2001-072-ORD AMENDING SECTION 16-27 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE SEPARATE FEE FOR LARGE BRUSH PICKUP

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ORDINANCE NO. 2001-072 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16-27 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE FEE FOR LARGE BRUSH PICKUP AND PROVIDING FOR DISPOSAL OF BRUSH DELIVERED TO THE CITY BY RESIDENTS AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE; AMENDING SECTION 16-28(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO REFERENCE THE FEE FOR LARGE BRUSH PICKUP; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris adopted Ordinance No. 2000-067 which amended Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris to add new sections establishing regulations and fees for residential waste collection; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the imposition of a separate fee for the pickup and disposal of large accumulations of brush at individual residential locations is necessary to defray the increasing cost of providing such service to the citizens and is in the best interests of all the citizens ofthe city of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council also finds and determines that delivery oflarge accumulations of waste by individual residents, accompanied by appropriate identification, to the City's waste disposal area is a proper alternative means of disposal of such waste with no additional fee incurred by the resident; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that amendment of the Code of Ordinances to provide for such additional fee and to address the issue of the disposal of large accumulations of brush is necessary to serve the 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 Section 16-27 ofthe Code of Ordinances ofthe City of Paris, Paris, Texas, entitled "Disposal of bulk items at residential units," shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: