(A) Commencing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter, all stores shall charge the fee established by Section 5-13-4 for each carryout bag provided to a customer at any point of sale. Commencing on January 1, 2024, all stores and retail food establishments shall charge the fee established by Section 5-13-4 for each carryout bag provided to a customer at any point of sale.
(B) Commencing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter, no grocer shall provide a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer at any point of sale. Commencing on January 1, 2024, no store or retail food establishment shall provide a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer at any point of sale; provided that, until June 1, 2024, a store or retail food establishment may provide a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer, for the fee established by Section 5-13-4, if the single-use plastic carryout bag was part of the inventory of the store or retail food establishment before January 1, 2024.
(C) A retail food establishment is exempt from this Section if it prepares or serves food in individual portions for immediate on-premises or off-premises consumption and is not a grocer or convenience store.
(D) This Chapter shall not prohibit a customer from using bags of any type that the customer brings into the store or retail food establishment, or from carrying away goods that are not placed in a bag.
(Ord. 23(2022) § 1)