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Home My WebLink About032551 ORD - 09/07/2021 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code, Chapter 21, for Solid Waste Department by adjusting fees and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the fees, rates, and charges ("rates and charges") established for the collection and disposal of solid waste are located in various sections of Chapter 21 of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances ("Code") and need to be revised. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. Various sections of Chapter 21, "Solid Waste," of the Code of Ordinances are amended by revising the rates and charges for the collection and disposal of solid waste, with the relevant sections' new text shown underlined and deleted text shown stricken, to read as follows: "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 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: Type Description Minimum Charge Per Month or Fraction Thereof Collection (1) One-family dwelling $16.91 (2) Two-family dwelling on one (1) water and/or gas meter $33.82 37.20 (3) Two-family dwelling to eight-family dwelling on separate water $16.91 each and/or gas meters unit (4) Apartment $16.91 per unit (5) One-family dwelling and single apartment on one (1) water $33.82 37.20 and/or gas meter (6) Apartment house, travel trailer park, or manufactured home $16.91 per unit park on one (1) water and/or gas meter (7) Apartment house, travel trailer park, or manufactured home $16.91 per unit park—Each apartment, travel trailer pad, or manufactured home site on separate water and/or gas meter (8) Additional charge for rear door pick up on any type above $11--86 13.05 per unit (8.1) Commercial customer, on one (1) water and/or gas meter $37.20 (9) Additional truckloads of yard waste, heavy brush, clean wood $75.00 82.50 waste, or bulky items at time of scheduled yard waste, heavy per truckload brush, or bulky item collection Solid Waste Fees FY21-22 vFinal Page 1 of 5 932551 SCANNED (10) Surcharge for bulky item pick up $12.00 13.20 per item (11) Special non-scheduled yard waste, heavy brush, clean wood waste, debris, or bulky items collection, including pick up of yard waste, heavy brush, clean wood waste, debris, and bulky items set out more than five days prior to the scheduled pick up of brush, waste, debris, or bulky items and that is a traffic, safety, or health hazard Actual cost not to exceed $200.00 220.00 per truckload (12) Reserved Reserved (13) Surcharge for tires set out for collection on a non -designated collection day; size of tires must be 20 inches or Tess in diameter WOG 5.50 per tire (14) Garbage cart delivery fee—assessed for every second and additional residential cart delivered and for every third commercial cart delivered per account $1-0-A911.00 per cart (14.1) Monthly collection fee on second and additional residential carts and commercial carts $10.00 per cart (15) Improvements to solid waste services $2.39 per month (16) Recycling education—Surcharge $0.25 per month (17) Solid waste capital improvements $1.50 per month (18) Non-scheduled cart collection—Assessed for service or for removal of cart when cart is an immediate hazard to vehicular traffic on a street or alley or to pedestrian movement on a sidewalk, or when cart is left out for collection and remains present on an undesignated collection day $1-9-:A0 11.00 per incident (19) Super bag collection service (sales tax included) $135.00 each "Sec. 21-41. Charges—For disposal services. "(a) * * * * * * "(e) The following fee schedule applies to each Toad of solid waste deposited at a disposal site operated by the department: "(1) Residential customers. * "(2) Commercial vehicles – Landfill (tipping rate). A Solid waste by weight $36.86 40.11 per ton* Solid Waste Fees FY21-22 vFinal Page 2 of 5 B Loose load of solid waste, not weighed $9,99 11.12 per cubic yard* C Compacted load of solid waste, not weighed $13.21 14.56 per cubic yard* D Construction and demolition debris, not weighed $13.21 $14.56 per cubic yard E Heavy brush and yard waste, not weighed $13.21 14.56 per cubic 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) Commercial vehicles — Transfer station (tipping rate). A Solid waste by weight $41.89 per ton* B Clean wood waste, heavy brush, or rubble suitable for recycling, including crushed concrete, asphalt, bricks, etc. B Loose load of solid waste, not weighed $11.62 per cubic 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 yard* C Compacted load of solid waste, not weighed $15.20 per cubic yard* D Construction and demolition debris, not weighed $15.20 per cubic yard E Heavy brush and yard waste, not weighed $15.20 per cubic yard F Commercial vehicle transporting household waste for a No charge 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.) * Includes state disposal fee, state/federal mandated surcharges as provided by section 21-42. " (4 3) Special fees. 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. $ 11.00 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 $10.0011.50 each D Tires Automobile $1.75 2.00 Solid Waste Fees FY21-22 vFinal Page 3of5 "(f) * It * "Sec. 21-42. Surcharge for state/federal mandated cost. "(a) The following state/federal surcharges are included in the charges established in sections 21-40 and 21-41 above: (1) Truck or Targe trailer tires (16-19") $2.75 3.25 Tractor tires (5520") $3.75 4.75 (2) Larger than 20" Market price as determined by director 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 $10.00 12.00 weighed F Use of scales $25.25 27.78 G Any solid waste that requires special preparation, handling, or cover As determined by the director "(f) * It * "Sec. 21-42. Surcharge for state/federal mandated cost. "(a) The following state/federal surcharges are included in the charges established in sections 21-40 and 21-41 above: (1) Collecting and disposal of solid waste from residential $0,48 0.20 per month or and apartment properties, business and commercial establishments, and all other occupied premises, for which the collection services are provided fraction thereof (2) For disposal of solid waste at any city disposal site $3.06 0.94 per ton or designated by the director, for which a charge per ton or cubic yard is required to be paid fraction thereof (3) Disposal of loose materials that have not been $1.23 0.19 per cubic weighed yard or fraction thereof (4) Disposal of compacted materials that have not been $1.61 0.30 per yard or weighed fraction thereof tt(b) * * * 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 judgement or decree 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. This ordinance takes effect October 1, 2021. Solid Waste Fees FY21-22 vFinal Page 4 of 5 Theloregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the S', day of )..y , 2021, by the following vote: Paulette M. Guajardo John Martinez Roland Barrera , Q Ben Molina' Gil Hernandez yY �� Mike Pusley Michael Hunter ��♦ Greg Smith Billy Lerma The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the On day of , 2021, by the following vote: Paulette M. Guajardo Roland Barrera Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter Billy Lerma G - PASSED AND APPROVED on this the rl '' }y� + day of ATTEST: John Martinez J` Ben Molina Aklx. Mike Pusley Greg Smith Aft Rebecca Huerta City Secretary buiv-t1/• EFFECTIVE [}ATE W Paulette M. Guajardo Mayor 2021.