Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 17-4 Rights and duties of licensees

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this section, and words and phrases not ascribed a meaning herein below shall be interpreted consistent with the definitions set forth in Public Resources Code, commencing with Section 40100, the Health and Safety Code commencing with section 25110, and Title 14 California Code of Regulations commencing with Section 17225, and Section 18982, as these sections may be amended from time to time:

"Act" means the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, and all regulations adopted under that legislation, as they may be amended from time to time.

"Agricultural solid waste" means waste resulting from the production and processing of farm or agricultural products, including, but not limited to, manures, bedding straw, prunings and crop residues.

"Authorized recycling contractor" means a collector authorized by franchise or contract by the county to collect and transport recyclables in the unincorporated area of the county.

"Authorized solid waste facility" means any site, facility, location, or premises permitted by law to be used for the processing and/or disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to, a solid waste transfer or processing station, a landfill, a composting facility, a transformation facility, or a disposal facility.

"Board" means the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

"Blue container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 18982.2(a)(5) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of source separated recyclable materials or source separated blue container organic waste. It includes:

• Source separated recyclable materials

• Non-organic recyclables - non-putrescible and non-hazardous recyclable wastes, including, but not limited to glass, metal, plastic, etc. as defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(43)

• Source separated blue container organic waste (SSBCOW) - organic recyclables such as fibers and cardboard

"Brown container" means a container used for collecting food waste that is source separated from green and yard waste.

"CalGreen Construction Waste Management Requirements" refers to the standards and requirements set forth in the California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11, of the California Code of Regulations.

"California Code of Regulations" or "CCR" means the State of California Code of Regulations. CCR references in this chapter are preceded with a number that refers to the relevant title of the CCR (e.g., "14 CCR" refers to Title 14 of CCR).

"CalRecycle" means California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which is the department designated with responsibility for developing, implementing, and enforcing recycling and solid waste related regulations on jurisdictions (and others).

"Collection" or "collect" means the act of collecting solid waste for transportation to an authorized solid waste facility by an approved collector, and may include the separate collection of recyclables and/or compostables.

"Collector" means the county, another local agency, a person, persons or other entity authorized by the county by franchise, contract, or permit to provide solid waste handling services within the unincorporated area of the county.

"Commercial bin" means a bin provided by a collector, usually two cubic yards or greater capacity, for the deposit of solid waste or recyclables for collection at commercial or multi-family residential premises.

"Commercial business" or "commercial" means a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association, whether for-profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a multi-family residential dwelling, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(6). A multi-family residential dwelling that consists of fewer than five units is not a commercial business for purposes of implementing this chapter.

"Commercial edible food generator" includes a tier one or a tier two commercial edible food generator as defined by the rules and regulations of chapter 17 or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73) and (74). For the purposes of this definition, food recovery organizations and food recovery services are not commercial edible food generators pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7).

"Commercial premises" means all premises in the county other than residential premises, including premises owned and operated by governmental entities, where solid waste is generated or accumulated.

"Compliance review" means a review of records by the county to determine compliance with this chapter.

"Community composting" means any activity that composts green waste, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food material, alone or in combination, and the total amount of feedstock and compost on-site at any one time does not exceed one hundred cubic yards and seven hundred fifty square feet, as specified in 14 CCR Section 17855(a)(4); or, as otherwise defined by 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(8).

"Compost" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 17896.2(a)(4), which stated, as of the effective date of this chapter, that "compost" means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic solid wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream, or which are separated at a centralized facility.

"Compostables" means solid waste which is subject to being converted to compost, and which is source-separated from the solid waste stream or separated at a centralized facility, and includes vegetable, yard, paper, and wood wastes which are not hazardous waste.

"Compostable plastics" or "compostable plastic" means plastic materials that meet the ASTM D6400 standard for compostability, or as otherwise described in 14 CCR Section 18984.1(a)(1)(A) or 18984.2(a)(1)(C).

"Container" means any bin, cart, can, or receptacle approved by the Resource Recovery and Waste Management (RR&WM) Division to be used for collecting mixed wastes, organic wastes or recyclables for removal, whether owned by the collector, property owner, or tenant.

"Container contamination" or "contaminated container" means a container, regardless of color, that contains prohibited container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(55).

"Contact water" means water that has come in contact with waste and may include leachate.

"Contamination" or "contaminants" has the same meaning as "prohibited fifteen container contaminants" as defined in Section 18982(a)(55).

"C&D" means construction and demolition debris also known as "construction waste."

"County" means the County of Santa Barbara.

"Covered container" means a container that is covered to prevent the migration of litter from the container, excessive infiltration of precipitation, odor and leachate production, and to prevent access by animals and people; thereby controlling litter, scavenging, and illegal dumping of prohibited wastes. Covers may include, but are not limited to, tarpaulins or similar materials.

"Department" means the department of public works of the County of Santa Barbara.

"Designated recycling collection location" means the place where the board of supervisors has designated an authorized recycling contractor to pick up recyclables and will customarily be the curbside of residential premises and the service alley of commercial premises.

"Designated source separated organic waste facility", as defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(14.5), means a solid waste facility that accepts a source separated organic waste collection stream as defined in 14 CCR Section 17402(a)(26.6) and complies with one of the following:

(1) The facility is a "transfer/processor," as defined in 14 CCR Section 18815.2(a)(62), that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR Section 18815.5(d), and meets or exceeds an annual average source separated organic content recovery rate of fifty percent between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024 and seventy-five percent on and after January 1, 2025 as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18815.5(f) for organic waste received from the source separated organic waste collection stream.

