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AN ORDINANCE
REPEALING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, 1958, ENTITLED
"GARBAGE, TRASH, AND WASTES," AS AMENDED, AND IN LIEU
THEREOF ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 18 AS HEREINAFTER PRO-
VIDED, TO BE ENTITLED "GARBAGE, TRASH AND WASTES ";
PROHIBITING THE PLACE OF WASTE MATERIALS AND MATTERS IN
PUBLIC PLACES, OR THROWING WASTE OR REFUSE INTO SEWERS,
MANHOLES, CATCH BASINS OR DRAINS WHICH DRAIN INTO ANY
PUBLIC SEWER; PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF GARBAGE, TRASH
AND WASTES GENERALLY; PROVIDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
RELATIW TO THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED HEREIN; PROVIDING
FOR CREATION OF THE SANITATION DIVISION; PROVIDING FOR
ADEQUATE GARBAGE AND TRASH RECEPTACLES AND THE USE
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDING
FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR SOLID WASTE PERMITS;
PROVIDING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND CHARGES FOR REMOVAL
OF GARBAGE, TRASH AND WASTES; PROVIDING FOR DUMPING
PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING
A SEVERANCE CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 18 of the Corpus Christi City Code, 1958,
as amended, and particularly as amended by Ordinance No. 5430, passed and
approved on July 22, 1959; No. 5436, passed and approved July 29, 1959;
No. 6982, passed July 31, 1963; No. 7657, passed July 28, 1965; No. 8553,
passed August 2, 1967; No. 8615, passed September 27, 1967; No. 9866,
passed July 29, 1970, No. 9901, passed August 26, 1970; No. 11541, passed
June 27, 1973; and No. 12028, passed May 1, 1974, be and the same is hereby
repealed in its entirety and there is hereby adopted in lieu thereof a
new Chapter 18, hereafter reading as follows:
" CHAPTER 18
GARBAGE, TRASH, AND WASTES
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 18 -1. Placing or Depositing Excrement, Paper, Rubbish, Garbage, Etc.,
in Public Place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or deposit or permit to
be placed or deposited any excrement, offal, urine, paper, circulars,
rubbish, garbage or any kind of waste material or substance whatsoever in
any public place within the corporate limits of the City.
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All streets, alleys sidewalks, parks, passageways'and walkways, generally
used by pedestrians, municipal piers, buildings used for religious worship
or educational purposes, buildings where people congregate or assemble for
the purpose of business, pleasure or amusement, and buildings owned by the
United States, the state, county or the city, situated within the corporate
limits of the city, are hereby declared to be public places within the
provisions of and for the purposes of this section.
Sec. 18-2. Throwing waste or refuse into sewer, manhole, etc.
Any person who shall deposit or throw into any sewer, manhole, catch
basin or flush tank or into any private drain connecting with, or which
drains into any public sewer, any waste or refuse or any other substance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
As used in this section, the terms "waste" or "refuse" shall include
oil and grease and waste petroleum products, earth, straw, hay, shavings,
tinners' scrap, refuse of manufacturers, ashes and rags. This definition
is not intended to be exclusive and the practice prohibited in this section
shall include the deposit or throwing of all substances which impair the
operation of the city's sewage disposal plant, the sanitary sewer system
or the storm sewer system, or any part thereof the city.
If any partnership shall own or manage any place of business wherein
any act prohibited by this section is permitted, each partner shall be
deemed guilty, individually and severally, of such violation. If any
corporation shall own or manage any business place or building where any
act prohibited by this section is permitted in violation of this section,
the president, vice- president and the secretary -- treasurer shall, ins
dividually and severally, be deemed guilty of such violation as shall all
of its supervisors, agents and managers directly involved in the management
of such business place or building. Each day of operation in violation
of the provisions of this section shall be deemed separate offenses.
Sec. 18 -3. Accumulation of brick, broken concrete, ashes, dirt, etc.
Accumulations of brick, broken concrete plaster, sand, gravel, or
lumber resulting from either residential or commercial construction or
demolition, ashes, clinkers, cinders, dirt, automobile frames or any other
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bulky heavy material, including debris from vacant lots, shall be immediately
disposed of by and at the expense of the owner or person controlling the
same.
ARTICLE II. COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY.
Sec. 18-4. Definitions.
Garbage. The term "Garbage ", as used in this article, shall be held
to include, among other similar matter, all animal or vegetable matter, such
as waste material and refuse from kitchens, residences, grocery stores,
butcher shops, restaurants, cafes, hotels, rooming houses and boarding-
houses, and other deleterious substances.
Collection Services of the Sanitation Division. The term "Collection
Services of the Sanitation Division ", as used in this article, shall mean
the service of collecting garbage and trash, transporting it to a point of
disposal, and disposal of said garbage and trash.
Disposal Services of the Sanitation Division The term "Disposal
Services of the Sanitation Division ", as used in this article, shall mean
the service of disposing of garbage and trash at a sanitary landfill
site or other point of disposal.
Superintendent. The term "superintendent ", as used in this article,
shall mean the superintendent of the Sanitation Division.
Trash. The term "Trash ", as used in this article, shall mean
rubbish such as feathers, coffee grounds, ashes, tin cans, paper, boxes,
glass, grass, shrubs, yard cleanings, yard clippings, leaves, tree
trimmings and similar matter.
Sec. 18 -5. Purpose: Creation of Sanitation Division.
The accumulation of waste, refuse, trash and other deleterious
substances on the premises of private residences, commercial institutions
and in streets and alleys constitutes a public menace and nuisance and
greatly increases the danger of the spread of infections, contagious and epidemic
diseases, and it is imperative and urgent for the preservation of health,
safety, sanitation, peace and public welfare that proper and adequate re-
gulations be adopted to require property owners, tenants, occupants or
lessees to secure containers and receptacles of sufficient size and
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material in which to deposit garbage and trash, for collection and removal
at regular intervals, and to accomplish such purposes, there is hereby
created the Sanitation Division of the Department of Inspections and
Operations. The Sanitation Division shall be in the charge of the
Superintendent of the Sanitation Division, who shall be appointed by
the City Manager.
Sec. 18 -6. Superintendent authorized to enter premises.
The Superintendent and his duly authorized representatives are
authorized to enter any premises to make inspections to determine that
garbage and trash is being properly, collected and removed.
DIVISION 2. GARBAGE AND TRASH RECEPTACLES, ETC.
Sec. 18,7. Duty of owners, occupants, etc., of premises to provide and
maintain garbage and trash receptacles.
Each owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any building, mobile
home, house, structure, or premises within the city shall provide and
maintain proper garbage and trash receptacles of sufficient number to
contain the garbage and trash that will accumulate on the premises.
Sec. 18 -8. Construction requirements for garbage receptacles.
Receptacles for garbage shall not be less than ten nor more than
thirty gallons' capacity, constructed of some substantial leakproof
material with a tight - fitting lid or cover with handles sufficiently
strong for workmen to empty conveniently; paper and plastic bags of
sufficient strength, not less than 1.5 mils thick, may be used.
Receptacles which are emptied' - mechanically may be larger than thirty
gallons.
Sec. 18-9. Limitation on filling receptacles.
Garbage and trash receptacles shall not be filled so as to contain
more than fifty pounds, except for receptacles which are emptied
mechanically.
Sec. 18-10. Draining garbage and trash; decomposible matter to be
wrapped.
Garbage or trash that is mixed with water or the other liquids
shall be drained before being placed in a garbage or trash receptacle.
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Actual matter that.is subject to decomposition shall be wrapped in
paper or other suitable material before being placed in a garbage
receptacle.
Sec. 18 -11. Where garbage and trash receptacles to be placed for
collection - Generally.
If the house, building or premises from which garbage or trash is to
be collected and removed is adjacent to an alley, the collection of garbage
and trash shall be from the alley. If the Superintendent determines that
it is not practicable to collect and remove the garbage and trash from an
alley, the collection shall be made from the street and the owner, occupant,
tenant or lessee may place the receptacles for garbage or trash at the
driveway entrance or on the parkway near the street. Under no circumstances
shall garbage or trash receptacles be placed do the street pavement.
Receptacles larger than thirty gallons capacity shall not be placed on the
street right of way, but shall be located within the property lines of the
premises served.
