8.04.212 Requirements for multifamily residential dwelling.
A. Responsible parties of multifamily premises shall provide or arrange for recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste collection services consistent with this chapter and for employees, contractors, and tenants. Responsible parties of multifamily premises may receive waivers pursuant to Section 8.04.214 for some requirements of this section.
B. Except for responsible parties of multifamily premises that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.218, including hauling services arranged through a landscaper, responsible parties of multifamily premises shall:
1. Subscribe to and pay for city’s three-or-more-container collection services and comply with requirements of those services for all recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste generated at the multifamily premises as further described below in this section. The franchisee, city and its designee(s) shall have the right to review the number and size of the generators’ collection containers and frequency of collection to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. The generator of a multifamily premises shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the city or its designee.
2. Participate in the city’s three-or-more-container collection service(s) for at least weekly collection of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste in the manner described below.
a. Place and/or 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 and/or direct its generators to not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers and to not place materials designated for the organic materials containers or recyclable materials containers in the solid waste containers.
3. Supply and allow access to adequate number, size and location of collection containers with sufficient labels or colors for employees, contractors, tenants, and customers, consistent with city’s recyclable materials container, organic materials container, and solid waste container collection service or, if self-hauling, consistent with the multifamily premises’ approach to complying with self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.218.
4. Annually provide best practice information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about recyclable materials and organic waste recovery requirements and about proper sorting of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste.
5. Provide education information before or within fourteen days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes requirements to source separate recyclable materials and organic materials and to keep source-separated organic materials and source-separated recyclable materials separate from each other and from solid waste (when applicable) and the location of containers and the rules governing their use at each property.
6. Provide or arrange access for city and/or its designee(s) to their properties during all inspections conducted in accordance with this chapter to confirm compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
C. If the responsible party of a multifamily premises wants to self-haul, the responsible party must meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.04.218.
D. Multifamily premises that generate two cubic yards or more of total solid waste, recyclable materials, and organic materials per week (or other threshold defined by the state) that arrange for gardening or landscaping services shall require that the contract or work agreement between the owner, occupant, or operator of a multifamily premises and a gardening or landscaping service specifies that the designated organic materials generated by those services be managed in compliance with this chapter.
E. Nothing in this section prohibits a responsible party or generator of a multifamily premises from preventing or reducing discarded materials generation, managing organic waste on site, or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c). (Ord. 1706 § 21, 2021)