Int 0463-1998

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-305.1 to read as follows: � 16-305.1 Weekly collection of designated recyclable materials. a. Weekly collection of designated recyclable materials shall be maintained in all local service delivery districts in which such weekly collection was provided as of October thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. b. Weekly collection of designated recyclable materials shall be implemented and maintained, in accordance with the schedule set forth in this subdivision, in all local service delivery districts in which such weekly collection was not provided as of October thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight: 1. one district not receiving weekly collection as of October thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight shall receive such collection by March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine; 2. one district not receiving weekly collection as of March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine shall receive such collection by April thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-nine; 3. one district not receiving weekly collection as of April thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-nine shall receive such collection by May thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine; 4. eighteen districts not receiving weekly collection as of May thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine shall receive such collection by June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-nine; and 5. twenty districts not receiving weekly collection as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-nine shall begin to receive such collection during the period from October thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine to April fifteenth, two thousand. c. For purposes of this section "designated recyclable materials" shall mean solid waste that has been designated by the commissioner as recyclable pursuant to section 16-305 or section 16-307 of this chapter. d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require weekly collection of designated recyclable materials in such parts of the city or during such times of the year that such materials are not otherwise collected. � 2. This local law shall take effect immediately. hl wp60\intros\int463 11/19/98 11:35 a.m. -1- b:weekly