HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 747-95 05-23-1995 ORDINANCE NO. 7 4 7- 9 5
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 "GARBAGE
COLLECTION RATES" OF CHAPTER 6 "HEALTH 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 SEVERABILITY 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, Council has negotiated additional solid waste rate increases due to the
• increase in the disposal rate incurred by Laidlaw Waste Systems; 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 $ 8.59
2. Backdoor Residential Monthly
Customer Service Charge 11.43
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• 3. Curbside Residential Monthly
Senior Citizen Service Charge $7.60
4. Backdoor Residential Monthly
Senior Citizen Service Charge $10.62
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 $ 37.02 $ 59.68 $ 83.70 $106.36 $130.39 $154.41 $ 12.36
3yd $ 51.08 $ 68.69 $120.42 $156.45 $189.75 $229.20 $ 14.46
4yd $ 69.23 $114.54 $161.22 $207.90 $254.58 $305.36 $ 19.27
6yd $ 82.33 $151.68 $193.72 $264.55 $335.12 $392.17 $ 28.90
8yd $107.72 $198.35 $272.61 $349.54 $421.10 $495.35 $ 38.56
Note:
Containers with casters $6.00 extra/mo.
Containers with locks $2.40 extra/mo.
2. Commercial (temporary) Roll-off Containers
CONTAINER DELIVERY DAILY LOAD
SIZE FEE CHARGE CHARGE DEPOSIT
20yd $63.00 $3.00 $80.00 +disp $210.00
25yd $63.00 $3.00 $80.00 +disp $210.00
30yd $63.00 $3.00 $80.00 +disp $210.00
35yd $63.00 $3.00 $80.00 +disp $210.00
40yd $63.00 $3.00 $80.00 +disp $210.00
3. Commercial Hand Collection
Maximum 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 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 June 1, 1995, and
will be reflected on billings first billed on or after July 1, 1995.
• PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 23rd day of May, 1995, by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, and
1 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C.F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Terri Willis, City Secretary
VED AS TO FORM D LEGALITY::
Paul F. ieneskie, ity Attorney
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