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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
SECTION 22 -196 REGARDING RECYCLING
FOR THE CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA
WHEREAS, the duly elected governing authority for the City of Tybee Island, Georgia,
is authorized under Article 9, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia
to adopt reasonable ordinances to protect and improve the public health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of Tybee Island, Georgia, and
WHEREAS, the duly elected governing authority for the City of Tybee Island, Georgia,
is the Mayor and Council thereof, and
WHEREAS, the governing authority desires to adopt ordinances under it police, zoning,
and home rule powers, and
WHEREAS, the City of Tybee Island is engaging a new contract to deal with solid waste
removal and to include additional provisions with respect to recycling, and
WHEREAS, in order to more efficiently operate the waste removal and recycling
programs, a new contract is being entered,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the governing authority of the City of Tybee
Island that the Section 22 -196 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tybee Island is hereby
amended so as to revise Section 22 -196 in its entirety, which presently reads:
Sec. 22 -196. Recycling.
Pursuant to its contract with waste management services, or any subsequent
contractor with the city supplying waste removal services, in order to promote
recycling, the city is arranging for each residence to be provided with a recycle
bin at a charge of $2.99 per month. The charge shall be added to the billing for the
water /sewer services.
(Code 1983, § 5 -2 -26)
so that it will hereafter read as follows:
Sec. 22 -196. Recycling
Pursuant to its contract with an outside service provider, and any subsequent contracts or
providers, supplying waste removal services, in order to promote recycling, the city will add a
charge to the billing for water /sewer services to be established by the Mayor and Council for
each residence to be provided with a recycling bin and/or other recycling service. Such charge
shall be established by motion and vote of the Mayor and Council at a meeting and the current
charge at any given time shall be available in the appropriate departments of the City.
SECTION II
It is the intention of the governing body, and it is hereby ordained, that the provisions of
this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances, City of Tybee Island,
Georgia, and the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered if necessary to accomplish such
intention.
This Ordinance shall become eff ctive on day of aD ..C' � 2008.
ADOPTED THIS D AY OF C� ;C:141
2008.
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CLERK OF COUNCIL
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