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File #: 250843    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COUNCIL
File created: 10/9/2025 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Chapter 10-700 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to require locking dumpsters; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Squilla
Indexes: DUMPSTERS, REFUSE AND LITTERING
Code sections: 10-700 - Refuse and Littering
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Amending Chapter 10-700 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled “Refuse and Littering,” to require locking dumpsters; all under certain terms and conditions. 

 

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

 

 

SECTION 1.  Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

TITLE 10. REGULATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT

 

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CHAPTER 10-700. REFUSE AND LITTERING

 

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§ 10-722.   Use of Dumpsters.

 

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(4) Duties of Licensees.

 

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                                           (c)                      Dumpster Maintenance.

 

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(.2) Licensees shall keep dumpster lids tightly [secured] locked except when in use, or when the dumpster must be open to accommodate a trash chute, and shall keep the area around the dumpster clean and free of any refuse, non-grindable garbage, spillage or overflow.

 

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SECTION 2. This Ordinance will take effect immediately.