Rolling Hills Estates Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Rubbish and Waste Material

Whenever in this chapter or Chapter 8.20 of this Code the following are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

"Collection" means the operation of gathering together and transporting to the point of disposal of rubbish and waste material.

"Container" means a receptacle constructed of metal, rubber, plastic or a combination thereof.

"Contractor" means the person entering into a contract with the city for the collection and disposal of rubbish and waste material.

"Disposal" means the complete operation of treating and disposing of the accumulations of rubbish and waste material and the product or residue arising from such treatment.

"Rubbish" means and includes tree and shrubbery trimmings, lawn renovations, grass, weeds, leaves, chips, paper, pasteboard, magazines, books, rags, rubber, carpets, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, straw, packing boxes and cartons, crates, packing or waste material which ordinarily accumulates in the operation of a household or business. Rubbish shall not be deemed to include manure or waste from any poultry yard or stable.

"Waste material" means and includes broken crockery, broken glass, ashes, cinders, shells, bottles, waste materials resulting from any manufacturing, building or construction operation.

(Prior code § 665)

A nonresidential hauler must demonstrate compliance with a fifty percent waste diversion standard in order to maintain a valid permit to collect, remove or convey solid waste. All permittees shall have one hundred and twenty days from the date of permit award, renewal or notification of the city to document and demonstrate that, cumulatively, all customers served by the permittee have achieved fifty percent diversion through waste prevention, recycling and transformation. Failure to do so, or to demonstrate a viable program has been established for its customers, shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the permit to haul within the city in accordance with procedures set forth for garbage permits in Section 8.20.060.

Nonresidential haulers must document and demonstrate compliance by submitting a waste generation-based report that conclusively shows that the fifty percent diversion requirement has been achieved or, in the event that the fifty percent diversion can not be achieved, document to the satisfaction of the city manager reasons it can not be achieved due to material marketability, economic and/or technical reasons. Waste generation-based reports shall consist of, but not be limited to, a customer-by-customer analysis of waste disposed and diverted. Documentation must include copies of recycling and disposal weigh receipts or summaries, documentation of existing recycling and source reduction practices, and, if other entities are claimed as providing recycling services, copies of any reports provided to the customers of those entities. The waste generation-based reports shall calculate diversion by dividing waste diverted by waste generation, where generation quantity equals diversion quantity plus disposal quantity.

(Ord. 629 § 4 (part), 2005: Ord. 617 § 2, 2001)