Details of regulation: No food provider shall distribute or sell prepared food in any polystyrene food service ware at any locations within the City of Hermosa Beach. No person shall distribute or sell prepared food in any polystyrene food service ware at City facilities that have been rented, leased or are otherwise being used with permission of the City. No personal shall use or distribute polystyrene food service ware at City-sponsored events, City-managed concessions and City meetings open to the public. The City of Hermosa Beach, its departments, and its city contractors, agents, and employees acting in their official capacity, shall not purchase or acquire polystyrene food service ware or distribute it for public use. Exemptions include food packaged or prepared outside the City if Hermosa Beach, food provided by the Hermosa Beach School District under its official food service program, coolers and ice chests made of polystyrene intended for reuse, and undue hardship.
Ordinances:
- No. 12-1332 – An Ordinance of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, Adding Chapter 8.64 to the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code to Ban Polystyrene Food Service Ware and Amending Chapter 1.10 to Make Violations of Chapter 8.64 Subject to Administrative Penalty Procedures.