Amending Chapter 13 of New article 8 entitled Offenses Realated to Unlawful Taking of Recyclable Matrials

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designated collector of said recyclable materials. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any person(s) not authorized by the City, its recycling agent(s) or other registered recycling agencies to collect, obtain, possess, pick up or cause to be collected, obtained, possessed, or picked up any such recyclable materials. Any and each such violation hereof from one or more locations shall constitute a separate and distinct violation hereof, as hereinafter provided. Sec. 13-88 Violation and Penalties. (a) Any person or person(s) who unlawfully takes recyclable materials from designated locations who is not authorized to do so shall be in violation of this Article and shall be fined not less that fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense. Such violation shall be considered an Ordinance violation and the violator shall be issued a citation imposing such $50.00 fine payable through the City's Ordinance Violation Bureau. (b) The citation issued under this Article shall contain the date, time, name, and address of the violator, the Code Section violated, the nature of the violation, location of the violation, the name of the officer issuing the citation, and the instructions as to the disposition of the citation. (c) Any person or person(s) who violates this Article a subsequent time within the same calendar year shall be subject to a civil forfeiture of five hundred dollars ($500. 00) for each subsequent violation. Sec. 13-89 Rules and Regulations. The Board of Public Works is hereby authorized to adopt, promulgate and enforce such additional rules and regulations as may be necessary to properly implement and assist lawful recycling operations throughout the City. SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. Memb- r o he Common Council