7.33.015 PURPOSE.

The purpose of this ordinance is to require that an applicant of a "covered project" recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris resulting from that project at a minimum rate of 50 percent for alterations and 60 percent for other covered projects, and in so doing help the City 1) reduce landfill waste; 2) foster resource conservation; and 3) help the City meet and exceed a diversion rate of 50 percent, as required by the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.