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ORDINANCE NO. ~~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16, "GARBAGE", OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED, WHICH CHAP-
TER REGULATES SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, FEES AND DISPOSAL,
BY AMENDING SECTION 16-10 BY INCREASING THE PRESCRIBED
UNIFORM FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL REFUSE COLLECTION, BY AMEND-
ING SECTION 16-11 BY 'INCREASING THE PRESCRIBED UNIFORM
FEES FOR COMMERCIAL REFUSE COLLECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND
~ REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
FOR ACCRUED VIOLATIONS AND PENDING LITIGATION; PROVIDING A
PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 16-10 of Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 16-10. Charges for refuse removal service -
compulsory for single family residences and duplexes;
optional for group housing.
Use of the City garbage and refuse collection and brush removal
service and payment of the fees set out below for such service shall
be mandatory for single family residences, each unit of duplex
apartment buildings, garage apartments and mobile homes or trailers
occupied as dwelling units. The monthly fees for household garbage
and refuse collection and brush removal service shall be as follows:
Type Curb/Alley
Line Service
Single-family residences $6.50 per mo.
Duplex apartments (per $6.50 per mo.
dwelling unit) (per dwelling
unit)
Garage apartment unit $6.50 per mo.
Trailer/mobile home $6.50 per mo.
dwelling unit
Residential building $6.50 per mo.
or complexes, etc. (per dwelling
unit)
Collector
Carryout
$15.00 per mo.
$15.00 per mo.
(per dwelling
unit)
$15.00 per mo.
$15.00 per mo.
$15.00 per mo.
(per dwelling
unit)
The use of City garbage and refuse collection and brush removal
shall be optional for residential buildings or complexes which
include three (3) or more dwelling units.
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SECTION 2.
That Section 16-11 of Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 16-11. Same-Business and Commercial Buildings and
Premises.
"Charges for refuse collection from. houses, buildings and
premises used for commercial business, and other non-
residential purposes, shall be based on a minimum service
charge for one standard refuse receptacle or container and
an additional charge for the number of additional contain-
ers used as set forth in the schedule below:
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"Where more than ten (10) containers are used by any
one customer, the total monthly charge shall include the
minimum monthly charge plus a charge per container (in
excess of one) computed on the basis of thirty-five cents
($.35) per container per stop. The computation shall be
made on an annual charge divided by twelve and rounded to
the nearest five cents ($.05)."
Special Service: Unscheduled Refuse Service.
"Upon request, the waste disposal division shall make
such special collection of refuse as is requested, and a
charge shall be levied for such service, computed as
follows:
"a) An hourly rate of thirty dollars ($30.00) for the
actual time consumed in loading the truck, calculated
from arrival at the property served until departure
from the property.
"b) A rate of sixteen dollars ($16.00) per ton for dis-
posal of refuse at the disposal site.
"The minimum charge for such unscheduled refuse
service shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) for one hour plus
thirty-eight dollars ($38.00) for two (2) tons of refuse,
for a total of sixty-eight dollars ($68.00).
Special Service: Unscheduled Bulky Waste and Large Brush
Service.
"Upon request, the waste disposal division shall make
special collection of bulky waste, including brush, as is
requested, and a charge shall be levied for such service
as follows:
"a) A rate of thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour for the
actual time consumed in loading the material, calcu-
lated from arrival at the property served until
departure from the property.
"b) A rate of six dollars ($6.00) per cubic yard for
disposal of the material at the disposal site.
"The minimum charge for such service shall be thirty
dollars ($30.00) for one hour plus twelve dollars ($12.00)
for two cubic yards of materials, for a total of forty-two
dollars ($42.00)."
City-Furnished Container Service.
"Charges for refuse collection from commercial estab-
lishments and other buildings used for non-residential
purposes which use three (3) cubic yard containers, shall
be based on the following table:
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RATE SCHEDULE FOR 3 CUBIC YARD
CONTAINERS FURNISHED AND SERVICED BY THE CITY
3 cubic yard containers picked up two times per week
1 $ 66.60
2 133.20
3 199.80
4 266.40
3 cubic yard containers picked up three times per week
1 $ 99.90
2 199.80
3 299.70
4 399.60
3 cubic yard containers picked up four times per week
1 $133.20
2 266.40
3 399.60
4. 532.80
3 cubic yard containers picked up five times per week
1 $166.50
2 333.00
3 499.50
4 666.00
3 cubic yard containers picked up six times per week
1 $199.80
2 399.60
3 599.40
4 799.20
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, and all other
ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, except in those instances
where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with
the provisions of such Code or other ordinances, in which instances
said conflicting provisions of such Code or other ordinances are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void,
ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
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any court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness
or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordi-
nance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council
without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such void,
ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTION 5.
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions
of Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as
amended, and of any other ordinance affecting garbage, which have
accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and as
to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil
and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such chapter
and/or other ordinances, same shall not be affected by this
ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the
courts.
SECTION 6.
That any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convic-
tion, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and each violation hereof, and each day on which there is
a failure to comply with the terms of this ordinance shall be and is
hereby declared to be a distinct and separate offense and punishable
as such.
