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File #: O-410-16    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Tabled
File created: 11/14/2016 In control: Public Works, Parks, Sustainability and Transportation Committee
On agenda: 5/30/2017 Final action: 5/16/2017
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 51.105, 51.201(B), AND 51.507(A) OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING WASTE MANAGEMENT.
Attachments: 1. O-410-16 V.1 111716 WASTE MANAGEMENT.pdf, 2. O-410-16 V.1 013117 ATTACH Solid Waste Master Plan.pdf
ORDINANCE NO. __________, SERIES 2017
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 51.105, 51.201(B), AND 51.507(A) OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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WHEREAS, Metro Council is opposed to any proposed regulation by Solid Waste Management that would enact mandatory Wet/Dry Separation for residents of Jefferson County.
WHEREAS, Metro Council is opposed to Solid Waste Management enacting regulations that negatively affect the contracts of private waste hauler services with individuals, groups or associations in Jefferson County.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (THE COUNCIL) AS FOLLOWS:

Section I. Section 51.001 of the Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to add the following definition:
Wet/dry collection programs. A waste sorting process by which household solid waste is separated into different elements for a waste hauler to collect. Wet waste includes foods, liquids, used tissues and paper towels. Dry waste refers to everything else, including plastics, paper, clean cardboard, aluminum containers, metals, and glass.
Section II. Section 51.101(A) of the Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
51.105 POWERS AND DUTIES OF WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
(A) The Waste Management District shall have those powers and duties assigned to solid waste management districts under KRS 68.178 and KRS Chapters109 and 224, as such statutes may be amended and supplemented from time to time, which powers include, but are not limited to, the powers and duties set forth in this subchapter.
(B) Preparation and submission to the Cabinet, as the Cabinet may require from time to time, solid waste management plans and revisions and amendments thereto for Metro Government;
(C) The planning, initiating, acquiring, constructing, maintaining and oper...

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