Ord 54-2008 9/16/2008 ORDINANCE NO. 5`1 "o�D
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 90-66, 90-96(A), AND 90-126 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADJUST SANITATION RATES FOR
RETAIL CUSTOMERS; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Sec. 90-66 (a) and (b) of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Yard Waste Disposal"
Any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee may request one automated yard
waste container per single-family residence, which will be supplied by the city
refuse division free of charge. The yard waste containers will be serviced
once per week by the city for a monthly fee of $3.00. Persons served by a
yard waste automated container shall place the yard waste completely within
the container with the lid closed.
SECTION 2. Section 90.96 (a) of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
a) Rock, waste, scrap building materials, or other trash resulting from
construction or remodeling or from a general cleanup of vacant or
improved property or from sizeable amounts of trees, brush, or debris
cleared from property will not be removed by the city as a regular service
but may be done for the owner on payment of extra fees at the rate of
$107.00 per hour for provision of a dump truck and a crew of finro. A 15-
minute travel time will be assessed plus loading time in computing the
charges.
SECTION 3 . Section 90-126 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 90-126. Charges for city collection.
The rates for gathering and removal of municipal solid waste from all premises
within the city shall be calculated on the following basis:
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$ Per Month
(1) Single-family unit:
a. Alley collection ................................................. 16.00
b. Curbside automated collection ........................... 13.30
(2) One-family unit or single-family unit, without alley
entrance, where it is necessary to carry out municipal
solid waste for more than ten feet but less than
50 feet from the curb ................................................... 33.70
(3) One-family unit or single-family unit, without alley
entrance, where it is necessary to carry out municipal
solid waste for more than 50 feet but less than
100 feet from the curb .................................................. 41.35
(4) One-family unit or single-family unit, without alley entrance,
where it is necessary to carry out the municipal solid waste
more than 100 feet from the curb .................................... 49.00
(5) Multifamily units on one meter, excluding apartment
complexes and mobile home parks, per unit:
a. Alley collection ..................................................... 16.00
b. Curbside automated collection ................................. 13.30
(6) Multifamily units on separate meter, excluding apartment
complexes and mobile home parks, per unit:
a. Alley collection ..................................................... 16.00
b. Curbside automated collection ................................ 13.30
(7) Apartment houses and complexes, which receive
curbside automated collection, all residential units
therein, each unit ........................................................... 13.30
(8) Mobile home parks, which receive curbside automated
collection, all mobile home spaces therein, each space ..... .... 13.30
(9) Commercial and business establishments, which receive curbside
automated collection, shall be charged at a rate to be established by the
sanitation superintendent on the basis of cost of service to be determined
by the container volume or time consumed, but no business, commercial
customer or establishment shall be charged less than $30.60 per month
for hand collection service.
(10) Commercial and business establishments, apartment complexes and
mobile home parks and the city housing authority which receive sanitation container
system service for the removal of municipal solid waste shall be regulated under the
rates and rules as provided in this subsection, as routes for such service are
established by the city. Under the sanitation container system service, the city will
furnish a container to be used in the collection and removal of municipal solid waste.
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The monthly charges will be determined from the following schedule; these charges are
based on the container size and number of collections per week:
Container Size Monthly Charge Per Container
(cubic yard) Pickups Per Week (in dollars)
3 2 91.90
3 3 137.80
3 4 183.75
3 5 230.00
3 6 275.60
4 2 104.10
4 3 156.20
4 4 208.25
4 5 260.30
4 6 312.35
8 2 199.05
8 3 298.60
$ 4 398.10
8 5 497.65
8 6 597.15
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Any customer requesting container system service shall provide adequate
access to the container site, as approved by the sanitation superintendent. If at any time
the requested container service level is determined to be inadequate to meet required
service demands, the sanitation superintendent shall have the authority to increase the
number of containers and/or frequency of collections.
Any customer who pays the rate set forth in this subsection for containers and
has been furnished the containers may upon request be furnished additional containers.
The rate increase is to be determined by the schedule in this subsection. A charge of
$38.30 per container will be made for each change in size or number of containers
serving a site when such change is requested by the customer. When containers can
serve several adjacent business institutions, they will be required to use the same
container and pay a pro rata part of the charge determined according to the appropriate
quantity of space used. Additional pickups will be made at $53.60 per container.
Nothing outside the container will be removed for the container fee. Containers must be
properly loaded with doors closed for pickup to occur. The customer shall be
responsible for the cleanliness around the container and shall ensure boxes
(cardboard/wood) are broken down prior to being placed in the container.
(11) Service rendered outside the corporate limits shall be 200 percent of the
rates set out in this section.
(12) Additional automated curbside service may be added to any account for a
rate, for each additional container, that is 50 percent of the established rate.
(13) The charges for ten cubic yard roll-off service are as follows:
a. Delivery charge ................................................ 38.30
b. Fixed use fee .................................................. 30.60
c. Per day rental, 1 St 10 Days ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 4.60
d. Per day rental, after 10 Day ............................... 10.00
e. Landfill charge for refuse, per ton ........................ 30.80
f. Landfill charge for compostible organic
material, per ton ... ... ... ...... ... ... ............ ...... ... ..... 19.80
SECTION 4. The above rates shall be effective during the first full billing cycle
after October 1, 2008, and thereafter.
SECTION 5. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16 day of September, 2008.
MAYOR
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