Expanded Plastic Bag Restriction Ordinance
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2012062037
Lead Agency
City of Palo Alto
Document Title
Expanded Plastic Bag Restriction Ordinance
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The project area includes a variety of land use designations according to the General Plan Land Use Plan and a variety of zone types.
Document Description
The existing Plastic Bag Restriction Ordinance became effective on September 18, 2009 and requires that "supermarkets," as defined by the ordinance, shall provide only reusable bags and/or recyclable paper bags to customers at the point of sale. Thus, currently in Palo Alto, supermarkets are restricted from providing single-use plastic checkout bags. The existing ordinance also requires that all retail establishments within the city shall provide the following to customers: paper bags only, or a choice between paper or plastic bags. The proposed expansion of the Plastic Bag Restriction Ordinance would restrict all retail services (including supermarkets) and food service establishments from providing single-use plastic checkout bags and would require retail services to charge a minimum of ten cents ($0.10) until April 24, 2014 and twenty-five cents ($0.25) on or after April 22, 2014 for a recyclable paper checkout bag. Food service establishments would not be required to charge for a recyclable paper checkout bag. It would also revise the definition of "reusable bag" to make them longer-lasting and more durable.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Weiss
Agency Name
City of Palo Alto
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Palo Alto
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Citywide
Zip
94303
Parcel #
None
State Highways
Hwy 101, 280, 287, 85
Railways
Caltrain
Airports
Palo Alto
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
San Francisquito Creek, Adobe Creek, Matadero Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery
Development Types
Other (Checkout Bag Ordinance)
Local Actions
Ordinance
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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