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Committee backs amended ban on gas-powered landscaping equipment, sends ordinance to full Board
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to adopt amendments and forward an ordinance that phases out city use and contracting of gas-powered landscaping equipment, adds buyback and education programs, and allows departmental waivers where replacement technology is unavailable.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 13 voted unanimously to forward an amended ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors that would phase out the city's use and contracting of gas-powered landscaping equipment and establish a buyback and public-education program.
The ordinance, as read into the record by Clerk Brent Jalipa, would bar city departments from operating or contracting for gas-powered landscaping equipment beginning Jan. 1, 2024, with a full prohibition on use by Jan. 1, 2026, subject to temporary waivers when the director of the Department of the Environment determines replacement technology is unavailable. The ordinance also creates a fund to collect…
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