HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance to Regulate and Contol the Sale and use of Plastic Coverings or BagsORDINANCE No. 4349 -_ -60
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
NOVEMBER 14,
Attest: &46,/c
Acting
Presented by me to thl Mayor of the City of South Bend,
NOVEMBER 15,
Clerk
of Common Council
Clerk
Approved and signed by me
Actin ayor
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE SALE
AND USE OF PLASTIC COVERINGS OR BAGS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend that:
SECTION I. No person shall use, deliver, or possess for use for delivery,
any plastic bag the length and width of which, when added together, totals
twenty -five (25 ") inches or more and which is less than one mil in thickness
as a cover or container for any product or substance, unless such bag bears
the following warning statement, or such warning statement which the Board
of Health has approved as the equivalent thereof:
"WARNING - TO AVOID DANGER OF SUFFOCATION KEEP
AWAY FROM BABIES AND CHILDREN. DO NOT USE IN
CRIBS, BEDS, CARRIAGES OR PLAYPEN. THIS BAG IS
NOT A TOY. "
Such warning statement shall be imprinted in a prominent place
on the plastic bag or shall appear on a label securely attached to the bag in a
prominent place, and shall be printed in English in legible type which should
be constrasted by typography, layout or colors from the contents of the bag
and from other printed matter on the bag, if any. The size of the print of such
statement shall be as follows:
Total length and width of ba
60"
40 -59"
30 -39"
25 -30"
Size of print
At least 24 point
At least 18 point
At least 14 point
At least 10 point
SECTION II. Any and all persons, firms, corporations who shall violate any
of the provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith or who shall
violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder shall
severally and for each and every violation and non - compliance respectfully
be penalized in a sum not to exceed Fifty ($50. 00) Dollars. The imposing
of one penalty for any violation of this ordinance shall not excuse the violation
or permit it to continue; and all such persons, firms or corporations shall be
required to correct or remedy such violation or defect within a reasonable
time.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor of the City of
South Bend, and legal publication.
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