12.08.020 Return deposit required--Amounts designated--Vendor responsibilities.
A. Every soft drink and malt beverage container sold or offered for sale in the City shall have a refund value of not less than five cents except that those refillable containers for which the vendor receives at least two cents per container from the vendor’s distributor may have a refund value of less than two cents.
B. The refund value herein required shall be paid by the consumer at the time of purchase and shall be refunded by the vendor upon tender of such container to the vendor.
C. A vendor shall have the option of marking those nonrefillable containers sold by said vendor, or of issuing a coupon, voucher or chit with each nonrefillable container sold, or accepting any nonrefillable container and making the appropriate refund thereon.
1. If a vendor marks nonrefillable containers as provided above, said vendor may refuse to accept or refund any amount on non-refillable containers not so marked.
2. If a vendor issues a coupon, voucher or chit as provided above with each nonrefillable container sold, they may refuse to accept or refund any amount on nonrefillable containers not accompanied by said coupon, voucher or chit.
D. A vendor shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty refillable container of any kind, size and brand sold by the vendor or refuse to pay the consumer the refund value thereon of a refillable container. (Ord. 4921-NS § 1, 1976: Ord. 4909-NS § 1 (part), 1976: Ord. 4830-NS § 2, 1976)