Corona Municipal Code Art. VI Requirements for Residential and Commercial Premises

Every person owning or occupying a single-family residential premises, except to the extent such owner or occupant satisfies the self-hauler requirements in § 8.20.340, shall:

(A) Subscribe for services. Subscribe and pay for the solid waste collection services of the franchisee. The franchisee shall collect all solid waste placed in the appropriate containers and in the correct location in accordance with the terms of the franchise agreement for such services.

(B) Place in appropriate containers. Place source separated green container organic waste in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container. Waste generators at single-family residential premises shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or in the blue container and shall not otherwise place prohibited container contaminants in any container.

(Ord. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)

Every person owning, occupying or operating a commercial premises or commercial business in the city, except commercial businesses that meet the self-hauler requirements in § 8.20.340, or that have been granted a waiver by the city pursuant to § 8.20.350, shall:

(A) Subscribe for services. Subscribe and pay for solid waste collection services of the franchisee. The franchisee shall collect all solid waste placed in the appropriate containers and in the correct location in accordance with the terms of the franchise agreement for such services.

(B) Place in appropriate containers. Participate in the franchisee's organic waste collection service by placing designated materials in designated containers as set forth in this subsection. Commercial businesses shall place source separated green container organic waste in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container. Commercial businesses shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or into the blue container, and shall not otherwise place prohibited container contaminants in any container.

(C) Education. Ensure that their employees and independent contractors are informed and educated about all recycling services available at the commercial premises. Information concerning the types of recyclable materials and organic waste that can be segregated and recycled, the location of containers for recyclable materials and organic waste, and the employees' responsibility to recycle recyclable materials and organic waste shall be distributed to all new employees when hired, to all independent contractors when retained and periodically to all other employees and independent contractors. All employees and independent contractors shall also be given appropriate information and instructions concerning any change in recycling services to the commercial premises.

(D) Internal containers. Provide containers owned by the commercial business for the collection of source separated green container organic waste and source separated recyclable materials in all indoor and outdoor areas where internal containers are provided for use by customers to discard materials generated by that business. Such containers do not need to be provided in restrooms. If a commercial business does not generate any of the materials that would be collected in one type of container, then the business is not required to provide that particular container in all areas where disposal containers are provided for customers. This subsection shall not apply to multi-family residential premises and full-service restaurants. The containers provided by the commercial business shall have either:

(1) A body or lid, or both a body and lid, that conforms with the container color requirements of the franchisee.

(2) Containers with imprinted text or graphic images or labels that include language or graphic images, or both, indicating the primary material accepted and the primary materials prohibited in that container.

(E) Prohibit container contamination. Prohibit employees from placing prohibited container contaminants in any container to the extent practical through education, training, inspection, and/or other measures. This subsection shall not apply to multi-family residential premises.

(F) Inspection of containers. Inspect blue containers, green containers, and gray containers every month for container contamination and inform employees if contaminated containers are discovered and of the requirements to keep prohibited container contaminants out of those containers. This subsection shall not apply to multi-family residential premises.

(G) Education on proper sorting. Provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers each year about organic waste recovery requirements set forth in this chapter and about proper sorting of source separated green container organic waste and source separated recyclable materials.

(H) Information for new tenants. Provide education information prior to or within 14 days of occupation of the premises by new tenants that describes requirements to keep source separated green container organic waste and source separated recyclable materials separate from gray container waste (when applicable) and the location of containers and the rules governing their use at the premises.

(I) City access. Provide or arrange access for the city or its agent to the commercial premises during all inspections conducted in accordance with § 8.20.410 to confirm compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

(J) Additional waste reduction measures. Nothing in this section prohibits an owner or occupant of commercial premises or a commercial business from preventing or reducing waste generation, managing organic waste on site, or using a community composting site.

(Ord. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)

(A) Source separation. Self-haulers shall source separate all recyclable materials and organic waste generated on premises owned or operated by the self-hauler site from solid waste in a manner consistent with § 8.20.320 for single-family residential premises, and § 8.20.330 for commercial businesses, or shall haul organic waste to a high diversion organic waste processing facility.

(B) Disposal at permitted facility. Self-haulers shall haul their source separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; and haul their source separated green container organic waste to a solid waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers source separated green container organic waste. Alternatively, self-haulers may haul organic waste to a high diversion organic waste processing facility.

