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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 23-067ORDINANCE NO. 23-067 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, SECTIONS 22.05.211(b)(1)(A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, TO INCREASE GARBAGE AND TRASH RATES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 22, Sections 22.05.211(b)(1)(A) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 22.05.211 Residential service (b) Garbage and trash rates. No rate adjustment will be made for temporary non-use of service. Nonpayment of the collection services 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) percent of the rate established for service inside the city limits. No type of service will be offered residences exempted under section 22.05.007(c) or for vacant lots except as provided in section 22.05.062. If a business is located in a part of a residence, a collection services fee shall be charged for each connection to the City's water system. The following monthly rates apply for collection services: (1) The monthly rates for standard collection services shall consist of the following elements: (A) Garbage and trash collection: $23.25. A 10% discount to the 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. 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 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 4. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1,01.009 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective October 1, 2023. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 12th day of September, 2023, Mayor Roy West