§ 66.0603 — Definitions
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§66.0603 Definitions
All defined terms in this Division appear in italics and are found in sections 11.0210, 66.0102, and 113.0103 of this Code, except for the terms Building Permit and Demolition/Removal Permit which refer to those terms respectively as used in the Land Development Code and which, consistent with the Land Development Code, are not italicized in this Division. In addition, whenever the following words or phrases are used in this Division, they mean: AB 939 means the California Integrated Waste Management Act, codified at California Public Resources Code sections 40000 et seq. Certified recycling facility means a recycling, composting, materials recovery or reuse facility which accepts construction and demolition debris and which has been certified by the Director pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director. Construction and demolition debris means the waste building materials, packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, alteration, and/or demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings, and other structures and may include, but is not limited to, concrete, asphalt, wood, metals, bricks, dirt, rocks, and other inert waste. Director means the Director of the Environmental Services Department (and its successor) or the designee of the Director of the Environmental Services Department (and its successor). Disposal means the final deposition of solid waste at a permitted landfill. Diversion or Divert means the reduction or elimination of solid waste from landfill disposal. Hazardous waste has the same meaning as set forth in section 66.0102 of this Code. Solid Waste means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including, but not limited to, garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition debris, 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 semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes. Solid Waste does not include hazardous waste, hazardous substances or medical wastes, as those terms are defined in this Chapter 6 or in State or Federal law. Waste Management Form Part I means the form prepared by the City Manager on which an applicant for a Building Permit or Demolition/Removal Permit shall provide information including, but not limited to, the types and amounts of construction and demolition debris the applicant anticipates the development will generate and the expected construction and demolition debris diversion the applicant expects to achieve for that development. Waste Management Form Part II means the form prepared by the City Manager on which the applicant for a Building Permit or Demolition/Removal Permit shall provide information including, but not limited to, the name and address of the person to whom a deposit refund, if any, shall be issued, as well as documentary evidence in a form satisfactory to the Director demonstrating the construction and demolition debris diversion the applicant achieved for the development.
(Added 10-10-2005 by O–19420 N.S; effective 1-17-2008.)
