HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-31 Amending Code Pertaining to Garbage, Refuse, and Recyclable Materials CollectionORDINANCE NO. 92-31
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY
OF COBTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 1,
CHAPTER IV OF TITLE 8 OF THE COSTA MESA
1dIINICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO GARBAGE, REFIISE
liND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby find as follows:
WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority to regulate solid
waste enterprises pursuant to California Public Resources Code
Sections 40059 and 41954 for the collection and disposal of solid
waste and recyclables from residential units, commercial units and
industrial units, within the City of Costa Mesa;
WHEREAS, the City Council may impose fees pursuant to
California Public Resources Code Sections 41901 and 41902 to fund
the cost of implementing the City of Costa Mesa Source Reduction
and Recycling Element, and, by agreement, arrange for these fees to
be collected by solid waste enterprises providing solid waste
collection for the City of Costa Mesa.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby amend Article 1 of Chapter IV of Title 8 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code.
Section 2. Article 1 of Chapter IV of Title 8 of the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 1. SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.
Sec. 8-76. Definitions.
The following terms as used in this Article shall, unless the
context already indicates otherwise, have the respective meanings
herein set forth:
(a) Collection: The operation of gathering together and
transporting solid waste to the point of disposal.
(b) County: County of Orange.
(c) Commercial units: Any commercial business establishment
including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, offices and
professional buildings, and retail establishments of all kinds,
including supermarkets, filling stations, department and variety
stores.
(d) Disposal: The complete operation of treating and
disposing of the accumulations of refuse and of the product or
residue arising from such treatment.
(e) Disposal station: A facility established, maintained and
operated by the City or the County for the disposal of refuse.
(f) Garbage: Solid waste as defined in California Public
Resources Code Sections 40191 and 49503.
(g) Multi-family residential units: A permanent building
containing two (2) or more dwelling units including, but not
limited to, mobilehome parks.
(h) Hazardous waste: Means (i) all waste defined or
characterized as hazardous waste by the Federal Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 USC 3251 et seq.), as amended, including the
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 USC 6901 et
seq.) and all future amendments thereto, or regulations promulgated
thereunder; and (ii) all waste defined in California Public
Resources Code Section 40141 or characterized as hazardous waste by
the principal agencies of the State of California (including
without limitation the Department of Health Services and the
California Waste Management Board) having jurisdiction over
hazardous waste generated by facilities within such state; provided
that the term "hazardous waste":
(1) Is intended to mean and include those
substances which are not normally expected to
be disposed of by generally accepted sanitary
landfill disposal methods;
(2) Shall include radioactive wastes; and
(3) Shall be construed to have the broader, more
encompassing def inition where there exists a
conflict in the definitions employed by two
(2) or more governmental agencies having
concurrent or overlapping jurisdiction over
hazardous waste.
(i) Industrial units: Any business establishment engaged in
manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and/or demolition.
(j) Infectious waste: Means solid waste capable or producing
an infection or pertaining to or characterized by the presence of
pathogens or medical waste as regulated by the Medical Waste
Management Act (California Health and Safety Code Section 25015 et
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al.). It includes but is not limited to certain wastes generated
by medical practitioners, hospitals, nursing homes, medical testinq
labs, mortuaries, taxidermists, veterinarians, veterinary
hospitals, medical testing labs, and any waste which includes
animal wastes or parts from slaughterhouses or rendering plants.
(k) Intermediate processing facility: A solid waste transfer
or processing station or facility as defined in California Public
Resources Code Section 40200.
(1) Material recovery facility: A solid waste facility where
source-separated recyclables are processed and recovered.
(m) Permittee: Any person or solid waste enterprise who
collects, hauls or disposes of any form of solid waste, hazardous
waste or infectious waste for compensation pursuant to a permit
issued under this section.
(n) Public highway: Any public street, alley, road, public
place or highway open to and used by the traveling public and not
used as a private right-of-way.
(o) Recycling: The process of collecting, sorting, treating,
and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid
waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream as defined in
California Public Resources Code Section 40180.
(p) Recyclable material: Solid waste material that through
a process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and
reconstituting is returned 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.
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(q) Refuse: Solid waste as defined in California Public
Resources Code Sections 40191 and 49503.
(r) Residential units: Al1 those dwelling units not included
in the definition of multi-family residential units unless
otherwise designated by the City.