Sec. 18 -12. Garbage and trash receptacles to be clean and sanitary;
use of unsuitable or unsanitary receptacles unlawful.
All garbage and trash receptacles must be kept at all times in a
clean and sanitary condition. The use of unsuitable or unsanitary
receptacles is unlawful.
Sec. 18 -13. Procedure as to damaged, etc., receptacles.
Garbage and trash receptacles that have deteriorated or become
damaged to the extent of having jagged or sharp edges capable of causing
injury to the collectors or to the extent that the covers will not fit
securely shall be condemned by the inspectors of the Sanitation Division.
If any such defective receptacle is not replaced after notice to the
owner of its defective condition, such defective receptacle shall be
declared to be a public nuisance creating a condition dangerous to the
public health and may be disposed of summarily as provided by law.
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Sec. 18-14. Trash that cannot be placed in receptacle.
If the trash, either commercial or residential, is of such nature
that it cannot be placed in a receptacle, it shall be carefully placed
beside the trash receptacle.
Sec. 18-15. Disposition of dead dogs, cats, etc.
Dead dogs, cats or any other small animals shall not be placed in
garbage or trash containers. The dead animal pick -up service of the
Humane Division of the city will, upon notification, dispose of such small
dead animals.
DIVISION 3. COLLECTION SERVICES
Sec. 18-16. Collection Services of the Sanitation Division available,
unless properly refused.
The collection services of the Sanitation Division shall be available
to every residence, business or commercial establishment, or other occupied
premises within the City of Corpus Christi, and the owner, occupant,
tenant, or lessee thereof shall pay the charges therefor, unless said owner,
occupant, tenant, or lessee has properly refused the collection service of
the Sanitation Division. Any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee who does
not desire the collection services of the Sanitation Division provided for
in this article shall not receive the services and shall not be charged
therefor, upon his notifying the superintendent in writing that: (1) He
does not want the services rendered to his premises; (2) He intends to
and will remove the accumulated garbage and trash at his premises; (3)
He will keep his premises in such condition that he will not violate the
applicable provisions of this Code and other ordinances; and, (4) he will
not, after such notice, avail himself of or use directly or indirectly
the collection services of the Sanitation Division. If any owner, occupant,
tenant, or lessee who files such notice fails to comply with these conditions,
then the Superintendent shall make the collection services of the Sanitation
Division available and said owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee shall pay
the charges therefor.
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Sec. 18 -17. Tree limbs, grass clippings, etc.
Tree limbs, grass clippings, and other trash will be collected
on a regularly scheduled basis only if properly prepared by being cut
in lengths not exceeding five feet, and bundled or placed in suitable
containers weighing not more than fifty pounds, and if in the opinion
of the Superintendent it will not cause damage to the garbage collection
equipment.
Sec. 18-18. Brick, broken concrete, ashes, dirt, etc., not included.
The collection services of the Sanitation Division shall not be
construed to include accumulations of brick, broken concrete, plaster,
sand, gravel or lumber resulting from either residential or commercial
construction or demolition, ashes, clinkers, dirt, automobile frames or
any other bulky heavy material, such as debris from vacant lots.
DIVISION 4. DISPOSAL SERVICES
Sec. 18-19. Disposal Services of the Sanitation Division Available.
The disposal services of the Sanitation Division shall be deemed to
be available to every residence, to every business or commercial establish -
went, and to every other occupied premises within the City of Corpus Christi,
and the owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee shall pay the charges therefor.
If the owner and occupant of a residence has an adequate means of disposal
of garbage and trash which meets all applicable laws and regulations without
use directly or indirectly of any city disposal facility and furnishes the
City with an affidavit showing such facts, then the Director of the
Department of Inspections and Operations is authorized to waive the dis-
posal charges for said residence.
Sec. 18 -20. Disposal of Brick, Broken Concrete, Ashes, Dirt, Etc.
The disposal services of the Sanitation Division shall not be con-
strued to include brick, broken concrete, plaster, sand, gravel or lumber
or similar material resulting from either residential or commercial con-
struction or demolition, ashes, clinkers, dirt, automobile frames or any
other bulky heavy material. The Superintendent is authorized to accept
such materials at a site designated by the Superintendent, if the
Superintendent determines that the Sanitation Division has the capability of
properly disposing of the materials at the site, and in such case the
owner or person controlling such materials shall pay the required disposal
charges therefor.
