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ATTY/ORD.0012/CC ORD AMENDING ARTICLE I, II, & III OF REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE REV: 11-05-25 MI Page 1 of 2 ORDINANCE NO. 2555 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AMENDING ARTICLE I (IN GENERAL), ARTICLE II (REFUSE RECEPTACLES) AND ARTICLE III (COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF REFUSE) IN CHAPTER 14 OF THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Redwood City Municipal Code Chapter 14 (Refuse, Weed, Nuisance, and Abandoned Shopping Cart Regulation and Abatement) governs the management, storage, processing, collection, and disposal of solid waste, recyclables, and organic materials within Redwood City; and WHEREAS, the City recently amended its Franchise Agreement with Recology to specify that Recology will be responsible for preparing and collecting Bills and to allow the City to set franchise fees by resolution, thereby providing the City with the opportunity to adopt fees that correspond with the Franchise Fee Study it adopted on January 27, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to revise its Municipal Code to reflect these changes in the Franchise Agreement and to make other clarifications. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct, and incorporated herein by reference and each is relied upon independently by the City Council for its adoption of the Ordinance. Section 2. The Ordinance has been reviewed with respect to applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the CEQA Guidelines. The Ordinance is not project under Public Resources Code Section 21065 and California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) because the Ordinance is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. The Ordinance is also exempt from CEQA as there is no possibility for causing a significant effect on the environment, per CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3). Section 3. Articles I, II, and III of Chapter 14 of the Redwood City Municipal Code are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the text as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Section 4. If any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is rendered or declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this Ordinance, and their application to other persons