(s) Scavenge: The unauthorized removal of any recyclable
materials as defined by California Public Resources Code Sections
41950 and 41951 or solid waste without a permit under this Article.
(t) Solid waste: All solid waste as defined in California
Public Resources Code Sections 40191 and 49503.
(u) Solid waste enterprise: A solid waste enterprise as
defined in California Public Resources Code Section 49504.
(v) Solid waste handling services: A solid waste handling
service as defined in California Public Resources Code Section
49505.
(w) Transfer station: A solid waste transfer or processing
station or facility as defined in California Public Resources Code
Section 40200.
Sec. 8-77. Permit.
(a) No person shall collect any solid waste, hazardous waste
or infectious waste upon, along or across any public highway in the
City from any commercial, industrial or multi-family residential
units, or residential units without first applying for and
receiving all permits required from the City. In addition to the
permit required under this Article, a business license must be
obtained prior to doing business within the City, and a separate
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vehicle permit for each and every vehicle used for collecting solid
waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste and setting of
containers within the City right-of-way. The permittee shall place
each permit issued pursuant to this Article in the lower right
front window of the vehicle so that it is clearly visible from the
street.
(b) The City shall develop and implement a procedure for
evaluating the performance of any and all permittees operating
under the provisions of this Article. Permitted haulers shall
submit quarterly reports to the Director of Public Services from a
State certified facility documenting gross tonnage collected and
net tonnage diverted except that tonnage for bins exclusively used
for industrial construction or demolition may be certified and
documented to the City by the permittee based on volume or other
types of receipts from the receiving facility. The City reserves
the right to randomly select trucks to have weighed by a State
certified facility to ensure compliance. All costs for random
weight measurements will be borne by the permittee. Such a
facility must have the ability to process recyclable materials in
preparation for end-user markets. Failure to provide said reports
within thirty (30) days will result in suspension of the permit
until tonnage reporting is submitted to the Director of Public
Services. If said reports are not submitted within forty-five (45)
days of the end of each quarter, the hauler's permit in effect at
the time of the violation will be revoked as provided in Section 8-
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79. Failure to meet minimum diversion rates will result in the
revocation of the permit as provided in Section 8-79.
(c) Any person or solid waste enterprise who is issued a
permit pursuant to this Article shall comply with all of the
regulations in this Article including but not limited to the source
reduction and recycling provisions of Section 8-84.
(d) Any person or solid waste enterprise desiring to obtain
a permit to remove or convey any solid waste, hazardous waste or
infectious waste upon or along any public highway within the City
from any commercial, industrial or residential multi-family
unit(s) , or residential unit(s) , shall sign and file an application
with the City and pay a permit application fee established by
resolution of the City Council. To the extent permitted by law,
the information submitted in the application shall be kept
confidential.
(e) Each permit application shall be filed with the Public
Services Department and shall include the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant.
(2) The type of solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious
waste to be collected in each of the applicable areas: industrial,
commercial, multiple family residential, and/or residential.
(3) The approximate amount of tonnage of solid waste to be
collected in each of the applicable areas to be served by
permittee; industrial, commercial, multiple family residential
and/or residential.
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(4) For hazardous waste and infectious waste, written proof
that the person or solid waste enterprise has obtained all
necessary permits from the County, State of California and Federal
agencies for the collection of such waste and has insurance
coverage for the transport and disposal of such waste.
(5) A written source reduction and recycling plan with
details and time frame for implementation on how the permittee will
provide the programs to its customers as required by the City of
Costa Mesa Source Reduction and Recycling Element which include but
are not limited to all of the following:
A. Reduction of solid waste to achieve a twenty-five
percent (25�) diversion rate by January 1, 1995, through
source reduction, recycling and composting.
B. Reduction of solid waste to achieve a fifty percent
(50�) diversion rate by January 1, 2000, through source
reduction, recycling and composting.
C. Economic incentives to achieve the diversion rates
set forth in subparagraphs A and B.
D. Technical, instructional, promotional, and
educational programs to achieve the diversion rates set
forth in subparagraphs A and B.
E. Composting programs to facilitate the achievement of
the diversion rates set forth in subparagraphs A and B.
