(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 wastes as described above at the
designated city landfill shall pay a charge per ton of waste dumped
of thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents ($38.25) plus any applicable
state or federal fee or surcharges at landfill 2252 (West Texas Regional
Disposal Facility) and thirty-three dollars and no cents ($33.00)
at landfill 69 (Caliche Canyon) effective October 1, 2023. 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 wastes at the city
landfill shall pay an additional charge per ton of waste dumped of
seventy-three dollars and thirty-four cents ($73.34) 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)
All garbage, refuse matter, manure or waste material of any
kind taken to any city landfill, or other place provided by the city,
shall be placed and deposited upon the city landfill under the direction
of and shall be inspected by an inspector of the department of sanitation.
(Ordinance 777, sec. 13, adopted 5/23/1946; 1959 Code, sec. 14-24; 1983 Code, sec. 23-22)
All garbage and other waste materials deposited at the city
landfill shall be the property of the city and it shall be unlawful
for any person to remove any material from the landfill, unless the
approval of the superintendent of sanitation is first obtained.
(Ordinance 349, sec. 12, adopted 8/5/1926; Ordinance 777, sec. 13, adopted 5/23/1946; 1959 Code, sec. 14-25; Ordinance 5973, sec. 16, adopted 11/12/1970; 1983 Code, sec. 23-26)
Employees of the city, city officials, city officers directing
operations of the sanitation department and persons delivering garbage
or other rubbish to the city landfill are allowed on the landfill.
All other persons are prohibited therefrom.
(Ordinance 349, sec. 11, adopted 8/5/1926; 1959 Code, sec. 14-26; Ordinance 5973, sec. 17, adopted 11/12/1970; 1983 Code, sec. 23-27)