(A) If a transfer/processor has an annual average source separated organic content recovery rate lower than the rate required in paragraph 1 of this definition for two consecutive reporting periods, or three reporting periods within three years, the facility shall not qualify as a "designated source separated organic waste facility".

(2) The facility is a "composting operation" or "composting facility" as defined in 14 CCR Section 18815.2(a)(13), that pursuant to the reports submitted under 14 CCR Section 18815.7 demonstrates that the percent of the material removed for landfill disposal that is organic waste is less than the percent specified in 14 CCR Section 17409.5.8(c)(2) or 17409.5.8(c)(3), whichever is applicable, and, if applicable, complies with the digestate handling requirements specified in 14 CCR Section 17896.5.

(A) If the percent of the material removed for landfill disposal that is organic waste is more than the percent specified in 14 CCR Section 17409.5.8(c)(2) or 17409.5.8(c)(3), for two consecutive reporting periods, or three reporting periods within three years, the facility shall not qualify as a "designated source separated organic waste facility." For the purposes of this chapter, the reporting periods shall be consistent with those defined in 14 CCR Section 18815.2(a)(49).

"Designee" means an entity that the county contracts with or otherwise arranges to carry out any of the county's responsibilities of this chapter as authorized in 14 CCR Section 18981.2. A designee may be a government entity, a hauler, a private entity, or a combination of those entities.

"Director" means the director of the department of public works or any person in the department authorized by the director or the board to act in his or her capacity.

"Disposal site" means the place, location, tract of land, area, or premises in use, intended to be used, or which has been used for the landfill of solid wastes. "Disposal site" includes solid waste landfill, as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40195.1.

"Direct transfer facility" means a transfer facility that receives equal to or more than sixty cubic yards or fifteen tons (whichever is greater) of solid waste per operating day but less than one hundred fifty tons of solid waste and meets all of the following requirements:

(A) Is located on the premises of a duly licensed solid waste hauling operator;

(B) Only handles solid waste that has been placed within covered containers or vehicles prior to entering the facility and that is transported in vehicles owned or leased by that same operator;

(C) The facility does not handle, separate, or otherwise process the solid waste;

(D) No waste is stored at the facility for more than any eight-hour period;

(E) Solid waste is transferred only once and directly from one covered container or vehicle to another covered container or vehicle so that the waste is never put on the ground or outside the confines of a container or vehicle, before, during, or after transfer. Direct transfer would not include top loading trailers where the solid waste actually leaves the confines of the collection vehicle and is suspended in air before falling into a transfer vehicle;

(F) All of the contents of the original transferring container or vehicle must be emptied during a single transfer; and

(G) Any waste that may unintentionally fall outside of the containers or vehicles, is promptly cleaned up and replaced within the container or vehicle to which it was being transferred.

"DTSC" means Department of Toxic Substances Control.

"EA" means enforcement agency as defined in PRC section 40130.

"Edible food" means food intended for human consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(18). For the purposes of this chapter or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(18), "edible food" is not solid waste if it is recovered and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter or in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 requires or authorizes the recovery of edible food that does not meet the food safety requirements of the California Retail Food Code.

"Emergency transfer/processing operation" means an operation that is established because there has been a proclamation of a state of emergency or local emergency, as provided in Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 3, Article 3, Sections 17210.1 3 (j) and (k) and which meets all of the following requirements:

(A) The operation handles only disaster debris and other wastes, in accordance with Section 17210.1(d), during the disaster debris recovery phase; and

(B) The location does not currently have a solid waste facility permit;

(C) If the operation accepts, processes, or stores hazardous or household hazardous waste, then these activities must be in compliance with DTSC standards or standards of other appropriate authorities or agencies.

"Environmental health officer" means the environmental health officer of Santa Barbara County.

"Enforcement action" means an action of the county to address non-compliance with this chapter including, but not limited to, issuing administrative citations, fines, penalties, or using other remedies.

"Excluded waste" means hazardous substance, hazardous waste, infectious waste, designated waste, volatile, corrosive, medical waste, infectious, regulated radioactive waste, and toxic substances or material that facility operator(s), which receive materials from the county and its generators, reasonably believe(s) would, as a result of or upon acceptance, transfer, processing, or disposal, be a violation of local, state, or federal law, regulation, or ordinance, including: land use restrictions or conditions, waste that cannot be disposed of in Class III landfills or accepted at the facility by permit conditions, waste that in the county's, or its designee's reasonable opinion would present a significant risk to human health or the environment, cause a nuisance or otherwise create or expose the county, or its designee, to potential liability; but not including de minimis volumes or concentrations of waste of a type and amount normally found in single-family or multi-family solid waste after implementation of programs for the safe collection, processing, recycling, treatment, and disposal of batteries and paint in compliance with Sections 41500 and 41802 of the California Public Resources Code. Excluded Waste does not include used motor oil and filters, household batteries, universal wastes, and/or latex paint when such materials are defined as allowable materials for collection through the county's collection programs and the generator or customer has properly placed the materials for collection pursuant to instructions provided by the county or its designee for collection services.

"Farm" or "ranch" means property that is devoted primarily to commercial agricultural purposes, including, but not limited to, the feeding and raising of livestock or poultry.

"Food distributor" means a company that distributes food to entities including, but not limited to, supermarkets and grocery stores, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(22).

"Food facility" has the same meaning as in Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code.

"Food recovery" means actions to collect and distribute food for human consumption that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(24).

"Food recovery organization" means an entity that engages in the collection or receipt of edible food from commercial edible food generators and distributes that edible food to the public for food recovery either directly or through other entities or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25), including, but not limited to:

(A) A food bank as defined in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code;

(B) A nonprofit charitable organization as defined in Section 113841 of the Health and Safety code; and

(C) A nonprofit charitable temporary food facility as defined in Section 113842 of the Health and Safety Code.

(D) A food recovery organization is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7).

(E) If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25) for food recovery organization differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(25) shall apply to this chapter.

"Food recovery service" means a person or entity that collects and transports edible food from a commercial edible food generator to a food recovery organization or other entities for food recovery, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(26). A food recovery service is not a commercial edible food generator for the purposes of this chapter and implementation of 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12 pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(7).

"Food scraps" means all food such as, but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese, and eggshells. Food scraps excludes fats, oils, and grease when such materials are source separated from other food scraps.

"Food service provider" means an entity primarily engaged in providing food services to institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these types of organizations, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(27).

"Food waste" means food scraps, and food-soiled paper.

"Franchise" means the right and privilege pursuant to a duly executed franchise agreement to collect and transport to a permitted transfer station, landfill or other authorized recycling, mulching or composting facility as determined by the county, all solid waste kept, generated and/or accumulated within the county, or a designated portion thereof, and may include the separate collection of recyclables, mulching and/or compostables.

"Gray container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 18982.2(a)(28) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of gray container waste.

"Green container" has the same meaning as in 14 CCR Section 18982.2(a)(29) and shall be used for the purpose of storage and collection of Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste (SSGCOW).

"Green waste" means tree trimmings, grass cuttings, dead plants, leaves, branches, dead trees, and bedding straw.

"Grocery store" means a store primarily engaged in the retail sale of canned food; dry goods; fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh meats, fish, and poultry; and any area that is not separately owned within the store where the food is prepared and served, including a bakery, deli, and meat and seafood departments, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(30).

"Gross revenues" shall have the meaning as defined in the franchise or contract between the county and a collector, or as otherwise determined by the Board.

"Hazardous wastes" means any waste which meets the definitions set forth in 15 Title 22, Section 66261.3, et seq. and is required to be managed.

"Hauler route" means the designated itinerary or sequence of stops for each segment of the county's collection service area, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(31.5).

"High diversion organic waste processing facility" means a facility that is in compliance with the reporting requirements of 14 CCR Section 18815.5(d) and meets or exceeds an annual average mixed waste organic content recovery rate of fifty percent between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, and seventy-five percent after January 1, 2025, as calculated pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18815.5(e) for organic waste received from the "mixed waste organic collection stream" as defined in 14 CCR Section 17402(a)(11.5); or, as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(33).

"Indoor furniture" means any upholstered couch, sofa, chair, footrest, ottoman or similar furniture.

"Inspection" means a site visit where the county reviews records, containers, and an entity's collection, handling, recycling, or landfill disposal of organic waste or edible food handling to determine if the entity is complying with requirements set forth in this chapter, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(35).

"Incompatible material" or "incompatibles," means human-made inert material, including, but not limited to, glass, metal, plastic, and also includes organic waste for which the receiving end-user, facility, operation, property, or activity is not designed, permitted, or authorized to perform organic waste recovery activities as defined in Section 18983.1(b) of Article 2, Chapter 12.

"Large event" means an event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event or a flea market, that charges an admission price, or is operated by a local agency, and serves an average of more than two thousand individuals per day of operation of the event, at a location that includes, but is 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. If the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(38) differs from this definition, the definition in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(38) shall apply to this chapter.

(A) In determining the tonnage of solid waste received by the facility, the following materials shall not be included: materials received by a recycling center located within the facility, and by beverage container recycling programs in accordance with Public Resources Code Sections 14511.7, 14518, or 14520, if the recycling activities are separated from the solid waste handling activities by a defined physical barrier or where the activities are otherwise separated in a manner approved by the EA.

(B) If the facility does not weigh the solid waste received, then the tonnage shall be determined by using a volumetric conversion factor where one cubic yard is equal to five hundred pounds. The EA shall approve an alternate conversion factor if the operator demonstrates that it is more accurate than the required conversion factor.

"Large venue" means a permanent venue facility that annually seats or serves an average of more than two thousand individuals within the grounds of the facility per day of operation of the venue facility, including but 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. 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.

"Licensee" means a person who possesses a valid, unexpired license to collect, haul, or transport solid waste in the county.

"Limited volume transfer operation" means an operation that receives less than sixty cubic yards, or fifteen tons of solid waste per operating day for the purpose of storing the waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility and which does not conduct processing activities, but may conduct limited salvaging activities and volume reduction by the operator.

(A) In determining the tonnage of solid waste received by the operation, the following materials shall not be included: materials received by a recycling center located within the operation, and by beverage container recycling programs in accordance with Public Resources Code Sections 14511.7, 14518, or 14520, if the recycling activities are separated from the solid waste handling activities by a defined physical barrier or where the activities are otherwise separated in a manner approved by the EA.

