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AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "GARBAGE, TRASH AND OTHER
REFUSE" TO REVISE EXISTING FEES, ADD NEW DEFINITIONS AND
LANGUAGE, AND ESTABLISH NEW FEES; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Sections of Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances, entitled "Garbage, Trash
and Other Refuse," are amended by revising existing fees, adding new definitions and
language, and establishing new fees, to read as follows:
Sec. 21-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
Act: The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Bulky items: The following Targe items that have been specifically authorized for
collection of specified days under section [21-14] of this chapter: indoor and outdoor furniture,
mattresses and box springs, carpet, swing sets, plastic swimming pools, Targe toys, bicycles,
fish aquariums, and large household appliances.
Can account: A commercial or residential account who sets out its solid waste in
conventional refuse receptacles of one hundred -gallon or Tess capacity for collection by a
permitted solid waste hauler.
CERCLA: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
Clean wood waste: Individual pieces of wood of the type normally sold by lumber yards
and home improvement centers that is free of hardware and other large fasteners, such as
hinges, hurricane straps, latches, etc., and is not attached to concrete, wallboard, roofing
materials, or other construction materials.
Collection services: The service of collecting solid waste and transporting it to a point of
final disposition.
Construction/demolition materials: Waste resulting from construction or demolition
projects, including brick, concrete, concrete rubble, gypsum board, lumber, sheetrock, roofing
materials, fixtures (such as bath tubs, shower stalls, sinks, and toilets), and remodeling debris
(such as cabinets, ceramic tile, Formica, and similar items).
Conventional refuse receptacle: A conventional refuse receptacle is a container
constructed of some substantial leak=proof material (galvanized metal, aluminum, plastic, or
rubberized vinyl), of the type commonly sold in retail establishments, with a tight -fitting lid or
cover with handles sufficiently strong to be safely handled by a collector.
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Current utility bill: A current utility bill is a bill issued by the city's utility business office
that includes a charge for curbside collection of garbage, which was issued within sixty (60)
days of the date on which a service is sought.
Customer: A person who receives collection services from the
department Solid Waste Operations Department.
Debris: Large waste materials, such as construction/demolition materials, ashes, roofing
materials, dirt, automobile frames, tires, or other bulky heavy materials.
Department: The solid waste ccrviceo operations department of the city.
Director: The Director of Solid Waste Serviccc Operations of the City of Corpus Christi,
or a designated representative of the director.
Disposal services: The service of disposing of solid waste at a municipal solid waste
landfill site or other point of disposal.
Dumpster: A container, which holds more than one (1) cubic yard, used to store solid
waste until it is collected for disposal. The term also includes roll-on/roll-off containers that are
used to transport solid waste on vehicle chassis.
E -waste: Electronic -type waste, such as surplus, obsolete, or broken electronic and
electrical devices including, but not limited to, radios, vacuum cleaners, small household
appliances, television sets, microwave ovens, computer hard drives and monitors.
Garbage: Putrescible animal or vegetable matter, such as waste material and refuse
usually associated with the preparation of food from kitchens, residences, grocery stores,
butcher shops, restaurants, cafes, hotels, rooming houses, and boardinghouses, but does not
include sewage, body waste, or industrial byproducts.
Generator:. Generator means the person that creates a solid waste. For the purposes of
this chapter, a construction or repair contractor or landscape or tree service is considered to be
the generator of any solid waste that is produced by the contractor or service or results from the
contractor's or service's work on the premises of a customer. A business or commercial
establishment is considered the generator of any packaging materials on products delivered to a
customer, which are returned to the business or commercial establishment that made the
delivery.
Graffiti: Graffiti is defined in section 33-101 of the Code of Ordinances.
Hazardous waste: Hazardous waste means solid waste identified and listed as a
hazardous waste by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
under the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.).
Heavy brush: Tree and shrub limbs and trimmings, which are greater than three (3)
inches in diameter, tree trunks, root balls, and other large plant matter.
