§ 6-2.30. Mandatory solid waste source reduction, diversion and recycling.

(a)

Recycling required under State law. The City must by law be in compliance with Assembly Bill 939 (California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989) as outlined in the California Public Resources Code Sections 40000 et seq. ("Act"). This law requires all cities and counties to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill by twenty-five (25) percent by 1995 and fifty (50) percent by the year 2000. Fines of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day may be levied by the State against the City for failure to meet these State-mandated recycling goals. To comply with the law and reduce waste going to the landfill, it is necessary that all existing and future residential, multifamily, industrial, commercial, institutional and government units and facilities implement plans to reduce and recycle all solid wastes.

(b)

Mandatory source reduction and recycling policies. The City has adopted mandatory source reduction and mandatory recycling policies as contained in this chapter and other policies, procedures, rules and regulations that may from time to time be issued or amended by the City Council or the City Manager.

(§ 1, Ord. 681, eff. May 2, 2003)