HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02-092 ORDINANCE NO. 02-092
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
TO INCREASE THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FEE
WITHIN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND AMEND THE
ORDINANCE TO SHOW THAT THE NAME OF THE
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT IS THE CLEAN COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT
AND NOT THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT; 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 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28-24.1. Collection and removal charges--Residential service.
(a) The Clean Community Department shall systematically collect and remove
garbage, trash and yardwaste from premise used for residential purposes. All residences
in the city are subject to, and the owners or occupants are required to pay a solid waste
management service fee except:
Section 2.
THAT Chapter 28, Section 28-24.1 (b) (2) be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(b) (1) The monthly rate for standard solid waste management services per
household unit shall be twelve dollars and eighty-one cents ($12.81) and shall consist of
the following elements:
Garbage and trash collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12.00
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.
Section 3.
THAT Chapter 28, Section 28-24.1 (b) (2) be and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(2) The monthly solid waste management fee for senior citizens shall be eleven
dollars and seventy-one cents ($11.71) and shall consist of the following elements:
Senior citizen garbage and trash collection . . . $10.90
Litter removal fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50
Landfill closure fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 4.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, orthe
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 5.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 6.
That any person who violated any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 5th day of
November, 2002.
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- Mayo Evelyn M. Lord -