HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05-087 ORDINANCE NO. 05-087
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28,
SECTION 28-24.1 (b) (1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO INCREASE THE SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT FEE WITHIN THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT; ELIMINATING THE LANDFILL CLOSURE FEE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; 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) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28-24.1. Collection and removal charges--Residential service.
(b)(1) The monthly rate for standard solid waste management services per
household unit shall be Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) and shall consist of the following
elements:
Garbage and trash collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.50
Litter Removal Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.50
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 2.
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 Twelve
Dollars and Sixty-Five Cents ($12.65) and shall consist of the following elements:
Senior citizen garbage and trash collection . . . $12.15
Litter removal fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50
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 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.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 5.
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.
Section 6.
This ordinance shall be effective from and after January 1, 2006.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 18th day of
October, 2005.
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- Mayor Guy N. Goodson -