HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 721-94 04-12-1994 ORDINANCE NO. 721-94
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 "GARBAGE
COLLECTION RATES" OF CHAPTER 6 "I~ALTH AND
SANITATION" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS IN SAID RATES TO REFLECT AN INCREASE
IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILTTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills, Texas, entered into a franchise contract
agreement with Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. on December 20, 1990, providing
certain rates and charges for the collection within the City of garbage, trash,
refuse and other wastes, including recyclable materials; and
WHEREAS, said contract provides for periodic adjustment of said rates to
reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index; and
WHEREAS, such new rates and charges should be reflected in the appropriate
section of the Richland Hills Code of Ordinances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
• OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Section 6: "GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES" of Chapter 6, "HEALTH
AND SANITATION" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. RESIDENTIAL:
1. Curbside Residential Monthly
Customer Service Charge $7.84
2. Backdoor Residential Monthly
Customer Service Charge $10.61
3. Curbside Residential Monthly
Senior Citizen Service Charge $7.04
4. Backdoor Residential Monthly
Senior Citizen Service Charge $9.81
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• In order to be eligible for reduced senior citizen rates, the customer
must fill out an application for such rates at City Hall, and present
proof that the customer is at least age sixty-five (65) in order for
such application to be approved.
Residential recycling monthly service charges are included in the
rates stated above.
B. COMMERCIAL:
(1) Front Load
Pickups Per Week
CONTAINER EXTRA
SIZE 1 2 3 4 5 6 PICKUPS
2yd $34.17 $54.30 $75.76 $95.88 $117.35 $138.81 $11.62
3yd 46.91 61.08 108.62 140.80 170.32 205.85 13.44
4yd 63.64 103.88 145.47 187.05 228.64 274.23 17.91
6yd 74.42 136.14 171.15 234.32 297.24 346.93 26.86
• 8yd 97.21 177.71 242.20 309.35 371.16 435.64 35.83
Note: Containers with casters 6.15 extra/mo.
Containers with locks 2.05 extra/mo.
(2) Commerical (temporary) Roll-off Containers
CONTAINER DELIVERY MONTHLY LOAD DEPOSIT
SIZE FEE CHARGE CHARGE
20 yd $51.35 $104.80 $61.60 +disp $200.00
25 yd 51.35 104.80 61.60 +disp 200.00
30 yd 51.35 128.80 61.60 +disp 200.00
35 yd 51.35 128.80 61.60 +disp 200.00
40 yd 51.35 152.84 61.60 +disp 200.00
• (3) Commerical Hand Collection
Maximim of four (4) thirty (30) gallon cans per collection (collected
twice per week) - $26.30 per month.
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• II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas; provided, however, that the new rates imposed hereby
shall be effective April 1, 1994, and will be reflected on billings first billed on or
• after May 1, 1994.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of
the Richland Hills City Council on the 12th day of April 1994, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
.a
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AP ED AS TO FORM:
. aul F. Wieneskie, Ci Attorney
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