(B) If the operation does not weigh the solid waste received, then the tonnage shall be determined by using a volumetric conversion factor where one cubic yard is equal to five hundred pounds. The EA shall approve an alternate conversion factor if the operator demonstrates that it is more accurate than the required conversion factor.

"Litter" means all solid waste which has been improperly discarded or which has migrated by wind or equipment away from the operations area of a solid waste management facility to a. Litter includes, but is not limited to, convenience food, beverage, and other product packages or containers constructed of steel, aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, and other natural and synthetic materials, thrown or deposited on the lands and waters of the state.

"Local education agency" means a school district, charter school, or county office of education that is not subject to the control of city or county regulations related to solid waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(40).

"Mattress" means any bed, mattress, foam pad or box spring that is comprised in whole or in part of cloth, leather or synthetic coverings, springs, cushions or padding.

"Medium volume transfer/processing facility" means a facility that receives equal to or more than sixty cubic yards or fifteen tons (whichever is greater) of solid waste per operating day but less than one hundred tons of solid waste, for the purpose of storing or handling the waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility; or a facility that receives any amount of solid waste, up to one hundred tons per operating day, for the purpose of processing solid waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility.

(A) In determining the tonnage of solid waste received by the facility, the following materials shall not be included: materials received by a recycling center located twenty within the facility, and by beverage container recycling programs in accordance with Public Resources Code Sections 14511.7, 14518, or 14520, if the recycling activities are separated from the solid waste handling activities by a defined physical barrier or where the activities are otherwise separated in a manner approved by the EA.

(B) If the facility does not weigh the solid waste received, then the tonnage shall be determined by using a volumetric conversion factor where one cubic yard is equal to five hundred pounds. The EA shall approve an alternate conversion factor if the operator demonstrates that it is more accurate than the required conversion factor.

"Mixed waste organic collection stream" or "mixed waste" means organic waste collected in a container that is required by Section 18984.1, 18984.2, or 18984.3 to be transported to a high diversion organic waste processing facility or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 17402(a)(11.5).

"Multi-family residential dwelling" or "multi-family" means of, from, or pertaining to residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multi-family premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient occupancy facilities, which are considered commercial businesses.

"MWELO" refers to the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), 23 CCR, Division 2, Chapter 2.7.

"Non-compostable paper" includes but is not limited to paper that is coated in a plastic material that will not breakdown in the composting process, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(41).

"Non-local entity" means the following entities that are not subject to the county's enforcement authority, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(42):

(1) Special district(s) located within the boundaries of the county, including Laguna County Sanitation District, Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Santa Barbara County Water Agency.

(2) Federal facilities, including military installations, located within the boundaries of the county, including but not limited to Vandenberg Space Force Base.

(3) Prison(s) located within the boundaries of the county, including the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc.

(4) Facilities operated by the state park system located within the boundaries of the county, including but not limited to state beaches.

(5) Public universities (including community colleges) located within the boundaries of the county, including the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), Alan Hancock College, and Santa Barbara City College (SBCC).

(6) County fairgrounds located within the boundaries of the county, including but not limited to Earl Warren Showgrounds and the Santa Maria Fair Park.

(7) State agencies located within the boundaries of the county.

"Notice of violation (NOV)" means a notice that a violation has occurred that includes a compliance date to avoid an action to seek penalties, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(45) or further explained in 14 CCR Section 18995.4.

"Onsite" means located within the boundary of the operation or facility.

"Organic waste" means solid wastes containing material originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including but not limited to food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(46). Biosolids and digestate are as defined by 14 CCR Section 18982(a).

"Organic waste generator" means a person or entity that is responsible for the initial creation of organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(48).

"Organic waste recovery activity" includes but is not limited to the processing, anaerobic digesting, aerobic digesting, or composting of organic waste, mixed waste, or other organic waste deemed acceptable by an operational composting operation within the county.

"Permittee" means a person who has been granted a permit as described in this chapter to provide unscheduled solid waste handling services.

"Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

"Place" or "premises" means every dwelling house, dwelling unit, apartment house or multiple dwelling unit, trailer or mobile home park, store, restaurant, rooming house, hotel, motel, office building, department store, manufacturing, processing, or assembling shop or plant, and every other place or premises where any person resides, or any business is carried on or conducted within the county or any other site within the county upon which solid waste is produced or accumulates.

"Putrescible wastes" include wastes that are capable of being decomposed by micro-organisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances because of odors, vectors, gases or other offensive conditions, and include materials such as, but not limited to food wastes, offal and dead animals. The EA shall determine on a case-by-case basis whether or not a site is handling putrescible wastes.

"Prohibited container contaminants" means the following: (i) discarded materials placed in the blue container that are not identified as acceptable source separated recyclable materials for the county's blue container; (ii) discarded materials placed in the green container that are not identified as acceptable source separated green container organic waste for the county's green container; (iii) discarded materials placed in the gray container that are acceptable source separated recyclable materials and/or source separated green container organic wastes to be placed in the county's green container and/or blue container; and, (iv) excluded waste placed in any container.

"Recovered organic waste products" means products made from California, landfill-diverted recovered organic waste processed in a permitted or otherwise authorized facility, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(60).

"Recovery" means any activity or process described in 14 CCR Section 18983.1(b), or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(49).

"Recyclables" means solid waste which is subject to recycling as determined by the Resource Recovery and Waste Management (RR&WM) Division.

