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Editor's note—Ordinance 1808, § 2, adopted Feb. 9, 2009, amended Art. I in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Art. I, §§ 9-1 and 9-2, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from the 1965 Code, § 11-1—11-17; Ordinance 1558, adopted Aug. 9, 2004; Ordinance 1562, adopted Sept. 13, 2004; and Ordinance 1662, adopted July 31, 2006.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
is defined as the director of the department of public works
or designee.
has the meaning ascribed to the term "industrial solid waste"
by Chapter 361 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as may be amended
from time to time.
means business houses, boardinghouses, offices, theaters,
hotels, restaurants, cafes, eating houses, tourist camps, apartments,
sanitariums, rooming houses, schools, private residences, vacant lots
and all other places within the city where garbage, trash or rubbish
accumulates in ordinary quantities.
includes the regular collection of garbage, trash and brush
by city crews.
means aluminum and tin cans, bottles, glass, paper, rags,
old clothing, rubber, lumber, metal, boxes, barrels, crates, feathers,
weeks, yard trimmings, leaves, tree limbs, old furniture, plastics,
old appliances, batteries, and junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles,
boats, airplanes, trailers, buses or motor homes and other similar
debris.
is defined as any person who collects, hauls, or transports
solid waste or industrial waste for a fee by use of any means, including,
but not limited to, front-load dumpster trucks, roll-off trucks, or
rear-load garbage trucks.
means, for the purposes of this chapter, the same as the
term "rubbish."
is defined for the purposes of this chapter, as a single
living, commercial or occupied space within a developed property.
(Ordinance 1808, sec. 2, adopted 2/9/2009)
A monthly solid waste collection fee shall be charged as noted
below for the collection of solid waste, including ordinary garbage,
recyclable materials, trash and brush, for locations from which such
matter is collected by the city. Said fee shall be added to the water
bill for the premises of which the location is a part. If the collection
fee is not paid, collection services may be discontinued following
the procedures by which water service may be disconnected for non-payment
of a water bill. If the collection fee is not paid within thirty (30)
days after discontinuance of collection services, the city may also
discontinue water service to the premises ten (10) days after notice
of such termination is sent.
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Collection Category
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Monthly Collection Fee
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Residential regular service—Single family
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$10.00 per unit
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Residential regular service—Duplex or multi-family
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$10.00 per unit
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Non-residential regular service
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$20.00 per unit
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Recycling service—Regular service customers
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No additional charge
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Recycling service only
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$10.00 per city-issued container
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(Ordinance 1808, sec. 2, adopted 2/9/2009)
Unless approved in writing by the public works director, only
the city shall provide solid waste services to single family or duplex
residential solid waste customers within the city.
(Ordinance 1808, sec. 2, adopted 2/9/2009)
Multiple family and non-residential solid waste customers shall
have the option of utilizing the services of the city or a solid waste
operator to collect, haul or transport solid waste from properties
located within the city. The city may decline to provide solid waste
or recycling services to any multiple-family or non-residential customer
for any reason deemed material by the city.
(Ordinance 1808, sec. 2, adopted 2/9/2009)
