HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0187) 12.5-841.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.59
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMPLIANCE", OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (2015), AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE OUT -OF -CYCLE- AND
CONTAMINATED BULKY WASTE PILE COLLECTION RATE
IN ARTICLE VIII "SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING",
DIVISION 4 "DEPOSITS, RATES AND COLLECTION", SECTION
12.5-841.1 "RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS FEES", TO
INCREASE THE RATE; 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, Section 12.5-841(a) of the City Code provides that the City Council shall
establish rates for solid waste collection services; and
WHEREAS, and the Code provides that the City shall charge customers for the solid
waste services received pursuant to such rates; and
WHEREAS, on October, 26, 2004 under Ord. No. 16188, City Council adopted and
approved rates regarding the collection of out -of -cycle bulky waste and brush piles,
oversized bulky waste and brush piles pay bags and violation tags; and
WHEREAS, the City has not increased the out -of -cycle and contaminated bulky waste
pile collection rate in 12.5-841.1 of the City Code since 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to increase the out -of -cycle and contaminated bulky waste
pile collection rate in 12.5-841.1 to address the increased administrative costs related to
the out -of -cycle and contaminated bulky waste piles.
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 12.5-841.1,
"Residential Collection Fees", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015), as amended,
is hereby amended to increase the out -of -cycle and contaminated bulky waste pile
collection rate, to read as follows:
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12.5-841.1 RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION FEES
Out -of -cycle and $123.52 per 5 cubic yards and $107.40 per 5 cubic yards
contaminated bulky waste thereafter, up to 30 cubic yards ($123.52 shall be
pile collection minimum charged to household)
The rates for all other services in Section 12.5-841.1 shall remain the same.
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
FIVITI] D
EFFECTIVE:
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