F. Special waste programs.
(6) Any other information or additional financial information
from the permittee if at any time such information is found to be
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necessary by the City Council. The permittee will provide a
certified copy of the permittee's last fiscal year's financial
report, audited by a Certified Public Accountant. All financial
information contained in the permit application made to the City
pursuant to this Article shall be deemed to be conf idential and
shall be retained by the City for its use and, under no
circumstances, will such information be released to anyone other
than the permittee without the consent of the permittee.
(7) The Costa Mesa Sanitary District ("CMSD") will continue
its franchise for all single-family residential and multi-family
residential receiving curbside service. No other permittee will be
allowed to operate in areas governed by the CMSD.
Sec. 8-78. Issuance or denial of permit.
(a) When an application has been made to the City for a
permit pursuant to this Article, it shall be the duty of the
Director of the Public Services Department to consider the matter;
and he or she shall have the right to grant, condition or deny the
permit request, and such decision shall be subject to an appeal to
the City Council pursuant to Chapter IX of Title 2 of this Code.
In granting, conditioning or denying the permit request, the
Director of Public Services and the City Council may take into
consideration factors, including, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) The ability of the permittee to comply with the
solid waste handling service standards enumerated in this
Article.
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(2) The ability of the permittee to comply with the
equipment standards enumerated in this Article.
(3) The ability of the permittee to comply with the
provisions regarding insurance or bonds enumerated in
this Article.
(4) The ability of the permittee to provide
programs and comply with the City of Costa Mesa Source
Reduction and Recycling Element and implement the source
reduction and recycling plan proposed by the permittee
pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (e) of Section
8-77.
(b) The decision by the City Council on a permit application
shall be final.
(c) No permit granted pursuant to this Article shall be
assiqned or transferred without the consent of the Director of
Public Services. The term of the permit shall be for a one (1)
year period and must be renewed on an annual basis. No permit
granted pursuant to this Article shall limit the right of the City
to grant an exclusive or non-exclusive franchise for solid waste
handling services in the City. A permit issued under this Article
shall not grant the permittee rights under California Public
Resources Code Section 49520, where at the time the permit is
granted the permittee did not have a right to continue service
under such section.
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Sec. 8-79. Revocation of permit.
(a) In the event that any person or solid waste enterprise
holding a permit to solid waste, hazardous waste, or infectious
waste upon or along any public highway within the City from any
commercial, industrial or multi-family residential unit(s), or
residential unit(s) violates any of the conditions of such permit,
provisions of this Article or any other ordinance, statute or
regulation relating to the collection, storage or disposal of solid
waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste, or collects such solid
waste in an unlawful, improper or unsanitary manner, it shall be
the duty of the Director of Public Services to revoke such permit
issued to such person or enterprise as provided by this section.
(b) The Director of Public Services shall revoke a permit by
issuing a written order to the permittee and the order shall state
the grounds for such revocation, and that if proof of compliance is
not provided to the Director of Public Services within ten (10)
days from the date of the written order, the permit will be revoked
fifteen (15) days from the date the order was mailed. The order
shall be mailed by certified mail to the permittee. The written
order shall be subject to an appeal to City Council pursuant to
Chapter IX of Title 2 of this Code.
(c) If a permit is revoked, no permit shall be thereafter
granted to such person to collect solid waste, hazardous waste or
infectious waste in the City until such time as the permittee can
prove the ability to comply with this ordinance.
Sec. 8-80. Equipment Requirements.
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(a) Vehicles used by the permittee for solid waste handling
services shall be approved by the Director of Public Services or
his or her designee and shall be in safe and operable condition.
Vehicles shall be painted with the firm name on each side at a
minimum of three-inch-high letters. No materials shall leak, fall
or be spilled from any such vehicle or bin attached thereto.
Vehicles shall be equipped with shovels and brooms to clean up
spillage. Equipment bodies shall be of inetal and watertight.
Vehicles must pass City approved inspections and meet applicable
air quality and vehicle emissions standards. Truck bodies shall be
closed when used to transport solid waste, hazardous waste or
infectious waste contents to places of disposal or separation for
recycling. The maximum gross weight imposed by the wheels of any
one (1) axle shall not exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds.
Vehicles shall be operated in such a manner as to minimize their
exterior noise levels in the City. Vehicles must conform to the
California Vehicle Code and all other applicable laws and are
subject to inspection at any time by the City or the California
Highway Patrol.
