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ORDINANCE NO. ~Ol ~ ~~
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE COLLECTION OF
SOLID WASTE BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND ESTABLISHING
RATES FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FEE; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILIT.Y
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAIISE; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE MAY BE PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET FORM; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has recodified its
environmental regulations into a new Chapter 12.5, and said new
chapter includes that part of the City Code formerly known as the
"Garbage" Chapter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has determined that rates for
solid waste collection and the environmental protection fee charged
by the City, and formerly included within the "Garbage" Chapter,
should not be part of that codification, but should be established
by a separate ordinance;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
SECTION 1.
Rates for the collection and disposal of solid waste by
the City of Fort Worth, and for the environmental
protection fee as established by Chapter 12.5, Article
VIII, of the City Code, shall be as follows:
A. Collection and Disposal Service Rates.
(1) The Director of City Services shall charge
collection service customers a monthly fee pursuant
to the following rate schedules:
(a) Household collection services for garbage and
rubbish, recyclables, and brush and bulky
waste:
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Curb
Type Premises Service
Single-family resi- $10.30
dences
Duplex residences 10.30
(per dwelling unit)
Garage apartment 10.30
unit
Trailer/mobile home 10.30
dwelling unit
Multi-family building 10.30'
or complex (per unit)
(`does not include brush and bulky waste
collection)
Collector
Carrv-out
$32.25
32.25
32.25
32.25
32.25`
(b) Commercial garbage and rubbish - hand-loaded
service:
NUMBER OF SERVICE DAYS PER WEEK
2 3 4 5 6
AVERAGE #
OF CONTAINERS
PER COLLECTION
1 $10.95 $14.10 $ 18.75 $ 23.50 $ 28.10
2 16.00 21.65 28.80 36.05 43.20
3 21.05 29.20 38.85 48.60 58.30
4 26.10 36.75 48.90 61.15 73.40
5 31.15 44.30 58.95 73.70 88.50
6 36.20 51.85 69.00 86.25 103.60
7 41.25 59.40 79.05 98.80 118.70
8 46.30 66.95 89.10 111.35 133.80
9 51.35 74.50 99.15 123.90 148.90
10 56.40 82.05 109.20 136.45 164.00
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If a customer uses more than ten (10) containers
per service day on the average, he shall be charged
using the following equation:
Base Rate + [ ($0.58 x number of service days
per week x 52 weeks) _ 12 months = monthly
rate for each additional bag rounded to
nearest $0.05. In this equation, base rate
means the rate charged for one container per
number of service days.
(cj Commercial garbage and rubbish -- City-
furnished 3-cubic-yard containers:
NUMBER OF SERVICE DAYS PER WEEK
2 3 4 5 6
# OF
CONTAINERS
1 $116.00 $174.00 $232.00 $ 290.00 $ 348.00
2 232.00 348.00 464.00 580.00 696.00
3 348.00 522.00 696.00 870.00 1,044.00
4 464.00 696.00 928.00 1,160.00 1,392.00
(2) The Director of City Services shall charge
collection customers for special services as
follows:
(a) IInscheduled garbage and rubbish collection:
$30.00 per hour (calculated from the time the
truck arrives at the customer's
property until it departs)
+ $20.00 per ton (for disposal at City solid waste
facility)
The Director shall charge a minimum charge of
$70..00 for this service ($30.00 for one hour +
$40.00 for two tons).
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(b) IInscheduled brush and bulky waste service:
$30.00 per hour (calculated from the time the
truck arrives at the customer's
property until it departs)
+ $5.00 per cubic (for disposal at City
yard solid waste facility)
The Director shall charge a minimum charge of
$50.00 for this service ($30.00 for one hour +
$20.00 for 4 cubic yards of material).
(3) The Director of City Services shall charge persons
disposing of solid waste at City solid waste
facilities and transfer stations as follows:
(a) Fort Worth residents, upon showing a current
water bill with a sanitation charge, and
hauling normal household rubbish from their
residences in autos, pickups or single-axle
trailers:
NO CHARGE
(b) Fort Worth residents not presenting a current
water bill indicating a sanitation charge;
Fort Worth residents not falling within the
load criteria of (d)(1); commercial haulers
from Fort Worth and outside Fort Worth; and
private haulers from outside Fort Worth:
per vehicle load:
$20.00 (minimum charge, for up to 2,000 pounds)
+ $ 5.00 (per five hundred pounds thereafter)
(c) Vehicles or trailers whose loads are not
covered or secured to prevent littering:
$ 3.00 surcharge per vehicle
(d) Fort Worth residents disposing of tires at the
City landfill:
$ 2.00 per passenger vehicle tire
$ 5.00 per truck tire
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B. Environmental Protection Fee.
The Director of City Services shall charge a separate fee
of $0.50 per month to each customer per service address.
Such fee shall be shown as the "environmental protection
fee."
BECTION 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.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas are
expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of
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the ordinances amended in Section 1, 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 ordinances, same. shall
not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
SECTION 5.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas is hereby
authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general
distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this
ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all
courts without further proof than the production thereof, as
provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its
passage, and it is so ordained.
AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
AS STAN~/CIT3l AT~RNEY
D TE: j
ADOPTED: ~~-~~ ~~
EFFECTIVE:
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE
11/28/95 REFERENCE NUMBER
G11313 LOG NAME
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SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RATES FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID
WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FEE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the -City Council adopt the attached ordinance establishing rates for solid
waste collection and an environmental protection fee
DISCUSSION
Public comments received on the proposed City of Fort Worth Environmental Code suggested
that rates for solid waste collection and the environmental protection fee not be included in the
code, but rather be established by separate ordinance The attached ordinance does that There
is no change in the rates from what they have been
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
There is no fiscal impact to the City by this request
RG a
Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
APP
Charles Boswell 6183 ROVED
Originating Department Head: CITY COUNCfL
Tom Davis 6300 (from) NOV 28 1995
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