wood scraps, scrap metal, building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, renovation, repair and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings, and other structures.
mean those receptacles used in collection and shall conform to the specifications defined in this chapter.
"Contaminant"means any material or substance placed into or found in a collection container other than the type of source separated material for which that collection container is intended or reserved. For example, anything that is not recyclable materials is a contaminant if placed into or found in a recyclable materials collection container. Similarly, anything that is not organic waste is a contaminant if placed into or found in an organic waste collection container.
"Contract or franchise agent(s)"means any person or private or public entity designated by the City Council or other legally authorized public agency as being responsible for administering the collection, processing and/or disposal of solid waste or designated recyclables, organics, and manure.
"Conversion rate"means the rate set forth in the standardized conversion rate table approved by the City pursuant to this chapter for use in estimating the volume or weight of materials identified in a waste management report for construction and demolition material.
"Curbside collection"means the service of removing and conveying nonhazardous and noninfectious solid waste, source-separated recyclables, organics, and manure from the public thoroughfare at the curb or alley. (The City shall make the final determination regarding eligibility for curbside collection, which shall generally apply to small quantity generators.)
"Demolition"means the decimating, deconstructing, razing, ruining, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.
"Designated solid waste and recycling collection or storage location"means a place designated by the City Manager for storage and/or collection of solid waste, manure, organics and/or recyclables. Designated locations include, but are not limited to, the curb, alley, waste/recycling enclosure, a loading dock, or basement of a commercial enterprise or multifamily complex where waste and recyclables are placed for collection or temporary storage prior to collection by the City's franchise agent.
"Diversion" or "divert"means any combination of waste prevention (source reduction), recycling, reuse and composting activities that reduces waste disposed at landfills, provided such activities are recognized by CalRecycle as diversion in its determination of the City's diversion targets and compliance with State regulations.
"Diversion requirement"means the diversion of 100 percent of inert waste, to include asphalt, concrete, bricks, tile, trees, stumps, rocks, and associated vegetation and soils resulting from land clearing, and not less than 50 percent of the remaining waste generated, via reuse or recycling, unless a partial or full diversion exemption has been granted pursuant to Section
6.42.280, in which case the diversion requirement shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate established by the Waste Management Report Compliance Official for the project.
means food intended for human consumption. For the purposes of this chapter edible food is not solid waste if it is recovered and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter requires or authorizes the recovery of edible food that does not meet the food safety requirements of the California Retail Food Code (Cal. Health and Safety Code Section
113700 et seq.).
means the actions to collect and distribute edible food and distributing it to local food recovery organizations from places where it would otherwise go to waste such as, but not limited to, restaurants, grocery stores, produce markets, school cafeterias, or dining facilities.
"Enforcement action"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.
"Exempt waste"means hazardous substances, hazardous waste, infectious waste, designated waste, special waste, universal waste, volatile, corrosive, medical waste, infectious, biohazardous, 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 ordinance, 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 the contractor's opinion would present a significant risk to human health or the environment, cause a nuisance or otherwise create or expose contractor or the City to potential liability; but not including de minimis volumes or concentrations of waste of a type and amount normally found in solid waste generated at residential premises 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.
means (1) food scraps including all edible or inedible food such as, but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese, coffee grounds, and eggshells. Food scraps excludes fats, oils, and grease when such materials are source separated from other food scraps; and (2) food-soiled paper, which 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, and pizza boxes.
"Franchise fee"mean the fee or assessment imposed by the City on contractor or franchise hauler solely because of its status as party to an approved franchise agreement issued by the City or other State public agency, and which, inter alia, is intended to compensate City for its expenses in administering this franchise agreement and for use of public rights-of-way granted by this agreement.
"Franchised hauler"means a hauler holding a franchise, contract, license or permit issued by the agency which authorizes the exclusive or nonexclusive right to provide solid waste handling services within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of agency.
"Garbage"means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid and associated liquid waste generated or accumulated through the normal activities of a premises. Garbage does not include recyclable materials, organic waste, manure, or bulky waste that is source-separated and set out for purposes of collection and recycling. Garbage shall not include exempt waste.
"Generator"means every owner, tenant, occupant or person owning or having the care and control of any premises in the City including the temporary use of parks, open space or a public thoroughfare.
"Green container"means a container with a green lid used to store and collect green waste and organic waste (excludes manure).
"Green waste"means grass clippings, leaves, landscape and pruning waste, wood materials from trees and shrubs, and other forms of organic materials generated from landscapes or gardens. Yucca leaves, palm fronds, tree stumps and tree roots are not considered green waste, and shall be treated as garbage. Green waste is a subset of organic waste and shall not include exempt waste.
"Hazardous or toxic waste"shall have the meaning set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title
14, Section
17225.32 and Health and Safety Code Section
25117, or successor laws and regulations as may be amended from time to time.
means that waste resulting from products purchased by the general public for household use which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may pose a substantial known or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, disposed or otherwise managed, or, in combination with other solid waste, may be infectious, explosive, poisonous, caustic, toxic, or exhibit any of the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity as per California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 4.5, Chapter 11, Section
66261.3.
means the discarding of any item or items upon public or private premises that were not generated on the premises as a part of its authorized use, unless written consent of the property owner is first obtained.
