HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-115ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLID AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 AMENDING THE
DEFINITION OF TRASH; CHANGING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
CONCERNING THE COLLECTION DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH;
SETTING RATES FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.OF GARBAGE
AND TRASH; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING
FOR PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
That Chapter 15, Section 15-1(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-1. Definitions.
(b) Trash. The term "trash" shall mean rubbish,
such as feathers, tin cans, paper, rags, boxes,
glass, grass, yard cleanings, grass clippings,
leaves, and tree trinm ngs.
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That Chapter 15, Section 15-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended to add a new paragraph
15-4.(c) to read as follows:
Sec. 15-4. Garbage containers required; specifications
(c) Such containers shall not weigh over twenty (20)
pounds or have a gross weight in excess of.eighty
(80) pounds when full.
Section 3.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding two new paragraphs,
15-5(e) and (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 15-5. Requirements for trash placement; container specifications
(e) All tree trunks and limbs shall be stacked parallel
to each other.
(f) Every nursery man, tree surgeon and every other person
who cuts or trims trees, shrubs, or grass as an inde-
pendent contractor, shall remove or
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cause to be removed all trash from premises
services by him. Such removal will require a
hauling permit as described in Section 15-25.
Section 4.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-9(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-9. City Landfill - Entrance to
(b) Vehicles operated by persons hauling from within the
city limits and presenting a city inspection permit
as described in section 15-25 and who pays the fees
set forth in that section. Such permit shall be
issued by the Sanitation Department. Garbage, brush,
waste, refuse or any other material from outside
the city limits shall not be accepted unless approved
by the sanitation superintendent. The rates for this
material will be set by the superintendent of the
Sanitation Department.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-11 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding new::
subsections 15-11(f), (g), (h) and (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 15-11. Same - Material not accepted.
(f) Stumps with trunks over 6" in diameter.
(g) Logs over 4 feet in length.
(h) Industrial chemicals or industrial solid waste.
(i) Waste oil or grease.
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That Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont,
be, and the same is hereby amended by adding a new Section 15-12 to read
as follows:
Sec. -15-12. Hauling of garbage, trash, waste or refuse on city streets.
It shall be unlawful for any citizen, commercial establishment
or private hauler to haul garbage, trash, waste or refuse on
city streets without proper equipment for this purpose. No vehicle will
be used for transporting this type of material unless it is equipped with:
(a) Adequate side board and tail gate as described
in Section 15-27.
(b) Completely covered with a tarp if side boards
cannot be constructed.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-16(2) of the Cade of Ordinances of the
City of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby: -amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-16. Collection and removal by the Sanitation Department -
Charges for residential premises.
(2) No rate adjustments will be made for temporary non-use
of service unless the water meter is disconnected. Non-
payment of the garbage collection fee shall be sufficient
grounds for discontinuance of city water service. The
rate for collection outside the city limits shall be the
rates set forth in this section plus 25% of the rate in
this section. No type of service will be offered residences
that are residences described in paragraph (1) above or for
vacant lots. Fair and reasonable charges for such residential
service shall be, and are shown in terms of dollars and cents
for a calendar month as follows:
(a) Single family residence, $4.50
(b) Duplex apartment building, $4.50
(c) Garage apartment.unit, $4.50
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(d) Two (2) family units on one meter, $900-
(e) Group housing (three or more houses, mobile homes,
or goverrnnental housing units, on the same water
meter, or condominium or multiple family apartment
buildings with three (3) or more units):
(e-1) Where all containers -:are placed in
the same location the charge for each
house, mobile home, unit or apartment
shall be $4.25.
(e-2) Where all containers are not centrally
located the charge for each house,
mobile home, unit, or apartment shall
be $4.50.