"Refuse checker" means a county employee designated by the resource recovery and waste management division to determine and collect fees at a county-owned and/or operated solid waste facility.

"Regular solid waste handling services" means those services for the prearranged and scheduled. "Regional agency" means regional agency as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40181.

"Remote monitoring" means the use of the internet of things (lot) and/or wireless electronic devices to visualize the contents of blue containers, green containers, and gray containers for purposes of identifying the quantity of materials in containers (level of fill) and/or presence of prohibited container contaminants.

"Remnant organic material" means the organic waste that is collected in a gray container that is part of the gray container collection stream.

"Renewable gas" means gas derived from organic waste that has been diverted from a California landfill and processed at an in-vessel digestion facility that is permitted or otherwise authorized by 14 CCR to recycle organic waste, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(62).

"Residential" means single-family residences and multi-family residences, including apartments and condominiums, but does not include hotels or motels.

"Resource recovery and waste management division" means the resource recovery and waste management division of the department of public works of Santa Barbara County.

"Responsible party" means every owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person responsible for the day-to-day operation or otherwise in charge of any residential or commercial premises in the unincorporated area of the county, including the proprietor or manager of any commercial premises.

"Restaurant" means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and drinks for on-premises or immediate consumption, or as otherwise defined in 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(64).

"Roll-off container" means a container which is designed to be loaded and unloaded from a truck, supported on casters, used to collect and transport solid waste from residential or commercial premises, and approved by the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division.

"Salvaging" means the controlled separation of solid waste materials which do not require further processing, for reuse or recycling prior to transfer activities.

"SB1383", "SB 1383 Regulations", or "SB 1383 Regulatory" requirements refer to Senate Bill 1383 of 2016 approved by the Governor on September 19, 2016, the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP): Organic Waste Reductions regulations developed by CalRecycle and adopted in 2020 that created Chapter 12 of Title 14, Division 7 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), and amended portions of regulations of Title 14 CCR and Title 27 CCR.

"Scavenging" means the uncontrolled and/or unauthorized removal of solid waste materials.

"Self-hauler" means a person, who hauls solid waste, organic waste or recyclable material he or she has generated to another person. 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 units.

"Solid waste" has the same meaning as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40191, which defines solid waste as all putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes, with the exception that solid waste does not include any of the following wastes:

(1) Hazardous waste, as defined in the Public Resources Code Section 40141.

(2) Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the State Radiation Control Law (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).

(3) Medical waste regulated pursuant to the State Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code). Untreated medical waste shall not be disposed of in a solid waste landfill, as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40195.1. Medical waste that has been treated and deemed to be solid waste shall be regulated pursuant to Division 30 of the Public Resources Code.

In mandatory service areas, "solid waste" shall also include all indoor furniture and mattresses that are temporarily or permanently placed outside or beyond the exterior walls of any residential or commercial structures unless such furniture or mattress is placed in a lawful storage bin.

"Solid waste enterprise" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handling services.

"Solid waste handling service" means the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid wastes.

"Source Separated Blue Container Organic Waste (SSBCOW)" means source separated organic wastes that can be placed in a blue container that is limited to the collection of those organic wastes and non-organic recyclables as defined in Section 18982(a)(43), or as otherwise defined by Section 17402(a)(18.7).

"Source separated" means materials, including commingled recyclable materials, that have been separated or kept separate from the solid waste 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/mixed waste or other solid waste for the purposes of collection and processing.

"Standard compliance approach" means the method for complying with the SB 1383 regulations through implementation of organic waste collection programs and policies in accordance with 14 CCR Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 3 and associated requirements. Generally, all provisions in the SB 1383 Regulations, other than 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 17, apply to the standard-compliance approach.

"Tier 1 commercial edible food generator" means a particular commercial establishment that generates edible food as defined by SB 1383 and 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(73), including but not limited to;

• Supermarkets with revenue ≥ two million dollars defined in SB 1383 as, a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars, or more, and which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items

• Grocery stores with facilities ≥ ten thousand square feet

• Food service providers defined in SB 1383 as, an entity primarily engaged in providing food services to institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these types of organizations

• Food distributors as defined in SB 1383 as, a company that distributes food to entities including, but not limited to, supermarkets and grocery stores

• Wholesale food vendors as defined in SB 1383 as, a business or establishment engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of food, where food (including fruits and vegetables) is received, shipped, stored, and prepared for distribution to a retailer, warehouse, distributor, or other destination

"Tier 2 commercial edible food generator" means a particular commercial establishment that generates edible food as defined by SB 1383 and 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(74), including but not limited to;

• Restaurants with facilities ≥ five thousand square feet or two hundred fifty-plus seats

• Hotels with an on-site food facility and two hundred-plus rooms

• Health facilities with an on-site food facility and one hundred-plus beds

• Large venues

• Large events as defined in SB 1383 as, an event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a flea market or a festival, that charges an admission price, or is operated by a local agency, and serves an average of more than two thousand individuals per day of operation of the event, at a location that includes, but is 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

• State agency cafeterias with facilities ≥ five thousand square feet or two hundred fifty-plus seats

• Local education agency with an on site food facility

• Non-local entities

"Truck" means any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, conveyance, or vehicle approved by the county resource recovery and waste management division used to collect, hold, or transport solid waste, including recyclables and/or compostables upon and along the streets, roads, and highways of the county.

"Unscheduled solid waste handling services" means those services that are not regular solid waste handling services.

