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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.5
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMPLIANCE, OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (2015), AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING ARTICLE VIII "SOLID WASTE
AND RECYCLING", DIVISION 4 "DEPOSIT, RATES AND
COLLECTION", SECTION 12.5-841.2 "COMMERCIAL
GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES" TO INCREASE THE
COMMERVIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES; MAKING
THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE
FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Code Section 12.5-841(a) provides that the City Council shall
establish rates for solid waste collection services; and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2003, under M&C No. G-14046, the City Council adopted
ordinance No. 15632, establishing a variable rate structure for commercial garbage
services based on frequency of service effective September 1, 2003; and
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2004, under M&C No. G-14564, the City Council adopted
ordinance No. 16188, which amended section 12.5 of the City Code by adding section
12.5-841.2 Commercial Garbage Collection Fees and adopted rates; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of 12.5-841.2, the commercial garbage collection rates
have not increased; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to increase the commercial garbage collection rates to help
recover the cost of the City having to administer the Solid Waste program, and to
continue to provide services that benefit the commercial businesses and community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 12.5, "Environmental Protection and Compliance", Article VIII, "Solid
Waste and Recycling", Division 4: "Deposits, Rates and Collection", Section 12.5-841.2,
"Commercial Garbage Collection Fees" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015), as
amended, is hereby amended to increase the monthly rates, to read as follows:
Ordinance No.
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12.5-841.2 COMMERCIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES
The following commercial garbage collection fees are adopted based on ninety -six-gallon
carts:
Frequency of Service
Monthly Rate (Plus Sales Tax)
1 X per week
$38
2 X per week
$49
3 X per week
$64
4 X per week
$81
5 X per week
$101
6 X per week
$125
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where the provisions
of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such
Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3.
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
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect on April 1, 2022.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST:
Christopher Austria Jannette S. Goodall
Assistant City Attorney City Secretary
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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