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Ord 2611 9/15/1970 ORDINANCE NO. c7 // AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS TO PRO- VIDE FOR MANDATORY RESIDENTIAL SANITATION SERVICE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls is hereby amended by adding Section 17-2 . 1, which shall read as follows: "Sec. 17-2 . 1. City service mandatory for residences . The owner, occupant or lessee of every residence within the City is required to place all garbage and refuse in receptacles required by this chapter, and the same shall be collected by the City Sanitation Department, for which service the said owner, occupant or lessee shall be billed at the rates hereinafter set out, as long as such residence is occupied or city water service is connected intact. The Sanitation Superintendent may waive this requirement in any case in which the economic and physical conditions justify such waiver." SECTION 2 . The fact that City sanitation service is not being utilized in certain residential areas of the city creates an emergency, and this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure, and it shall become effective on October 1, 1970. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS the 15th day of September, 1970. MAYOR ATTEST: A . CITY CLERK