Household appliance: General household appliance that will not fit into a refuse
receptacle including:
Non-metal appliance, such as a television set, stereo system, video cassette recorder
(VCR), microwave oven, and other similar item constructed primarily of plastic or other
non-metallic parts.
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Metal appliance, such as a stove, cooking range, oven, dishwasher, washing machine,
clothes dryer, refrigerator, window air conditioning unit, water heater, lawn mower or
edger, and other similar items constructed primarily of metal parts.
Household waste: Garbage, rubbish, yard waste, debris, and limited
construction/demolition materials commonly generated by a residential household, which can be
placed within a conventional refuse receptacle that weighs less than fifty (50) pounds.
Litter: Any rubbish, paper, napkins, straws, cups or containers made of paper, plastic,
Styrofoam (or other similar material), bottles, glass, candy or gum wrappers, remnants of food,
cans, or remnants or parts thereof, or any material of an unsanitary nature.
Medical waste: Waste generated by health-care related facilities and associated health-
care activities, including veterinary services, but not including garbage or rubbish generated
from offices, kitchens, or other non -health-care activities.
Permitted solid waste hauler: A permitted solid waste hauler for hire or permitted solid
waste self hauler.
Permitted solid waste hauler for hire: Any person that collects, transports, or disposes of
solid waste of another person who has a solid waste hauler permit issued under Article Vill of
the chapter.
Permitted solid waste self hauler:: Any person, business, commercial establishment, or
industrial facility, other than a residential customer, that collects, transports, or disposes of solid
waste generated by the person, business, commercial establishment, or industrial facility, who
has a solid waste hauler permit issued under Article VIII of the chapter.
Rear door pick-up: Collection service where solid waste is picked up in a location other
than the designated standard collection point.
Recyclable: A waste material, which has been designated by the director for inclusion. in
the city's recycling program, that has a useful physical or chemical property after serving its
original purpose that may be reused, sold as a commodity, or converted into another product.
Recycling bin or cart: A container issued by Solid Waste Operations and utilized for the
placement and collection of recyclable materials.
Refuse: A mixture of garbage, rubbish, and other waste that are normally placed in a
receptacle for collection and disposal, but does not include yard waste, heavy brush, debris, or
construction/demolition materials.
Roll-on/roll-off container: A bulk container that holds more than one (1) cubic yard used
to collect and store solid waste that transported on a vehicle chassis for disposal.
Rubbish: Non-decayable solid waste, excluding ashes, that consist of combustible
materials, such as paper, rags, cartons, wood, rubber, plastics, and similar materials, and
noncombustible matter, such as glass, crockery, metal cans, and similar materials that do not
burn at ordinary incinerator temperatures.
Single -stream recycling (also known as "fully commingled"): a system in which all paper
fibers and containers and other waste items, such as plastics and plass, are mixed together in a
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collection truck, instead of being sorted into separate commodities (newspaper, cardboard, etc.)
and handled separately throughout the collection process.
Solid waste: Garbage, rubbish, yard waste, heavy brush, debris, and
construction/demolition materials.
TCEQ: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, formerly known as the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC).
Tipping fee rate: The rate charged to a commercial vehicle disposing of solid waste at a
city disposal site.
Trash: A single item of rubbish, not otherwise defined as debris or
construction/demolition material, but including a small household appliance that will not fit into a
conventional refuse receptacle.
Yard waste: Grass clippings, weeds, leaves, mulch, small trees and shrub limbs, which
are less than three (3) inches in diameter and less than five (5) feet in length, and other similar
plant matter.
Sec. 21-4. Mulch sales.
(a) The director of solid waste servicea Solid Waste Operations shah sell mulch from the city's
brush and yard waste grinding program based on the following fee schedule:
Up to 10 tons, per ton ... $1-0.00 20.00
Over 10 tons, per ton ... 8-99 $ 18.00
(b) The director of solid wocte co"` ces Solid Waste Operations shall allow residential
customers to Toad for themselves, at no charge, small quantities of mulch, up to one pickup
truck load.
