HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 12-028 ORDINANCE NO. 12-028
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22,
SECTION 22.05.211(b), 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, Section 22.05.211(b), 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: $15.00.
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.
(B) Additional containers:
The monthly fee for each additional container is three dollars
and fifty cents ($3.50) per month.
(C) Litter removal:
Single-family and owner-occupied residential units will be
charged a litter removal fee at a rate of fifty cents($0.50) per
unit per month. 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 per month.
(2) A reconnect container fee will be assessed for those
households whose garbage container(s) have been collected by the
city due to the removal of a water meter as a result of nonpayment of
city water and/or garbage services, and then subsequently reissued
upon payment and reinstallation of the meter.
(A) Reconnect container fee: $20.00 per container.
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 from and after July 1, 2012.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 12th day of
June, 2012.
-�jyor Becky Ames -