8.04.217 Requirements for haulers and facility operators.
A. Requirements for Haulers.
1. Franchise hauler(s) providing recyclable materials, organic waste, and/or solid waste collection services to generators within the city’s boundaries shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of its contract, agreement, permit, or other authorization with the city to collect recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste:
a. Through written notice to the city annually on or before January 31st of each year, identify the facilities to which they will transport discarded materials, including facilities for source-separated recyclable materials, source-separated organic materials, and solid waste unless otherwise stated in the franchise agreement, contract, permit, or license, or other authorization with the city.
b. Transport source-separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; transport source-separated organic materials to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste as defined in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 2; transport solid waste to a disposal facility or transfer facility or operation that processes or disposes of solid waste; and transport manure to a facility that manages manure in conformance with 14 CCR Article 12 and such that the manure is not landfilled, used as alternative daily cover (ADC), or used as alternative intermediate cover (AIC).
c. Obtain approval from the city to haul organic waste, unless it is transporting source-separated organic waste to a community composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that complies with 14 CCR Section 18989.1 and city’s construction and demolition debris recycling program.
2. Franchise hauler(s) authorized to collect recyclable materials, organic materials, and/or solid waste shall comply with education, equipment, signage, container labeling, container color, contamination monitoring, reporting, and other requirements contained within its franchise agreement, permit, or other agreement entered into with city.
B. Requirements for Facility Operators and Community Composting Operations.
1. Owners of facilities, operations, and activities located in the city’s boundaries that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly owned treatment works shall, upon city request, provide information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days.
2. Community composting operators with operations located in the city’s boundaries, upon city request, shall provide information to the city to support organic waste capacity planning, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of organic waste anticipated to be handled at the community composting operation. Entities contacted by the city shall respond within sixty days. (Ord. 1706 § 21, 2021)