"Wood waste" means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or particles which are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood products, harvesting, processing or storage of raw wood materials, or construction and demolition activities.

"Zone" means a geographic territory established by the county pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the collection, disposal, regulation, and control of solid waste.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

Solid waste handling services, including the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, and processing of solid wastes, recyclables and compostables are so closely intertwined with the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this county that the board of supervisors finds that such solid waste handling services provided by private solid waste enterprises require government regulation and monitoring. The board further finds it is in the public interest to foster and encourage solid waste enterprises so that, at all times, there will continue to be competent enterprises willing and financially able to furnish needed solid waste handling services. The purpose of this chapter is to insure that solid waste handling services are continuously provided to the public in a safe, adequate, reliable and efficient manner.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) The board shall establish the method and manner by which solid waste handling services are provided within the unincorporated areas of the county, including but not limited to, the hours, days and frequency of collection, means of collection and transportation, level of services, charges and fees, and nature, location, and extent of providing solid waste handling services.

(b) It is the intention of the county to assure the provision of solid waste handling services within the unincorporated area of the county in accordance with this chapter, and with such rules, regulations and specifications for solid waste handling services as may be recommended by the resource recovery and waste management division and adopted by the board, the provisions of any resolution of the board of supervisors, any condition and term of any collection franchise, contract, or permit granted by the county to a collector pursuant to this chapter, and all other applicable laws.

(c) The franchise, contract, or permit shall be granted on such terms and conditions as the board shall establish in its sole discretion.

(d) The collector authorized by franchise, contract, or permit may be required to assist the county in performing designated tasks in connection with solid waste generation studies, waste stream audits, preparation of state-mandated documents and to implement measures and recordkeeping to achieve the county's integrated solid waste management goals as mandated by the Act.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) This chapter is not intended to revoke, modify, amend, or affect any right or duty of a Licensee who possesses a valid, unexpired license to collect, haul, or transport solid waste in the county issued by the board on or before December 31, 1994. Any such right or duty shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the license term or the cancellation, suspension, revocation, or termination of such license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or termination of such license pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(b) A licensee shall not be precluded from becoming a collector as authorized by this chapter.

(c) The county and a licensee may contract, upon mutually satisfactory terms, for the termination of the license before the expiration of the license period.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

No collector shall provide regular or unscheduled solid waste handling services within the unincorporated areas of the county without possession of a valid business license provided such license is required pursuant to chapter 22 of this Code. In addition, the business entities listed in subsections 17-44(k)(1) and (2) of this Code shall also be required to possess such a business license provided such license is required pursuant to chapter 22 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

The board of supervisors, by ordinance or resolution, may require that any person or responsible party residing in or occupying any dwelling unit or other premises located within any area of the unincorporated territory of the county which is within urban boundary lines or developed rural areas, as designated in the adopted county general plan as amended from time to time, shall subscribe to the service of an authorized collector. However, upon written application from the person or responsible party, the director, or his or her designee, may waive such requirement if it is found that it is infeasible or unnecessary to maintain the required service level.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) Every owner of a multiple-unit dwelling in Isla Vista shall provide solid waste handling service for each unit in an amount equivalent to one thirty-two-gallon container twice per week per bedroom per unit; however, no more than seven thirty-two-gallon containers shall be used to provide this level of service. If more than seven thirty-two-gallon containers are required, then the owner or responsible party shall provide the equivalent container volume through the use of a commercial bin or bins. The owner or responsible party shall subscribe to the service of an authorized collector for this purpose.

(b) Every owner of a single-family dwelling in Isla Vista shall provide solid waste handling service in the amount equivalent to one thirty-two-gallon container twice per week. The owner or responsible party shall subscribe to the service of an authorized collector for this purpose.

(c) The director may direct the authorized collector to provide the required level of service mandated by this section if the owner or responsible party fails to provide such service. The authorized collector shall bill the owner or responsible party for the cost of such service.

(d) Upon written request by the collector, the county is authorized to reimburse the collector for the costs of providing the required level of service mandated by subsections (a) and (b) of this section if the owner or responsible party fails to pay the collector within sixty days after payment is due. Any and all costs reimbursed to a collector pursuant to this subsection shall be recoverable against the owner or responsible party by the county pursuant to article VI of this chapter and any other applicable provision of law.

(e) Rates charged by the authorized collector in Isla Vista may be calculated to include the cost of any extra service required due to temporary increases in population or in the amount of solid waste generated in the area resulting from special events or other causes.

(f) The failure of the owner or responsible party to comply with this section shall constitute a public nuisance. The county may proceed against the owner or responsible party to abate such a public nuisance pursuant to article V of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) It is the duty of every responsible party to keep containers in good condition and in a suitable place readily accessible to the collector for removing and emptying the same. Excepting placement at the curbside pickup site on scheduled collection day(s), such containers shall be maintained on the property out of public view and not placed within the limits of any street, public right-of-way or other public place in the county or in such a place or manner as to constitute a nuisance.

(b) No container shall be placed adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection service more than twenty-four hours prior to the normal collection time, and shall be removed from said location within twelve hours after collection.

(c) Unless otherwise authorized by this chapter or by the terms of a franchise or contract between the county and a collector, in areas where the responsible party supplies the containers, no container shall exceed thirty-two gallons gross capacity nor sixty pounds when filled. Liquid, toxic, or hazardous waste shall not be disposed of in any container.

(d) Every responsible party shall deposit all solid waste or cause all solid waste generated on the premises to be deposited in containers or commercial bins with covers that fit tightly to keep flies and other insects out and as otherwise approved by the resource recovery and waste management division and/or the collector.

(e) No person shall maintain or place for collection any container not in conformance with the container or commercial bin approved by the resource recovery and waste management division and/or the collector.

(f) All persons occupying multi-family residences must mark their containers so that the ownership thereof will be known.

(g) The collector shall maintain in good repair and replace, as necessary, containers and commercial bins furnished to customers.

(h) Unless otherwise authorized by this chapter or by the terms of a franchise or contract between the county and collector, no person shall place in a commercial bin any liquid, toxic or hazardous waste, an object which weighs more than one hundred fifty pounds or prevents the closing of its cover, or a load in excess of five hundred pounds per cubic yard.

(i) All commercial bins must display "NO LIQUID, TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS WASTE" in letters at least four inches high, or a comparable display approved by the resource recovery and waste management division, clearly visible to any user. The required warning hereunder must be maintained in a legible condition at all times.

(j) Notwithstanding any language to the contrary in this chapter, the county reserves the right and authority to determine and impose appropriate terms and conditions upon collectors of regular residential and commercial solid waste in order to facilitate the implementation of automated solid waste collection services throughout all or portions of the unincorporated area of the county.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the owner or responsible party in control of any commercial or residential premises or private property shall at all times maintain the premises or private property free of litter or solid waste, provided however, this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter and solid waste in authorized containers or commercial bins.

(b) The owner or responsible party in control of any rural commercial or residential premises or private property shall not be responsible for the removal of litter or solid waste, excepting hazardous waste, low-level radioactive waste and sewer sludge, nor shall such owner or responsible party be subject to the provisions of article V, if the county public works director determines all of the following conditions exist:

(1) The litter or solid waste is located within one hundred feet of, or in steep areas, clearly originating from, a public roadway;

(2) The litter or solid waste has been dumped, thrown, deposited or left on the premises or private property of the owner or responsible party by another person or persons;

(3) The litter or solid waste has not been produced or created on the subject premises or private property of the owner or responsible party;

(4) The litter or solid waste has not been produced or created by the owner or responsible party, regardless of the situs or origin of the litter or solid waste;

(5) The owner or responsible party provided the county reasonable ingress to and egress from the premises or private property to allow the county to abate the public nuisance.

For purposes of this section, the term "rural" shall have the same meaning as "inner-rural area" and "rural area" as defined in the Santa Barbara County comprehensive plan and "rural" as defined in the Santa Barbara County coastal plan, as these plans may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(a) Place solid waste in, or otherwise use the containers of another person, without the permission of such other person;

(b) Remove or scavenge any solid waste recyclables from any container or commercial bin;

(c) Place, keep or bury any solid waste, in or under any premises except in containers as provided in this chapter; nor shall any person deposit any solid waste in any county sewer or plumbing fixture or pipe connected thereto, except through a mechanical device which shreds and grinds putrescible solid waste;

(d) Place or permit to be placed in any receptacle or container located in any public place and owned or maintained by the county, any residential or commercial solid waste. Such receptacles or containers shall be used only for occasional solid waste disposal to avoid the littering of streets and other public places;

(e) Have on site at any one time, a backyard composting bin with more than fifteen cubic yards of any combination of green material feedstock, food processing residue feedstock, active compost, and stabilized compost;

(f) Deliberately interfere with or prevent removal or transportation of solid waste from premises within the collector's authorized zone to an authorized solid waste facility;

(g) Throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant property, or private property within the county except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain containers, commercial bins or roll-off boxes as provided in this chapter;

(h) Burn solid waste on private or public property, including, but not limited to any, street, alley, park or other public place in violation of the provisions of the Santa Barbara County Code, or the rules and regulations of the Air Pollution Control District and the County Fire Department as such provisions and rules and regulations may be amended from time to time;

(i) Place, or allowed to be placed, animal carcass in a container;

(j) Remove any container or commercial bin from the location in which it was placed for storage or collection of solid waste or recyclables, without the prior approval of the owner or person in control of the private property or the authorized collector.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) No person shall prowl through, search, sort, sift or examine the contents or deposits of solid waste at a county-owned and/or operated solid waste facility or remove from such solid waste facility any solid waste deposited therein without specific written authorization from the director.

(b) A collector authorized to engage in regular solid waste handling services pursuant to section 17-29 of this chapter shall be required to transport and process the solid waste pursuant to the requirements of this chapter and the terms and conditions of the franchise or contract. It is the intent of this subsection to prohibit a collector from removing solid waste collected pursuant to an exclusive franchise or contract from a container or a truck for the purpose of preventing such solid waste from being transported to or unloaded at an authorized solid waste facility.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) The county shall provide disposal site(s) for the disposal of solid waste. The board may, by resolution or ordinance, establish regulations governing the use of any disposal site and the schedule of fees to be paid by persons using the disposal site.

