Santa Clarita Municipal Code Part 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this chapter, unless clearly inapplicable. Words and phrases not ascribed a meaning by this chapter shall have the meaning ascribed by Chapter 15.44, if defined therein, and if not, by Division 30, Part 1, Chapter 2 of the Public Resources Code, Section 40000 et seq., and the regulations of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, if defined therein, and if not, to the definitions found in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., and the regulations implementing RCRA, as they may be amended from time to time.

"Administrator"

means the City staff person designated by the City Manager to administer the provisions of this chapter.

"Applicant"

means any person, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever required to apply to the Building and Safety Division for an applicable permit to undertake any covered project, as defined below, within the City. An applicant must comply with this chapter.

"Construction"

means the building of any facility or structure or any portion thereof including any tenant improvements to a previously unoccupied existing facility or structure. "Construction" does not include a project limited to interior plumbing work, electrical work or mechanical work, or any combination of them.

"Construction and demolition diversion security deposit" or "diversion security deposit"

means cash or letter of credit in a form acceptable to the City, submitted to the City pursuant to Part 4 of this chapter.

"Construction and demolition materials" or "C&D materials"

means used or commonly discarded materials removed from premises of a covered project during construction, grading, remodeling, repair, demolition, deconstruction or renovation resulting from construction, renovation, grading, remodeling, repair, deconstruction or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building, or other structure, or from landscaping. Such materials include, but are not limited to, inert waste (including rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics and cured asphalt), gravel, plaster, gypsum wallboard, aluminum, glass, plastic pipe, roofing material, carpeting, wood, masonry, trees, stumps, remnants of new materials, including paper, plastic, carpet scraps, wood scraps, scrap metal, building materials, packaging and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, renovation, repair and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings and other structures, and grading.

"Construction and demolition materials management plan" or "C&DMMP"

means a completed C&DMMP form, approved by the City for the purpose of compliance with this chapter, submitted by the applicant for any covered project.

"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 identified in a construction and demolition materials management plan.

"Covered project"

means a project for which a building, demolition, grading or other similar permit is required by this code. See "exempt project," "project" and Part 2 of this chapter.

"Deconstruction"

means a process to dismantle or remove useable materials from structures, in a manner which maximizes the recovery of building materials for reuse and recycling and minimizes the amount of waste transported for disposal in landfills and transformation facilities.

"Demolition"

means the destruction, razing, ruining, tearing down or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement or building, whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior.

"Diversion requirement"

means the diversion required by the Construction Waste Reduction, Disposal, and Recycling Section of the most recently adopted California Green Code adopted as the "City of Santa Clarita Green Building Standards Code" unless the applicant has been granted an exemption pursuant to the section. If the applicant has been granted an exemption, the diversion requirement shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate established by the Administrator or the Administrator's designee for the project.

"Divert" or "diversion"

means activities which reduce or eliminate the amount of C&D material from disposal in a landfill or transformation facility. See Public Resources Code Section 40124.

"Exempt project"

shall have the meaning set forth in Part 2 of this chapter.

"Feasible"

shall have the meaning ascribed by Public Resources Code Section 21061.1, as it may be amended.

"Inert waste"

shall have the meaning ascribed by Public Resources Code Section 41821.3(a)(1), as it may be amended.

"Project"

means any activity for which a building, demolition, grading or other similar permit is required. See also "covered project," above.

"Recycling"

shall have the meaning ascribed by Public Resources Code Section 40180, as it may be amended.

"Renovation"

means any change, addition, or modification in an existing structure that requires a building permit or demolition permit but does not include a project limited to interior plumbing work, electrical work or mechanical work.

"Reuse"

means further or repeated use of construction and demolition materials or inert waste.

"Salvage"

means the controlled removal of construction or demolition materials from a permitted construction or demolition site for the purpose of recycling, reuse, or storage for later recycling or reuse.

(Ord. 05-9, 6/28/2005; Ord. 06-7 § 1, 10/10/2006; Ord. 18-5 § 1 (Exh. A), 5/8/2018)