A. Effective September 1, 2021:
1. No City officer, official, employee, representative or agent who is acting on behalf of the City shall purchase, use, sell or distribute any plastic utensils, plastic stirrers, plastic straws or polystyrene products while acting on behalf of the City.
2. No contractor who is acting pursuant to any contract or agreement with the City shall purchase, use, sell, distribute or otherwise acquire any plastic utensils, plastic stirrers, plastic straws or polystyrene products while acting pursuant to such contract or agreement.
3. While acting as an agent of the City, any agent of the City may only use, sell, distribute, purchase or otherwise acquire utensils, stirrers or straws made from materials which are accepted by the City's organics collection program. However, such City agent may provide plastic straws as an accommodation to a person with a disability who requests a straw in order to enjoy equal access to the food or beverages being provided by that City agent.
4. No City officer, official, employee, representative, contractor or agent, shall use, sell, distribute or otherwise provide any plastic water bottles while acting on behalf of the City or while acting pursuant to a contract or agreement with the City.
B. Effective January 1, 2022, any regulated entity shall only use, sell or distribute utensils, stirring sticks or straws made from materials which are acceptable by the City's organics collection program and only upon a customer's request for any of those items. Anyone, however, may provide a plastic straw as an accommodation to a person with a disability who requests a plastic straw in order to enjoy equal access to the food or beverages being provided by the regulated entity subject to this provision.
(Ord. No. 2021-010 § 2 (part))