8.08.090 Requirements for haulers.
A. Requirements for Haulers.
1. Exclusive franchised haulers shall provide residential, commercial, or industrial organic waste collection services to generators within the City’s boundaries and shall meet the following requirements and standards as a condition of approval of a contract, agreement, or other authorization with the City to collect organic waste:
a. Through written notice to the City annually on or before January 1, 2022, identify the facilities to which they will transport organic waste including the facilities for source separated recyclable materials and source separated green container organic waste, as applicable.
b. Transport source separated recyclable materials and source separated green container organic waste to a facility, operation, activity, or property that recovers organic waste, as defined in 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Article 2.
c. Obtain approval from the City to haul organic waste, unless it is transporting source separated organic waste to a community composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that complies with 14 CCR Section 18989.1 and this code.
2. The authorized hauler shall comply with education, equipment, signage, container labeling, container color, contamination monitoring, reporting, and other requirements contained within its franchise agreement, as may be amended from time to time.
3. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this chapter shall restrict or otherwise prohibit the authorized self-hauler from meeting its compliance requirements by any alternative methods or procedures, provided it complies with SB 1383, the SB 1383 regulations, and/or any other applicable law, as may be amended from time to time.
B. Requirements for Facility Operators and Community Composting Operations.
1. Owners of facilities, operations, and activities that recover organic waste, including, but not limited to, compost facilities, in-vessel digestion facilities, and publicly owned treatment works shall, upon the City’s request, provide information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities contacted by the City shall respond within sixty days.
2. Community composting operators, upon City request, shall provide information to the City to support organic waste capacity planning, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of organic waste anticipated to be handled at the community composting operation. Entities contacted by the City shall respond within sixty days. (Ord. 2022-03 § 2, 2022.)