HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6841 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE FORT WORTH
CITY CODE (1964) , AS AMENDED, WHICH CHAPTER REGULATES
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, FEES, AND DISPOSAL, BY AMEND-
ING SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 16-19, DUMPING FEES, BY
INCREASING THE FEE PERTAINING TO REFUSE CONTAINER
VEHICLES; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR
ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That subsection (a) of Section 16-19 of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, be and the same is
hereby amended so that hereafter same shall be and read as
follows:
" (a) Persons disposing of refuse at any City
operated disposal site, incinerator, dump or sanitary
landfill, including persons holding a valid permit
for private collection and disposal of refuse, shall
pay a dumping fee for each and every load of refuse
dumped or deposited in accordance with the schedule
of charges set out below. These charges shall not be
applied to loads of refuse collected by the Texas
Highway Department from rights-of-way of public streets
and highways, nor to disposal of refuse resulting from
the activities of any department of the city govern-
ment.
.,Type of Vehicle Fee
"Passenger automobiles and No charge
station wagons
"All other vehicles and refuse $2.80 per ton
containers (nearest 1/4 ton) of refuse
"Earth, rocks, and inert material No charge
suitable for cover of refuse.
(The acceptability of such mate-
rial shall be determined by the
Sanitation Superintendent or his
authorized representative and
shall be delivered to sites desig-
nated by him.) "
SECTION 2.
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such Code or other ordinances are hereby repealed.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 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 unconstitution-
ality 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.
That the violation of any provision of this ordinance or
of the Fort Worth City Code relating to the payment of fees
therefor shall be deemed an offense and punishable by a fine
not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200) , and each violation
thereof and each day there is a failure to comply with the
terms of this ordinance shall be and is hereby deemed to be
a distinct and separate offense and punishable as such.
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SECTION 5,
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its passage and
publication as required by law, and it is so ordained,
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Adopted MC, zq, r9 73
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE susigm., Proposed Increase in Fee for PAGE
5/29/73 NUMSER Dumping at Sanitary Landfills I Of
G-2199
On June 28, 3.971 (14&C G-1779) , Ordiriance- No. 650 was adopted setting
the fee for dumping at the Cit,y's sanitary landfills at $2.0�O per ton.
'rhe fee is charged for all conmnercial and private vehicles, except
private automobiles, depositing at the landfills.
At present, there are 159 coimnercial and 631 private waste hauling
permits in effect, allowing dumping in the City's landfills. S,ome
twenty nearby cono unit ,ea deposit ail ar part of their refuse in Fort
Worth facilities. In fiscal 1971-72, 64,856 tons of commercial refuse
and refuse from other cities were dumped by private haulers at the
landfills; this quantity represents approximately 23 percent of to
toInnage handled at the lanAfills during the year. For the preceding
year, the tonnage was 88,583, or 24 percent.
In order to assure that all hattlers pay a fa,ir price for the disposal
of solid waste and that the use of the sites by others does not cause
a loss to the citizens of Fort Worth, the staff has recently made a
study Df current Landfill operating costs. The actual cost per ton,
for fiscal 1971-72, including land replacement costs, was $2.319;
for the first five mon'ths o f 1972-73, the cost was $2.383.
"The fees are calculated to, the aearest quarter ton, and playntent is made
at the time of dumping, either in cash or with tickets sold by the
Health Department. It is therefore desirable that the fee be easily
divisible by tsar, so that these transactions will not be unreasonably
complicated.
It is proposed that tbe fee be increased to $2.80 per ton, to cover
all landfill operating costs and to provide a rate that should be
sufficient for a reasonable period of time. It Is proposed that the
new fee be made effective July 1, 1973.
Recoamwandation
It is recommended:
1) That an ordinance be adopted establishing $2.80 per ton as
the fee charged for all commercial and rivate vehicles,
except private automobiles, &Lsposing of re. use at the
City's sanitary landfills; and,
2) That the new rate become, effective July 1, 1973.
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SUBMITTED BY: W, SMOR By COUINML P7
3YR APPROVED C1 PTHE,R (D RIBE)
OTY SECRETARY
DATE
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