Article VII. Solid Waste Disposal
8.12.700 Discharge at facilities in compliance with law.
A. Legal Disposal. Everyone who collects and removes solid waste from a location within the city must transport that solid waste to, and deliver and discharge it at, locations that are authorized to accept that solid waste under solid waste handling law, including the following:
1. Transfer stations/processing facilities;
2. Recyclables buy-back centers;
3. Landfills;
4. Waste-to-energy transformation facilities; and
5. Composting facilities.
These illustrative examples are provided in order to help readers understand the meaning of this section and to comply with the code, but the city makes no representation or warranty that the listed facilities will remain in operation or in compliance with law. The list is not exhaustive and the city disclaims recommending any particular facility.
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"Dispose" means to finally deposit solid wastes onto land, into the atmosphere, or into the waters of the state. |
B. Prohibited Disposal. No one may dispose of solid waste anywhere in the city in any of the following manners:
1. Abandonment (such as littering or illegal dumping) on private or public property;
2. Burying;
3. Processing; or
4. Burning.
For purposes of this section, "processing" excludes composting green waste on one’s own premises in compliance with law (such as composting grass clippings and weeds collected on one’s residential premises). (Ord. 633 (Att. A), 2013).