(b) Each vehicle required to have a permit, pursuant to this
Article, must pass a California Highway Patrol Biannual Inspection
of Terminals for each vehicle or other inspection approved by the
Director of Public Services. Proof of inspection is required to be
submitted to the Public Services Department twice per year.
Failure to pass the vehicle inspection may result in denial or
revocation of the permit.
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(c) Each container of a residential unit utilizing curb-side
service shall comply with the requirements of the CMSD. The
Director of Public Services shall have the authority to approve new
container(s) at any time.
(d) Containers to be used by industrial and commercial units
and multi-family units not utilizing curb-side service shall be
provided by the permittee. Containers shall have the name and the
phone number of the permittee clearly visible on two (2) sides in
letters not less than three (3) inches in height. Containers shall
be of a design and size to contain all the contents therein in such
manner as to promote good housekeeping conditions. The owner of
such containers shall maintain them in a safe and sanitary
condition. The Director of Public Services shall have the
authority to approve new containers at any time.
(e) All permittees shall maintain their containers to present
a well-kept appearance and ensure that the container area is left
clean of debris and refuse after pickup or delivery. Users shall
be responsible for the cleanliness of the containers and sanitary
conditions of the surrounding area between services.
Sec. 8-81. Service Standards.
(a) In all areas of the City pickup shall be at least once
per week. Pickups shall not be made between the hours of 8:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m., unless otherwise approved by the Director of Public
Services or CMSD. No collection will be allowed on Sundays or
between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays or
weekends unless requested and specifically approved by the Director
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of Public Services. In the event of a holiday, pickups shall be
completed one (1) day later than the regularly scheduled collection
day. The following are considered to be holidays: New Year's Day,
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas Day.
(b) The schedule for collection from commercial, industrial
and multi-family residential units shall be determined by the
permittee and o�cupants of such units and subject to review by the
Director of Public Services.
(c) Unless otherwise directed by the Director of Public
Services, or subject to contract with the CMSD, all collections of
refuse from residential units shall be made from the curb along the
street in front of each dwelling, or human habitation, except that
where paved alleys exist in the rear of such properties,
collections shall be made from such paved alleys; provided, that
this requirement shall not apply to a blind alley or alley the
width of which will not accommodate the vehicle used for
collection. On the day prescribed for collection and removal of
refuse pursuant to the route published by the Director of Public
Services, containers shall be placed adjacent to the street curb in
front of the premises or in the refuse alley in the rear of or at
the side of the unit not before 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the
day prescribed for the collection of refuse. No person shall place
any container in any street or alley of the City at any time or
place other than as above provided, or allow any container placed
by him in any such street or alley to remain there or be visible
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from said street after 12:00 midnight on the day the container has
been emptied by the agents, servants or employees of the City or
any permittee with whom it has made a contract or permit for such
purpose.
(d) The permittee, his agents, and his employees, shall not
throw refuse containers from the truck to the pavement, or in any
other way damage or roughly handle the same. All containers shall
be placed in an upright position.
(e) The permittee shall be allowed, unless specifically
forbidden to do so by the owners or occupants, to enter private
courts or places or other private property to make collections
under a contract or permit, except in drive-in eating places and
drive-in markets where refuse is kept in a paved service yard and
where the same shall be picked up from such service yard when
deposited there.
(f) The permittee shall maintain a place of business at some
fixed place within the County and shall maintain a telephone,
listed in the telephone directory in his own name or in the firm
name by which he is most commonly known. At all times during the
hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of each day upon which
collections are made, said office must be staffed to receive
complaints regarding collection. An emergency number shall be made
available to City Hall for the hours between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00
a.m. and for days upon which collections are not made.
(g) If for some reason refuse is not collected, the permittee
will leave a tag at least two (2) inches by six (6) inches
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explaining why on the receptacle or bundle. The condition referred
to on said tag must be corrected within one week. The permittee
shall be required to maintain daily logs of all tags issued stating
the location, and the reason for refusing collection.
(h) The permittee shall, in person or by his agent, visit the
office of the Director of Public Services at such times as the
Director of Public Services shall designate for the purpose of
discussing any matters or subject relating to, and any complaints
which may concern the performance of his or her permit. The
permittee shall report back to the Director of Public Services
within the next working day regarding any action or procedure taken
with reference to complaints or other matters discussed.
