Item 28 - Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Article II of Chapter 16 of the SAMC

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 24 of 42 (g) Annually provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about organic waste recovery requirements and about proper sorting of source separated recyclable materials, and source separated green container organic waste or source separated brown container organic waste. (h) Provide education information before or within fourteen (14) days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes requirements to keep source separated recyclable materials, and source separated green container organic waste or source separated brown container organic waste separate from solid waste and the location of containers and the rules governing their use at each property. (i) Provide or arrange access for city or its agent to their properties during all inspections conducted in accordance with section 16-39.5 to confirm compliance with the requirements of this article. (j) Accommodate and cooperate with city’s remote monitoring program for inspection of the contents of containers for prohibited container contaminants to evaluate generator’s compliance with this section. The remote monitoring program shall involve installation of remote monitoring equipment on or in the blue containers, green containers, brown containers, and/or gray containers. (k) If the responsible party of a commercial premises intends to self-haul solid waste generated by the premises, they must meet the self-hauler requirements of section 16-38.5. (l) Commercial premises that arrange for gardening or landscaping services shall require that the contract or work agreement between the owner, occupant, or operator of a commercial premises and a gardening or landscaping service specifies that the designated yard waste generated by those services be managed and recycled in compliance with this article and that the contract and/or work agreement contain the provisions set forth in Section 16-39. (m) Nothing in this section prohibits a generator from preventing or reducing waste generation, managing organic material on site, or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c). (n) Commercial businesses that are tier one or tier two commercial edible food generators shall comply with food recovery requirements, pursuant to section 16-37.5. Sec. 16-35. - Service charges. (a) Owners and/or occupants of any improved parcel of real property in the city, as shown on the latest county assessment roll, except any parcel receiving bin or roll-off service exclusively, shall pay to the city a solid waste collection service charge (refuse service charge) in such amounts, at such times, and in such manner as shall be established by resolution of the city council. Such refuse service charge is imposed to provide for the continuing availability of curbside service and shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said resolution regardless of actual use thereof or of any interruptions or delays in such service, except to the extent reductions or refunds may be specifically authorized or directed by the executive director of public works or his or her