(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, dump or unload any garbage, rubbish, refuse or other waste matter at any place within the city, or its jurisdiction, except at the designated city landfill or at such other place as may be designated by the department of sanitation.
(b)
Persons desiring to dump such waste as described above at the designated city landfill shall pay a charge per ton of waste dumped of forty-one dollars ($41.00) plus any applicable state or federal fee or surcharges at landfill 2252 (West Texas Regional Disposal Facility) and thirty-three dollars ($33.00) at landfill 69 (Caliche Canyon) effective October 1, 2025. All special wastes that must be discharged, dumped or unloaded at the designated city landfill or at such other place as may be designated by the solid waste department. Persons desiring to dump special waste at the city landfill shall pay an additional charge per ton of waste dumped of seventy-eight dollars and sixty-one cents ($78.61) plus any applicable state or federal fee or surcharge for waste generated outside of the city.
(c)
Any person desiring to dump such wastes as described above whose vehicle is not covered in such a manner as to prevent the loss or spillage of such waste during transit shall be charged a surcharge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a noncommercial vehicle and thirty dollars ($30.00) for a commercial vehicle in addition to the above-listed charges.
(d)
Those persons subject to the assessment set forth in section 22.06.185(a)(1) and (2) shall not be required to pay a dumping fee.
(e)
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump any refuse at any city landfill without the payment of the prescribed fees and surcharges.
(Ordinance 777, sec. 12, adopted 5/23/1946; 1959 Code, sec. 14-23; Ordinance 6222, sec. 2, adopted 11/11/1971; Ordinance 6763, sec. 6, adopted 12/13/1973; Ordinance 7330, sec. 2, adopted 9/14/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 23-21; Ordinance 8478, sec. 1, adopted 9/8/1983; Ordinance 8654, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/1984; Ordinance 8902, secs. 3, 4, adopted 3/27/1986; Ordinance 9301, sec. 10, adopted 8/10/1989; Ordinance 9372, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/1990; Ordinance 9552, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/1992; Ordinance 9644, sec. 1, adopted 9/9/1993; Ordinance 9839, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/1995; Ordinance 9957, sec. 2, adopted 12/19/1996; Ordinance 2005-O0098, sec. 1, adopted 9/8/2005; Ordinance 2005-O0115, sec. 1, adopted 10/13/2005; Ordinance 2006-O0096, sec. 1, adopted 9/13/2006; Ordinance 2010-O0070, sec. 21, adopted 9/16/2010; Ordinance 2014-O0122, sec. 17, adopted 9/11/2014; Ordinance 2017-O0111, sec. 12, adopted 9/14/2017; Ordinance 2018-O0109, sec. 13, adopted 9/13/2018; Ordinance 2020-O0123, sec. 15, adopted 9/8/2020; Ordinance 2021-O0126, sec. 19, adopted 9/14/2021; Ordinance 2022-O0136 adopted 9/13/2022; Ordinance 2023-O0108 adopted 9/12/2023; Ordinance 2024-O0128 adopted 9/10/2024; Ordinance 2025-O0112 adopted 9/9/2025)