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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 5 of 42 <br /> <br /> Composting shall mean a method of waste treatment which produces a product <br />meeting the definition of compost herein. <br /> Composting facility means a state permitted solid waste facility at which <br />composting is conducted and which produces a product meeting the definition of <br />compost. <br />Construction and demolition solid waste or construction and demolition debris shall <br />mean the nonhazardous waste building material, inerts, soil, organic waste, yard <br />trimmings, packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and <br />demolition operations on streets, pavements, houses, commercial buildings, and other <br />structures. <br /> Containers shall mean any and all types of solid waste receptacles, including carts, <br />bins, and roll-off boxes provided by the solid waste collection contractor. <br /> <br /> Container contamination or contaminated container means a container, regardless <br />of color, that contains prohibited container contaminants, or as otherwise defined in 14 <br />CCR Section 18982(a)(55). <br /> County agency enforcement official shall mean a county agency enforcement <br />official, designated by the city with responsibility for enforcement in conjunction or <br />consultation with the city enforcement official. <br /> <br /> Covered project means all demolition and building permits subject to the <br />requirements of the California Green Building Standards Code. Covered projects are <br />required to meet the minimum diversion requirements of the California Green Building <br />Standards Code for all C&D debris generated by the project. <br /> Curbside service unit shall mean each single-family residence and duplex unit <br />which receives curbside collection services provided by the city's solid waste collection <br />contractor. This shall include commercial curbside users and any multifamily, business or <br />professional user which does not require bin service as determined by the executive <br />director of public works. <br />Discarded materials are included in the definition of solid waste. For purposes of <br />this article, material is deemed to have been discarded, whether it is destined for recycling <br />or disposal, and whether or not it has been separated from other solid wastes, in all cases <br />where a fee or other compensation, in any form or amount, is directly or indirectly solicited <br />from, or is levied, charged, or otherwise imposed on, or paid by, the generator or customer <br />in exchange for handling services. As used herein, handling services include, without <br />limitation, the collection, removal, transportation, delivery, and processing and/or disposal <br />of the material. Handling services specifically exclude the generator’s use of a third party <br />to assist the generator with on-site separation of materials into and among contractor- <br />provided containers to facilitate recovery and minimize contamination. For the purposes <br />of this article, discarded materials include source separated recyclable materials, source <br />separated blue container organic waste, source separated green container organic waste, <br />source separated brown container organic waste, food waste, non-recyclable gray <br />container waste, and C&D, once the materials have been placed in containers for