HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 14578ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES
IN ACCORDINACE WITH SECTION 12.5-842 OF THE CITY CODE;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Sec. 12.5-842 of the City Code (the Code) provides that the City Council
shall by ordinance set rates for solid waste collection services; and
WHEREAS, the Code provides that the City Services Director shall charge customers
rates pursuant to such schedules;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The following residential garbage collection fees are adopted as provided for in Section
12.5-842 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended:
SERVICE MONTHLY RATE
Residential Curbside $12.50
Elective Carryout $32.25
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), 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conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.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 be in full force and effect from and after April 1, 2001, and it is so
ordained.
ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL: L~JC./ ~ , 2001
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
David Yett, City Attorney
By: ~(i Pit ~ ~ GAL
Assistant Cit orney
Date: ~1~3~aI
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