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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 16 – Recyclable Materials and Compostable Yard Waste">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-1" heading="No disposal at Quarantine Landfill.">
    <text>Recyclable materials, as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|23|§11-1"&gt;§ 11-1 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;, and compostable yard waste may not be disposed of at the Quarantine Landfill.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 23, §31(a)(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-113</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-488</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-2" heading="Recycling plan.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Commission on Sustainabilty to develop.">The Commission on Sustainability shall prepare and implement a comprehensive recycling plan for recycling and composting at facilities operated by the City, individuals, and corporations, as prescribed in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|5"&gt;Article 5&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 34 {“Commission on Sustainability”}.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Scope of plan.">The plan shall include:<para num="(1)">provisions for a City recycling and composting facility;</para>
      <para num="(2)">standards for the operation of private individual and corporate recycling and composting facilities;</para>
      <para num="(3)">provisions for residential and food and beverage business recycling programs, including:<para num="(i)">an expansion of the scope of recyclable materials to be collected from residential and food and beverage business locations;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">improvements in frequency and scheduling of pickup of recyclable materials from residential and food and beverage business locations;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">performance measures for evaluating recycling services;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">an analysis of the fiscal impact of complying with this recycling plan;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">provisions for a local food waste composting program for food and beverage businesses;</para>
      <para num="(5)">an analysis of the fiscal impact of complying with the recycling and composting plan; and</para>
      <para num="(6)">any other provisions relating to the process of providing for a comprehensive recycling and composting plan for the City of Baltimore.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 23, §31(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-113</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-488</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-4" heading="Rules and regulations.">
    <text>The Director of Public Works may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle, subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, and subject to review by the Commission on Sustain ability.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 23, §31(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-113</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-488</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/23/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed this section to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-5" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
