“Alternative daily cover (ADC)” means disposal facility cover material, other than organic waste and at least six (6) inches of earthen material, placed on the surface of the active face of the refuse fill area at the end of each operating day to control vectors, fires, odor, blowing litter and scavenging, as defined in Title 27, Section 20164 of the California Code of Regulations.

“Applicant” means any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever who applies to the City for the applicable permits to undertake any construction, demolition or renovation project within the City.

“Avoided disposal regulatory fee” means three (3) percent of the value of the project, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or such fee as may hereafter be set by City Council resolution.

“Chief Building Official” means the Chief Building Official, including their designee.

“C&D diversion report” means a report submitted by an applicant, on a form approved by the Chief Building Official, which contains documentation of the diversion of C&D waste and such additional information deemed necessary by the Chief Building Official to document accomplishment of the requirements of this chapter.

“Certified C&D recycling facility” means a recycling, composting, materials recovery or reuse facility determined to process incoming construction and demolition materials to divert from landfill or transformation for which the JPA has issued a certification.

“Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste)” means used or discarded materials removed from premises during construction or renovation of a structure resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, deconstruction or demolition operations on any pavement, house, commercial building or other structure.

“Deconstruction” means a process to carefully dismantle or remove usable materials from structures, as an alternative to demolition.

“Diversion” or “diverted” means a reduction of the amount of waste being disposed in a landfill or transformation facility by any of the following methods:

“Joint powers authority” or “JPA” means the Marin County Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority.

“Project” means a construction, demolition or renovation project for which a building permit is required under Larkspur Municipal Code Chapter 15.04.

“Recycling” means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials such as newsprint, mixed paper, glass containers, aluminum beverage containers, small scrap and cast aluminum, steel including “tin” cans, empty aerosol cans, bimetal containers, plastic bags, plastic food containers, Nos. 1 through 7 plastics regardless of form or mold, aluminum foil and pans that would otherwise become solid waste and returning them for use or reuse in the form of raw materials for new, used or reconstituted products which meet the quality standard necessary to be used in the market place.

“Reuse” means using an object or material again, either for its original purpose or for a similar purpose, without significantly altering the physical form of the object or material.

“Transformation” means incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, or biological conversion other than composting. Transformation does not include composting, gasification, or biomass conversion. (Ord. 1069 § 5, 2023; Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 985 § 1, 2012)