To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Ordinance No. 2024-22 to add Chapter 418-3 to the County Ordinance Code
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2024-22 to add Chapter 418-3 to the County Ordinance Code to regulate commercial nonfranchise solid waste haulers that transport waste on County roads and highways during the period from January 2, 2025, through December 31, 2027; WAIVE reading; and FIX December 3, 2024, for adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of this ordinance. The Contra Costa Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division (EHD) is fully fee supported and any enforcement actions would follow existing cost recovery procedures outlined in County Ordinance Code.
BACKGROUND:
In 2017 to help combat illegal dumping, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2017-16 amending Chapter 418-2 of the County Ordinance Code and created a program to regulate the collection and transport of solid waste by nonfranchise haulers in the unincorporated areas of the County. The County's Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division (EHD) facilitates the non-franchise solid waste hauler program which requires haulers to obtain a permit, display permit decals, and pay regulatory fees to cover the cost of program implementation. Chapter 418-2 regulates both the collection and transport of waste by haulers, as opposed to only transport, in the unincorporated areas under this program allowing the EHD to collect regulatory fees to pay for the program and avoid running afoul of a provision of the California Vehicle Code prohibiting a permit fee from being charged for the privilege of using public roadways. This creates enforcement challenges allowing both permitted and non-permitted haulers to operate within the unincorporated areas because the location of collection is a requir...
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