Sec. 21-5. Proper disposal required.
Any person who collects, transports, or disposes of any solid waste generated within the
city or who transports any solid waste within the city shall dispose of the solid waste at a facility
that is authorized by the TNRCC TCEQ to accept the type of solid waste that the person has
collected or transported.
* * *
Sec. 21-10. Collection services available, unless properly refused.
(a) The collection services of the Solid Waste Serviceo Operations Department shall be
available to every residence, business, or commercial establishment or other occupied premises
within the City of Corpus Christi. Collection services are provided only for waste generated at
the premises for which the required fees are paid.
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(c) Any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of a business or commercial establishment or
residential properties containing more than two (2) family dwellings and, beginning August 1,
2010, residential properties containing more than eight -family dwellings, regardless of the
number of water or gas meters on site, and, who does not desire the collection services of the
department provided for in this article shall not receive the services and shall not be charged for
such services upon notification of the city's utility business office that:
(1) The person does not want the services rendered to the premises;
(2) The person intends to and will remove the accumulated solid waste at the premises;
(3) The person will keep the premises in such condition that the person will not violate
the applicable provisions of this Code and other ordinances;
(4) The person will not, after such notice, use directly or indirectly the collection
services of the department.
(d) *
(e) For purposes of this section, all residential premises containing eight -family dwellings or
less required by this ordinance to subscribe to city collection services which were legally served
by a private collection service , as of August 1, 2010, are exempt from the
requirement to subscribe to collection services of the Department until such time as the private
collection service contract ceases for the particular property served.
(f) Nothing contained in this section prohibits the department from serving such premises at the
request of the residents.
(g) All residential properties exempted by this section shall subscribe to collection services of
the department upon the termination of the private collection service.
(h) * * *
Sec. 21-11. Recycling program.
(a) The recycling program of the Solid Waste Services Operations Department collects
recyclables from single—family residences and commercial accounts that receive collection
services from the department.
(b) * * *
(c) Recyclables shall be placed in a recycling bin or cart available from the s
department Solid Waste Operations Department or other conventional refuse receptacle that is
clearly identified with the recycling symbol provided by the department. Containers with
recyclables to be collected shall be separated from other solid waste, which aro set out for
collection,—and from any fixed object that impedes collection by the department by at least five
(5) feet.
(d)
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(e) Recycling bins and carts may not be placed on the street pavement, in the gutter, in a
drainage ditch, or on a sidewalk, except the director may allow recycling bins and carts to be
placed in roadside drainage ditches when there is no practical alternative. However, the person
who places any recycling bin or cart in a roadside drainage ditch may be liable for any flooding
damage caused by the refuse receptacles.
if) Recvclinq bins and carts set out for collection must be removed from the collection location
not later than midnight on the designated collection day.
Sec. 21-13. Heavy brush and clean wood waste collection.
(a) * * *
* * *
(e) Heavy brush and clean wood waste may be set out only on days designated for set out for
that address.
* * *
(n) *
(1) Notice of the sections of the city that are allowed to set out heavy brush and clean
wood waste is published weekly in a paper of general distribution within the city.
Information is also available by telephoning the Solid Waste Servicce Operations
Department.
(2) It is a defense to prosecution for violation of this section that the heavy brush and
clean wood waste was set out on an unauthorized day if the heavy brush and clean
wood waste was set out after the authorized set out period, but before the next heavy
brush/clean wood waste pickup at that address. The property owner or occupant has the
burden of proving the date the heavy brush and clean wood waste was set out and the
date of the next heavy brush/clean wood waste pickup.
* *
Sec. 21-14. Bulky items.
(a)
* * *
* * *
(e) Bulky items may be set out only on days designated for set out for that address.
(1) Notice of the sections of the city that are allowed to set out bulky items will be
published in a paper of general distribution within the city. Information is also available
by telephoning the Solid Waste Services Operations Department.
