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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1996-2139 . . ORDINANCE NO. 96 - 2139 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "GARBAGE AND TRASH", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING 'rHAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00), AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF :LA PORTE: Chapter 12, "Garbage and Trash" of the Code o:E Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply: GARBAGE. The term "garbage" shall mean all animal and vegetable matters, dry kitchen refuse, and wastE~ material and refuse from kitchens, residences, grocery stores, butcher shops, restaurants, hotels, and rooming and boardinghouses, including such items as meat scraps, bread, bones, fruit and veget:able peelings, and similar wastes, and other deleterious substancef; and any other matter commonly understood as garbage. TRASH. The term "trash" shall mean rubbish, boxes, and appliances; also grass trimmings, shrubs, tree leaves, hedge trimmings and tree limbs not to exceed six (6) inches in diameter and cut in lengths not exceeding ten (10) feet, or tree limbs exceeding six (6) inches in diameter cut in lengths not to exceed four (4) feet, and all debris and waste material resulting from building construction and/or repairs to any residential premises. Under the terms of this ordinance, "trash" shall be limited to a total of ten (10) cubic yards for anyone pick-up cycle. EXCESSIVE TRASH. The term "excessive trash" shall mean all waste defined as trash that exceeds ten (10) cubic yards for any one pick-up cycle. COMMERCIAL TRASH. The term "commercial trash" shall mean all waste and debris that results from the operation or development of any commercial establishment or enterprise, including those defined in section 13; any new construction, or as a result of clearing, demolition, development or construction on any vacant lot or parcel of real estate. 1 . . RECYCLING SERVICES The term "recycling services" shall mean the collection, including a fixed location for drop-off by residents or curb-side, and sale of articles disposed of by businesses and residents for reuse, including, but not limited to newspaper, cardboard, aluminum, steel, and plastic. VEHICLE. The term "vehicle" shall mean every device in or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway. SECTION 2. CONTAINER SPECIFICATIONS. The owner, occupant, tenant, and lessees of each dwelling unit designed for occupancy by one, two or three families shall place household waste to be collected by the City, in plastic bags provided by the City, or other plastic bags, provided the bags are minimum 2 mil thick, or any other container provided by, or specifically approved by the city. Household garbage shall not be placed in cans, boxes, grocery sacks, or any other container except those described above and approved by the City for the collection of household garbage. A supply of garbage bags shall be furnished to each dwelling periodically, to be picked up at City Hall, or at any other location selected by the City. Additional bags may be purchased at City Hall by the roll only. Residents eligible to receive bags will, from time to time, receive a coupon, redeemable for a supply of bags at a location set by the city. The coupon shall expire upon issuance of the next series of coupons. Bags will be sold to residents of La Porte only. The price shall be the City's cost, plus an administrative fee equal to the cost to purchasing and distribution costs, with such fee to be established by the Director of Finance. Bags must be purchased by an adult, with a current water bill, stub, or proof of residence must be shown in order to purchase said bags. The price of said bags may be paid in cash at City Hall, or will be charged to purchase's water bill and collected at the due date and shall be considered a part of the purchaser's water bill. SECTION 3. TIME OF PLACEMENT FOR COLLECTION. Disposable refuse bags shall not be placed for collection, as provided in Sec. 7 no earlier than 5: 00 A.M. nor later than 7: 00 A.M. on the day of collection. Trash shall be placed for collection no later than 7:00 A.M. on the first scheduled collection day and no earlier than 7:00 A.M., five days prior to the first scheduled collection day. SECTION 4. MAINTENANCE OF DISPOSAL REFUSE BAGS. Disposal refuse bags shall be kept in a sanitary condition and closed tightly by tying. The contents of all plastic garbage bags shall be so protected that the wind and animals cannot scatter the same when placed for collection. 