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DRAFT <br />attorney\ordwork\current\Amend Sec 126-25 Containers for Leaves 2010 <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 16-25(b), RULES <br />FOR PLACEMENT OF BAGS OR BUNDLES FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION <br />AND SECTION 16-27(e), DISPOSAL OF BULK ITEMS FROM RESIDENTIAL <br />UNIT, LARGE BRUSH PICKUP, FEES; PROVIDING FOR LEAVES BEING <br />PLACED IN CONTAINERS IN LIEU OF BAGS; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR <br />EACH BAG OR BOX EXCEEDING THE LIMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDI111G A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDI111G AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas requested staff to amend the <br />City's Sanitation Ordinance regarding regulation of the collection of solid waste to allow <br />citizens to place leaves in containers with securely fastened lids in addition to placing <br />leaves in bags; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the <br />changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and <br />should be adopted. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Sec. 16-25(b) of Article II, Regulation of the Collection of Solid <br />Waste of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby <br />amended to read as follows and all remaining subsections to be renumbered accordingly: <br />" Sec. 16-25. Rules for placement of bags or bundles for residential collection. <br />* * * <br />(b) Leaves may be placed in containers without being bagged as long as <br />the container is closed with a securely fastened lid to prevent the leaves from <br />being blown out of the containers." <br />* * * <br />Section 3. That Sec. 16-27(e) of Article II, Regulation of the Collection of Solid <br />Waste of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby <br />-1- <br />C, 0 c <br />