June 18, 2006 at 09:45am by Gus
If you have ever walked down Washington Avenue on a Saturday or Sunday morning, no doubt you have to wade through a mass of club flyers that litter the street.
City Commissioner Saul Gross wants to clean up the mess by drafting an ordinance to ban the distribution of flyers on certain city streets.
It makes perfect sense. Miami Beach already prohibits advertising on public property without city approval. This means leaving fliers on newsstands and light poles is against the law. So why is it ok for club promoters to dump flyers on the street?
Officials say the problem is especially acute during holiday weekends. At the last City Commission meeting, City Manager Jorge Gonzalez said during the five-day Memorial Day weekend, city employees collected more than 80 tons of trash and litter, 75 percent of which were posters and handbills.
By comparison, on a typical weekend, city employees collect about six to eight tons of trash and litter, said Al Zamora, director of the sanitation division for Miami Beach.
For a city that prides itself on being a world class vacation destination, this garbage is a black eye on Miami Beach. Who it really effects is the tourists who are paying lots of money to visit here. They wake up early to explore the city, and the first impression they see is our streets littered with trash.
The City Attorney plans to unveil a draft of the ordinance within the next month.
Go get ‘em Saul. It’s time to clean up the streets. We’re behind you 100%.
Via: Susan Anasagasti at MiamiHerald
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