2 . . SECTION 5. MEDDLING WITH. PILFERING FROM. ETC..DISPOSABLE REFUSE BAGS. It shall be unlawful for any person to meddle with any disposable refuse bags placed for collection or in any way pilfer from or scatter the contents thereof within the City limits. SECTION 6.COLLECTION OF TRASH. (a) The City's Solid Waste Division will collect trash as defined in section 1, from residential customers only on scheduled trash days. (b) The owner of any lot or parcel of real E~state which is found to have excessive trash as defined in section 1 will be notified in writing to have the trash removed within ten working days. If this is not done, the city will cause its removal and the owner will be billed as outlined in this paragraph. The cost of pickup and disposal will be at the current rate specified in the contract between the city and its commercial waste contractor. Customers wanting the removal of unusual or excessive amounts of trash shall contact the City Solid Waste Division, ll7hich will have a supervisor contact the customer, examine the trash to be removed, and advise the customer of the approximate cost. The customer will be requested to sign an authorization to the City to remove the trash, which authorization shall state the approximate cost to be billed to the customer. Such charge will be paid in advance, or charged upon the customer's water bill and collec1:ed at the due date, and shall be considered a part of the customer's water bill. Excessive trash will be collected by the City's commercial contractor. (c) The City's Solid Waste Division will not collect commercial trash as defined under section 1. Removal and disposal shall be the responsibility of the property owner. Placement of commercial trash at the curb shall be considerE~d dumping as outlined under Section 10. Customers desiring the removal of commercial trash by the City's commercial contractor shall follow the procedure as outlined under Section 6 (b) above. (d) The City's Solid Waste Division will collect all other trash on scheduled trash days. All other trash will include such items as washers, dryers, refrigerators or other bulky items which weigh in excess of fifty (50) pounds. Refrigerators shall have doors removed prior to being set out for collection. SECTION 7. PLACEMENT FOR COLLECTION. (a) Disposable refuse bags of garbage and trash, and rubbish and tree limbs, shall be placed at the curbside of the street, in front of the property, within three feet of the curb, so as to be readily accessible to the City Solid Waste vehicles. Where there is no curb, the City will designate the location. 3 . e (b) Trash shall not be placed next to fences, mail boxes, structures, in streets or alleys, in drainage structures or ditches, under power lines or low hanging trees. Trash placed in these areas or other areas that are considered hazardous to crews or equipment will not be collected. SECTION 8. CITY NOT TO COLLECT UNLESS CHAPTER COMPLIED WITH. The city Solid Waste Division shall not collect garbage or trash where it is not prepared for collection and placed as designated in this chapter. Failure to remove and dispose of unauthori.zed garbage and trash shall be a violation of this ordinance. The City reserves the right to have the garbage and trash removed by the city's commercial contractor and billed to the owner, as outlined under Section 6(b). SECTION 9. GARBAGE AND TRASH NOT COLLECTED BY THE CITY. (a) The City' s Solid Waste Division will not collect and dispose of tires, automotive waste oil, concrete, brick, rock or earthen material of any kind. Tires and automotive waste oil will be accepted at the city's Recycling Center in small quantities only from residential customers. Residents with concrete, brick, rock, or earthen material must make arrangements wi.th a private contractor or haul the above to an approved site accepting this type of waste. Businesses shall follow approved Texas Natural Resource Conservation commission regulations for proper disposal of tires and automotive waste oil. (b) Demolition debris from any structure, whether ordered demolished by the City or not, as well as large accumulations of trash on vacant lots, will be considered commercial trash, and will not be collected by the City Solid Waste Division. Property owners will be responsible for the proper disposal of demolition debris and debris from vacant lots through personal means or by contacting the city's commercial solid waste contractor for removal of demolition debris. (c) Hazardous materials, whether placed for collection or commingled with residential or commercial garbage or trash; any closed containers, cans, pails, drums or barrels c:ontaining any substance. Paint and solvent containers of any kind will be empty, with any lids removed to allow any residual product to dry or evaporate prior to being placed for collection. SECTION 10. PROHIBITED DUMPING GENERALLY. It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, unload, diSCharge, or in any manner place thereon or cause to be placed thereon, any garbage, trash, or other waste materials, except as specifically allowed in this Chapter, on any lot, tract or parcel of land located within the City limits, except at Solid Waste landfills which are owned, maintained, operated, or contracted by the City, or at such places as are designated for Solid Waste Disposal by the Texas Natural Resource 4 . e Conservation Commission. SECTION 11. DEPOSIT ON STREETS. SIDEWALKS OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY'. