Ord 080-2007 9/18/2007 ORDINANCE NO. 40�0�0��
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, AMENDING SECTIONS 90-33, 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. Section 90-33 is hereby added to the Code of Ordinances and reads as
follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Sanitation Division to collect or dispose
of municipal solid waste or to haul or transport or convey said municipal solid waste within the
city except as specified in Chapter 90 "Solid Waste" in the Code of Ordinances or as expressly
authorized by law.
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 $92.40 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:
Per Month
(1) Single-family unit:
a. Alley collection ................................................. $ 13.80
b. Curbside automated collection ........................... 11.50
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(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 ................................................... 29.04
(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 .................................................. 35.64
(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 ... ... ... ............ ... ... ......... 42.24
(5) Multifamily units on one meter, excluding apartment
complexes and mobile home parks, per unit:
a. Alley collection ..................................................... $ 13.80
b. Curbside automated collection ................................. 11.50
(6) Multifamily units on separate meter, excluding apartment
complexes and mobile home parks, per unit:
a. Alley collection ..................................................... $ 13.80
b. Curbside automated collection ................................ 11.50
(7) Apartment houses and complexes, which receive
curbside automated collection, all residential units
therein, each unit ........................................................... � 11.50
(8) Mobile home parks, which receive curbside automated
collection, all mobile home spaces therein, each space ..... .... 11.50
(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 26.40 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. 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 Pickups Per Week Monthly Charge Per Container
(cubic yard)
3 2 $ 79.20
3 3 118.80
3 4 158.40
3 5 198.00
3 6 237.60
4 2 89.76
4 3 134.64
4 4 179.52
4 5 224.40
4 6 269.28
8 2 171.60
8 3 257.40
8 4 343.20
8 5 429.00
8 6 514.80
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 33.00 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 46.20
per container. Nothing outside the container will be removed for the container fee. Containers
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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) Automated curbside service rates will be calculated on the same basis as
subsections (1) through (9) of this section. 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 ................................................ $ 33.00
b. Fixed use fee .................................................. 26.40
c. Per day rental, per day ...................................... 3.96
d. Landfill charge for refuse, per ton ... ... ... ......... ...... 30.80
e. 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, 2007, 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 18 day of September, 2007.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
y Clerk