HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #48 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-89-604
1/13/99
ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-2 OF
CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "GARBAGE AND
TRASH", BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (9)
PROVIDING REGULATIONS TO SAID SECTION FOR THE
BUNDLING AND PREPARATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND
SALVAGEABLE MATERIALS; FURTHER, AMENDING
SECTION 22+-13 OF CHAPTER 22 BY ADDING TO SAID
SECTION A NEW SUBSECTION (d) PROVIDING FOR
THE PLACE WHERE NEWSPAPER AND SALVAGEABLE
MATERIALS SHALL BE PLACED FOR COLLECTIONo THE
TIME OF COLLECTION AND A PENALTY FOR REMOVAL
_ BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS; FURTHER, AMENDING TO
SAID CHAPTER A NEW SECTION 22-13.1 PROVIDING
FOR THE INSTITUTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SEPARATE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL FUND TO BE
USED TO FUND TEN (10) SCHOLARSHIPS EACH YEAR
TO CHILDREN OF CITY OF MIAMI SOLID WASTE AND
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES, AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CONTAINED IN SUCH SECTION; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has a cted the 1988 Solid
Waste Management Act requiring c ties and municipalities -
statewide to develop and le nt recyc Ing programs in ord r�
accomplish the statewid cycling andate and legisl tiv g
of a th' y percentkaste ction by July 1, 1994 i cco andwith Se tion 4 3.706(4), lorida Statute and
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WHE , the City Commission re z s ]need to comply
with the s to recycling mandate n c ns' rs the conservation
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of energy and the envir me t
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be most importance in this
day and age; and
WHEREAS, the Stat
ida Solid Waste Management Act
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requires that "at a m mum,
a majority of the newspaper,
aluminum cans, glass and plastic
bottles must be separated from
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the solid waste stream prior to
final disposal and offered for
recycling" in accordance with Section 403.706 (2)(b), Florida}
Statutes; and
WHEREAS, it has been established by, authoritative sources
that: the recycling ofnewspapers
and other salvageable materals�
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