(2) It is a defense to prosecution for violation of this section that the bulky items were
set out on an unauthorized day if the bulky items was set out after the authorized set out
period, but before the next bulky items pickup at that address. The property owner or
occupant has the burden of proving the date the bulky items was set out and the date of
the next bulky items pickup.
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(n) * * *
Sec. 21-15. Brick, broken concrete, ashes, dirt, etc., not included.
(a) The Solid Waste Services Operations Department will not collect accumulations of brick,
broken concrete, plaster, sand, gravel, ashes, tires, roofing materials, dirt, automobile frames,
lumber (other than clean wood waste generated by a residential customer) resulting from either
residential or commercial construction or demolition, or any other bulky heavy material.
(b) The owner or person controlling an accumulation of brick, broken concrete, plaster, sand,
gravel, ashes, roofing materials, dirt, automobile frames, lumber resulting from either residential
or commercial construction or demolition, or any other bulky heavy material shall collect and
store the solid waste in commercial waste receptacles, such as a dumpster, demolition box, or
metal roll -off container, er-and dispose of the solid waste within one week of the time the waste
is generated at the owner's or person's expense.
Sec. 21-16. Hazardous waste and medical waste not included.
(a) The Solid Waste Service:, Operations Department will not collect hazardous waste or
medical waste.
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Sec. 21-18. Tires prohih, , set out for collection.
(a) Tires may not A total of up to four tires may be set out for collection on the designated
collection day for bulky items.
(b) If any tires in excess of the four allowed under this section are set out for collection, in
addition to any fine that may be assessed for a violation of this article, the director shall assess
a surcharge, as described in section 21-40(a)(13) for each tire in excess of four set out for
collection that is picked up, which will be applied to the customer's next monthly utility bill.
Sec. 21-19. Limitation on filling receptacles.
(a) * * *
* * *
(e) All waste placed in a garbage receptacle must be contained within a paper or plastic bag.
* * *
Sec. 21-21. Draining refuse; decomposable matter to be wrapped.
(a) * * *
(b) Garbage and other matter, which is subject to decomposition, must be wrapped in paper or
other suitable material and placed in a paper or plastic bag that will contain the products of
decomposition before being placed in a garbage receptacle.
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Sec. 21-22. When and where solid waste is to be placed for collection --generally.
(a) * *
*
(b) If the house, building or premises from which solid waste is to be collected is adjacent to an
alley, the collection of solid waste shall be from the alley unless the alley has not been
constructed to support solid waste collections, as determined by the Director.
(c) If there is no public alley, the director determines that it is not practicable to collect and
remove the solid waste from an alley, or other special circumstances exist, the solid waste will
be collected in the front of the premises, on the right-of-way other than the street pavement, in
the gutter, in a drainage ditch, or on a sidewalk, unless the director shall designate an area or
areas for collection of such solid waste.
(d) Refuse receptacles may not be placed on the street pavement, in the gutter, e -in a
drainage ditch, or on a sidewalk, Except except the director may allow refuse receptacles to be
placed in roadside drainage ditches when there is no practical alternative. However, the person
who places any refuse receptacles in a roadside drainage ditch may be liable for any flooding
damage caused by the refuse receptacles.
(e) Solid waste shall be set out for collection before 7:30 a.m. on the designated collection day,
but may not be set out prior to 5:00 a.m. on the designated collection day, unless set out in a
closed container with a lid that is latched or otherwise secured to the container, so the lid will not
open if the container is tipped on its side. Refuse receptacles set out for collection must be
removed from the designated collection location not later than midnight on the designated
collection day.
(f) Not more than five (5) two (2) containers may be set out for collection by a residential
customer.
(1) There is no limit on the number of containers of used gift wrapping and boxes that
may be set out on the first collection day for a residential customer after Christmas the
following select holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
(2) There is no limit on the number of containers or boxes that may set out on the first
collection day of a new residential customer.
