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City of Coral Gables

File #: 08-0795    Version: 1 Name: Handbill Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 11/26/2008 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 1/13/2009 Final action: 1/13/2009
Enactment date: 1/13/2009 Enactment #: 2009-02
Title: An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, amending Chapter 54, "Solid Waste," Article II, "Litter", Division 2, "Handbills" by providing for the prohibition of throwing, discarding, placing or depositing handbills or flyers as litter in public places; providing for definitions; creating criteria for rebuttable presumptions concerning littering with commercial handbills or flyers; by providing for seizure of handbills or flyers for use as evidence; providing for enforcement; providing for appeals, payment of fines and foreclosure; providing for fines and penalties; and providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading December 16, 2008 - Vote 5-0)
Attachments: 1. Signed Ordinance 2009-02, 2. comm_handbillordinance_mem, 3. agendacover_handbillordinance, 4. handbills and flyers 06 22 07_09, 5. Verbatim Transcript - Agenda Item E-1 - Ordinance on Solid Waste, Litter, Handbills
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An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, amending Chapter 54, "Solid Waste," Article II, "Litter", Division 2, "Handbills" by providing for the prohibition of throwing, discarding, placing or depositing handbills or flyers as litter in public places; providing for definitions; creating criteria for rebuttable presumptions concerning littering with commercial handbills or flyers; by providing for seizure of handbills or flyers for use as evidence; providing for enforcement; providing for appeals, payment of fines and foreclosure; providing for fines and penalties; and providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date.  (Passed on First Reading December 16, 2008 - Vote 5-0)