7.33.040 EXCEPTIONS TO DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS.

It is not the intention of this chapter to require the recycling, reuse or diversion of materials not subject to those processes. The Director of Public Works or designee may grant the following exceptions to this chapter:

(a) An exception to the exclusion of ADC as a bona fide diversion method may be granted. If an exception is granted, any Designated Recyclable and Reusable Materials that are also present must be one hundred (100%) diverted from disposal in a landfill.

(b) In the event that more than forty percent (40%) of the waste tonnage is non-recyclable/non-reusable material, and a good faith effort has been made by the Applicant and the City prior to issuance of a permit to locate a material recycling/reuse facility has been unsuccessful, an exception to the requirements of this chapter may be granted, either in full or in part.