Martinez Municipal Code Ch. 8.22 Large Venue and Large Event Recycling

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

A.

"Applicant"

means any individual, association, club, business, government agency, or any other public or private entity whatsoever who applies to the City for the applicable permit to hold a large event within the City.

B.

"AB 939"

means the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, as it may be amended from time to time.

C.

"AB 2176"

means AB 2176, Montanez, (Statutes of 2004), as it may be amended from time to time.

D.

"Diversion requirement"

means redirection from the waste stream of at least 50% of waste materials generated by large events or venues through reuse or recycling.

E.

"Individual"

means a person who works at (with or without compensation), or attends, a large venue or large event, or a customer who is seated or served at the large venue or large event.

F.

"Jurisdiction"

means a City, County, a combined City and County, or a group of cities or counties acting as a Board-approved regional agency with the responsibility for meeting AB 939 State Integrated Waste Management Act requirements.

G.

"Large event"

means an event that charges an admission price, or is operated by a local agency, and serves and/or is attended by an average of more than 2,000 individuals per day of operation of the event, including, but not limited to, a public, nonprofit, or privately owned park, parking lot, golf course, street system, or other open space when being used for an event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event or a flea market.

H.

"Large venue"

means a permanent venue facility that annually seats or serves an average of more than 2,000 individuals within the grounds of the facility per day of operation of the venue facility. For purposes of this Chapter, a venue facility includes, but is not limited to, a public, nonprofit, or privately owned or operated stadium, amphitheater, arena, hall, amusement park, conference or civic center, zoo, aquarium, airport, racetrack, horse track, performing arts center, fairground, museum, theater, or other public attraction facility. For purposes of this Chapter, a site under common ownership or control that includes more than one large venue that is contiguous with other large venues in the site, is a single large venue.

I.

"Large event and venue recycling plan" or "plan"

means a plan developed by the large venue owner or the large event organizer or his/her designated representative that describes how materials will be segregated and collected for reuse or recycling.

J.

"Recycling" or "recycle"

means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.

K.

"Recyclables or recyclable material"

shall have the same meaning as provided in the City's Municipal Code and includes materials which are reused or processed or are in the future reused or processed into a form suitable for reuse through reprocessing or remanufacture, consistent with the requirements of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. The term "recyclables or recyclable material" includes mixed paper, glass, aluminum, cardboard, chipboard (e.g., cereal and shoe boxes), newsprint, plastic food and beverage containers No. 1-7, tin/bimetal containers, compostable materials, used motor oil, oil filters, automotive batteries, antifreeze, latex paint, brick, stone, wood, soil, or concrete in reusable condition, and such other materials designated by City's AB 939 Coordinator, or designated as recyclables by the California Integrated Waste Board, or other agency with jurisdiction.

L.

"Reuse"

means further or repeated use of materials in their original form.

M.

"Solid waste"

shall have the same meaning as provided in the City's Municipal Code, and shall exclude recyclables placed in an approved recycling container.

N.

"Commercial recycler"

means a licensed business which specializes in accepting waste materials for recycling or reuse and is authorized to operate in the City of Martinez.

(Ord. 1343 C.S. § 1, 2008)

An applicant who wishes to conduct a large event or conduct an event in or at a large venue must first apply for and obtain a special event permit from the City. As a condition to the issuance of said permit (along with any other conditions imposed by the City pursuant to any other permitting authority it may have) the applicant must prepare a recycling plan in the form approved by the City. Among other things, the plan shall include an estimate of the amount and types of waste anticipated to be generated by the event and a description of the proposed actions or services to be used by the applicant to reduce or recycle the solid waste generated by or at the event. The recyclables that shall be subject to and addressed in said plan include, but are not limited to, glass, aluminum, plastic food and beverage containers, newspaper/magazines, mixed paper waste, cardboard, and organic waste, including food waste. The applicant shall comply with the terms and conditions of the plan. Within 10 days after the large event or the event in the large venue has terminated, the applicant shall submit the plan to the City, properly filled out and executed.

(Ord. 1343 C.S. § 1, 2008)

Any applicant seeking permission for the temporary or periodic use or occupancy of a public, or privately owned park, parking lot, golf course, street system, or other open space within the City of Martinez for a civic, commercial, recreational, or social event which meets the definition of a "large event" shall be required to comply with this Chapter.

Large venue facilities include, but are not limited to, stadium, amphitheater, arena, hall, amusement park, conference or civic center, performing arts center, fairground, museum, theater, or other public attraction. Any owner or operator of a permanent facility located within the City of Martinez which meets the definition of a "large venue" shall be required to comply with this Chapter. When a large venue owner provides space for a tenant, event management subcontractor, or otherwise permits the large venue to be used by a third party, that owner shall be jointly responsible for user's compliance with this Chapter.

(Ord. 1343 C.S. § 1, 2008)