City Council
MEETING DATE: 7/22/2015
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Ordinance prohibiting the establishment, installation, placement, construction and/or expansion of attended and unattended collection bins.
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FROM:
Charles Green, City Attorney
Katie Podein, Deputy City Attorney
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council receive and consider this report and adopt the attached Ordinance prohibiting the establishment, installation, placement, construction and/or expansion of attended and unattended collection donation bins ("CDBs"), or taking whatever other action the City Council deems appropriate.
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BACKGROUND:
In recent years, the City has seen a proliferation and concentration of CDBs. CDBs are defined as portable, attended or unattended bins or storage pods or containers for the reverse vending of salvageable personal property including, but not limited to, furniture, household items, appliances, clothing, books and other such related items, installed on both private and public property. CDBs are usually placed on private property, but also are known to be placed at schools, grocery stores, gas stations, in parking lots and near businesses.
On May 13, 2015, the City Council adopted an Urgency Interim Ordinance imposing a temporary 45-day moratorium ("Moratorium") on the establishment, installation, placement, construction, and/or expansion (collectively called "Installation") of attended and unattended CDBs. The City Council imposed the Moratorium after finding that there was a current and immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare resulting from the approval of CDBs, and that such further approvals and introduction of CDBs into the community would continue the threaten to public health, safety and welfare.
During the Moratorium, City Staff concluded that the establishment of CDBs has led to visual blight, they jeopardize residents' quiet enjoyment of their homes and property, and they have the l...
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