(i) In the event of a natural disaster, earthquake, storm,
fire or other extraordinary occurrence that may tend to generate
abnormal amounts of refuse, the City may require additional
collection upon agreement between the City Manager and the
permittee.
(j) In the event that service is interrupted due to labor
disputes or other events impacting the health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of the City, the City shall have the right to take
over and operate any and all equipment of the permittee in order to
continue service pursuant to the terms of the contract or permit if
it is determined by the City Manager to be necessary to the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the City. If necessary, in
the judgment of the City Manager, City employees may operate said
equipment. .
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Sec. 8-82. Insurance and Bonds.
(a) The permittee shall at all times keep fully insured, at
his or her own expense, all persons employed by him, in connection
with the contract as required by Workers' Compensation Insurance
and Safety Act of the State, and shall hold the City free and
harmless from all liabilities that may arise by reason on the
injuries to any employee of the permittee who are injured while
performing any work or labor necessary to carry out the provisions
of a contract or permit. The permittee, during the life of the
permit, shall keep on file with the City Clerk evidence that the
permittee is fully and properly insured as required by such act.
(b) If necessary, in the judgment of City Council, the
permittee shall deposit with the City a cash deposit or a
performance bond guaranteeing the performance of any permit which
he may have with the City. The cash deposit or bond shall be in
the amount and in a form approved by the City Attorney.
(c) The permittee shall indemnify the City, its officers and
employees, against, and hold the City, its officers and employees,
harmless from, any claims asserted against the permittee on account
of the negligence of the permittee or its employees, by employees
of the permittee or by third parties, arising out of personal
injuries or property damage, including hazardous material clean up
costs and penalties, suffered by any such persons on account of the
operations of the permittee hereunder. The permittee shall provide
and maintain in effect, bodily injury, property damage and
environmental liability insurance with limits in an amount approved
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by the City Attorney and as set forth in the permit granted. The
permittee shall have the City, its officials and employees named as
an additional insured under each of the aforementioned policies,
and such policies shall be endorsed to require thirty (30) days
written notice to the City prior to any cancellation thereof. The
permittee shall furnish to the City certificates evidencing that
the insurance required hereunder is in effect and such certificates
shall be in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Sec. 8-83. Regulations.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or
dump or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped any solid waste,
hazardous waste or infectious waste in or upon any private property
or in or upon any property which the public is admitted by easement
or license without the consent of the owner, or in or upon any
public highway or private road, alley, or driveway in common use or
upon any public property other than property designated or set
aside as a disposal station for such propose by resolution of the
City Council or the County Board of Supervisors.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or
dump solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste of any kind
whatsoever upon any private or public property within a distance of
one thousand (1,000) feet from any public highway in the City, or
within a distance of five hundred (500) feet from any established
residence or dwelling house within the City, or to cause or suffer
or permit such solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste to
be placed, deposited or dumped upon any public or private property
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within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet of any public
highway or within a distance of five hundred (500) feet of any
established residence or dwelling house in the City, without first
having obtained a use permit pursuant to the zoning laws of the
City, County, and State of California, or pursuant to any other
zoning law that may be hereafter adopted in the place and stead of
said zoning laws of the City . The provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to solid waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste
placed into a container for pick-up by a solid waste enterprise
operating pursuant to a permit issued under this Article.
(c) No person shall burn any solid waste, hazardous waste or
infectious waste within the City without having first complied with
all rules and regulations of the City, the County, the South Coast
Air Quality Management District and the State.
(d) No person shall scavenge or bury any solid waste,
ha2ardous waste or infectious waste within the City.
(e) Special arrangements must be made and permits issued by
the County, State of California, and Federal agencies for the
disposal of any of the following items: ammunition; explosives;
industrial waste; chemicals; infectious; hazardous and radioactive
waste; acids; drugs; medicines; human feces; unwrapped animal
feces; and items which are too large for the collection equipment
or which may damage the collection machinery such as large pieces
of inetal, machine parts, logs and tree stumps.
(f) Branches of trees, hedges, etc., shall be cut in lengths
o€ not over four (4) feet and placed in containers or tied into
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bundles not exceeding fifty (50) pounds. Al1 vacuum cleaner dust
sweepings or ashes shall be wrapped and placed in the container.
