HomeMy WebLinkAbout1492 08-14-2001ORDINANCE NO. 1492
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 "FEES ", SECTION 30 -16
"SOLID WASTE COLLECTION" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF EULESS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, in response to a request from
Trinity Waste Services, acknowledges an adjustment of their rates as allowed in their
franchise agreement with the City of Euless for collection and disposal of solid waste in
the City of Euless;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
That Section 30 -16 "SOLID WASTE COLLECTION' of Chapter 30 "FEES" of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Euless, Texas, be hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 30 -16. Solid waste collection.
Recycling rates:
Single- family recycling fee ........................... $1.66
Single- family senior citizen recycling fee ........ $0.83
Apartment recycling fee ............................. $0.86 /unit
These fees shall be charged and paid regardless of whether the residents elect to
participate in the city recycling program.
SECTION 2
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
of the City of Euless that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of
this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section
of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or sections of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase.
SECTION 3
SAVINGS CLAUSE. Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
SECTION 4
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and
publication, as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED ON FIRST, AND FINAL READING at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 14th day of August, 2001, by a vote of 7
ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib S leh, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Svgan Crim, 7C, City Secretary
APPROVED • FORM:
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