'That Chapter 15, Section 15-17(2)(a), (b), (c) & (d) are hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-17.. Same - Charges for public,business and commercial premises
(2) The rates set out in the followingg schedule are monthly
charges for sanitation service:
(a) Group A. Auto supply stores, -bakeries, beer
tavern; bottling -plants; cafeterias; candy stores;
cigar stores; clinics; creameries; drive-in cafes;
drugstores and pharmacies; drygoods and department
stares; grocery stores; hospitals; hotels; ice
cream parlors; meat and fish markets; motels; news-
stands; novelty stores; poultry houses; printing
firms; restaurants; rooming houses; slaughter and
meat packing houses; sporting goods stores; variety
stores; veterinary hospitals; colleges; multi -story
office buildings; drive-in grocery stores; manu-
facturers of all types; and any like or similar
business not specifically listed in this group, or
Group B, -C, and D:
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Square feet of business 3 or less pickups 4 or more pickups,
activity per week per week
0- 1,000. $ 10.00 $ 15.00
1,001- 2,500 15.00 20.00
2,501- 5,000 20.00 30.00
5,001-10,000 30.00 65.00
over 10,000 65.00 100.00
(b) Group B. Banks, bowling alleys; business and profes-
sional offices; bus.terminals; cleaning and establish-
ments; electrical supply houses; engraving and reproduction
meanies; feed stores; florists; furniture stores;
garages; graineries; laboratories; laundries; machine
and repair shops.; new and used car dealers; small office
buildings; office supply firms; schools; fruit stands;
oil supply firms; paint stores; plumbing shops and supply
houses; service stations; shoe stores; theaters; warehouses;
and any like or similar business not specifically listed
in this group or groups A, C and D:
Square feet of business 3 or less pickups 4 or more pickups
activity per week per week
0- 11000 $ 8.00 $ 12.00
1,001- 2,500 12.00 15.00
2,501- 5,000 15.00 25.00
5,001-10,000 25.00 47.00
over 10,000 47.00. 65.00
(c) Group C. Art, drama, music, dance, and reducing
studios; antique shops; barbershops; beauty shops;
building material and lumber yards; chiropractors;
commercial amusement parks; frozen food stores and
packaging plants; churches; furniture repair and
upholstering.shops; jewelers; radio and television
repair shops; lodges and fraternal organizations;
optometrists; small dress shops; photographers studios;
shoe repair and leather shops; pawn shops; washeterias;
welding shops; and any like or similar business not
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specifically listed in this group or groups A, B or D:
Square feet of business 3 or less pickups 4 or more pickups
activity per week per week
0- 1,000 $ 6.00 $ 10.00
1,001- 2,500 8.00 12.00
2,501- 5,000 12.00 15.00
5,001-10,000 15.00 20.00
over 10,000 20.00 30.00
(d) Group D. Mortuaries; nurseries; parking lots; real
estate, loan or abstract offices; taxi stands; small
insurance offices; travel bureaus; and any like or._
similar business not specifically listed in this
group or. groups A, B, or C.
Square feet of business 3 or less pickups
activity per week
0- 11000 $ 5.00
1,001- 2,500 8.00
2,501- 5,000 12.00
5,001-10,000
over 10,000
15.00
20.00
4 or more pickups
per week
$ 8.00
12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
That Chapter 15, Section 15-17 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding new sections 15-17
(3);, (4) & (5) to read as follows:
Sec. 15-17. Same - Charges for public, business and commercial premises
(3) No rate adjustments will be made for temporary non-use of
service unless the water meter is disconnected. Nonpayment
of the garbage fee will be sufficient grounds for discontinuance
of City water and sewer serving the location. Service outside
the city limits shall be the rates set forth in this section
plus 250.
(4) The twice and/or four time/week collection for commercial
establishments is the only service provided other than covered
below in Section 15-18. The monthly trash schedule offered
residential customers does not apply to commercial customers.
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(5) It shall be unlawful for._any person other than a hauler
holding a valid permit under section 15-29 of this chapter
to transport commercial garbage from one location to another
or to a residence.
Section 10.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-18 be, and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 15-18. Charges when accumulation exceeds eight yards per day.
Where the garbage and trash which accumulates on the premises of
an establishment, listed in the schedule above, generally exceeds eight
yards per day, the monthly rate charged such establishment shall be the
applicable rate listed in the schedule plus $70.00 for each additional
bobtail load per day required to remove the garbage and trash from such
establishment. Special collections can be requested at the rate of $70.00
per bobtail load when the sanitation department has the available equipment.
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That Chapter 15, Section 15-20(a), (b).& (c), be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Public, business and commercial institutions will receive
sanitation container system service for the removal of trash and garbage
under the rates and rules hereinafter set forth, as routes for such service
are established by the City. All institutions on hand service will be re-
quired.to change to container service when they are of sufficient size,
have a proper location, and containers are available by the sanitation
department. If the institution is not agreeable they have the option of:
(1) having a private hauler with a valid permit; (2) taking out a hauling
permit and hauling their own garbage. Under the sanitation container
system service, the City of Beaumont will furnish a container or containers
to be used in the collection and removal of trash and garbage. In lieu of
charges provided in other schedules of this chapter, the following monthly
charge per container, based upon container size, and number of collections
per week, are the charges for such service:
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Container size
Pickups
(in cubic yards)'
per week
2
2
2
3
2
6
3
2
3
3
3
6
4
2
4
3
4
6
6
2
6
3
6
6
8
2
8
3
8
6
Monthly charge
per container
$ 28.00
38.00
76.00
36.00
48.00
92.00
44.00
64.00
112.00
64.00
84.00
136.00
72.00
92.00
156.00
(b) Any institution which pays the rate� set forth above for
eight (8) cubic yard container and -has been furnished with
same may,, upon request, be furnished with additional eight
(8) cubic yard containers at the rate of one hundred fifty
and No/100 ($150.00) dollars per month or an additional six
(6) cubic yard container at the rate of one hundred thirty
and No/100 ($130.00) dollars per month, but containers must
be side by side and serve the same business. The rate for
additional containers will not apply to containers close
together but serving different public business or commercial
institutions.
