Official:Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to require certain businesses and property owners either to pay a fee for City waste hauling or demonstrate that the business or property owner has a private provider of waste and recycling disposal services; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Tasco
Introduced: March 19, 2009
Signed: May 21, 2009
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires businesses and property owners in Philadelphia to either pay a fee for City waste hauling or show that they have a private provider for waste and recycling services.
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