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CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND
SECTION 1.
City of Tybee Island hereby finds as follows:
A. As a coastal city, Tybee Island has a strong interest in protecting the marine
environment an element which contributes to the unique quality of life in the City;
B. Plastic and paper bags each have negative impacts on the environment. It is well
known that paper bags require more energy to manufacture and recycle and
generate effluent during these processes. It is also known that paper bags are
bulkier and heavier than plastic bags.
C. However a primary and significant problem with plastic bags is that they do not
biodegrade and are extremely light and easily caught in the wind. In a coastal city
like Tybee Island even plastic bags which are properly discarded can find their
way into the marine environment where they do not break down and essentially
remain indefinitely.
D. Because there is a strong possibility that plastic bags discarded on Tybee Island
can end up in the ocean where they will last indefinitely and create an
aesthetic blight and potential hazard to marine life (and paper bags will not do so
because they biodegrade and are less likely to be blown out to sea) it is in the best
interests of the public health, safety and welfare to adopt the proposed ban on
distribution of plastic bags at point of sale within the boundaries of the City of Tybee Island.
E. Due to Tybee Island's tourism, increased distribution of single use plastic bags occurs to meet
the needs of locals and visitors.
F. Tybee island is surrounded by water therefore a much greater risk of single use plastic making
it's way into the ecosystem.
G. Single-use carryout bags provided by retail establishments impose unseen costs on
consumers, local governments,the state and taxpayers and constitute a public nuisance
H. The manufacture and distribution of single-use carryout bags requires utilization of natural
resources and results in the generation of greenhouse gas emissions.
I. The use of single-use carryout bags by consumers at retail/restaurants is detrimental to the
environment, public health and welfare.
(a). Definitions:
For purposes of this chapter,the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Affected Retail Establishment" means any retail establishment located within or doing business
within the geographical limits of the City of Tybee Island.
"City Sponsored Event" means any event organized or sponsored by the City of Tybee Island or
any Department of the City of Tybee Island.
"Customer"means any person obtaining goods from an Affected Retail Establishment, Vendor or
Non-Profit Vendor.
"Grocery Store"means any dealer in staple foodstuffs, meats, produce and dairy products and
usual household supplies.
"Non-Profit Vendor"means a recognized tax exempt organization which provides goods as a part
of its services.
"Person"means any natural person,firm, corporation, partnership or other organization or group
however organized.
"Pharmacy"means a retail use where the profession of pharmacy by a pharmacist licensed by the
State of Georgia in accordance with the Business and Professions Code is practiced and where
prescription medications are offered for sale.
"Plastic Carry-Out Bag"or"Plastic Bag" means any bag made from plastic (including compostable
and biodegradeable plastic), excluding reusable bags, provided by an Affected Retail
Establishment, Vendor or Non-Profit Vendor to a customer at the point of sale for the purpose of
carrying away goods.
"Recyclable"means material that can be sorted,cleansed, and reconstituted using Tybee Island's
available recycling collection programs for the purpose of using the altered form in the
manufacture of a new product. Recycling does not include burning, incinerating, converting, or
otherwise thermally destroying solid waste.
"Recyclable Paper Bag" means a paper bag that meets all of the following requirements: (1)
oontminonon|dgruwthUber; (2) io100%recyu|ab|eovenaUandoontainoaminimumof40%post-
consumer recycled content;and (3) displays the words"Reusable"and"Recyclable" in a highly
visible manner on the outside of the bag.
"Retail Establishment" means any commercial business facility that sells goods directly to the
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marts.^ondrebu| storemendwandomoeUingdothing. hoodmndpermona| hemu.
"Reusable Bag" means a bag with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for
multiple reuse and is either: (1) made of cloth or other machine washable fabric; or(2) made of
other durable material suitable for reuse.
"Vendor" means any store, shop, restaurant,sales outlet or other commercial establishment
located within or doing business within the City of Tybee Island,which provides perishable or
nonperishable goods.
(b). Plastic Carry-Out Bags Prohibited
A. No Affected Retail Establishment, Restaurant, Vendor or Non-Profit Vendor shall provide
Plastic Carry-Out Bags to customers at the point of sale. Reusable Bags and Recyclable Paper
Bags are allowed alternatives.
B. Nothing in this section shall be read to preclude Affected Retail Eatab|iohmmnha, Routaurmnta,
Vendors and Non-Profit Vendors from making Recyclable Paper Bags available to customers.
C. Affected Retail Establishments are strongly encouraged to provide incentives for the use of
Reusable Bags through education and through credits or rebates for customers that use
Reusable Bags at the point of sale for the purpose of carrying away goods.
D. No person shall distribute Plastic Carry-Out Bags at any City facility or any event held on City
property.
E. This Chapter shall apply only to Plastic Carry-Out Bags provided at the point of sale for the
purpose of carr ing away goods. This Chapter shall not apply to single-use plastic produce
bags distributed in a grocery store exclusively for the purpose of transporting produce to the
point of sale.
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(c). Exemption.
The City Manager, or his or her designee, may exempt an Affected Retail Establishment, Vendor
or Non-Profit Vendor from the requirements of this Chapter for a period of up to an additional 6
months after the operative date of this Ordinance, upon sufficient showing by the applicant that
the provisions of this Chapter would cause undue hardship. The phrase undue hardship includes:
A. Situations where there are no acceptable alternatives to Plastic Carry-Out Bags for
reasons which are unique to the Retail Establishment, Vendor or Non-Profit Vendor;
B. Situations where compliance with the requirements of this Code would deprive a
person of a legally protected right."
SECTION 3. All other provisions of the Tybee Island Municipal Code shall remain
unchanged and continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.Any provisions of the Tybee Island Municipal Code, or appendices
thanto, or any other ordinances of the City, to the extent that they are inconsistent with this
ordinance, and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, uentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
juriad|ct|on, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence,clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fac that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall become operative as to:
1) Grocery Stores, Food Vendors, Restaurants, Pharmacies and City facilities six (6) months
after its effective date; and 2) all remaining Affected Retail Eatob|inhmenta, Vendors and Non-
Profit Vendors (6) months after its effective date.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance or a summary thereof to be
published and, if appropriate posted, as provided by law.Any summary shall be published and a
certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5)
days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted.Within fifteen (15)
days after the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause a summary to be published
with the names of those City Council members voting for and against this Ordinance and shall
post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance along with the
names of those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance.