15.52.020 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter the following definitions apply:
A. “Contractor” means any person or entity holding, or required to hold, a contractor’s license of any type under the laws of the State of California, or who performs (whether as contractor, subcontractor or owner-builder) any construction, demolition, remodeling, or landscaping service relating to buildings or accessory structures in Atherton.
B. “Covered project” means any project that has an estimated cost above fifty thousand dollars or will generate more than ten tons of construction and demolition debris.
“Covered project” shall not include:
1. drainage;
2. electrical;
3. encroachment;
4. excavation;
5. foundation;
6. grading;
7. mechanical;
8. plumbing;
9. landscape screening;
10. tree removal; or
11. new pools and spas
C. “Demolition and construction debris” means:
1. Discarded materials generally considered to be not water soluble and non-hazardous in nature, including but not limited to steel, glass, brick, concrete, asphalt material, pipe, gypsum, wallboard, and lumber from the construction or destruction of a structure as part of a construction or demolition project or from the renovation of a structure and/or landscaping, and including rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter that normally results from land clearing, landscaping and development operations for a construction project.
2. Clean cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, and metal scraps from any construction and/or landscape project.
3. Non-construction and demolition debris wood scraps.
4. De minimis amounts of other non-hazardous wastes that are generated at construction or demolition projects provided such amounts are consistent with best management practices of the industry.
5. Mixing of construction and demolition debris with other types of solid waste will cause it to be classified as other than construction and demolition debris.
D. “Designated recyclable and reusable materials” means:
1. Masonry building materials including all products generally used in construction including, but not limited to asphalt, concrete, rock, stone and brick.
2. Wood materials including any and all dimensional lumber, fencing or construction wood that is not chemically treated, creosoted, CCA pressure treated, contaminated or painted.
3. Vegetative materials including trees, tree parts, shrubs, stumps, logs, brush or any other type of plants that are cleared from a site for construction or other use.
4. Metals including all metal scrap such as, but not limited to, pipes, siding, window frames, door frames and fences.
5. Roofing materials including wood shingles as well as asphalt, stone and slate based roofing material.
6. Salvageable materials including all salvageable materials and structures including, but not limited to wallboard, doors, windows, fixtures, toilets, sinks, bath tubs and appliances.
E. “Mixed C&D recycling facility” means a facility that accepts mixed construction and demolition debris for the purpose of manually and/or mechanically sorting the material into recyclable components for the purpose of recycling a portion of the total material entering the facility.
F. “Approved mixed C&D recycling facility” means a facility which has been identified by the building official as having diversion rates, reporting mechanisms, and sorting systems which have the highest potential for helping the town achieve its diversion goals and policies. (Ord. 529 (part), 2002)