Ordinance No. 1,297ORDINANCE NO. 1297
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 14, GARBAGE AND TRASH, SECTION 14 -24, CHARGE
FOR COLLECTION, TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION AS PRE-
SENTLY CONSTITUTED AND TO SUBMIT IN ITS PLACE A NEW SECTION 14 -24;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is hereby
amended by the amendment of Chapter 14, Garbage and Trash, by repealing Section
14 -24, Charge for Collection, thereof and the same shall cease to have force and
effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new Section 14 -24, Charge for Collection, 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 Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per month for each such
residence, dwelling or apartment from which garbage is collected, except when
the sole occupant or the head of the household of such residence, dwelling or
apartment certifies in writing to the Utility Collections Office that he is
over sixty -five years of age and that he will place no more than one thirty
gallon can of garbage and refuse at his residence, dwelling or apartment for
collection on each regularly scheduled collection day, in which case the charge
will be the sum of One Dollar and Seventy -Five Cents ($1.75). In the case of
multi - family dwelling unit projects, the monthly charge for collection of gar-
bage shall be the sum of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) times the number
of units in the project for which water charges are made for the month.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided,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 4: Savings Clause: If any provision, section, 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 ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect on the
1st day of December, 1972, after its passage by the City Council of the City
of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
on this 9th day of November, 1972.
ATTEST:
OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NE R C D ON, City Attorney
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
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