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Home My WebLink About024070 ORD - 06/20/2000 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-40 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, REGARDING CHARGES FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21-40 of the Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows: Sec. 21-40. Charges _w For collection services within the City of Corpus Christi. (a) The following charges apply to the collection of solid waste from Solid Waste Services Department customer located within the limits of the City of Corpus Christi. In addition to the charges listed below, each customer is liable for any applicable Federal/State surcharges or fees specified in Section 21-42 and State and City taxes. The charges for collections services are: Type Description Minimum Charge Per Month or Fraction Thereof Collection (1 ) One-familv dwellinq $11.51 $11.60 (2) Two-family dwelling on $23.02 $23.20 one (1) water and/or gas meter (3) Two-family dwelling on $11.::;1 $11.60 each unit separate water and/or gas meters (4) Apartment $11.51 $11.60 per unit (5) One-family dwelling and $23.02 $23.20 single apartment on one (1) water and/or qas meter (6) Apartment house on one $11.51 $11.60 per unit (1) water and/or aas meter (7) Apartment house -- Each $11.51 $11.60 per unit apartment on separate water and/or Qas meter R03313A1.wpd 024070 2 (8) Additional charge for rear $10.75 per unit door pickup on any type above (g) Additional loads of heavy $48.00 per load brush or bulky item at time of scheduled heavy brush or bulky item collection (10) Surcharge for bulky item $10.00 per item pickup (11 ) Special non-scheduled Actual cost not to exceed heavy brush, clean wood $200.00 per load waste, debris, or bulky items pick up, including pick up of heavy brush and debris set out more than two weeks prior to the scheduled pick up or brush or debris that is a traffic, safety, or health hazard (12) Recycling containers: $4.00 per container Each solid waste services customer account will pay a fee for recycling containers that will be refunded upon termination of the account and return of the recycling containers. (13) Surcharge for tires set out $5.00 per tire for collection. (b) Except as provided in section 21-41, any residence, apartment, or other premises that does not receive collection services from the Department under the provisions of section 21-10 of this chapter, will not be charged collection or disposal fees. (c) A business and commercial institutions establishment and any other occupied premises located within the City of Corpus Christi, except a residence covered by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, shall be charged for collection services by the Department at a rate determined by the Director based on the following: R03313A 1.wpd 3 (1) Any rate set must be reasonable and determined by the type and amount of refuse, the location of the refuse, the number of pickups per week that are necessary to properly service and maintain sanitary conditions, and in proportion to the minimum rate established in this paragraph. (2) The Director may not set a rate below h.eI1ly-t\..o dollars and fifty two cents ($22.52) twentv-two dollars and sixty cents ($22.60) a month (the minimum rate), plus any applicable State disposal fees and State and City taxes. SECTION 2. 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 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. R03313A1.wpd 4 That the foregoing or~iJ;t;:\!:!ce was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the )" Clay of ~ AA-I_l , 2000, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~ Rex A. Kinnison ~ Javier D. Colmenero ~ Betty Jean Longoria ~ Melody Cooper ~ John Longoria That t~rnre90in9 ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the I (aay of ~ A../Y\. Q , 2000 by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ----+ Rex A. Kinnison a~Jf~ ~ UjL Dr. Arnold Gonzales (L~ PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ~~y of J 1 ~ / ,2000. ATTEST: Henry Garrett Dr. Arnold Gonzales Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett L()~/J/ Armando Chapa'>> 0 City Secretary APPROVED: 0~-IA day of -/1//1 e Mark Scott Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria () 1 f=- ~ Mark Scott ~~~. Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Mayor, The City of Corpus James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney ,2000: By: R03313A1.wpd 024070 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas County of Nueces } } ss: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 3484477 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 26TH day(s) of JUNE. 2000. On!. No. ol40 10 E ClI' OF ORDINANCE 02<4070 mending Section 21-40 of the Code of Ordinances. City of Corpus Christi,regarding charges for .S~id Waste Collection Services. This ordinance was passed and approved by the City Council of. the City of Corpus Christi on June 20. 2000. IslAmlando Chapa of City SoctetOry '4 g ~ Customer Service Manager ~~ $41.68 Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of JUNE 27.2000. \. ~:/~" ,'" .5~/''''~<'.. . Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/01.