2000-067-ORD AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING SECTIONS 16-21 THROUGH 16-43 AND ADOPTING NEW SECTIONS 16-21 AND 16-40

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WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that all residential solid waste is and should be collected by the City of Paris pursuant to the authority granted to the City by state law and its City Charter as referenced herein; and, WHEREAS, the City Council further finds and determines that the adoption of specific ordinance provisions regulating trash containers, the collection of residential trash, establishing residential collection rates, and establishing rules and criteria for the general collection of residential garbage and waste within the city limits of the City of Paris, is consistent with state law and the City Charter and in the interest and furtherance of public health, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved, Section 2. That Articles II and ill, Sections 16-21 through 16-43 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and declared null and void and of no effect. Section 3. That there are hereby adopted to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, new Sections 16-21 through 16-60 to read as follows: "ARTICLE II. REGULATION OF THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE Sec. 16-21. Purpose of article. (a) The accumulation of garbage, rubbish, junk, and other deleterious substances on the premises of private residences, commercial and industrial institutions, and in streets and alleys constitutes a public menace and nuisance and greatly increases the danger of the spread of infectious, contagious, and epidemic diseases, and it is imperative and urgent for the preservation of health, safety, sanitation, peace, and public welfare that proper and adequate regulations be adopted to require property owners, tenants, occupants, or lessees to secure containers and receptacles of sufficient size and material in which to deposit garbage and trash for collection and removal at regular intervals, The transportation of commercial and industrial solid waste presents additional problems associated with the collection, transportation, and disposal thereof, requiring additional regulations and fees necessary to defray the cost of regulation and the maintenance of streets and rights- of-way affected by such activity, Page 2 of 11