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Sec. 18-21. Disposal of garbage and trash from outside the city.
The disposal services of the Sanitation Division may be made available
at the discretion of the Superintendent for the disposal of garbage and
trash from outside of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, only at a site
designated by the Superintendent, if the Superintendent determines that
the Sanitation Division has the capability of properly, disposing of the
garbage and trash at that site. The owner of any vehicle delivering
garbage or trash from outside the city shall first obtain a Solid Waste
Permit, and shall pay the required disposal charges and permit fees.
DIVISION 5. SOLID WASTE PERMITS
Sec. 18-22. Solid waste permits required.
No person except a duly authorized agent or employee of the city
shall collect garbage or trash of any other person, or conveyor trans-
port such garbage or trash on the streets, alleys or public thoroughfares
of the city, or dispose of such garbage and trash, without a written
solid waste permit granted and issued by the Director of the Department
of Inspections and Operations.
Sec. 18-23. Solid Waste Permits Not Required.
A resident of the city shall not be required to obtain a solid waste
permit to haul garbage and trash from the dwelling in which he resides
to a city disposal site. An owner or employee of a business or commercial
establishment located on premises in the city shall not be required to
obtain a solid waste permit to haul trash from said premises to a city
disposal site. Said residents, owners, and employees shall not be
exempted from other requirements of this code for the conveying, trans-
porting or disposing of garbage and trash.
Sec. 18-24. Application Generally.
Any person desiring a solid waste permit for the collection, removal
and disposal of garbage and trash, as required in section 18 -22 of this
Code, shall make application for such solid waste permit to the Director
of the Department of Inspections and Operations.
Sec. 18-25. Contents of Application.
The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant;
the trade name under which the applicant does or proposes to do business;
the mailing address, office telephone number, and location of the business;
the number of vehicles the applicant desires to operate; the location
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where the vehicles will be parked or stored when not in use; the class, size
and design of each vehicle; whether or not the applicant or any person
employed by him has a claim or judgment against him for damages resulting
from the negligent operation of a vehicle; the nature and character of the
service the applicant proposes to render; /the patrons for whom he proposes
to render the service; and a statement of whether or not service will be
provided to any premises not located in the City of Corpus Christi.
Sec. 18 --26. Bond and Insurance Required.
No solid waste permit shall be issued until the applicant therefor
has made and placed in the hands of the city secretary a good and sufficient
indemnity bond in the amount of two thousand dollars, indemnifying the
city against any claims that may arise against it caused by the applicant's
operations or the operations of his agent, servant or employee. No such
solid waste permit, temporary or annual, shall be issued to any owner or
operator of any vehicle, until such owner or operator shall file with
the city secretary and thereafter keep in full force and effect, a policy
of public liability insurance, with a company authorized to do business
in the state and performable in the county, insuring the public against
any loss or damage that may result to any person or property from the
operation of such vehicles with unsafe brakes, or otherwise defective,
or negligence of the owner or any person driving such vehicle, and such
policy shall provide a maximum amount of recovery in such policy as to
each and of any one person, not less than five thousand dollars for in-
jury or death of any one person, not less than ten thousand dollars in
any one accident and not less than five thousand dollars for the injury
to or destruction of the property in any one accident.
Sec. 18-27. Fees for Solid Waste Permits.
(a) The fee for a solid waste permit shall be fifty dollars per
vehicle , payable to the city at the time of issuance of the solid waste
permit, except as provided herein.
(b) The fee for a solid waste permit shall be one hundred dollars,
payable to the city at the time of issuance of the solid waste permit, for
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any vehicle which is to be used to convey or transport garbage or trash
from outside of the city to any disposal site of the city Sanitation
Division.
Sec. 18-28. Garbage or Trash From Outside of the City.
All solid waste permit holders are hereby required to submit a list
each month of all customers for which said solid waste permit holder has
rendered service from any point outside of the city limits. The solid waste
permit holder shall prepare said reports so as to provide the correct informa-
tion as of the first day of each month and shall submit the reports to the
Superintendent no later than the tenth day of the same month. The solid
waste permit holder shall pay to the city the disposal charges for all
garbage and trash conveyed or transported from outside of the city
to any disposal site of the city Sanitation Division.
Sec. 18-29. Display of Solid Waste Permit Number on Vehicle,
Each vehicle used pursuant to a solid waste .permit shall be equipped
with the number of the solid waste permit painted on or attached to the
vehicle in letters at least three inches in height and at a conspicuous
location.
Sec. 18 -30. Fastening of Tarpaulin.
it shall be unlawful for any person to permit a tarpaulin to be
to any extent in any condition other than securely fastened so a% to
prevent ejection or removal of any of the contents of the vehicle used
pursuant to a solid waste permit, at any point other than within the
two blocks first traveled from the last point of pick -up, or at the
point of disposal.
Sec. 18 -31. Use of Tarpaulin, Etc., Generally.
All persons hauling trash, refuse or garbage pursuant to a solid
waste permit shall securely cover the vehicle with a tarpaulin or
adequate cover so as to prevent any of the contents of the vehicle being
ejected or removed between the point of pick -up and the point of disposal.
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Any ejection or removal of any particle of trash, refuse or garbage from
the vehicle by bouncing, sliding or slipping due to the movement of the
vehicle, the wind action, or because of improper placing of the contents
in the vehicle shall be unlawful. The provisions of this section shall
not prohibit the travel of a vehicle for a distance of not exceeding two
blocks from the point of one pick -up to the point of another pick --up on
the same trip without having such tarpaulin or other cover of the vehicle
securely fastened.
Sec. 18-32. Term; Not Transferrable.
Solid waste permits shall expire one year from the date issued.
Solid waste permits shall not be transferrable.
Sec. 18-33. Revocation and Recission.
Solid waste permits may be revoked and rescinded by the Director
of the Department of Inspections and Operations at any time, upon violation
of the conditions of the permit or violation of any provision of this
code or other ordinance of the city or any state law.
DIVISION 6. CLASSI71CATION AND CHARGES
Sec. 18-34. Charges for Services to Residences.
The charges shown adjacent to the respective residential categories
in the table immediately below shall be the charges for the collection
services of the Sanitation Division and for the disposal services of the
Sanitation Division:
TKPE DESCRIPTION
(1)
One family dwelling
(2)
Two family dwelling on one water
and /or gas meter
(3)
Two family dwelling on separate
water and /or gas meters
(4)
Apartment
(5)
One family dwelling and single
apartment on one water and /or
gas meter
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MINIMUM CHARGE PER MONTH
OR FRACTION THEREOF
COLLECTION DISPOSAL
ONLY
$2.70 $0.50
5.40 1.00
2.70 ea. unit 0.50 ea. unit
2.70 per unit 0.50 per unit
5.40 1.00
(6) Apartment house on one water and /or
gas meter 2.70 per unit 0.50 per unit
(7) Apartment house -each apartment on
separate water and /or gas meter 2.70 per unit 0.50 per unit
(8) Additional charge fox rear door
pick -up on any type above 2.70 per unit
Sec. 18-35. Charges to business and commercial establishments, etc.
(a) The business and commercial institutions and all other occupied
premises in the City of Corpus Christi for which the collection service of
the Sanitation Division is available, except residences covered by Section 18 -.
34 of this code shall be charged at a minimum rate of five dollars and forty
cents per month for two days per week pick -up, or ten dollars and eighty%.cen'ts
per month for four days per week pick -up in the areas designated for such
service. All charges above the minimum rates shall be determined by the
superintendent; shall be reasonable; shall be determined by the type and
amount of refuse, the location of the refuse and the number of pick -ups
per week that are necessary to properly service. and maintain sanitary
condition; and shall be not less than an amount proportional to the minimum
charges provided in this article, said minimum charges being based on
collection of one cubic yard of garbage and trash per week.
(b) All other business and commercial institutions and other occupied
premises, except residences, shall be charged for the disposal services of
the Sanitation Division at a minimum rate of ninety cents per month, for
the first cubic yard or fraction thereof of trash and garbage per week,
and an additional ninety cents per month for each additional cubic yard
or fraction thereof per week, based on the superintendent Is estimate of
the volume of garbage and trash.
Sec. 18 -36. Charges £or, garbage and trash from outside of the city.
Charges for the disposal services of the Sanitation Division for
garbage and trash from outside the city shall be as follows:
(a) Residential: $1.00 per month per dwelling unit
(b) Other: $1.50 per month for the first cubic yard or fraction
thereof per week, and an additional $1.50 per month for each additional
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cubic yard or fraction thereof per week, based on the superintendent's
estimate of the volume of garbage and trash.
Sec. 18-37. Large Dead Animals.
A direct charge of $10.00 shall be made at the time the service is
required for the collection of any large dead animal.
Sec. 18 -38. Demolition Debris.
The charge for disposal services of the Sanitation Division for
debris from demolition of buildings and structures shall be assessed on a
project basis at the rate of ninety cents per four cubic yards, based on
the volume estimated by the superintendent.
Sec. 18 -39. Bills for Services; When Charges Payable.
The Utilities Office of the Department of Public Utilities of the
City shall include on their monthly bills mailed to persons that receive
the services specified in this article therefor and the charge designated
in this article for the trash and garbage collection and disposal services
of the Sanitation Division rendered to the premises of that person. The
charges fixed by this article shall be payable to the city on receipt pf
the bill. In the event any person receiving services does not have a water
or gas connection billing, then a separate monthly bill shall be made to
such person.
Sec. 18-40. Credit for Vacancy.
No credit will be given to any person, owner, occupant or lessee of
any residence or place of business for vacancy thereof, unless the city
is notified by such person, owner, occupant or lessee within five days
after such property is vacated. If no notice is given five days after such
property is vacated, credit will only be given from the date of nearest billing
period after such notice is given.
Sec. 18-41. Suspension of Services for Failure to Pay Charges; Reinstatement
of Service.
Any person who shall fail or refuse to pay the charges specified in
this article within ten days from the date the same shall become due and
payable shall have the service suspended.
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Upon the renewal of services to premises where services have been
discontinued under the provisions immediately above, the owners, occupants,
tenants, or lessees of the premises shall be charged one dollar for
reinstatement.
If, upon reinstatement, the superintendent finds it necessary to
either clean up the premises or remove more than the maximum amount
provided for by the minimum fee, or to make an additional trip to remove
accumulated garbage or trash, the owner, occupant, tenant or lessee shall
be charged, in addition to the reinstatement charge, ten dollars.
ARTICLE III. DUMPING PERMITS
Sec. 18 -42. Dumping Permits.
The Building Division of the Department of Inspections and Operations
shall be responsible for the issuance of dumping permits for dumping or
depositing dirt and other fill material. No dumping permit shall be issued
for dumping or depositing refuse, garbage, rubbish, or junk, as those terms
are defined in Article 6674 -2, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes. Each
dumping permit shall be issued to a specific person, firm or corporation to
fill a specifically described piece of property and shall specify the type of
fill material and the duration of the dumping permit, which shall not be for
a period in excess of one week. Before the dumping permit shall be issued,
the Building Division must be satisfied that the dirt or fill material
appears to be free from any substance injurious to the public health and
welfare, and that the dirt or fill material will be handled and dumped or
deposited and leveled off in a manner that apparently will not be injurious
to the public health. The Building Division is authorized to promulgate forms
to be completed by applicants for dumping permits requiring such information
as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section."
SECTION 2. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars.
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SECTION 3. If for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid
or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent
of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its
purpose.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption of this
ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
That the foregoing ordinanc w rc:_d for a first time and - passed
to its second reading on this the day of 19 19 73-, by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the foregoing ordinanc was read fo th second time and passed
to its third reading on this the "?�� ay of 19 �� by the
following vote:
Jason Luby ��
James T. Acuff �_
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the forego ordinance as read for the third time and passed
finally on this the day of 19_YK, by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff A9 P
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
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Ciq Secretary
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City Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHR I, TEXAS
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces.
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44 Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the pubUcati(?n of
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this -------- 3-5 day of. Augwst ..................... 19....7 . - -..
Louise Viek
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
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