(C) Commercial businesses recordkeeping. Self-haulers that are commercial businesses shall keep a record of the amount of refuse, recyclable materials, and organic waste delivered to each solid waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers these materials; this record shall be subject to inspection by the city and shall be provided to the city upon request. The records shall include the following information:

(1) Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the waste;

(2) The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported to each entity;

(3) If the material is transported to an entity that does not have scales on-site, or employs scales incapable of weighing the self-hauler's vehicle in a manner that allows it to determine the weight of materials received, the self-hauler is not required to record the weight of material but shall keep a record of the number of loads, and the entities that received the organic waste.

(D) Residential premises. The owner or occupant of residential premises that self-hauls solid waste is not required to record or report the information required by this subsection.

(Ord. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)

(A) De minimis waivers. The city may waive a commercial business' obligation to comply with some or all of the organic waste requirements of this chapter if the commercial business provides documentation that the business generates below a certain amount of organic waste as described in § 8.20.350(A)(2) below. Commercial businesses requesting a de minimis waiver shall:

(1) Submit an application specifying the services for which they are requesting a waiver;

(2) Provide documentation that either:

(a) The total solid waste collected from the commercial business is two cubic yards or more per week and organic waste subject to collection in a green container comprises fewer than 20 gallons per week; or

(b) The total solid waste collected from the commercial business is fewer than two cubic yards per week and organic waste subject to collection in green container comprises fewer than ten gallons per week.

(3) Notify the city if circumstances change such that commercial business's organic waste exceeds threshold set forth in § 8.20.350(A)(2) above, in which case the waiver will be rescinded;

(4) Provide written verification of eligibility for de minimis waiver every five years, if the city has approved a de minimis waiver.

(B) Physical space waivers. The city may waive a commercial business' obligation to comply with some or all of the requirements set forth in this chapter pertaining to recyclable materials and/or organic waste if the city has evidence from its own staff, a franchisee, a licensed architect, or a licensed engineer demonstrating that the premises lacks adequate space for the collection containers required for compliance with the recyclable materials and/or organic waste requirements of this chapter. A commercial business may request a physical space waiver through the following process:

(1) Submit an application form specifying the type(s) of collection services for which they are requesting a physical space waiver.

(2) Provide documentation that the premises lacks adequate space for blue containers and/or green containers including documentation from the franchise, a licensed architect, or a licensed engineer.

(3) Provide written verification to the city that it is still eligible for physical space waiver every five years, if the city has approved a physical space waiver.

(C) Collection frequency waiver. The city, at its sole discretion, may allow the owner or tenant of any premises that subscribes to the franchisee's organic waste collection service to arrange for the collection of their blue container, gray container, or both once every 14 days, rather than once per week.

(D) Review and approval of waivers by the city. Only the administrator (and not the franchisee) may grant or approve de minimis waivers, physical space waivers, or collection frequency waivers.

(Ord. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)

(A) Automatic subscription. The franchisee shall, upon request of the administrator, automatically arrange for the collection of recyclable materials and/or organic waste at premises owned, occupied or operated by any person violating any of the recyclables and organics recycling provisions of this chapter. The level of service shall be determined by the franchisee, and subject to approval of the administrator. Franchisee shall charge the person owning, occupying or operating the premises according to the terms of the franchise agreement. The owner, occupant, or operator of the premises shall be required to pay for these services pursuant to §§ 8.20.270 through 8.20.310. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not apply to the extent the owner, occupant or operator of the premises is a self-hauler that meets the requirements § 8.20.340, or has been granted a waiver pursuant to § 8.20.350, or is otherwise exempt from the requirements set forth in §§ 8.20.320 and 8.20.330.

(B) Notice. At least 30 days prior to submitting such request to the franchisee, the administrator shall provide adequate written notice to the person owning, occupying or operating the premises in violation of this chapter informing such person of the violation, the actions necessary to correct the violation, and the fact that the services will be automatically provided at their expense if they do not correct the violation within such 30 days. A copy of the notice shall be provided to the franchisee at the same time so that the contractor is prepared to automatically provide the services if necessary. Following such 30 day period, the administrator shall notify the franchisee if compliance has not been made, and the franchisee shall thereafter, within five business days, deliver to such premises containers to be used for the accumulation, segregation and collection of recyclable materials and/or organic waste generated from or at the premises, add such services to the account for such premises, and notify the person owning, occupying or operating such premises that they shall be responsible for the cost of collection services provided by the franchisee pursuant to §§ 8.20.270 through 8.20.310.

(Ord. 3338 § 4 (part), 2021)