Ordinance No. 2,97500925 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 2975
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, "GARBAGE, TRASH, AND
BRUSH," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
SETTING THE CHARGE FOR COLLECTION; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 14, "Garbage, Trash, and
Brush," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown is
hereby amended by the repeal of Section 14 -16, Charge for
Collection, as presently constituted, and by the adoption of
a new Section 14 -16 that shall read as follows:
Sec. 14 -16. Charge for collection.
The city shall charge for its services for removing and
disposing of garbage, trash, and brush from residential
units the sum of five and 50/100 ($5.50) dollars per month
for each residential unit from which refuse is collected.
However, when the head of the household of a residential
unit certifies in writing to the utility collections office
that he /she is over sixty -five (65) years of age and that
he /she will place no more than one thirty (30)- gallon can of
refuse at his /her residential unit for collection on each
regularly scheduled collection day, the monthly charge will
be the sum of three and 25/100 ($3.25) dollars. In the case
of multifamily dwelling unit projects, the monthly charge
for collection of refuse shall be the sum of five and 50/100
($5.50) dollars times the number of occupied units in the
project. Multifamily units which exceed eight (8) units
will be considered commercial and no city collection service
will be provided.
Section 2: 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repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only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 3: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
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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 valid-
ity 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: The provisions of this ordinance shall
become effective beginning with the first billing for the
month of October, 1980. The City Clerk is hereby directed
to gave notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage
of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 25th day of September, 1980.
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EMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EI EN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
RANDALL B. TRONG, City torney
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