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit upon any street, highway, right-of-way, easement, or other public property, garbage, trash, or any other substance. Additionally, placement for collection of garbage and trash prohibited elsewhere in this ordinance, including but not limited to commercial trash, shall constitute a violation of this section. SECTION 12. REMOVAL OF INJURIOUS MATERIAL FROM STREETS. (a) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street, highway, right-of-way, easement, or other public property, any destructive or injurious material, or other material such as dirt, shell, oil, etc., which would be detrimental to the use or appearance of such street, highway, right-of.-way, easement, or other pUblic property, shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (b) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street or highway shall remove any glass or o.ther injurious substance dropped upon the street or highway from l:;uch vehicle. SECTION 13. CONTAINER SERVICE WHEN REOUIRED. (a) Public, business and commercial institutions and establishments shall use the City's or the city-authorized contractor's solid waste container service for t.he removal of garbage and trash when weekly average volumes exceed two (2) cubic yards per week. (b) MUlti-family projects containing four (4) or more units, including Manufactured Housing or Mobile Homes, whether or not said Manufactured Housing or Mobile Homes are located within a Manufactured Housing or Mobile Home park or subdivision approved by the city of La Porte pursuant to City of La Porte Ordinances 1501 and 811, or amendments thereto; and multiple residences receiving water service through a common water meter(s) shall use the city's or the city-authorized contractor's solid waste container system service for the removal of garbage and trash. SECTION 14. CITY' TO FURNISH CONTAINERS. Under the city's solid waste container system, the city, or the city's authorized contractor, will furnish a container, or containers, to be used in the collection and removal of garbage and trash. Public, business, and commercial institutions and establishments using the City's or the city-authorized container system for the removal of garbage and trash shall provide a readily accessible site for placement of container(s) on the institution or establishment's property. Locating containers in streets, rights-of way, the traveled portion of alleys, and sight triangles as defined in Ordinance 1501 is 5 . e prohibited. Maintenance of the site, together with the approach shall be the responsibility of the owner. Neither the city nor its Contractor will be responsible for damage caused by collection vehicles to driveways, parking lots or other sites. SECTION 15. FREOUENCY OF COLLECTION AND REMOVAL. The collection and removal of garbage and trash by the city's Solid Waste Division or the city-authorized contractor from any owner or occupier of any premises receiving the City's or the City-authorized contractor container system service shall be at least once a 'week. SECTION 16. ACCUMULATION OF GARBAGE AND TRASH AROUND CONTAINER. Whenever any owner or occupier of any premise shall receive the city's or its authorized contractor's container system service for the removal of garbage and trash, it shall be unlawful for such owner or occupier to allow any accumulation of garbage or trash around such solid waste container or in the vicinity of such container. It shall be such owner's or occupant's duty to place all garbage and trash into such container, or arrange for its removal and disposal by the City's commercial contractor. SECTION 17. LIDS AND DOORS OF CONTAINERS TO BE CLOSED: EMPTY BOXES TO BE FLATTENED. Lids and end doors of all containers furnished under this article shall be kept closed at all times except when the container is being filled. Empty boxes shall be flattened before placing in such containers. Items that are larger than the container and that would extend out of the container opening shall not be placed in the container. SECTION 18. DISTURBING CONTAINERS OR CONTENTS. It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb a solid waste container or the contents thereof. This section shall not apply tC) the owner or occupant of the premises for which such container has been furnished, or to his employees or to the duly authorized employees of the City or its authorized contractor. SECTION 19. BURNING MATERIAL. DEFACING. ETC.. CONTAINERS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to make a fire or burn any material in a Solid Waste container or to paint or mark the same, or to place any poster, placard, or sign upon the same. SECTION 20. USE OF UNAUTHORI ZED CONTAINERS PROHIBITlm. The use of any other garbage and trash container for collection by the city or its authorized contractor, when the City or its authorized contractor container system service is provided, other than set forth in this chapter, shall be unlawful. SECTION 21. