Ordinance No. 3,462PUBLISHED: THE BAYTOWN SUN 20924 -4
Tuesday, September 28, 1982
Thursday, September 30, 1982
ORDINANCE NO. 3462
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,
TEXAS:
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 Eight and No /100 ($8.00) 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 Five Dollars and 25/100
($5.25) Dollars. In the case of multifamily dwelling unit
projects, the monthly charge for collection of refuse shall be
the sum of Eight Dollars and No /100 ($8.00) 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 incon-
sistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;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 ordinance
or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances,
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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: The provisions of this ordinance shall become
effective beginning with the first billing for the month of
October, 1982. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give 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 of the City of Baytown on this the
September , 1982.
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P.. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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ETT O. HU TO, Mayor
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