“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, unless otherwise specifically exempted by law.

“California Code of Regulations” or “CCR” means the State of California Code of Regulations. CCR references in this chapter are preceded with a number that refers to the relevant title of the CCR (e.g., “14 CCR” refers to Title 14 of CCR).

“Compliance official” means the utilities conservation coordinator or his/her designee.

“Construction” means the building of any structure or any portion thereof including any tenant improvements to an existing facility or structure.

“Construction and demolition debris” means used or discarded materials removed from premises during construction or renovation of a structure resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure.

“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 recycling plan.

“Deconstruction” means the systematic removal of usable items from a structure.

“Demolition” means the decimating, razing, ruining, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.

“Diversion requirement” means the diversion of at least fifty percent by weight of the total construction and demolition debris generated by a project via reuse or recycling, unless the applicant has been granted an infeasible exemption pursuant to Section 8.05.060, in which case the diversion requirement shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate established by the recycling plan compliance official for the project.

“Divert” means to use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill.

“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.

“Project” means any activity which requires an application for a building or demolition permit or any similar permit from the city.

“Recycling plan” means a completed recycling plan form, approved by the city for the purpose of compliance with this chapter, submitted by the applicant for any covered or noncovered project.

“Renovation” means any change, addition, or modification in an existing structure.

“Reuse” means further or repeated use of construction or demolition debris.

“Salvage” means the controlled removal of construction or demolition debris from a permitted building or demolition site for the purpose of recycling, reuse or storage for later recycling or reuse. (Ord. 1706 § 25, 2021; Ord. 1381 § 1 (part), 2001)