Ordinance No. 1,01812
ORDINANCE NO. 1018
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER
14, GARBAGE AND TRASH, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14 -24
AND 14 -25 THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR A MONTHLY GARBAGE
SERVICE CHARGE; PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF BILLING,
PAYMENT, AND COLLECTION; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE; REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 14,
Garbage and Trash, by the amendment of Sections 14 -24 and
14 -25 thereof, which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 14 -24. Charge for Collection.
The City shall charge for its services for
removing and disposing of garbage and refuse
from houses, buildings, and premises used for
residential purposes the sum of $1.75 per month
for each such residence, dwelling or apartment
from which garbage is collected. In the case
of multi - family dwelling unit projects, the
monthly charge for the collection of garbage
shall be the sum of $1.75 times the number of
units in the project for which water charges
are made for the month.
Section 14 -25. Billing; payment; penalty; dis-
continuance of service.
a. For convenience of collection, the
monthly charge for garbage pick -up shall be
added to the monthly water bills prepared by
or for the City, and collection of said charge
shall be made by the Water Department at the
time of payment of the monthly water bill.
Employees or agents of the City shall not ac-
cept payment of the water bill from any owner,
occupant, tenant or lessee without collecting
the full amount of said bill including the
charge for garbage collection.
b. If the garbage service charge is not
paid by the due date shown on the customer's
water bill, the customer shall be charged a
penalty in the amount of ten (10 %) per cent of
the amount of such garbage charge, which shall +_
be shown as the gross amount on such bill; if
not paid by the next billing date, such gross
amount will be shown in arrears on the customer's
water bill for the next month following. If the
total amount of the following month's garbage
service charges, including arrears and current
garbage service, is not paid by the due date spe-
cified on such month's water bill, then ten (10 %)
per cent of the said following month's garbage
service charges shall be added as a penalty and
the total of the two month's charges will then be
in arrears. A notice will then be sent to a cus-
tomer showing the total amount due and specifying
a cut -off date for the discontinuance of garbage
service. If the account is not paid in full by
such cut -off date, the City shall reserve the
right to discontinue garbage service until all
past due charges have been paid. In the event
it becomes necessary to discontinue garbage ser-
vice, the City Health Officer shall be notified
immediately for appropriate action in accordance
with the ordinances and laws regulating sanitation.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such
repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and
in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of
other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, sec-
tion, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held
unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this or-
dinance or their application to other persons or sets of cir-
cumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 4:
Effective Date:
The provisions of this
ordinance providing for a penalty for the late payment of
garbage service charges shall become effective beginning with
billings for the month of April, 1970. All other provisions
of this ordinance shall become effective from and after its
passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
12th day of February, 1970.
C. GLEN -WALKtK, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
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WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, . City Uforney