File #: O-5-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reader
File created: 3/26/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/22/2024 Final action: 7/22/2024
Title: Health and Safety - City of Annapolis Plastic Bag Reduction Act - For the purpose of prohibiting the retail distribution of plastic bags in the City, with some exceptions; defining certain terms; establishing the duties of certain retail establishments; providing for the enforcement of the prohibition on plastic bags; allowing retail establishments to distribute paper and reusable bags at no cost during certain times of the year; requiring public notice of the requirements; and generally relating to public safety.
Sponsors: Rob Savidge, Brooks Schandelmeier, Ross Arnett
Indexes: Housing and Human Welfare Committee
Attachments: 1. O-5-24 First Reader, 2. O-5-24 Plastic Bag Ban - Legislative Summary, 3. O-5-24 & R-14-24 Staff Report updated, 4. O-5-24 & R-14-24 Fiscal Impact Note, 5. O-5-24 & R-14-24 Plastic Bag Ban Memorandum, 6. MARYLAND RETAILERS ALLIANCE - Written Testimony, 7. O-5-24 Amendment 1 - Savidge (Sponsor's Substitute), 8. O-5-24 Amendment 2 - Gay, 9. O-5-24 Amendment 3 - Savidge (on behalf of Environmental Matters Cmte.), 10. O-5-24 Amendment 4 - Savidge (on behalf of Evironmental Matters Cmte.), 11. O-5-24 Signed (color), 12. O-5-24 Signed (b&w)
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Health and Safety - City of Annapolis Plastic Bag Reduction Act - For the purpose of prohibiting the retail distribution of plastic bags in the City, with some exceptions; defining certain terms; establishing the duties of certain retail establishments; providing for the enforcement of the prohibition on plastic bags; allowing retail establishments to distribute paper and reusable bags at no cost during certain times of the year; requiring public notice of the requirements; and generally relating to public safety.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 5-24

Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by: Alds. Schandelmeier, Arnett

Referred to:
Housing and Human Welfare Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning:

Health and Safety - City of Annapolis Plastic Bag Reduction Act

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the retail distribution of plastic bags in the City, with some exceptions; defining certain terms; establishing the duties of certain retail establishments; providing for the enforcement of the prohibition on plastic bags; allowing retail establishments to distribute paper and reusable bags at no cost during certain times of the year; requiring public notice of the requirements; and generally relating to public safety.

BY enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
10.32.010

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Title 10 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 10.32 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 10.32.010 - Plastic Bags Prohibited.

A. Definitions. In this section, the following words have the meanings indicated.
1. "Coffee shop" is defined in ? 21.72.010.
2. "Delicatessen" is defined in ? 21.72.010.
3. "Food service facility" means an establishment licensed by the Anne Arundel County Department of Health to prepare or sell food for the public.
4. "Mobile food service vendor" ...

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