HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1990-007Temp. Ord. #1478
Revised 2/28/90
Revised 3/14/90
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE No. 0-90- 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 19 "SOLID WASTE" OF THE
TAMARAC CITY CODE BY REPEALING THE EXISTING
SECTION 19-3 "DISPOSAL OF NEWSPAPERS,
CARDBOARD BOXES" AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
19-3 ENTITLED "COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE
WASTE"; TO REQUIRE THAT ALL SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCES AND RESIDENTIAL UNITS USING
CURBSIDE REFUSE SERVICE -SEGREGATE NEWSPAPERS
FROM ALL OTHER SOLID WASTE MATERIALS;
PROHIBITING THE THEFT OF ANY NEWSPAPER
MATERIAL DESIGNATED AS RECYCLABLE BY THE
CITYi PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac is mandated to comply with
the State of Florida's Solid Waste Act of 1988, and in
particular the implementation and operation of a recycling
program of certain recyclable materials; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac has adopted a policy of
developing a Joint Recycling Program which includes the
cities of Coconut Creek, Lauderhill, Margate, North
Lauderdale and Tamarac to implement the requirements of the
Solid Waste Act of 1988; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Recycling group cities has decided
that the first phase of implementing the requirements of the
Solid Waste Act will include the recycling of newspapers in
single-family residences to be collected and recycled by a
separate contractor; and
WHEREAS, the cost to single-family home owners to
provide the newspaper recycling program is dependent upon
participation rates, the City Council of the City of Tamarac
deems it to be in the best interests of all City residents to
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SECTION 3: That the Tamarac Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended by adding a new Section 19-3 "Collection of
Recyclable Waste" to read as follows:
Section 19-3.• Collection of Recyclable Waste
a. Newspaper. Collection -- Newspaper (which for the
purposes of this Chapter shall be considered a
periodical usually daily or weekly printed on
"newsprint") shall be segregated from all other
solid waste material by all single family
homeowners and residential units using curbside
refuse service. It shall be securely bundled with
string or twine or placed in a paper -grocery bag_or
like__ disposable containers and _placed _ out for
collection according to a scheduled day established
by the City along with all other refuse at curbside
or next to the refuse container used „by such solid
waste customers. Newspapers shall not be vlaced in
plastic bags nor mixed with magazines, telephone
directories, cardboard, shiny advertising print or
inserts. Adequate precaution shall be made to
,,�revent newspapers from being scattered by the
elements.
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SECTION 4 s Specific authority is hereby granted to
codify this Ordinance.
SECTION 5 : All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
SECTION 6: If any provision of this Ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of this Ordinance that can be given affect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be sever-
able.
SECTION 7 This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon adoption and passage.
PASSED FIRST READING this 8 day of 1990.
PASSED SECOND READING this 1_1 day of 71 1990.
ATTEST:
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CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved this '.ONCE as
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