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