(3) The director may grant waivers to the rules in this subsection to allow residential
customers to set out more than five (5) two (2) containers on an occasional basis.
(g) While customers are encouraged to set out yard waste for the dcdicatod yard wacto
collection days, yard waste may be set out with normal household waste.
Sec. 21-23. Trash that cannot be placed in a receptacle.
receptacle.
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0}.0_1 Except on routes serviced by automated equipment, which are regulated by section 21-
27, yard waste that is set out for collection with regular household waste, which is not in a bag
21 12(c). must be contained in a paper or plastic bag and fit into the refuse receptacle in such a
manner that the lid of the receptacle remains closed.
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*
{b) Reusable refuse receptacles -must be constructed of some substantial leakproof material
cel ecte4
non
(d) Plastic bags may not be less than 0.75 mils thick.
* * *
Sec. 21-27. Collection services on routes with automated collection equipment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, at residences and businesses that
are on collection routes serviced by automated equipment:
(1) All refuse must be enclosed in a paper or plastic bag and placed inside the provided
container.
(2) Any refuse placed outside the container will not be collected with the trash in the
container.
(3) Any refuse that will not fit in a container may only be set out for collection on a day
designated for setting out waste under section 21-13(b).
(4) If any refuse that will not fit in a container is set out for collection on a day not
authorized for setting out waste, in addition to any fine that may be assessed for a
violation of this ordinance, the director shall assess the surcharge for each pile of debris,
as described in section 21-40(a)(11), for each pile of trash set out for collection that is
picked up. The surcharge shall be applied to the customer's next monthly utility bill.
(5) All refuse receptacles set out for collection must be removed from the designated
collection location not later than midnight on the designated collection day.
* * *
Sec. 21-30. Disposal services --Available.
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(a) The disposal services of the Solid Waste Servic Operations Department are deemed
available to every premises occupied for residential use within the City of Corpus Christi, and
the customer shall pay the charges therefor.
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Sec. 21-32. Same --Disposal of brick, broken concrete, ashes, dirt, etc.
(a) The routine disposal services of the Solid Waste
Operations Department do not include brick, broken concrete, plaster, sand, gravel, ashes,
roofing materials, dirt, automobile frames, lumber or similar material resulting from either
residential or commercial construction or demolition, or any other bulky heavy material.
(b) * *
* * *
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Sec. 21-40. Charges --For collection services within the City of Corpus Christi.
(a) The following charges apply to the collection of solid waste from
department Solid Waste Operations Department customers 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 21-20 and state and city taxes.
The charges for collection services are:
TABLE INSET:
t
Per Month or
Fraction Thereof
Collection
(1)
One -family dwelling
$15.91 16.91
(2)
Two-family dwelling on one (1) water and/or gas meter
$31.82 33.82
(3)
Two-family dwelling to eight -family dwelling on separate
water and/or gas meters
$15.91 16.91 eael3
1 unit
(4)
Apartment
$15.91 16.91 per
unit
(5)
One -family dwelling and single apartment on one (1) water
and/or gas meter
$31.82 33.82
(6)
Apartment house, travel trailer park, or manufactured home
park on one (1) water and/or gas meter
$15.91 16.91 per
unit
(7)
Apartment house, travel trailer park, or manufactured home
park --Each apartment, travel trailer pad, or manufactured home
site on separate water and/or gas meter
$15.91 16.91 per
unit
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(8)
Additional charge for rear door pickup on any type above
$11.86 per unit
(9)
Additional loads of heavy brush or bulky item at time of
scheduled heavy brush or bulky item collection
$643 75.00 per
load
(10)
Surcharge for bulky item pickup
$A 12.00 per
item
(11)
Special non-scheduled heavy brush, clean wood, waste, debris,
or bulky items pickup, including pickup of heavy brush and
debris set out more than two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled
pickup of brush or debris that is a traffic, safety, or health
hazard
Actual cost not to
exceed $200.00
per load
(12)
Recycling containers: 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
$ 6.00 per
container
(13)
Surcharge for tires set out for collection on a non-designated
$ 5.00 per tire
collection day
(14)
Garbage cart delivery fee--assessed for every second and
additional residential cart delivered and for every third and
$10.00 per cart
$ 240 10.00 per
additional commercial cart delivered per account (Commercial:
illaidiTAIM three (3) carts)
Monthly collection fee on second and additional residential and
commercial carts
cart
(15)
Recycling Incentive Program – collection of bins and carts
$0.68 per month
(16)
Recycling education – surcharge
$0.25 per month
(17)
Recycling cart—assessed per cart
$1.00 per month
(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)***
(d) A business and commercial institutions establishment and any other occupied premises
located within the City of Corpus Christi, except a residence covered by subsections (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:
(1) * * *
(2) The director may not set a rate below
($31.82) thirty-three dollars and eighty-two cents ($33.82) a month (the minimum rate),
plus any applicable state disposal fees and state and city taxes.