(c) When the container smallest in size will adequately and
completely serve several adjacent business institutions, then
they may be required to use the same container and pay a pro
rata part of the charge, Bete mined according to the
approximate quantity of space used. The minimum charge
for each customer when a container is shared is eight
($8.00) dollars, but in no case shall total charge be
less than same container serving one customer. The
container service will be the complete service for all
trash and garbage on the premises.
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That Chapter 15, Section 15-22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont.be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-22. Owner's duty to remove - Material not collected by
Sanitation Department
Collection of items such as brick, broken concrete, lumber, dirt,
plaster, sand, gravel, automobile parts, scrap metal, wire, remodeling
material, old appliances, ashes, -old furniture, dead animals, construction
material, stems, tree trunks, and other bulky or heavy materials shall
not be included in the regular collection service furnished by the sanitation
department. No material or containers weighing over 50 pounds will be
collected. The owner shall have such debris removed at his own expense.
That Chapter 15, Section 15-28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-28. Same - Duration: Taxes and Fees
Inspection and dumping permit fee for each conveyance to be used by
the applicant shall be:
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(a) Small vehicles (1-3 cubic yard capacity) such as 1/2 ton pickup trucks
hauling:,
2 or less loads per month
$ 50.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
70.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
90.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per week
110.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
130.00 per year
15 to 18 loads per week
150.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
170.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
190.00 per year
(b) Medium vehicles (4-7 cubic yard capacity)
such as 1/2 ton pickups with
built,up sides, or small dump trucks, flat beds, van bodies, or stake bodies
hauling:
2 or less loads per month
$ 70.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
100.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
150.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per week
200.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
250.00 per year
15 to 18 loads pen -week
300.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
350.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
400.00 per year
(c) Large vehicles (8-15 cubic yards capacity)
such as 14 yard dump truck,
flat bed with built-in sides, stake body with built-in sides, or small van
body hauling:
2 or less loads per month
$ 150.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
200.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
400.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per. week
600.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
800.00 per year
15 to 18 loads per week
1,000.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
1,200.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
1,400.00 per year
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(d) Medium -large vehicles (16-20 cubic yards capacity) such as sEmi-trailer
truck with van or other 16 yard and larger trucks
hauling:
2 or less loads per month
$ 300.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
800.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
1200.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per week
1600.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
2000.00 per year
15 to 18 loads per week
2400.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
2800.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
3200.00 per year
(e) Extra large vehicles (14-20 cubic yards capacity) that haul demolition
material, tree stumps and trunks, *garbage packer
trucks (16-20 cubic yards
capacity) or trucks with roll -off containers (15-30 cubic yards capacity)
hauling:
2 or less loads per month
$ 400.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
1000.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
2000.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per week
3000.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
4000.00 per year
15 to 18 loads per week
5000.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
6000.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
7000.00 per year
* Compaction equipment will pay twice the stated rate due to increased
.density.
(f) Special extra..large vehicles (larger than 20
cubic yards capacity) that
haul demolition material, tree stumps, logs, *garbage packer trucks (larger
than 20 cubic yards) or trucks hauling roll -off containers and *stationary com-
pactor containers :.(larger than 30 cubic yards):
2 or less loads per month
$ 600.00 per year
1 to 2 loads per week
1200.00 per year
3 to 6 loads per week
2400.00 per year
7 to 10 loads per week
3600.00 per year
11 to 14 loads per week
4800.00 per year
15 to 18 loads per week
6000.00 per year
19 to 22 loads per week
7200.00 per year
23 or more loads per week
8400.00 per year
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* Compaction equipment will pay twice the stated rate due to increased
density.
(g) If applicant has more than one truck, but only one truck will be used in a
twenty-four (24) hour period for hauling to the City landfill then only one
permit is necessary. Method of payment shall be: (1) Up to $500 will be
annual payment; (2) $500 to $3000 may be annual or semi-annual; (3) over $3000
may be annual or monthly. Out-of-town contractors and local businesses who
need to dump material on a one-time basis and only during one calendar month
shall be allowed a one month permit at the rate of 1/12 the annual fee for the
class his vehicle comes under. Regular commercial customers will be required
to have a dumping permit for all waste dumped at the city landfill in excess
of 8 cubic yards per month. All permits other than the above exceptions shall
be issued for annual periods only, expiring on the thirty-first (31st) day of
December of each year, providing that permits may be issued for fractional
parts of any year during which application is filed. All persons or businesses
hauling into the city landfill shall deposit such material only in the place
designated by the landfill foreman. Such dumping shall only be during the
hours of operation as set forth by the solid waste superintendent. All haulers
who haul on city streets but use a disposal site other than the City of
Beaumont's will be required to have his vehicle inspected annually for com-
pliance with all sections of this ordinance. An inspection fee of $10.00 per
truck will be charged and the application as set forth in Section 15-24 will
be required.
This ordinance shall be effective for billings commencing October 6., 1976.
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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 in no wise affect. the remaining ng portions of this ordinance, and to such
end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
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Section 17.
Any person who violates 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
day of o&ajelX 7 1976.
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