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An ordinance amending Chapter 16.24 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to require shopping centers to provide publicly accessible rubbish and garbage containers.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 16.24.360 is hereby amended by adding the following as Subsection F:
F. Shopping Center Common Area Containers. The operator of every shopping center, as defined in 17.04.060 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws (see Retail, shopping center), shall provide one container for rubbish and garbage for every three tenant bays within the shopping center. Such containers shall be located in a manner that is visible and accessible by the public and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
Section 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This ordinance, as amended, amends Chapter 16.24 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to require shopping centers to provide publicly accessible rubbish and garbage containers and recycling containers.
Section 16.24.360 requires that rubbish, garbage, and debris do not accumulate on all exterior property and premises or the interior of any building or structure. Property owners and occupants must dispose of all rubbish and garbage by placing that material in approved containers.
The proposed ordinance would particularly require every shopping center operator to provide one container for garbage and rubbish and one container for recycling for every three tenant bays within a shopping center.
Shopping center is defined as “a single building containing at least twenty-five thousand square feet and containing two or more different individual stores engaged in general retail sales or convenience retail sales.”