San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 1 General

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2002-035, 12/16/02 (Sections 3-7-100—3-7-110))

This Chapter is adopted in order to supplement the provisions of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 which requires that each local jurisdiction in the state divert 50% of discarded materials from landfills by December 31, 2000, and aid in compliance with the Alameda County Waste Reduction and Recycling Act of 1990 (Measure D). Since construction and demolition debris has, in past years, constituted as much as 16% of the materials deposited in Alameda County landfills, the City has identified such debris and waste as a significant target for reduction and recycling. The intent of this Chapter is to divert building materials from landfills in order to process and return them to the economic mainstream, thereby conserving natural resources and stimulating markets for recycled and salvaged materials. To that end, projects that are subject to the requirements of this Chapter must recycle 100% of asphalt and concrete and recycle 50% of the remainder of the construction and demolition debris, as provided below.

The following definitions shall govern the construction of this Chapter, unless context requires otherwise, or the term is more specifically defined within.

Annual Debris Recycling Certification Application.

"Annual Debris Recycling Certification Application" means the completed Debris Recycling Certification Application Form approved by the City and submitted for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of Section 3-7-230 of this Chapter.

Applicant.

"Applicant" shall mean any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, the State, and political subdivision and/or agency of the State, any community college district, industry, business, public or private corporation or any other entity that applies to the City for permits to undertake any construction, demolition, renovation or roofing project within the City that is subject to this Chapter.

Certified Applicant.

"Certified applicant" means an applicant who has demonstrated compliance with the requirements of Section 3-7-230 of this Chapter.

Construction.

"Construction" means the building of any structure or portion thereof, including, but not limited to, improvements to or remodeling or repair of an existing facility or structure.

Construction and Demolition Debris, C&D Debris, Construction Debris.

"Construction and Demolition debris," "C&D debris" and "construction debris" mean used or discarded materials removed from the premises during construction or renovation of a structure resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, or demolition operations on any pavement, street, driveway, house, building, or other structure or improvement regardless of the nature of such structure or improvement.

Conversion Rate.

"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 in a Debris Recycling Statement.

Covered Project.

"Covered project" means a project that is subject to the requirements of this Chapter, pursuant to Section 3-7-200.

Debris Recycling Statement.

"Debris Recycling Statement" or "DRS" means the completed DRS form approved by the City and submitted by the applicant for the purpose of assessing compliance with this Chapter.

Debris Recycling Statement Compliance Officer.

"Debris Recycling Statement Compliance Officer" means the Manager of Environmental Services or his/her designee. The Debris Recycling Statement Compliance Officer shall be the individual responsible for implementing this Chapter.

Demolition.

"Demolition" means the destroying, razing, tearing down or wrecking of any pavement, street, driveway, house, building, or other structure or improvement regardless of the nature of such structure or improvement whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.

Divert.

"Divert" means to use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or incineration facility. Methods of diverting materials from landfills shall include reuse, recycling, and salvage.

Diversion Attainment.

"Diversion attainment" means the diversion of 100% of the asphalt, concrete and similar material, and at least 50% by weight, of the total of all other C&D debris generated by a covered project.

Project.

"Project" means any activity which requires an application for a building permit, demolition permit, encroachment permit or other similar permit from the City of San Leandro.

Recycling.

"Recycling" means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and/or reconstituting of 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.

Renovation.

"Renovation" means any change, addition or modification in an existing structure or improvement.

Reuse.

"Reuse" means further or repeated use of Construction or Demolition debris in the same or different form.

Salvage.

"Salvage" means the controlled removal of C&D debris from a permitted building or demolition site for the purposes of recycling, reuse, or storage for later recycling or reuse.

Source Separated.

"Source separated" means recyclables that have been segregated from solid waste, by or for the generator, on the premises where they were generated, in order to manage the recyclables separately from the solid waste.

Targeted Materials.

"Targeted materials" means the C&D debris listed pursuant to Section 3-7-440.