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le} Any business or commercial establishment or any other occupied premises located withinq
the city and desiring collection of recvclables shall be charged the recycling service fees
outlined in subsections (a)(15)-(17) of this section.
Sec. 21-41. Charges --For disposal services.
(a) * * *
* * *
(d) Before disposing of any solid waste, a person who does not have billing account with sem
waste e.e Aee the Solid Waste Operations Department and will be reg. iireelto take out shall
make a deposit based upon the estimated size of the load as determined by the landfill
superintendent, or an employee designated by the superintendent. The minimum deposit will be
the commercial charge for one (1) ton of solid waste.
(e) The following fee schedule applies to each load of solid waste deposited at a disposal site
operated by the department:
(1) Residential customers.
TABLE INSET:
A
Corpus Christi residential customer for trash, yard waste, heavy
brush, bulky items, large household appliances, and clean wood
waste, but no construction/demolition materials. (The director
shall determine what form of identification is required to prove
that the individual is a resident of the city.)
No charge
B
Corpus Christi residential customer for construction/demolition
materials
No charge on first
Satu day of each
month
C
Corpus Christi residential customer during community clean up
events approved by the director
No charge
D
Non -Corpus Christi resident, who is covered by a special
agreement between the City of Corpus Christi and another
agency for solid waste disposal, hauling individual's household
waste in personally owned, non-commercial vehicle. (The
director shall determine what form of identification is required
to prove that the individual is a beneficiary of the special
agreement.)
As specified in the
special agreement
E
Any other individual hauling the individual's own household
waste in personally owned, non-commercial vehicle
Commercial tipping
fee rate per load,
plus special fees for
appliances and tires
ommercial ve>?lcles (tipping rate).
TABLE INSET:
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A
Solid waste by weight
$36.86 per
ton*
B
Loose load of solid waste, not weighed
$ 9.99 per
cubic
yard*
C
Compacted load of solid waste, not weighed
$13.21 per
cubic
yard*
D
Construction and demolition debris, not weighed
$13.21 per
cubic yard
E
Heavy brush and yard waste, not weighed
13.21 per
ccubic yard
F
Commercial vehicle transporting household waste for a residential
customer when accompanied by the residential customer. (The residential
customer must be the driver or a passenger in the commercial vehicle or
arrive in a separate vehicle at the landfill with the residential customer's
waste.)
No charge
'includes state disposal fee, state/federal mandated surcharges as provided by section 21-42.
(3) Special fees.
TABLE INSET:
A
Clean, uncontaminated dirt that is suitable for landfill use (as
determined by landfill superintendent or designee of the
superintendent)
No charge
B
Clean wood waste, heavy brush, or rubble suitable for recycling,
including crushed concrete, asphalt, bricks, etc.
