Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 6 — SANITATION AND HEALTH›Chapter 6 — PROHIBITION ON THE USE, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF EXPANDED AND RIGID POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS, FOOD SERVICE WARE AND UTENSILS, AND RESTRICTION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC BEVERAGE STRAWS
Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Art. 6 Waivers
Thousand Oaks Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Thousand Oaks
Cite as: Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Article 6 · Text as of 2026-10-03
Sec. 6-6.601. Consideration of waiver by the City Manager.¶
The City Manager or his/her designee may consider a waiver filed by any food provider or person as detailed below.
(a) A request for a waiver shall be filed in writing with the City Manager or his/her designee annually and shall include documentation of the reason for the claimed waiver and any other information necessary for the City to make its decision, including, but not limited to the factual support for the claimed waiver as follow:
(1) Situations unique to the food provider where there are no reasonable alternatives to polystyrene disposable food ware;
(2) Situations where no reasonably feasible available alternatives exist to a specific and necessary expanded polystyrene use.
(3) Compliance with this chapter would cause undue hardship to that food provider.
(§ 3, Ord. 1680-NS, eff. January 1, 2022)
Sec. 6-6.602. Effect of waiver.¶
The City Manager or his/her designee's written decision on the waiver application is effective within thirty (30) days of the decision and is not appealable.
(§ 3, Ord. 1680-NS, eff. January 1, 2022)
Sec. 6-6.603. Waiver fees.¶
The City Council may by resolution establish a fee for waiver applications. The application fee shall be an amount sufficient to cover the costs of processing the waiver application.
(§ 3, Ord. 1680-NS, eff. January 1, 2022)
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