Ordinance No. 4,27050926 -4
Published in: THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday, September 30, 1985
Tuesday, October 1, 1985
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.
Each occupied residential unit which receives City utilities shall
be charged the sum of nine dollars ($9.00) per month for City refuse
collection services. This charge is based on the availability of City
removal and disposal services, and shall be collected regardless of
whether or not the occupant of a residential unit places any refuse out
for collection. When the owner of an unoccupied residential unit
certifies in writing to the utility collections office that the unit is
unoccupied, the monthly charge from that time forward shall not be
assessed for howsoever long the unit remains unoccupied. Also, 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 (1) thirty - gallon can
or one (1) thirty- gallon plastic bag of refuse at his /her residential unit
for collection on each regularly scheduled collection day, the monthly
charge will be the sum of six dollars and twenty -five cents ($6.25). In
the case of multifamily dwelling unit projects, the monthly charge for
collection of refuse shall be the sum of nine dollars ($9.00) 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of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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, 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.
ORDINANCE NO. 4270
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 141, "GARBAGE, TRASH,
AND
BRUSH," OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY
OF
BAYTOWN REQUIRING THE CHARGE FOR COLLECTION
FOR
ALL
RESIDENTIAL
UNITS; 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.
Each occupied residential unit which receives City utilities shall
be charged the sum of nine dollars ($9.00) per month for City refuse
collection services. This charge is based on the availability of City
removal and disposal services, and shall be collected regardless of
whether or not the occupant of a residential unit places any refuse out
for collection. When the owner of an unoccupied residential unit
certifies in writing to the utility collections office that the unit is
unoccupied, the monthly charge from that time forward shall not be
assessed for howsoever long the unit remains unoccupied. Also, 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 (1) thirty - gallon can
or one (1) thirty- gallon plastic bag of refuse at his /her residential unit
for collection on each regularly scheduled collection day, the monthly
charge will be the sum of six dollars and twenty -five cents ($6.25). In
the case of multifamily dwelling unit projects, the monthly charge for
collection of refuse shall be the sum of nine dollars ($9.00) 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, 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.
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Section 4: The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective beginning
with the first billing for the month
of October, 1985. This ordinance shall
take
effect from and after ten
(10) days
from its passage by the City Council. 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, this the 26th day of September, 1985.
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ATTEST:
F
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL 9. STTWNG, City torney