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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 28-09 PLACED ON 1ST READING AND RE- FERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 2/17/09, 2ND READING 3/2/09; REFERRED FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 3/9/09.. ORDINANCE NO 28-09 BY'. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to create a new Section 1777.03 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood titled "Mandatory Recycling," WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lakewood have expressed great interest In preserving the environment by reducing the amount of refuse sent to landfills and incin- erators; and WHEREAS, the City has been honored by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District for its entrepreneurial approach,to recycling despite that only approximately 35 percent of residences and businesses participate in the recycling program; and WHEREAS, in 2006 the City recycled more than 13,800 tons of materials which would otherwise have gone into a landfill, saving Lakewood taxpayers $400,000 in tip- ping fees and earning $85,000 in revenue; and WHEREAS, increased participation could dramatically increase those figures, which in turn would benefit the City; and WHEREAS, it should be the policy of the City to reduce the amount of solid waste generated and to require the recycling of specified recyclable materials to the full- est extent possible; and WHEREAS, the City is instituting a modified refuse program, relying on auto- mated refuse collection, beginning in or around June 2009; and WHEREAS, the City should therefore establish a program for the mandatory se- paration of certain recyclable materials from refuse, applicable to all persons receiving municipal solid waste collection services in Lakewood, to be carried out under the su- pervision of the Director of Public Works in conjunction with the City's automated refuse collection program beginning in or around June 2009; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits municipalities to exercise all. powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such local police, sanitary and other similar regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected hereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect on