2010-025 ORD AMENDING SECTION 16-28, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION RATE OF ARTICLE II

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ORDINANCE NO. 2010-025 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16-28, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION RATE OF ARTICLE II, REGULATION OF THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE, CHAPTER 16, GARBAGEAND OTHER WASTEMATERIAL, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; BY AMENDING SEC. 16-28(a) PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE COLLECTION RATE; AND BY ADDING SECTION 16-28(d), DESIGNATING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO HEAR ANY APPEALS RELATED TO SANITATION ACCOUNTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDI11iG A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the staff has recommended an amendment to the City's Sanitation Ordinance regarding collection rates of solid waste to allow for adjustments on sanitation bills; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be adopted. 1VOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 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 16-28, Residential Collection Rate of Article II, Regulation of the Collection of Solid Waste, Chapter 16, Garbage and other Waste Material, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 16-28(a) and adding Section 16-28(d) to read as follows: " Sec.16-28. Residential collection rate. (a) The fair and reasonable rate for the collection and removal of garbage, rubbish, and brush (not including the separate fee for large brush pick up set out in section 16-27 of this Code or bulky waste in excess of two (2) yards per week set out in subsection 16-27(e) of this Code) for each residential unit using or occupying any building, house or structure or part thereof for residential purposes, shall be fifteen dollars and eighty-nine cents ($15.89) per month, plus tax. * * * (d) The director of finance of the City shall be the Ciry's designee for hearing any appeals related to delinquent sanitation accounts and as such will hear and determine matters of adjustment, hardship, illness or disability which would justify a payment schedule other than that fixed by this article." -1-