2001-036-ORD AMENDING SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO 2000-67 AS THE SAME WAS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO 2001-005

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ORDINANCE NO. 2001-036 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2000-067, AS THE SAME WAS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2001-005, AND SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION I6-39(a) OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TO CLARIFY THE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR A STREET USE FEE IMPOSED ON SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, has previously adopted Ordinance No. 2000-067 on December 11, 2000, amending Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances to establish new regulations and requirements related to residential, commercial, and industrial waste hauling and waste collection within the city of Paris; and, WHEREAS, among other items addressed in said ordinance, the aforesaid ordinance included adoption ofa new Section 16-39 of the Code of Ordinances, imposing a street use fee on solid waste collectors in the amount of 14% of the gross receipts received by commercial and industrial waste haulers within the city limits; and, WHEREAS, the intent of the aforesaid street use fee was to replace other similar fees imposed upon commercial and industrial waste collected, hauled, or disposed of within the city, with the revenues derived by the City from the imposition of the new street use fee to be revenue neutral with respect to the prior fees imposed by the City; and, WHEREAS, the City Council subsequently received additional information related to the assessment of said street use fee which indicated the City's desired goal of anticipated revenue could be achieved by the use of a lesser percentage of gross receipts; and, WHEREAS, the City Council subsequently adopted Ordinance No. 2001-005 on February 12,2001, adjusting the amount of the percentage of gross receipts from fourteen percent (14%) to eleven percent (11 %) of gross receipts; and, WHEREAS, the City desires to further clarify the amended language in Section 16-39(a) to indicate that the street use fee is assessed on gross receipts rather than gross revenue; 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.