Effective January 1, 2020:
(a) Food Service Establishments are prohibited from providing the following Disposable Foodware Items:
1. Plastic straws
2. Plastic utensils (e.g., forks, knives, spoons, sporks, chopsticks)
3. Plastic drink stirrers, drink plugs, and other drink accoutrements such as novelty cocktail accessories
4. Plastic food picks and toothpicks
(b) Food Service Establishments, City Facilities, and vendors at City-sponsored events shall provide the following Foodware Items only if they are Reusable or Compostable:
1. Straws
2. Utensils (e.g., forks, knives, spoons, sporks, chopsticks)
3. Drink stirrers, drink plugs, and other drink accoutrements such as novelty cocktail accessories
4. Food picks and toothpicks
(c) Food Service Establishments shall provide permitted Disposable Foodware Items, other than Food Service Containers, only upon consumer request or at a self-serve station.
(d) Food Service Establishments are prohibited from providing consumers with wrapped bundled foodware and condiments.
1. Food Service Establishments may provide unwrapped disposable foodware accessories by a single serve dispenser to a consumer using refillable self-service dispensers that dispense one item at a time to allow for disposable foodware accessories to be obtained.
2. Food Service Establishments may provide condiments to a consumer using refillable self-service dispensers to allow for condiments to be obtained.
(e) Third-party food delivery platforms are prohibited from providing foodware and condiments unless the consumer selects or requests the items.
1. Consumers must have the option to opt-in to request disposable foodware and condiments including the number of each unit identified on the third-party food delivery platform application, food service establishment web site, or any vendor website or app when picking-up food from a food service establishment and delivering food to a consumer.
2. If a consumer does not select any disposable foodware accessories or condiments, no disposable foodware accessory or condiment shall be provided by the food service establishment or third-party vendor for delivery with ready-to-eat food.
(Ord. 5547 § 3, 2022: Ord. 5473 § 2 (part), 2019)