Newspapers and magazines may be bundled in bundles not exceeding
fifty (50) pounds maximum. All metal containers may be placed in
an enclosed container or wrapped in bundles not exceeding fifty
(50) pounds maximum. In areas of curbside refuse collection, the
requirements of this subsection are superseded by any requirements
of the CMSD.
(g) It shall be unlawful for a person or solid waste
enterprise to commingle solid waste collected from within the
jurisdiction of the City of Costa Mesa with solid waste collected
from any other jurisdiction. A violation of this subsection shall
result in the revocation of the permit pursuant to Section 8-79.
Sec. 8-84. Source Reduction and Recycling.
(a) This section is enacted for the purpose of compliance
with the California lntegrated Waste Management Act of 1989 in
accordance with California Public Resources Code §§ 40000 et seg.
("Act.") The City has adopted a Source Reduction and Recycling
Element and Household Hazardous Waste Element pursuant to said Act
which provides for the imposition and collection of charges to fund
the preparation, adoption and implementation of said elements.
Such charges shall be determined, fixed and established by the City
Council by resolution. Such charges may be changed by the City
Council from time to time by resolution.
(b) A permittee, as a condition of the permit, shall comply
with the following source reduction and recycling requirements:
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(1 j The permittee shall take all necessary steps to
cause the industrial, commercial, multi-family
residential units, and residential units who produce
solid waste subject to the permit and the Act to divert
solid waste as required by California Public Resources
Code Section 41870 through source reduction, recycling
and composting. The Public Services Director or his or
her designee may specify intermediate source reduction or
diversion rates for the time periods prior to January 1,
1995, and January 1, 2000, to assure that the statutory
diversion rates are achieved.
(2) The permittee shall provide and implement a
source reducing and recycling plan for its customers to
comply with the programs specified in the City Source
Reduction and Recycling Element, and submit quarterly
reports to the Public Services Department summarizing its
progress in diverting solid waste generated by its
customers in the City as required by California Public
Resources Code Section 41870 and 41821. The quarterly
reports must identify the tonnage collected, tonnage
recycled, tonnage composted, percentage of waste recycled
and/or composted, materials recycled, and the progress
and programs implemented during the reporting period.
( 3) As a permittee of the City, the permittee shall
be an authorized recycling agent of the City and shall
become the owner of all solid waste and recyclable
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materials, and hazardous waste and infectious waste
collected pursuant to the permit. The permittee is
solely responsible for arranging for the collection,
transportation, recycling, and disposal of all solid
waste, hazardous waste or infectious waste collected
pursuant to the permit. The recyclables become the
property of the permittee once placed in the collection
bin.
(4) The permittee shall collect a Source Reduction
and Recycling fee as imposed by resolution of the City
Council pursuant to the California Public Resources Code
Section 41902 and this section.
(c) Failure of the permittee to comply with the provisions of
this section shall subject the permittee to civil penalties as
determined and approved by City Council pursuant to California
Public Resources Code Section 41954.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-83, a person
or entity owning or occupying an industrial, commercial, multi-
family residential, or residential unit shall be permitted to
create and use compost, as defined in California Public Resources
Code Section 40116, on the private or public property that such
person or entity owns or occupies.
(e) The requirements of this section shall apply to the solid
waste handling services provided by the solid waste enterprise
under contract with the CMSD.
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Section 3. Section 8-89 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is renumbered to become Section 8-85.
Section 4. Sections 8-86, 8-87, 8-88 and 8-89 of the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code are hereby repealed and reserved for future
use.
Section 5. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such holding or
holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared invalid.
Section 6. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the
expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be
published once in the NEWPORT BEACH-COSTA DAILY MESA PILOT, a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City
of Costa Mesa, or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to
be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of
the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the of f ice of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this
Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City
Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and
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shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this
Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this �g� day of �1993.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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C'ty Clerk of the City of Cost Mesa City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex-officio clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 93- �l was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular m eti:ng of said City
Council held on the �� day of �C�Q��i�ut� , 199.'�, and
thereafter passed and adopted as whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the L��day of , , 1993, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: �� + � �
y����``' � �
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: �''i.�yc-2�
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: /��-�
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto et my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this ��day of , 1993.
,e�c.Q�.yC1
C ty Clerk and ex-officio Cler of
the City Council of the City
Costa Mesa
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