Ord 1812 - Amending Chapter 14 of the Town Code Relating to Regulating Recyclable MaterialsORDINANCE 1812
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE TOWN CODE
RELATING TO REGULATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN:
SECTION I
Article III of Chapter 14 of the Town Code is hereby enacted and added to the
Town Code to read as follows:
ARTICLE III. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Section 14 -30 - Definition
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definition shall apply:
Recyclable Materials. Any paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil,
ferrous metal or aluminum and any other recyclable material that has been
segregated from other refuse by placing in separate containers or by other such
physical separation and placed for collection separately from garbage, refuse, rubbish
or other waste.
Section 14 -31 - Collection of Recyclable Materials - Contract
The Town may enter into an Agreement with any contractor, granting to such
contractor the exclusive right and privilege of collecting, processing and marketing
recyclable materials from designated dwellings within the Town, according to the
terms and conditions of such an Agreement.
Section 14 -32 - Collection of Recyclable Materials - Fees
The Town may determine the manner in which recycling services are to be
provided in the Town. The Council shall determine by resolution any fee to be
imposed and collected from residential or commercial occupancies served by
recyclable material collection programs provided by the Town or Town's contractor
and the manner in which the fee is to be collected. Residential or commercial
occupancies shall be notified of any new or amended fee at least thirty days prior
to its implementation.
Section 14 -33 - Removal of Recyclable Materials
No person other than the authorized recycling contractor shall remove paper,
glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal, aluminum or other recyclable
materials which have been segregated from other refuse, placed in designated
containers separated from refuse and placed at a designated collection location for
purposes of collection and recycling.
Section 14 -34 - Recyclable Materials - Donation or Sale
Nothing in this Chapter shall limit the right of any person to donate, sell or
otherwise dispose of his /her recyclable materials.
SECTION II
This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted. Within 15 days after this
ordinance is adopted, the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper
of general circulation published and circulated in the Town.
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This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on February 5, 1990 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos on February 20, 1990.
AYES: Council Members Joanne Benjamin, Eric D. Carlson,
Robert L. Hamilton, Brent N. Ventura,
and Mayor Thomas J. Ferrito
NOES: Council Members
ABSTAIN: Council Members
ABSENT: Council Members
SIGNED:
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS TOS
ATOS