§ 74-38. Exempt collection or transportation.

The following persons shall be authorized to organize, direct or sponsor the collection or transportation of refuse and/or rubbish within the city, or collect or transport such refuse and/or rubbish, without possession of a franchise agreement or commercial permit:

(1)

A person or employee of a person who has entered into a contract with the United States or any agency thereof or the State of California or an agency thereof for the collection of transportation of refuse, when such person or employee collects or transports refuse on or from any federal facility or housing project property owned by the United States or from and state facility owned by the state;

(2)

The United States, State of California, a city, a special district or other local public agency, or any employee or member of the Armed Forces thereof, when collecting or transporting refuse produced by operation of the public agency under a system of refuse collection of the public entity under a system of refuse collection and transportation operated and maintained by the public agency;

(3)

The owner, operator or occupant or employee thereof of a farm or ranch consisting of five acres or more, when transporting for off-site disposal refuse accumulated as a result of operation of the farm or ranch;

(4)

An owner or occupant of a dwelling unit, when collecting or transporting rubbish, not containing garbage, from his or her residential premises to a lawful point of disposal;

(5)

A residential construction contractor, commercial gardener and those engaged in the business of cleaning residential and commercial properties and employees thereof, when collecting or transporting rubbish consisting of by-products of the services provided to a lawful disposal location;

(6)

A person or employee thereof, when collecting or transporting dead animals, bones, meat scraps or food waste resulting from food processing plants for tallow or fertilizer, or other waste material to be used as raw material in manufacturing, or refuse for purposes of salvage; provided that such persons shall reuse or recycle or cause to be reused or recycled all material collected, and shall not transport any collected materials to a disposal site; and

(7)

An operator or employee thereof of one or more industrial plants which are under single ownership, when collecting or transporting waste which cannot be handled by standard refuse collection equipment or which involve significant health, operating or handling hazards, including buy not limited to, rice hulls, tomato pulp, chemical residues, explosives, and other toxic, noxious or hazardous substances; provided that all such wastes shall be deposited in and appropriate disposal area permitted pursuant to California State Solid or Hazardous Waste Management Standards.

Any transportation of garbage, refuse or rubbish authorized by the section shall be conducted in strict compliance with any and all requirements of this chapter related to transportation and any regulations issued hereunder.

(Ord. No. 2007-09, § 2, 7-19-2007)