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1 A BILL
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3 25-131
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5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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10 To amend the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014 to specify
11 requirements for private collection properties including that they provide at least 32 gallons
12 of solid waste container space per residential unit and collection services twice per week
13 at minimum and to require the Department of Public Works to install public litter
14 containers in residential areas and to require the Department of Public Works to undertake
15 a commercial waste zones study; and to amend section 47-872 of the District of Columbia
16 Official Code to require the Chief Financial Officer to undertake a study of the solid waste
17 tax credit deduction issued to owners of condominium living units or homeowners who
18 pay for commercial solid waste collection services.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
22 act may be cited as the “Containing Litter and Ensuring Adequate Neighborhood (CLEAN)
23 Collections Amendment Act of 2024".
24 Sec. 2. Title I of the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014,
25 effective February 26, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-154; D.C. Official Code § 8-1031.01 et seq.), is
26 amended as follows:
27 (a) Section 104(a) (D.C. Official Code § 8-1031.04(a)) is amended as follows:
28 (1) Paragraph (1) is amended as follows:
29 (A) Subparagraph (A) is amended by striking the phrase “; and” and
30 inserting the phrase “, and at a minimum, the containers provided shall have capacity equivalent
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31 to 32 gallons of solid waste storage per residential unit on the premises of the property;” in its
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33 (B) New subparagraphs (C) and (D) are added to read as follows:
34 “(C) Be of equal volume for source-separated trash and recyclable
35 materials, such that residents are able to dispose of as much recyclable material as they are trash;
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37 “(D) Be dumpsters, rather than 32-gallon or 64-gallon waste containers,
38 where feasible, and where dumpsters are infeasible, waste containers shall be secured in such a
39 manner so as to protect against theft of the container when not set out for collection.”.
40 (b) A new section 104b is added to read as follows:
41 “Sec. 104b. Collection services at private collection properties.
42 “Private collection properties shall enter into contracts with collectors of solid waste to
43 receive services not less than twice per week at each property; provided that contracts may
44 authorize less frequent collection during weeks where a District holiday or hazardous weather
45 conditions prevent multiple collections.”.
46 (c) A new section 106a is added to read as follows:
47 “Sec. 106a. Installation of public litter containers in residential areas.
48 “(a) DPW shall install public litter containers on blocks in a Residential Zone, as
49 specified in the District of Columbia Zoning Regulations, in accordance with the process
50 described in subsection (b) of this section.
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51 “(b) Before installing a public litter container on a block in a Residential Zone, DPW
52 must:
53 “(1) Receive a request for installation;
54 “(2) Confirm that the requested location is within one block of a non-Residential
55 Zone, including Mix-Use and Neighborhood Mixed-Use Zones, that is already serviced by DPW
56 for trash and recycling collection;
57 “(3) If the conditions in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection are satisfied,
58 issue a written notice of intent to install a public litter container to the Council and the affected
59 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (“ANC”) and provide the Council and affected ANCs 30
60 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to respond; and
61 “(4) Give great weight to any comment from an affected ANC, pursuant to section
62 13(3)(A) of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Act of 1975 (D.C. Law 1-21; D.C.
63 Official Code § 1-309.1 et seq.).”.
64 (d) A new section 106b is added to read as follows:
65 “Sec. 106b. Commercial waste zones study.
66 “(a) No later than one year after the applicability date of this section, the DPW Director
67 shall make publicly available a commercial waste zone study that includes:
68 “(1) An assessment of the current state of solid waste collection at private
69 collection properties in the District;
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70 “(2) Existing service patterns of solid waste collection at private collection
71 properties and its contribution to vehicle traffic and efficiency of waste collection services to
72 consumers;
73 “(3) A proposal to divide the District into commercial waste zones and the metrics
74 informing potential zone boundaries;
75 “(4) Any alternative proposals to limit the number of collectors servicing similar
76 areas of the District; and
77 “(5) One-year, 3-year, and 5-year plans for implementing any study
78 recommendations, including necessary legislative changes.
79 “(b) The Director may retain a third-party organization to assist in the study; provided,
80 that the organization has experience developing and administering municipal studies, analyzing
81 large data sets, and conducting focus groups or other qualitative research.
82 “(c) The Director may exercise the authority granted to the Director pursuant to section
83 105 to obtain information related to the study from a collector.
84 “(d) For the purposes of this section, the term “commercial waste zone” means a defined
85 geographic boundary, within which a limited number of collectors operate.”.
86 Sec. 3. Section 47-872 of the District of Columbia Official Code is amended by adding a
87 new subsection (f) to read as follows:
88 “(f) The Chief Financial Officer shall include in its periodic Tax Expenditure Review
89 covering public works tax credits:
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90 (A) The estimated percentage of the cost of waste collection services covered by
91 the condominium and cooperative trash collection real property tax credit; and
92 (B) The median cost of commercial trash collection services reported to the Office
93 of Tax and Revenue by apartment buildings filing mandatory income and expense reports.”.
94 Sec. 4. Applicability
95 (a) This act shall apply upon the date of inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved
96 budget and financial plan.
97 (b) The Chief Financial Officer shall certify the date of the inclusion of the fiscal effect in
98 an approved budget and financial plan, and provide notice to the Budget Director of the Council
99 of the certification.
100 (c)(1) The Budget Director shall cause the notice of the certification to be published in
101 the District of Columbia Register.
102 (2) The date of publication of the notice of the certification shall not affect the
103 applicability of this act.
104 Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.
105 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal
106 impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
107 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).
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109 Sec. 6. Effective date.
110 This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
111 Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review
112 as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
113 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)).
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