"Improper disposal site"means any premises that have intentionally or unintentionally accumulated solid waste, recyclables, organics, manure, and/or charged a fee for accepting material without a permit from the State or County local enforcement agency. This does not include businesses licensed and permitted in the City to purchase source-separated recyclables.
"Inert waste"means materials such as concrete, soil, fully cured asphalt, bricks, rocks, slag, ceramics, earthen cooking ware, clay and clay products, crushed glass, fiberglass, roof shingles, and plaster. Inert waste does not contain putrescible waste or compostable waste.
"Inspection"means a site visit where the City reviews records, containers, and a person's collection, handling, recycling, or landfill disposal of organic waste or the handling of edible food to determine compliance with the requirements set forth in this chapter.
"Integrated waste management services"means the collection of garbage, recyclable materials, organic waste, and manure within the corporate limits of City; the transportation of such material to appropriate places for processing, composting, and/or disposal; and the processing and final disposition of materials.
"Manure"means solid waste composed of excreta of animals and residual materials that have been used for bedding, sanitary, or feeding purposes for any type of farm animal kept or raised for use or pleasure, including, but not limited to, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, goats, llamas, zebras, emus, ostriches, buffalo, camels, alpacas, rabbits, chickens, and birds kept in aviaries. Dogs and cats are specifically excluded.
"Mixed waste processing"means a system of recovering recyclables from the mixed waste stream through separation at a processing facility, transfer station, landfill, or other such facility, instead of separation at the primary waste generation source.
"Multifamily residential premises"means of, from, or pertaining to residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multifamily residential premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities, which are considered commercial businesses.
"Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)"means a conveyance or system of conveyances (including streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, natural or manmade channels, or storm drains) owned or operated by a public body having jurisdiction over disposal of stormwater or other wastes.
"Noncollection notice"means a written notice that notifies a service recipient of the reason contractor did not collect solid waste set out for collection.
"Noncompostable paper"includes but is not limited to paper that is coated in a plastic material that will not breakdown in the composting process.
"Nuisance"means anything which is injurious to human health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, and affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any number of persons, although the extent of annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individual may be unequal, and which occurs as a result of the storage, removal, transport, processing, or disposal of solid waste, compost, and/or designated recyclables, organics and manure.
"Organic waste"(also referred to as "organics") means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. While manure is considered an organic waste, all manure shall not be placed in the designated organics container and shall be placed in a separate manure container provided by the contractor.
"Person"means any property owner, resident, occupant, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
"Processing"means the reduction, separation, recovery, conversion, or recycling of any component(s) of solid waste.
"Prohibited container contaminants"means the following: (1) materials placed in a recyclable material container that are not identified as acceptable recyclables material; (2) materials placed in an organic waste container that are not identified as acceptable organic waste; (3) materials placed in a garbage container that are not identified as acceptable garbage or are acceptable recyclable material and/or organic waste; (4) materials placed in a manure container that are not identified as acceptable manure; and (5) exempt waste placed in any container. For purposes of this chapter, "contamination" or "contaminated" refers to the presence of prohibited container contaminants.
"Project"means any activity which requires an application for a construction or demolition permit, or any similar permit, from the City.
"Putrescible wastes"means the waste in organic material with the potential decomposition capacity to emit noticeable quantities of odor and gas byproducts. Material in this category includes, but is not limited to, kitchen waste, dead animals, food from containers, etc., except organic wastes separated therefrom and used in composting.
"Recyclables"means any materials that are recyclable, reclaimable, and/or reusable within the following generating categories: small quantity generator and large quantity generator. Any material having an economic value on the secondary materials market or that is otherwise salvageable shall be included and/or other materials that have been separated from other small or large quantity generators for the purposes of being recycled for resale and/or reuse, and placed at a designated recycling or waste collection or storage location or in a designated recycling or waste container for the purpose of collection and processing, or any such designated recyclable materials collected under a mixed waste processing program.
"Recycling"means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and/or marketing recyclable materials that would otherwise become garbage, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace. The collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste not intended for, or capable of, reuse is not recycling. "Recycling" does not include transformation as defined in Public Resource Code Section 40201.
"Removal"means the act of taking solid wastes or designated recyclables from the place of generation either by the contract or franchise agent(s), or by a person in control of the premises.
"Removal frequency"means frequency of removal of solid wastes or recyclables from the place of generation.
"Renovation"means any change, addition, or modification in an existing structure.
"Residential premises"means: (1) any building or structure, or portion thereof, that is used for residential housing purposes and has four or fewer distinct living units; and (2) any multiple-unit residential complex which, with the prior written approval of the City Manager, receives integrated waste management services using standard residential containers. "Residential premises" does not include short-term residential uses, such as motels, tourist cabins, or hostels, which are regulated as hospitality establishments.
