13.1 (commencing with Section 42652) to Part 3 of Division

methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time.

"SB 1383 Regulations" or "SB 1383 Regulatory" means or refers to, for the purposes of this chapter, the short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction regulations developed by CalRecycle and adopted in 2020 that created 14 CCR, Division 7, Article 12 and amended portions of regulations of 14 CCR and 27 CCR.

"SB 1383 eligible mulch" means mulch eligible to meet the annual recovered organic waste product procurement target, pursuant to 14 CCR Article 12 of Division 7. This SB 1383 eligible mulch shall meet the following conditions for the duration of the applicable procurement compliance year, as specified by 14 CCR Section 18993.1 (f)(4):

Produced at one of the following facilities:

A transfer/processing facility or transfer/processing operation as defined in 14 CCR Sections 17402(a)(30) and (31), respectively, that is permitted or authorized under 14 CCR Division 7; or,

ii.

A MSW landfill as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40195.1 that is permitted under 27 CCR Division 2.

Meet or exceed the physical contamination, maximum metal concentration, and pathogen density standards for land application specified in 14 CCR Sections 17852(a)(24.5) (A)1 through 3, as enforced by Section 6-3-708(a)

"SB 1383 regulations" or "SB 1383 regulatory" means or refers to, for the purposes of this chapter, the short-lived climate pollutants: organic material reduction regulations developed by CalRecycle and adopted in 2020 that created 14 CCR, Division 7, Article 12 and amended portions of regulations of 14 CCR and 27 CCR.

"Self-hauler" means a person, who hauls recyclable material or organic waste material he or she has generated to a transfer, processing, recovery, or disposal facility other than the direct service provider, whose primary business is not waste hauling. Self-hauler also includes a person who back-hauls waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66). Back-haul means generating and transporting organic waste to a destination owned and operated by the generator using the generator's own employees and equipment, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(66)(A).

"Single-family" means of, from, or pertaining to any residential premises with fewer than five (5) dwelling units.

"Soiled paper products" means paper towels, tissue products, paper napkins, paper plates and cups, coffee filters, tea bags, waxed paper, butcher paper, paper take-out boxes and containers, greasy pizza boxes, paper bags and cardboard and wax-coated cardboard produce boxes. "Soiled paper products" does not include polystyrene, plastic-backed paper, blue-line paper or blueprints, diapers, kitty litter, any paper containing plastics, aluminum foil or foil-lined food wrap.

, paper plates and cups, coffee filters, tea bags, waxed paper, butcher paper, paper take-out boxes and containers, greasy pizza boxes, paper bags and cardboard and wax-coated cardboard produce boxes. "Soiled paper products" does not include polystyrene, plastic-backed paper, blue-line paper or blueprints, diapers, kitty litter, any paper containing plastics, aluminum foil or foil-lined food wrap.

"Source separated" means materials, including commingled recyclable materials, that have been separated or kept separate from the MSW stream, at the point of generation, for the purpose of additional sorting or processing those materials for recycling or reuse in order to return 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, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 17402.5(b)(4). For the purposes of this chapter, source separated shall include separation of materials by the generator, property owner, property owner's employee, property manager, or property manager's employee into different containers for the purpose of collection such that source separated materials are separated from gray container waste or other MSW for the purposes of collection and processing.

"Source separated blue container organic waste" means source separated organic waste (e.g. non-soiled paper products) that can be placed in a blue container that is limited to the collection of those organic wastes and non-organic recyclable material as defined in [14 CCR] Section 18982(a)(43), or as otherwise defined by [14 CCR] Section 17402(a)(18.7).

"Source separated green container organic waste" means source separated organic waste that can be placed in a green container that is specifically intended for the separate collection of organic waste material by the generator, excluding source separated blue container organic waste, carpets, non-organic wastepaper, and textiles.

"Source separated recyclable materials" means source separated non-organic recyclable material and source separated blue container organic waste. "Recyclable materials" includes paper, books, magazines, cardboard, boxes, plastic, metal, glass, food waste and other similar materials authorized by the town for collection by the authorized contractor.

"State" means the State of California.

"Supermarket" means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(71).

"Tier one commercial edible food generator" means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:

Supermarket.

Grocery store with a total facility size equal to or greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Food service provider.

Food distributor.

Wholesale food vendor.

If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) of tier one commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) shall apply to this chapter.

"Tier two commercial edible food generator" means a commercial edible food generator that is one of the following:

Restaurant with two hundred fifty (250) or more seats, or a total facility size equal to or greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Hotel with an on-site food facility and two hundred (200) or more rooms.

Health facility with an on-site food facility and one hundred (100) or more beds.

Large venue.

Large event.

A state agency with a cafeteria with two hundred fifty (250) or more seats or total cafeteria facility size equal to or greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.

A local education agency facility with an on-site food facility.

If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(74) of tier two commercial edible food generator differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(74) shall apply to this chapter.

"Town" is defined at Section 8.08.040.

"Town enforcement officer" is defined at Section 8.08.040.

"Wholesale food vendor" means a business or establishment engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of food, where food (including fruits and vegetables) is received, shipped, stored, prepared for distribution to a retailer, warehouse, distributor, or other destination, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 189852(a)(76).

"Un-containerized yard trimming collection service" or "un-containerized service" means a collection service that collects yard waste that are placed in a pile or bagged for collection on the street in front of a generator's house or place of business for collection and transport to a facility that recovers source separated organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 189852(a)(75).

"Yard waste" means tree trimmings, grass cuttings, leaves, branches, and similar organic wastes, including vineyard clippings, sawdust, wooden chopsticks, crates and other clean wood items under thirty-six (36) inches.

(Ord. No. 619, §§ 1, 2, 7-12-2022)