(b) The operation of an authorized solid waste facility shall be governed by the provisions of the Act, the corresponding regulations adopted in Title 14 California Code of Regulations, the provisions of this chapter, and all other applicable provisions of law.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt, limit or effect in any way the authority of the Board to regulate solid waste facilities consistent with all other applicable provisions of law.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

All collectors shall keep and maintain such operating records as the resource recovery and waste management division may require to ascertain the extent of compliance with this chapter and shall, if requested by the resource recovery and waste management division, submit periodic reports of such operation. All such records shall be available to the county during the term of the franchise, contract, or permit, and for five years following the termination of any such franchise, contract, or permit, for review and audit, by county employees or by its independent agents, during normal business hours.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

The board may determine and establish solid waste handling categories, including, but not limited to, residential, single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, special, or household hazardous waste, and may make or impose collection requirements and fees which vary among such categories.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

The board may award, with or without competitive bidding, one or more separate exclusive or nonexclusive franchises, contracts, or permits for household hazardous waste collection from residential properties. The franchise, contract, or permit shall be granted on such terms and conditions, including fees and method of collection, as the board shall establish in its sole discretion.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) Every person and responsible party shall have the right to dispose of his or her own solid waste at an authorized solid waste facility.

(b) Each person and responsible party collecting and/or disposing of solid waste shall deposit such solid waste only at authorized disposal sites, or recycling or composting facilities, and shall not deposit, leave, dump, drop, place or otherwise dispose of solid waste upon any street, alley, waterway, or other unauthorized location within the county. In transporting solid waste any such person shall take any and all necessary and reasonable steps to guarantee that solid waste is not scattered or spilled at any point between the place of collection and the place of disposal, including, but not limited to, securely tying and covering the load, and shall cause the cleanup of any solid waste spilled or scattered during collection or transport.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

Upon placement of solid waste in a container or commercial bin for regular solid waste handling services pursuant to article II of this chapter, the solid waste shall become the property of the collector.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

Nothing in this section shall limit the right of a person, organization or other entity to donate or sell source-separated recyclables generated by such person, organization, or entity before they are deposited in a container or a designated recycling collection location for collection by an authorized recycling contractor. Once recyclables are deposited in a container or commercial bin or a designated recycling collection location, the recyclables become the property of the authorized recycling contractor.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

Any collector authorized by this chapter to provide solid waste handling services shall collect, haul and dispose of all such solid waste and household hazardous waste in strict compliance with all federal, state, and county health laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, and under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the board.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

(a) Collectors providing regular solid waste handling services shall deposit as security with the resource recovery and waste management division a cash bond in the minimum sum of one hundred thousand dollars or a valid surety bond in the same amount, or in any greater amount pursuant to the terms and conditions of the franchise or contract, furnished by a corporate surety admitted to do business in the state, or an irrevocable letter of credit in the same amount, in a form approved by county counsel, payable to the county. The security instrument shall meet or exceed the requirements of the franchise or contract. The amount of the security required of collectors providing unscheduled solid waste handling services shall be twelve thousand five hundred dollars. The security shall be conditioned upon the full and faithful performance by the collector of his or her obligations under the applicable provisions of this chapter and shall be kept in full force and effect by the collector throughout the life of the franchise or contract.

(1) The security shall guarantee payment to the county to defray costs incurred by the county to correct problems resulting from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of the collector in violation of applicable provisions of this chapter.

(2) Such security shall not limit the county's remedies with respect to any acts or omissions of the collector which damage the county.

(b) Each collector providing regular and unscheduled solid waste handling services shall appear and defend, indemnify and save the county, its officers, employees and agents harmless of and from all claims, demands, actions, or causes of action of every kind and description resulting directly or indirectly, arising out of, or in any way connected with activities of the collector or its employees, agents and subcontractors, or arising or resulting from the failure of collector or its employees, agents and subcontractors to comply in all respects with the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and all applicable laws. If the county is required to provide its own defense against any such action or suit, the collector shall reimburse the county for all attorney's fees and other costs incurred by the county. The county shall have the right to select its own counsel for such defense.

(c) Each collector providing regular and unscheduled solid waste handling services shall obtain and keep in force during the term of the franchise, contract, or permit single limit or equivalent public liability insurance for bodily injury or death and property damage arising or resulting from the operations of the collector, its employees, agents and subcontractors in conducting services covered by such franchise or contract in an amount not less than one million dollars and workers compensation insurance covering all employees of the holder. Copies of such policies, or certificates evidencing such policies, shall be approved by the county counsel and filed with the county clerk, and the county shall be named thereon as an additional insured. All policies shall contain provisions requiring a thirty-day notice to be given to the county prior to cancellation, modification or reduction of limits or failure to renew such insurance, whether by the insurer or the insured, and whether by nonpayment of insurance, false certification or otherwise. No franchise, contract, or permit shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such franchise, contract, or permit be valid after issuance, unless there is at all times in full force and effect such described liability insurance. To the extent permitted by law, and if approved by the county, all or any part of any required insurance may be provided under a plan of self-insurance.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

A collector transporting solid waste for appropriate disposal shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that solid waste is not scattered or spilled at any point between the place of collection and the place of disposal, and shall clean up any solid waste scattered or spilled during collection or transport.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

The Resource Recovery and Waste Management (RR&WM) Division is authorized to make all necessary and reasonable rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, regarding all aspects of solid waste handling services as necessary for the effective and reasonable administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)

To assist the county in maintaining compliance with AB 939: the Integrated Waste Management Act and to conform with the adopted CalGreen Standards, the county specifically requires construction and demolition waste to be recycled to the minimum required by CalGreen Standards.

(Ord. No. 5151, § 1, 2-15-2022)