Santa Clarita Municipal Code Part 3 Self-haulers

A. Before collecting or transporting solid waste, including garbage, recyclable materials and organic waste, each self-hauler, as defined in subsection (B) of this section, shall obtain a self-haul permit from the City. The self-haul permit must be renewed on a biennial basis and all applicants must pay a permitting fee to offset the expense to the City for processing, handling, and performing the required work associated with the permit. Each self-haul permit holder shall submit reports to the City, in a format and at a frequency determined by the City Manager. Required report information may include, but is not limited to, the type, quantity, volume, weight, and disposal facility destination of the garbage, organic waste and recyclable materials collected in the City, and gate tickets or receipts to substantiate its disposal and recycling reports. Failure to submit required reports to the City or to self-haul within the required frequency shall be a basis for revocation of a self-haul permit. Exceptions to this are recyclable materials that the self-hauler is intending to donate or sell.

B. Persons collecting or transporting garbage, organic waste or recyclable materials which they, or occupants of premises of which they are in charge of day-to-day activities, have generated ("self-haulers"), in their own vehicle, may obtain a self-haul permit from the City authorizing that person to transport those materials to the appropriate facility as identified below.

Self-haulers must:

1. Source separate their recyclable materials and organic waste generated on site from solid waste in a manner consistent with this section or haul organic waste to a high diversion organic waste processing facility.

2. Haul their source separated recyclable materials to a facility that recovers those materials; and haul their source separated organic waste to a solid waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers source separated organic waste or to a high diversion organic waste processing facility; and haul their garbage to a fully permitted solid waste facility.

3. Self-haulers shall keep a record of the amount of organic waste delivered to each solid waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers organic waste for a minimum of five (5) years; this record shall be subject to inspection by the City. The records shall include the following information:

a. Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the waste.

b. The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported by the generator to each entity.

c. If the material is transported to an entity that does not have scales on site or employs scales incapable of weighing the self-hauler's vehicle in a manner that allows it to determine the weight of materials received, the self-hauler is not required to record the weight of material but shall keep a record of the entities that received the organic waste.

Self-haulers shall provide these records, upon request, to the City Manager or designee. Self-haulers shall provide the requested information within sixty (60) days.

C. Landscapers who self-haul organic waste generated at a customer's site must also meet the requirements in this section.

D. It is unlawful for any person to carry, convey or haul solid waste on or along the streets, alleys, highways or waterways of the City except in conveyances, containers or receptacles that will not permit any matter to sift through or fall upon the streets, alleys, highways or waterways. Solid waste conveyed in other than a container or receptacle with a close-fitting lid shall be protected with covers to prevent the solid waste from being blown or spilled onto the streets, alleys, highways, waterways or adjacent lands.

E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit residents or businesses from donating or selling their recyclable materials.

(Ord. 09-4 § 1, 4/28/2009; Ord. 22-3 § 1 (Exh. A), 1/25/2022; Formerly 15.44.800)

Licensed contractors performing work within the scope of their licenses, to which the removal of construction and demolition material is incidental, within the City may remove and recycle or otherwise dispose of construction and demolition material that is generated without obtaining a self-haul permit, provided the construction and demolition material is transported in contractor-owned containers and vehicles by contractor's employee(s). See Chapter 15.46 for additional construction and demolition material removal requirements.

(Ord. 09-4 § 1, 4/28/2009; Ord. 22-3 § 1 (Exh. A), 1/25/2022; Formerly 15.44.810)