$ 9.57 per
ton
C
Large household appliances, such as stoves, washing machines, clothes
dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, or other similar items, except large
household appliances transported in a non-commercial vehicle by a
residential customer who resides within the city
$ 2,39 10.00
each
D
Tires
Automobile
$ 1.25 1.75
Truck or large trailer tires (16--19")
$ 2.25 2.75
Tractor tires (< or = 20")
$ 3.25 3.75
Larger than 20"
Not
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Sec. 21-44. Bills for services; when charges payable.
(a) The utilities billing office shall include on their monthly bills mailed to persons that receive
collection and disposal services from the solid waste services department Solid Waste
Operations Department all applicable charges for services rendered to the premises of that
person.
* * *
Sec. 21-72. Illegal disposal of solid waste prohibited.
(a) * * *
(b) A person, or the person's agent or employee, may not dispose or allow or permit the
disposal of any solid waste at a place within the city or within five thousand (5,000) feet of the
city's boundary, including on or within three hundred (300) feet of a public road, right-of-way,
any portion of the municipal separate storm water sewer system, park, or coastal waters,
including tributaries to the coastal waters, except at the following locations:
(1) * * *
(2) A private solid waste disposal facility permitted by the TNRCC TCEQ.
(3) * * *
(4) At a place designated for the collection of solid waste by section 21-22, but only
when the solid waste is placed by a customer for collection by the
Solid Waste Operations Department or a private collection contractor.
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accepted
Cut into quarters or more
Tipping fee
rate
E
Vehicles with loads not adequately secured so as to prevent any of the
contents of the transported load from being ejected or dropped during
transport of the load
$ x-88
10.00
F
Use of scales
$25.25
G
Any solid waste that requires special preparation, handling, or cover
As
determined
by the
director
Sec. 21-44. Bills for services; when charges payable.
(a) The utilities billing office shall include on their monthly bills mailed to persons that receive
collection and disposal services from the solid waste services department Solid Waste
Operations Department all applicable charges for services rendered to the premises of that
person.
* * *
Sec. 21-72. Illegal disposal of solid waste prohibited.
(a) * * *
(b) A person, or the person's agent or employee, may not dispose or allow or permit the
disposal of any solid waste at a place within the city or within five thousand (5,000) feet of the
city's boundary, including on or within three hundred (300) feet of a public road, right-of-way,
any portion of the municipal separate storm water sewer system, park, or coastal waters,
including tributaries to the coastal waters, except at the following locations:
(1) * * *
(2) A private solid waste disposal facility permitted by the TNRCC TCEQ.
(3) * * *
(4) At a place designated for the collection of solid waste by section 21-22, but only
when the solid waste is placed by a customer for collection by the
Solid Waste Operations Department or a private collection contractor.
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* * *
(c) * *
*
Sec. 21-73. Director of solid waste services operations authorized to enter
premises.
(a) *
(b) *
SECTION 2. With the exception of new service fees related to recycling shown in
Section 21-40(a)(15)-(17) of Section 1 of this ordinance, the provisions of this ordinance
are effective on and after August 1, 2010. The new recycling service fees listed in
Section 21-40(a)(15)-(17) of Section 1 of this ordinance are effective on and after
January 1, 2011, subject to City Council approval and implementation of a single -stream
recycling process prior to January 1, 2011.
SECTION 3. A violation of any provision of this ordinance or requirements implemented
under this ordinance constitutes an offense punishable as provided in this ordinance
and in Sections 1-6 and 1-6.1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 4. If, for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction, it will not affect any other section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite
intent of the City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, phrase, word, and
provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 5. Publication of this ordinance is to be made in the official publication of the
City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas.
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The fore�,giing ordinance was ead for the first time and passed to its second reading on
the /37z3 ---day of ��� , 2010, by the following votes:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
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Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
The foregoingprdinance was ead for the second time and passed on its final reading
on the , Or day of , 2010, by the following votes:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
PASSED AND APPROVED this theday of
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
APPROVED as to form: July 8, 2010
Eliz- . : h R. Hundley
Assi ant City Attorney
for the City Attorney
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Joe me
Mayor
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028693
, 2010.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
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