DATE: September 22, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director
SUBJECT
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Establishment of New Regulations for Unattended Collection Boxes: Introduction of Ordinances and Adoption of a Resolution Related to Amendments to Chapter 5, Article 7 (Community Preservation and Improvement), and Chapter 10, Article 1 (Zoning Ordinance), of the Hayward Municipal Code; the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Section 15061(b)(3); City of Hayward (applicant)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the that City Council introduce the attached ordinances (Attachments IV through VI) to amend the Hayward Municipal Code (HMC) to establish new regulations related to Unattended Collection Boxes, make minor amendments to recycling collection facility regulations, and to add references related to the regulations in other sections of the HMC; and adopt a resolution (Attachment VII) making findings to support the proposed text amendments.
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SUMMARY
Unattended Collection Boxes are not currently regulated in the City of Hayward. Since the City Council conducted a public hearing on March 24 of this year and directed staff to consider revisions to the ordinances presented to Council at that hearing, staff has developed revised recommendations. The proposed ordinances continue to seek to balance the intended environmental benefits of the facilities by reducing the volume of textiles and other salvageable material entering the waste stream, while also addressing documented nuisance issues related to illegal dumping, scavenging and unsightliness that result in undesirable impacts for the community.
The proposed revised regulations identify the same areas where Unattended Collection Boxes may be located; provide a reduction of minimum distance requirements between facilities (1,000 ft.) compared with previous recomm...
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