Ordinance No. 857ORDINANCE NO. 857
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE, "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND
PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION OF GARBAGE;
PRESCRIBING GARBAGE CONTAINER REQUIR131ENTS; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR
THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION AND PROVIDING A LETHOD FOR BILLING ANi]
COLLECTING SUCH FEE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES
AND fibiENOMENTS RELATING THERETO." BEING ORDINANCE NO. 749, PASSED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1%5,
AND AhiLNDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 759, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE
14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1965 BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN (7) AND ELEVEN
(11) THEREOF PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S CHARGE FOR ITS SERVICE AND THE
REAMAL OF DEBRIS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A S ;.Vl -`jS Cr `rJaE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR AMkNDiMENTS IN
CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY 0UNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Sections Seven (7) and Eleven (11) of said Ordinance
No. 749 shall be amended as follows:
Section 7: For convenience of collection, it is provided that this charge
shall be added to the monthly water bills prepared and mailed by the City Water De-
partment and collection of said charge shall be made by that department. The owner
of each residence or dwelling from which garbage and refuse is so collected by the
City shall pay the One Dollar Twenty -Five ($}1.25) Cents charge therefor at the time
of payment of the monthly water bill covering service to such residence or dwelling.
After such charge has been made, employees of the City shall not accept payment of
the monthly water bill from any such owner or residence without collecting the full
amount of said bill, including the garbage collection charge.
Section 11: Rock, waste, scrap building materials, or other trash result-
ing from construction or remodeling, or resulting from a general clean -up of vacant
or improved property in preparation for construction, will not be removed by the City
as regular service, but may be done for the owner on payment of an extra charge.
The owner, at his option, may have such debris removed at his expense by private
haulers. Provided further, that commercial tree surgeons, nurserymen or any other
person doing similar work for profit shall remove any and all tree limbs, tree
trimmings, brush and similar vegetation that may be placed on the front of lots by
them. Any such person failing or refusing to do so shall be prosecutes.
Section 2: If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or
sentence of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of cir-
cumstances or persons should, for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall
in no wise affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance and to this end, all
sections and paragraphs hereof are declared to be severable.
Section 3: Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subiect to a fine of not less than one
($1.00) Dollar nor more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) says
from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby eirectee to give
notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the offi-
cial newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice prior to the effective (late
thereof.
INTRODUCED, BEAD and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, on this, the rO day of February, 1967.
t1TTEST: 11 Seaborn Cravey, Mayox
Edna Oliver, City Jerk
AP OVED AS TO FORM: %
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George Cha c'ler, City Attorney