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f � <br /> G. "Pass-through charge"means a charge to be collected by retailers from their customers when <br /> providing plastic or recycled paper carryout bags, and retained by retailers to offset the cost of <br /> bags and other costs related to the pass-through charge. <br /> Section 2. <br /> Regulations. <br /> A.No retail establishment in the City shall provide a carryout bag to a customer unless otherwise <br /> permitted pursuant to this chapter. <br /> B.No retail establishment shall distribute a carryout bag at any City facility, City-managed <br /> concession, City-sponsored event, or City-permitted event unless otherwise permitted pursuant to <br /> this chapter. <br /> C.Retail establishments in the City may, subject to this Ordinance,provide to a customer at the <br /> point-of-sale a reusable carryout bag or a recycled paper carryout bag. <br /> D.No retail establishment in the city shall provide a paper carryout bag with a manufacturer's <br /> stated capacity of one-eighth barrel(882 cubic inches) or larger that is not a recycled paper <br /> carryout bag. <br /> E. A retail establishment may make reusable carryout bags available to customers through sale. <br /> F.No retail establishment in the City shall use or provide polyethylene or other non-compostable <br /> plastic film bags tinted green or brown for customers to bag products in stores, as carryout bags, <br /> or for home delivery. <br /> G. Any film bags meeting the definition ofacsom-p bagged in stores prior to checkout,must <br /> stable that retail establishments provide to <br /> customers for food or other products, suchvegetables <br /> be tinted green or brown and shall be clearly labeled"COMPOSTABLE,"including language <br /> following the Federal Trade Commission's"Green Guides." <br /> H.No film bag that retail establishments provide to customers to bag products in stores, as <br /> carryout bags,or for home delivery may be labeled with the term"biodegradable," "degradable," <br /> "decomposable," or any similar terms, or in any way imply that the product will break down, <br /> fragment,biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment. <br /> I. Each retail establishment that provides a customer <br /> not wlith <br /> sthanpstir carryout <br /> a f out bag <br /> ch plastic or recyclable <br /> carryout bag shall collect a pass-through charge <br /> recyclable paper carryout bag provided. <br /> Section 3. <br /> Exemptions. <br /> 9 <br />