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Home My WebLink About1991-11-05; City Council; NS-183; CMC 6.09 amends - Mandate recycling..., I! e 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ORDINANCE NO. NS-183 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CrrY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 6.09 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO MANDATE RECYCLING The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does ordain as foll 7 That Title 6, Chapter 6.09 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amende 8 6.09.094 and 6.09.111 to read as follows: 9 the addition to Section 6.09.010 and the addition of Sections 6.09.092, 6.09. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6.09.010 Definitions. (f) "Aluminum" means recoverable aluminum materials such as beverage containers, siding, and other manufactured items. (g) "Cardboard" means post-consumer waste paper grade corn2 cardboard (#11), kraft (brown) paper bags or solid fiber boxes which have served packaging purpose and are discarded and can later be reclaimed for collection recovery for recycling. (h) "Commercial Recyclables" means recyclables from the two commf subcategories of office buildings (of more than 20,000 sq. ft.) which are office pi corrugated cardboard, newspaper, and aluminum; and hospitality (restaurants taverns) which are corrugated cardboard, plastic beverage bottles, glass jars and bo white goods (appliances), aluminum, and tin and bi-metal cans. (i) "Commercial Solid Waste" means solid waste originating from st offices, and other commercial sources, but does not include construction or demo1 waste. (j) "Construction Waste" means the demolition, dredging, grubbing, the rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition activitif housing, commercial or govemental building and any other structure and paver (k) "Curbside Collection" means the collection of recyclables fion residential waste stream from curb or alleyway. (1) "Designated Recyclable Materials" means materials that are recyc and/or reusable within the following categories of residential, commercial (office hospitality), and industrial as defined more specifically within each category as I within this ordinance. (m) "Glass bottles and jars" means food and beverage glass conta including container glass covered by the deposit law, and excluding household kitchen containers such as drinking glasses, cups, and cooking and serving dishes (n) "Industrial Recyclables" means food and beverage glass conta including container glass covered by the deposit law, and excluding household 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 0 0 kitchen containers such as drinking glasses, cups, and cooking and serving dishes. (0) "Industrial Solid Waste" means solid waste originating 1 mechanized manufacturing facilities, factories, refineries, construction and demol: projects, publicly operated treatment works, and/or solid wastes placed in come collection bins. (p) "Metal" means recoverable aluminum, tin and bi-metal materials as used beverage containers, siding, and other recyclable manufactured metal iter (9) "Newspaper" means materials printed on newsprint. (r) "Office Paper" means waste paper grades of white and colored led: Examples include forms, copy paper, stationery, and other papers that are gene associated with desk activity. (s) "Plastic Beverage Bottles" means plastic containers with narrow nc or mouth openings smaller than the diameter of the container bodies, used containing milk, juice, soft drinks, or water intended for human consumption; t distinguished from non-food bottles such as those for containing motor oil, deter1 or other household products. (t) "Recyclable Plastic Beverage Containers shall mean those bc marked PET or PETE (1) and HDPE (2) on bottom of plastic beverage containers (u) "Residential Recyclables" means those specific recyclable materials the residential waste stream including, but not limited to, newspaper, plastic beve bottles, aluminum, tin and bi-metal cans, yard and wood wastes, white g (appliances), and glass bottles and jars. (v) 'Scavenging" means the uncontrolled and/or unauthorized remot solid waste materials, recyclable or recoverable materials. (w) "To Segregate Waste Material" means any of the following: placement of recyclables in separate containers; the binding of recyclable mat separately from the other waste material; the physical separation of recyclables other waste material. (x) "White Goods" means kitchen or other large enameled appliancc (y) "Wood Wastes" means lumber and wood products but excludes pai wood, wood treated with chemicals, and pressure treated wood. (z) "Yard Wastes" means leaves, grass, weeds and wood materials trees and shrubs. 6.09.092 Fees for Recycling. The City Council will establish fee: recycling by resolution, which may be amended from time to time. 6.09.093 Separation of Recyclable Materials. All designated recyc materials shall be separated from other garbage and combined refuse. The dispos designated recyclable materials with mixed refuse is prohibited. 6.09.094 Desimated Recyclable Materials. Designated recyclable Single-Family and Multi-Family Residential customers shall include: newspaper, pl beverage bottles, aluminum, tin and bi-metal cans, yard waste, white goods (applian and glass bottles and jars. Designated recyclables for Commercial Office Buildings of more 20,000 sq. ft. shall include: office paper, corrugated cardboard, newspaper, aluminum. Designated recyclables for Commercial Hospitality customers, includil restaurants and taverns, shall include: corrugated cardboard, plastic beverage bo II 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 glass jars and bottles, white goods (appliances), aluminum, and tin and bi-metal ci Designated recyclables for Industrial customers shall include: dirt, aspk sand, land clearing brush, concrete, and rock. The designation of recyclable materials may be amended from time to t by the City Manager or resolution of the City Council. Mandatory recycling shall commence on November 1, 1991 for Sin Family Residential and Industrial customers. Mandatory recycling shall commence a 1, 1992 for Multi-Family Residential and Commercial Office Buildings and Come1 Hospitality customers. Mandatory recycling shall commence January 1, 1992 for 1 waste. 6.09.1 11 Enforcement. The City Manager or designee shall be respons for the enforcement of all provisions of this Chapter. Failure to comply with tl regulations shall be an infraction and will be prosecuted according to the provisior Chapter 1.08 of the Municipal Code; however, nothing in the regulations shall pre the authorized agents or deputies from efforts to obtain voluntary compliance by of warning, notice of violation or educational means. lo ll EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days afte 'X // adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cau 12 13 14 15 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City COI 16 of the City of Carlsbad on the 22nd day of October , 1991, and therea to be published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days afte adoption. 17 18 19 I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ,a 0 0 c 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of City of Carlsbad on the 5th day of November , 1991, by the following v to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Larson, Stanton and Nygaard NOES: None ABSENT: Council Member Kulchin CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: &+iL .$ ALETHA L. RAUTEN (SEAL)