"Reuse"means further or repeated use.
"Roll-off service"means service provided for the collection, removal and disposal of commercial and industrial waste such as construction, demolition, manure and other primarily inert nonputrescible wastes and green wastes. Roll-off service is usually provided using open top metal containers.
"Route review"means a visual inspection of containers along a collection route for the purpose of identifying prohibited container contaminants, which may include mechanical inspection methods such as use of cameras.
"Rubbish"means nonputrescible solid wastes such as ashes, paper, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber byproducts or litter. Such materials that are designated as recyclable or compost may be exempt from categorizing as rubbish; provided, such materials are handled, processed and maintained in a properly regulated manner.
"Salvaging" or "salvageable"means the controlled and/or authorized storage and removal of solid waste, designated recyclables or recoverable materials.
"SB 1383"means State of California Senate Bill 1383, Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reductions, approved September 19, 2016, and the regulations implementing the law Title
14, Code of California Regulations (CCR), Chapter 12.
means the uncontrolled and/or unauthorized removal of solid waste, designated recyclables or recoverable materials. Such activity is unlawful and is subject to civil penalties under Section
1.04.010 and Chapter 9, Section 41950 of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.
means the use of scout truck services provided for the retrieval of collection containers from locations with accessibility constraints that make containers difficult or impossible to access using regular trash collection trucks. Scout service is subject to a fee applied by the franchise hauler. Scout service will be provided to manure bins at no additional charge to all customers.
"Self-haul" or "self-hauling"means a generator or responsible party who transports his or her own recyclable or compostable materials to a recycling facility or its corporate yard for processing by using a vehicle owned by that generator or generator's employees or the responsible party rather than using the hauling services of a franchise hauler. All self-haulers must provide an annual report to the City outlining the tonnage of material recycled each year. Self-hauler also includes a person or business that back-hauls waste.
"Single-family"means of, from, or pertaining to any residential premises with fewer than five units.
"Solid waste"means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes, as set forth in California Public Resources Code Section
40191(a)(b), as amended from time to time. Solid waste includes recyclable materials but does not include (1) hazardous waste; (2) radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the Health and Safety Code Section
114960 et seq.; and (3) medical waste regulated pursuant to the Health and Safety Code Section
117600 et seq.
shall mean the State of California.
"State agency"means any agency or department of the State of California, including, but not limited to, school districts, boards of education, and any school or other entity operated by or under the auspices of a school district and/or board of education, and prison.
"State agency collector"means any person that collects solid waste from premises located within the City that are owned or operated by a State agency. State agency collectors are subject to City's franchise fee.
"Storage"means the interim containment of solid wastes, green wastes, or recyclables in an approved manner after generation and prior to disposal, collection or processing. ("Interim" means for one week or less; roll-off containers may store nonputrescible waste for up to 30 days.)
"Tan container"means a container with a tan lid used to store and collect manure material waste.
"Tier two commercial edible food generator"means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:
1. Restaurant with 250 or more seats, or a total facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet;
Hotel with an on-site food facility and 200 or more rooms;
Health facility with an on-site food facility and 100 or more beds;
A State agency with a cafeteria with 250 or more seats or total cafeteria facility size equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet;
A school, college, university, or other educational facility with an on-site food facility.
"Total project costs"means the total value of a project as calculated using Norco's standard valuation multipliers.
"Transfer or processing station"means those facilities utilized to receive solid wastes and to temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the solid waste and/or recyclables.
"Unit"means an individual residence contained in a residential multifamily complex or commercial property.
"Universal waste"means waste materials that are conditionally exempt from classification as hazardous waste pursuant to Title
22 of the California Code of Regulations (
22 CCR), Section 66261.9, including but not limited to: (1) batteries as described in 22 CCR Section
66273.2; (2) thermostats as described in 22 CCR Section
66273.4; (3) lamps as described in 22 CCR Section
66273.5; and (4) cathode ray tube materials as described in 22 CCR Section
66273.6.
means the useless, unused, unwanted, or discarded material and debris resulting from normal residential and commercial activity or materials which, by their presence, may injuriously affect the health, safety, and comfort of persons or depreciate property values in the vicinity thereof.
"White goods"means kitchen or other large enameled appliances which include, but are not limited to, refrigerators, washers, and dryers.
"Wood waste"means green waste consisting of stumps, large branches, tree trunks, untreated wood pieces or particles, and untreated wood that are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood products, harvesting, processing or storage of raw wood materials, or construction and demolition activities. Treated wood of any kind shall be treated as exempt waste.
"Vector"means any nuisance such as odor, unsightliness, sound, or a carrier, usually insects or rodents, which are capable of transmitting a disease.
"Vehicle impact fee"means the annualized costs for pavement repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation, calculated based on the proportionate impact to pavement from solid waste collection vehicles compared to other sources of impacts.
(Ord. 1118 Sec. 1, 2024)