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I <br />OCT 2 71992, <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowman, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Tippin, the Board adopted (3-11 <br />Commissioner Scurlock voting in opposition, and <br />Commissioner Bird being absent) adopted Ordinance <br />92-41, making it an offense to scavenge the <br />recyclable contents of recycling bins or to remove <br />said bins. <br />and <br />ORDINANCE 92- 41 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA, MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO SCAVENGE <br />THE RECYCLABLE CONTENTS OF RECYCLING <br />BINS OR TO REMOVE SAID BINS. <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County has a recycling program; <br />WHEREAS, the success of the program is dependent, in <br />part, on revenue obtained from recyclable materials; and <br />WHEREAS, any diverting of recyclable materials to an <br />unauthorized source results in diminution of revenue to the County <br />and lessens the viability of the program, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE" BOARD OF <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA _ <br />that: <br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. <br />A new section 306.09 is added to read as follows: <br />Section 306.09. Scavenginc recyclable materials. <br />No person other than the owner, owner's agent, a law <br />enforcement officer, an Indian River County officer; employee or <br />agent, or any person authorized by Indian River County shall remove <br />any of the recyclable contents from a recycling bin, remove the <br />recycling bin or engage in scavenging the recyclable contents of a <br />recycling bin. <br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. <br />If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or <br />word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, <br />inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining <br />portions of this ordinance, and it shall be construed to have been the <br />legislative intent to pass the ordinance without such unconstitutional, <br />invalid or inoperative part. 18 <br />