8.04.211 Mandatory organic waste disposal reduction requirements for single-family premises.
A. Except responsible parties of single-family premises that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.218, responsible parties of single-family premises shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Subscribe to and pay for city’s three-container collection services for weekly collection of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste generated by the single-family premises and comply with requirements of those services set forth in this chapter. The franchisee, city and its designee(s) 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. The responsible parties for single-family premises shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the city.
2. Participate in the city’s three-container collection service(s) in the manner described below.
a. Place, or, if responsible party is not an occupant of the single-family premises, direct its generators to place source-separated organic materials, including food waste, in the organic materials container; source-separated recyclable materials in the recyclable materials container; and solid waste in the solid waste container.
b. Not place, or, if responsible party is not an occupant of the single-family premises, direct its generators to not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers and not place materials designated for the organic materials containers or recyclable materials containers in the solid waste containers.
B. Nothing in this section prohibits a responsible party or generator of a single-family premises from preventing or reducing discarded materials generation, managing organic waste on site, and/or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c). (Ord. 1706 § 21, 2021)