HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07-094 ORDINANCE NO. 07-094
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28,
DIVISION 5, SUBSECTIONS 28-24.1(b)(1) AND (2) OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO
INCREASE GARBAGE AND TRASH RATES; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT Chapter 28, Division 5, Subsections 28-24.1 (b) (1) and (2) are hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28-24.1. Collection and removal charges--Residential service.
(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 except as provided in section 28-21.12. 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 fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) and shall
consist of the following elements:
Garbage and trash collection . . . $14.00
Litter removal . . . 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.
(2) The monthly solid waste management fee for senior citizens shall be
thirteen dollars and ten cents ($13.10) and shall consist of the following
elements:
Senior citizen garbage and trash collection . . . $12.60
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.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 25th day of
September, 2007.
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