HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 94-61 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
28, SECTION 28-24.1(B) (1) AND (2) OF THE CODE
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 28, Section 28-24.1(b) (1) and (2) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 28-24.1 (b) (1) and (2)
(b) Garbage and trash rates. No rate adjustment will be made for
temporary nonuse of service. Nonpayment of the solid waste management fee
shall be sufficient grounds for discontinuance of city water service. The rate
for collection outside the city limits shall be one hundred fifty (150) per cent
of the rate established for service inside the city limits. No type of service will
be offered residences exempted under section 28-20.9(c) or for vacant lots.
If a business is located in a part of a residence a solid waste management fee
shall be charged for each connection to the city's water system. The following
monthly rates shall be collected for solid waste management services.
(1) The monthly rate for standard solid waste management services per
household unit shall be eleven dollars and sixty-six cents ($11.66) and
shall consist of the following elements:
Garbage and trash collection . . . . . . . . . . $10.85
Litter removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.50
Landfill closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.31
The monthly fee for an additional container is two dollars and fifty
cents ($2.50) per month. Single-family and owner-occupied residential
units will be charged a litter removal fee at a rate of fifty cents ($0.50)
per unit. Multifamily dwellings and/or rented properties of two (2) or
more units will be charged a litter removal fee at a rate of twenty-five
cents ($0.25) per unit.
(2) The monthly solid waste management fee for senior citizens shall be ten
dollars and fifty-six cents ($10.56) and shall consist of the following
elements:
Senior citizen garbage
and trash collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.75
Litter removal fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.50
Landfill closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.31
The senior citizen garbage and trash collection fee shall apply to
customers residing in single-family residences who are sixty-five (65)
years of age or older. To obtain the senior citizen garbage and trash
collection rate, eligible persons must file a sworn application on a form
provided therefor with the central collections division. The rate shall
remain in effect so long as the customer residing in the single-family
residence is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
Section 2.
This Ordinance shall become effective on and after February 1, 1995.
Section 3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance,
or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should for
any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4.
All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 5.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the 12 2� day of 1994.
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