Diane: 

Please place the following proposed ordinance amendment on the January 23, 2001, City Council Agenda. It is also attached as a MSWORD file. 

ORDINANCE NO. ______N.S. 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND AMENDING SECTION 9.20.050 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF SAID CITY PERTAINING TO MAXIMUM TAX PAYABLE UNDER SOLID WASTE 

The Council of the City of Richmond do ordain as follows: 

Section 9.20.050 is hereby amended as follows: 

ORDINANCE NO. ______N.S. 

9.20.050 Placing solid wastes on streets, sidewalks, etc., prohibited. 

(a) It is unlawful for any person to throw, place, scatter or deposit any solid wastes upon any street, sidewalk, public place or publicly owned property in the City or to cause or permit any solid wastes to be thrown, placed, scattered or deposited on said public property by or through an employee, agent, representative or anyone acting for or on behalf of that person, except that a property owner may place properly packaged materials at the curb on regularly scheduled days established by the City or the collector for the removal of the same.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to place or deposit or cause to be placed or deposited by or through an employee, agent, representative or anyone acting for or on behalf of that person, any household, commercial or industrial solid wastes, in any can, bin, dumpster or other receptacle which is provided for public use and which is located on public property, except for solid wastes generated in or around the public property in which such receptacle is located.

(c) It is unlawful for any person to place, or cause or allow to remain, a waste collection receptacle, provided by a waste collection agency, on a public sidewalk, street or right-of-way more than 24 hours before or after the day of scheduled pickup. A waste collection receptacle includes green, brown and blue plastic receptacles and metal waste bins.

(d) It is unlawful for any person to place, or cause or allow to remain, at any residential property, a waste collection receptacle on private property where it is visible by a person walking or driving along the public right-of-way to which the property faces.