Solano County Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

23-10 Authority and citation

This chapter is enacted pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, commencing with §40000), and is intended to supplement and implement that statute and regulations enacted pursuant thereto, and may be cited as the “Solano County Solid Waste Ordinance.”

(Ord. No. 1111, §2; Ord. No. 1449, §1; Ord. No. 1526, §1)

23-11 Definitions

Except as herein expressly provided, the definitions contained in Part 1 Chapter 2 of Division 30 of the California Public Resources Code, §§ 40100 et. seq., and applicable sections of the California Code of Regulations, shall govern the interpretation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1111, §2; Ord. No. 1449, §1; Ord. No. 1526, §1.)

23-12 Definitions--other

Administrative fee means the fee charged by the County to administer the Service Agreement between the Contractor and County for collection and transport of municipal solid waste, recyclables and green waste within Areas A-E.

Approved disposal area means any site, location tract or land, area, building, structure or premises authorized by law as a place for the disposal of solid waste for which a permit has been issued by the Department of Resource Management, Environmental Health Services Division.

Bulky waste means large items of solid waste, recyclables and green waste such as appliances, furniture, large auto parts, tree stumps, and other oversize wastes whose large size precludes placement into wheeled containers, bins, or cans provided by the Contractor or homeowner.

Collector means any person engaged in the business of collecting or transporting solid waste, recyclables and green waste in any part of the unincorporated area of the county.

Contractor means an agent or employee or any person, firm, corporation or association, or the agents or employees thereof, with whom the County has contracted under the terms set out in this Chapter to collect, transport, and dispose of municipal solid waste, recyclables and green waste materials in the unincorporated areas of the County identified by map in Chapter 23 as Areas A-E.

Department of Resource Management, Environmental Health Services Division means the Solano County Department of Resource Management, Environmental Health Services Division, also referred to herein as the division.

Franchise means an initial authorization, or renewal thereof, issued by the Board of Supervisors, whether such authorization is designated as a franchise, permit, license, resolution, contract, certificate, agreement, or otherwise, which authorizes the collection and disposal of municipal refuse and recyclable materials in Area E.

Green Waste means any plant materials such as leaves, grass clippings, brush, tree cuttings, and other yard wastes. It also includes yard trimmings, untreated wood waste, natural fiber products and construction and demolition wood waste. Green waste does not include wood waste, mixed demolition or construction debris, food material, biosolids, mixed solid waste, wood containing lead-based paint or wood preservative, or mixed construction and demolition debris.

Mandatory Service Area means any area within the unincorporated portion of the County where parcels are zoned under Chapter 28 of this code as Rural-Residential (R-R), Residential- Estate (R-E), One-Family Residence (R-S), Duplex-Residence (R-D), and Multiple-Residence (R-M) and are developed with residential dwelling units.

Mandatory Service Areas are parcels zoned:

• Rural Residential = RR 5, RR 2 1/2 with 5 and 2 1/2 acre minimum parcel sizes;

• Residential Estate (RE 1, RE 1/2, RE 1/3, RE 1/4 with 1, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 acre minimum parcel sizes); or

• One Family Residential (RS); or

• Duplex Residential (RD); or

• Multi-Family Residential (RM)

Recyclables means a material which is part of the solid waste stream which is to be collected pursuant to the service agreement and which can be reused or processed into a form suitable for reuse through reprocessing or manufacturing, consistent with the requirements of the Act. Recyclable materials include aluminum cans, glass jars and bottles, steel (tin) food cans, bi-metal beverage cans; narrow necked Type #1 containers (PET-polyethylene terephthalate); narrow necked Type #2 containers (HDPE-high density polyethylene); newspaper, mixed paper (ledger, computer, junk mail, magazines, paperback books, cereal boxes, envelopes, paper shopping bags, wrapping paper) and corrugated cardboard.

Reduced Rate is a reduction in the rate paid for service by customers who qualify based on a set criteria determined by the County and the Contractor.

Refuse means garbage and rubbish.

Refuse collection permit means the permit issued to collector by the Department of Environmental Management.

Rubbish means non-putrescible solid wastes such as ashes, paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber byproducts or litter

Senior Citizen means a person who is at least 62 years of age.

Service Areas means unincorporated territory of the County divided into the following described locations: A, B, C, D, and E as denoted on the map attached to the ordinance codified herein as Exhibit “A” (located at the end of this chapter) and incorporated as part of this chapter.

Service Agreement means an initial authorization, or renewal thereof, issued by the Board of Supervisors, whether such authorization is designated as a franchise, permit, license, resolution, contract, certificate, agreement, or otherwise, which authorizes the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste, recyclables and green waste materials in Areas A-E.

Service Agreement Administrator means the Solano County Department of General Services.

Solid Waste means all garbage (kitchen and food waste and animal or vegetable waste that attends or results from the storage, preparation, cooking or handling of foodstuffs, rubbish (non- putrescible solid materials such as paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber by-products or litter), construction and demolition debris and other materials and substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to the generator thereof at the time of such discard or rejection and which are normally disposed of by or collected from residential, and commercial, governmental and institutional establishments which are acceptable at Class III landfill under applicable law.

Solid Waste, Recyclables and Green Waste collection permit means the permit issued to collector by the Department of Resource Management.

(Ord. No. 1111, §2; Ord. No. 1449, §1; Ord. No. 1526, §1; Ord. No. 1654, §1)