SECTION 7.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed
to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of this
ordinance in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the
ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
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SECTION 8.
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That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and publication, as required
by law, provided, however, that the increased rates specified herein
shall become effective with the customer utility statements sent by
the City of Fort Worth after October 1, 1984, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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RATE SCHEDULE FOR HAND-LOADED
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE PICKUP
Service two times per week (.35 X the number of containers (in excess of one) 1 X 2 X 52 divided by 12,
plus a minimum charge of $6.30)
Average number
of container s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mintmum monthly charges $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30
Charge for containers
(in excess of one) 0 3.10 6.20 9.30 12.40 15.50 18.60 21.70 24.80 27.90
TOTAL MONTHLY CHARGE $ 6.30 $ 9.40 $12.50 $15.60 $18.70 $21.80 $24.90 $28.00 $31.10 $34.20
Service three times per week (.35 X the number of containers (in excess of one) 1 X 3 X 52 divided by 12,
plus a minimum charge of $8.10)
Average number
of containers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Minimum monthly charges $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10 $ 8.10
Charge for containers
(in excess of one) 0 4.70 9.40 14.10 18.80 23.50 28.20 32.90 37.60 42.30
TOTAL MONTHLY CHARGE $ 8.10 $12.80 $17.50 $22.20 $26.90 #31.60 $36.30 $41.00 $45.70 $50.40
Service four times per week (.35 X the number of containers (in excess of one) 1 X 4 X 52 divided by 12,
plus a minimum charge of $10.80)
Average number
of containers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Minimum monthly charges $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $10.80 $ 10.80
Charge for container
(in excess of one) 0 6.25 12.50 18.75 25.00 31.25 37.50 43.75 50.00 56.25
TOTAL MONTHLY CHARGE $10.80 $17.05 $23.30 $29.55 $35.80 $42.05 $48.30 $54.55 $60.80 $67.05
Service five times per week (.35 X the number of containers (in excess of one) 1 X 5 X 52 divided by 12,
plus a minimum charge of $13.50)
Average number
of containers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Minimum monthly charges $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50
Charge for containers
(in excess of one) 0 7.80 15.60 23.40 31.20 39.00 46.80 54.60 62.40 70.20
TOTAL MONTHLY CHARGE $13.50 $21.30 $29.10 $36.90 $44.70 $52.50 $60.30 $68.10 $75.90 $83.70
Service six times a week (.35 X the number of containers (in excess of one) 1 X 6 X 52 divided by 12,
plus a minimum charge of $16.20)
Average number
of containers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Minimum monthly charges $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 $ 16.20
Charge for containers
(in excess of one) 0 9.35 18.70 28.05 37.40 46.75 56.10 65.45 74.80 84.15
Total monthly charge $16.20 $25.55 $34.90 $44.25 $53.60 $62.95 $72.30 $81.65 $91.00 $100.00
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GATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Proposed Rate Adjustments for pnGE
NUMBER Residential and Commercial Refuse Col-
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CITY SERVICES
Residential Collection Fee
The fees for refuse collection service to single-family residences, duplex apart-
ments (per dwelling unit) garage apartment units, trailer/mobile home units, and
residential buildings or complexes (per dwelling unit), are to be increased as
follows•
Service
Hand-loaded, non-residential
collections
Service Present Rate Proposed Rate
Curb/Alley Line $ 5.50/month $ 6 SO/month
Collector Carryout 12.00/month 15.00/month
Non-Residential Collection Fees
The Budget provides for a twenty percent increase in commercial or non-residentia
and special collection fees. These fees are based on the number and size of con-
tainers and the frequency of service. The actual fee schedules specify the rates
for the various combinations of numbers of containers and collection frequencies.
The general formulas for calculating the rates are as follows:
Furnishing
Itecommerid~tion
It is recommended that•
Present Rate
Monthly charge of
$5.25 for one con-
tainer, plus 50.30
per collection for
each additional con-
tainer.
Monthly charges
range from $55.50
for one container
emptied twice per
week to $666.00 for
four containers emp-
tied six times per
week.
Proposed Rate
Monthly charge of
$6.30 for one con-
tainer, plus $0.35 fo
collection for each
additional container.
Monthly charges range
from $66..60 for one
container emptied
twice per week to
$799.20 for four con-
tainers emptied six
times per week.
1. That attached ordinance be adopted amending the refuse collection fee ~
schedule for residential, non-residential, and special servic~~,a~D By
2. That the new-rates become effective October 1, 1984. CITY ^vUVV®~ln~^'~
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AUG 28 1984_.. '`
Attachment
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SUBMITTED FOR THE ~ DISPOSITION BV COUNCIL: -{.
CITY MANAGER'S ^ gppROVEO City SeCZetC of tae
(1FFICE BY: ,l
ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRl~9'Y ~ F0~ r~!
DEPARTMENT MEAD: Ulysses Ford III
CITY SECRETARY
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FOR AODIlIONAL INFO~IATION S Ford Ext. 6300 ~tdop~e(~ Or(~mance ~~~
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