San Francisco County Municipal Code § 249.15 Solid Waste

Every person, firm or corporation operating a solid waste transfer or processing station within the City and County of San Francisco shall pay to the Tax Collector an annual license fee. The license fees set forth in this Section 249.15 shall be paid annually on or before March 31, in accordance with the provisions of Section 76.1 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.* All fees for routine, nonenforcement-related inspection services provided for solid waste transfer station permit issuance and compliance review will be included in the license fee required by this Section 249.15. (a) Large Quantity Transfer Station. Any solid waste facility handling in excess of 250,000 tons of solid waste per year: $30,000. (b) Medium Quantity Transfer Station. Any solid waste facility handling between 10,000 and 249,999 tons of solid waste per year: $10,000. (c) Small Quantity Transfer Station. Any solid waste facility handling less than 10,000 tons of solid waste per year: $1,000. (d) For purposes of Section 35 and this Section 249.15 of Article, the terms "transfer or processing station," "transportation," "solid waste," "solid waste facility," and "handling" shall be defined as set forth in Sections 40191, 40194, 40195 and 40200 of the California Public Resources Code, which Sections are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. (Added by Ord. 207-93, App. 6/25/93; amended by Ord. 238-11 , File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012; Ord. 140-25, File No. 250606, App. 8/1/2025, Eff. 9/1/2025)