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During the ordinance implementation phase, you will want to provide
ongoing education for new staff implementing the ordinance as well as
contractors who will need to comply with the ordinance. You will also want
to monitor the effectiveness of the ordinance (e.g., any increase in
diversion of construction and demolition (C&D) material, or decrease in the amount being landfilled), and
to enforce compliance with the ordinance. The amount of staff time (and
on-going training) you will need to implement your ordinance will depend on
the sections you include. For example, if you:
- Require a waste management plan (WMP), you will need to develop a
template for contractors to use, and you may also need to provide training
for how to complete a WMP. Some jurisdictions provide such training and
examples of a completed WMP on their building department’s web page. The
City of Oakland has a web page that contains
various sample forms,
including an
example of their WMP.
- Have a diversion requirement, you will need to train staff on what
are reasonable estimates for anticipated diversion/disposal per project
and/or material type.
- Have penalties and/or fines (other than forfeiture of deposit),
you will need to develop procedures for implementing the penalty/fines, and
train staff accordingly.
- Require a deposit, you will need staff to handle the deposits
(taking in and returning), as well as to evaluate compliance with the
requirements that allow deposits to be returned, and to handle any related
disputes or appeals. If you don’t have a deposit requirement and instead require onsite
source separation and diversion, you will need to have staff to monitor
onsite compliance.
Encouraging/Enforcing Compliance
Below are ways for a jurisdiction to encourage/enforce compliance with
their C&D ordinance:
- Provide technical assistance and education for contractors.
- Provide education/training for staff.
- Require security (or performance) deposits.
- Require proof of compliance through weight tickets and receipts from
diversion facilities.
- Tie issuance of project permits to meeting ordinance requirements;
for example, submittal of a complete waste management plan .
- Conduct field inspections of onsite practices.
- Tie final approval of projects to compliance with the C&D ordinance; for
example, a jurisdiction may choose to only release the certificate of
occupancy when the project applicant is found to be in compliance with
the ordinance.
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