CHAPTER 9
DISPOSABLE BAG REDUCTION

ARTICLE 2. CARRYOUT BAG REGULATIONS

SECTION:

§4515:    Carryout Bag Regulations

§4515 CARRYOUT BAG REGULATIONS

A.    A Store shall not provide a Single-Use Carryout Bag to a Customer at the point of purchase, except as provided in this section.

B.    Stores are prohibited from using plastic Single-Use Carryout Bags.

C.    A Store shall make Reusable Carryout Bags available for purchase by a Customer.

D.    A Store may provide Reusable Carryout Bags to customers at no cost, until eighteen (18) months after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or six (6) months after the Store is required to comply with the ordinance, whichever is later, only when combined with a time-limited store promotional program to promote the use of Reusable Carryout Bags.

E.    A Store may provide to a Customer a Recycled-Content Paper Bag or a Reusable Carryout Bag upon request but the Store, other than a Public Eating Establishment, shall charge the Customer, except as provided in subsection F of this section, an amount sufficient to recover the Store’s full cost of providing the bag, but not less than ten (10) cents per bag.

F.    A Store will not be required to charge a Customer for a Recycled-Content Paper Bag of less than two hundred fifty (250) cubic inches capacity.

G.    For any Recycled-Content Paper Bag or a Reusable Carryout Bag sold to a Customer, the amount of the sale of the bag shall be separately itemized on the sales receipt. No Store shall rebate or otherwise reimburse a Customer any portion of the charge required for a Recycled-Content Paper Bag. (Ord. 1135, §2, adopted 2012; Ord. 1147, §1, adopted 2014)