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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1334 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III, SECTION 12-41, ET. SEQ., <br />II GARBAGE AND TRASH, II OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF <br />LA PORTEi REFLECTING A NEW RATE STRUCTURE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND <br />COMMERCIAL GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION i PROVIDING THAT ANY <br />PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED <br />GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN <br />ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH <br />DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSEi CONTAINING <br />A SEVERABILITY CLAUSEi FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS <br />LAWi AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Section 12-41, et. seq., of the Code of Ordi- <br /> <br />nances of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter <br />~ read as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br />"Sec. 12-41. Rates prescribed--For residences. <br /> <br />(a) There shall be charged, assessed and collected, <br />for garbage, trash and rubbish collection by the City from <br /> <br />residential dwelling units, which term shall be construed <br /> <br />to include duplex units, ind ividual apartment units, and <br /> <br />individual mobile homes at mobile home parks, the sum of <br /> <br />four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per unit per month. <br />(b) Such monthly charge on every residential dwell- <br /> <br />ing unit, be it single-family dwelling, duplex, apartment <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />or mobile home, shall prevail, rather than the charges <br /> <br />provided in this article for the City's sanitation con- <br /> <br />tainer system service, whether or not the individual <br /> <br />duplex, apartment, or mobile home space is occupied. II <br /> <br />"Sec. 12-42. Same--For business and commercial <br /> <br />establishments. <br /> <br />(a) The minimum charge for business and commercial <br /> <br />establishments in the City where garbage and trash is <br />picked up twice a week shall be six dollars ($6.00) per <br /> <br />month. <br /> <br />(b) Subject to the foregoing minimum charges for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />business and <br /> <br />commercial establishments, the following <br />