SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118935

• Record No: CB 118935
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118935
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 4/10/2017
• Ordinance No: Ord 125288
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; updating and consolidating provisions relating to Seattle recycling requirements; and amending Sections 21.36.082 and 21.36.083 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Draft Director's Rule, 2. Presentation, 3. Central Staff Memo, 4. Signed Ord 125288, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/14/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/14/2017	1	Mayor	Signed
4/14/2017	1	Mayor	returned
4/12/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
4/10/2017	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/31/2017	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	pass	Pass
3/20/2017	1	City Council	referred
1/13/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
1/10/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
1/10/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; updating and consolidating provisions relating to Seattle recycling requirements; and amending Sections 21.36.082 and 21.36.083 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle adopted recycling requirements in 2004 and additional requirements for food waste and compostable paper in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities seeks to update and consolidate Seattle Municipal Code provisions relating to recycling requirements; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities intends to update and clarify enforcement procedures by amending its administrative rules in 2017; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 21.36.082 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 124582, is amended as follows:
21.36.082 Commercial recycling required ((.))
A. ((Required Recycling of Paper, Cardboard, and Yard Waste.)) Required recycling of paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum, tin, food waste, compostable paper, and yard waste
1. ((As of January 1, 2005, a))All commercial establishments, including those hauling their own waste, shall separate paper (including paper cups), cardboard, glass and plastic bottles and jars, aluminum and tin cans, food waste, compostable paper, and yard waste for recycling, and no paper, cardboard, glass or plastic bottles and jars, plastic cups, aluminum or tin cans, food waste, compostable paper, or yard waste shall be deposited in garbage containers or drop boxes or disposed as garbage at the City's transfer stations.
2. ((Enforcement.)) Any violation of this subsection 21.36.082.A shall result in an additional collection fee of $50 per collection.
B. ((Required Recycling of Glass, Plastic, Aluminum and Tin.
1. As of July 1, 2014, all commercial establishments, including those hauling their ow...