Ordinance No. 8,98620000914 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 8986
® AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 86, "SOLID WASTE," ARTICLE
II, "RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE," DIVISION 3, "FEES AND CHARGES
AND BILLING PROCEDURE," SECTION 86 -101, "CHARGE FOR
COLLECTION," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN RATES;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 86, "Solid Waste," Article II, "Residential Solid Waste,"
Division 3, "Fees and Charges and Billing Procedure," Section 86 -101, "Charge for collection,"
of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 86. SOLID WASTE
Article II. Residential Solid Waste
Division 3. Fees and Charges and Billing Procedure
Sec. 86 -101. Charge for collection.
(a) Each occupied residential unit within the city limits shall be charged the sum of
($13.56), plus applicable sales tax, 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.
(b) 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 as long as the unit remains unoccupied.
(c) When the head of the household of a residential unit certifies in writing to the
utility collections office that he is over 65 years of age and that he will place no more
than one thirty - gallon can or one thirty- gallon plastic bag of refuse at his residential unit
for collection on each regularly scheduled collection day, the monthly charge will be
($10.80) plus applicable sales tax.
(d) For multifamily dwelling unit projects containing eight dwelling units or less, the
monthly charge for collection of refuse shall be ($13.56), plus applicable sales tax, times
the number of occupied units in the project.
(e) A multifamily unit that exceeds eight dwelling units will be considered a
commercial multifamily unit and no city collection 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® ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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.
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® 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.
Section 4: The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective beginning with the
first billing for the month of October 2000.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 14th day of September, 2000.
ATTEST:
G s' W. SMITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ettAACIO RAMIREZ, S ity Attorney
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PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor