Under SCMC 8.28.130, implementing California SB 1383, San Clemente single-family generators must subscribe to the City's three-container service and sort organics (including food waste), recyclables, and refuse into the correct carts. Commercial and edible-food rules also apply.
SCMC Chapter 8.28 was amended (Ord. 1728, 2022) to implement California SB 1383, the statewide mandatory organics law. SCMC 8.28.130 requires single-family organic waste generators to subscribe to the City's three-container collection service and to place source-separated organics including food waste in the organics container, recyclables in the recyclable-materials container, and refuse in the refuse container, with no cross-contamination between carts. Generators may reduce organics through backyard or community composting. CR&R provides the trash, recycling, and organics carts; the City's site confirms SB 1383 requires single-family and multifamily properties to subscribe to organics collection and recycle green waste and food waste. Parallel duties apply to commercial businesses (SCMC 8.28.140) and edible-food generators (SCMC 8.28.160).
SB 1383 violations draw administrative citations under Chapter 1.20, with fines of $50, $75, then $100 under SCMC 8.28.210(C), consistent with Government Code Section 36900. The City provides educational materials before penalties and may extend compliance deadlines (SCMC 8.28.210(F)).
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