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CONTAINERS. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any garbage, trash, or other material in any container furnished by the City or its authorized contractor other than the owner or occupant of any premise that is paying for the container service. 6 . e SECTION 22. PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR CONTAINERS. (a) It shall be unlawful to place any item in any container furnished by the City or its authorized contractor that because of weight, size, or other physical property, could cause damage to the collection vehicle. These items include, but are not limited to, anyone item over three (3) feet in any dimension, anyone item weighing in excess of fifty (50) pounds, any concrete, masonry products, or earthen material. (b) Hazardous materials of any type or quantit.y either placed separately or commingled with any other garbage or trash. (c) Persons, businesses, and other entities placing such items in any container furnished by the City or its Contractor will be required to remove the same before collection will resume. SECTION 23. RATES PRESCRIBED - FOR RESIDENCES. (a) There shall be charged, assessed and collected, for garbage, trash and other rubbish collection by the City from residential dwelling units, which term shall bE~ construed to include duplex units, individual mUlti-family units, and individual mobile homes at mobile home parks, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per unit, per month. (b) Such monthly charge on every residential dwelling unit, be it single-family dwelling, duplex, mUlti-family or mobile home, shall prevail, rather than the charges provided in this article for the City's or its Contractor's solid waste container system service, whether or not the individual duplex, mUlti-family, or mobile home space is occupied. SECTION 24. SAME - FOR BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL ES'I'ABLISHMENTS. (a) The minimum charge for business and commercial establishments in the City where garbage and trash is picked up twice a week shall be eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per month. (b) Subject to the foregoing minimum charges for business and commercial establishments, the following shall be used to determine the monthly charge for each user of solid waste containers furnished by the City or its Contractor at a business or commercial establishment: Number of cubic yards furnished: x $2.00 per cubic yard x number of pickups per week x 52 weeks = Monthly charge 12 months 7 . e (c) When a solid waste container furnished by the City or its Contractor will adequately and completely serve several business and commercial establishments, such establishments may be required to use the same container and pay a pro rata part of the charge, determined according to the approximate relative quantity of space used, but to no event shall any user pay any less t,han the minimum charge established by this section for such business and commercial establishments. (d) The minimum charge will not be imposed on any business or commercial establishment if the house or building is unoccupied and the water service to the house or building is suspended. SECTIONS 25. BILLING AND COLLECTION. The Customer Service Division shall include on its monthly bills mailed to persons who receive the garbage and trash collection and removal services provided by the city or its authorized contractor and specified in the chapter, the charge designated for such services rendered to the premises of such persons. The charges fixed by the article shall be payable to the City on or before the due date specified on such billing. In the event any person receiving such service does not have a water connection billing, then a separa1:e monthly bill shall be sent to such person, and in that event the specified charges for trash and garbage collection shall be due on or before the tenth day following the mailing of the separatE~ bill. SECTION 26. PRIVATE HAULERS. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the City and its employees acting in the scope of their employment, or a private contractor acting as the city's independent contractor, to collect, remove or dispose of garbage, trash, or rubbish from any premises within the City, except premises owned or controlled by such persons. (b) The City, or its authorized contractor, shall be the sole provider of recycling services for the general public within the city. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or organization to place, or have placed, any recycling container for the purpose of soliciting use by or for the general public. Any person, firm or organization may place, or have placed, a recycling container intended for the use of its members or employees only. Such container must be labeled "For Private Use Only" and must be located on property owned or controlled by the person, firm or organization. SECTION 27. VEHICLES USED BY CONTRACTED AND PRIVATE HAULERS. (a) All vehicles used by Contracted haulers, private haulers, and nonresident haulers, shall meet the minimum requirements stated under the below described classes, whichever is most applicable. 8 . . CLASS I Persons contracted by the City engaging in the business of collecting, hauling, and disposing of trash, garbage, rubbish, or commercial or institutional establishments, that operate or travel through the Corporate City Limits of the City of La Porte shall use vehicles meeting the following specifications. (1) Vehicles used for collection and transportation of garbage as defined in section 12-1 shall utilize a totally closed metal body. Open top trucks shall not be used for collection and transport. (2) Vehicles used for the collection of trash and construction debris shall have a metal or wooden body enclosed on all four (4) sides. Open back bodies shall not be used for the collection and transportation of trash or construction debris. Where necessary, as defined in Texas Transportation Code, Transporting Loose Materials, Chapter 725, a top or other cover shall be provided to prevent loss during transport. (3) Vehicles used for the collection of commercial garbage, trash, and rubbish in containers left on-site to be picked up on a regular basis, shall utilize a metal, totally enclosed body for the collection of containers. Containers shall be manufactured of metal, plastic, or fiberglass, and shall be maintained and operated so as to prevent the spilling of liquid, trash, garbage,or rubbish. CLASS II Contractors, tree trimmers, and commercial establishments hauling non-putrescible material on a regular basis shall be considered special permit haulers. No permit shall be required for this classification. (1) Equipment shall be so designed as to prevent any loss of trash, or rubbish due to spillage, blowing, or other means during transport. Where necessary, as defined in the Texas Transportation Code, Transporting Loose Materials, Chapter 725, a top or other cover shall be provided. (2) In no case, shall such equipment be used to collect or transport putrescible material. CLASS III Residential subscribers hauling their own unusual accumulations of trash, garbage, or rubbish on an irregular basis, shall use equipment specified for Class II haulers with the following exceptions. 9 . . (a) Putrescible materials must be carried in a container that will prevent any loss due to spillage or other means and that is not accessible to rats, varmints, rodents, or other vectors. These classes shall at all times comply with all applicable City Ordinances and state and Federal statutes, and shall be cumulative upon thereof. SECTION 28. VEHICLES TO BE COVERED. It shall be u.nlawful for any person to operate on the streets of the City of La Porte, a vehicle carrying garbage or trash, without providing an adequate cover for the garbage and trash, which shall be kept in place except when loading and unloading. SECTION 29. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE. Any person, as defined in section 1.07(26), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Each day of any such 'violation shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 30. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. SECTION 31. OPEN MEETINGS. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. SECTION 32. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper of the City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance. 10 . e PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 14th day of Oc:tober ATTEST: ~~ Sue Lenes, City Secretary AP6:eJ~ Knox W. Askins, City Attorney By: 11 , 1996. CITY' OF LA PORTE b{~~~ . . .. .' . .:i~;~',~~.:i~':.{.S:L' ';SVNJ)AY, ,OCtolBllER.2O; "~'~ i;iii?'BAYSHORilsUN~~ 'PAGE 7 .. '. ( ....... .' ~'::. :.l ". -t.' '.~" "l!!>' :... t.... '_ ; : t>. ',;: .:PUBLlC NOTICE .. ."" ~; ; .~':;"',ORl)!N~CE NO.,s&-21~. ',;-,i - fi1~~'ib~DI~ANC~AMENDING'C~ER ;' '12',' "GAABAGE' AND TRASH", 'OF THE", ri?C9D1:;'QF:;;'P..ftPI~AN.C!=$;QF.,if!;J~'Pn:v~:: . ':. ~ ,oF.i;X"'PORFEi ~PROVlOING:rt-W -ANY'~ ';' , ~. PERsON VidtAr'iNG'niE::tERMs 'OF.THIS ." ~" ,oRP)~~~E':'.:~H~t;;S!":QI;:~.DEEMED.i i' '. 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ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED ,GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT TO EXCEED ~6 , THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00), ANQ EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED" A SEPARATE OFFENSE: CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSEI 'FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE; OPEN" , MEETINGS LAW;' AND PROVIDING AN ~EFFECTIVE DATE HE~EOF. ,". ' .'.' ;: .' 0 el'N OF LA PORTE",f .slNorm8n C. Malone,:" MaYor, ~, . ,,', ..1.- .. ATTEST: -' ' '0' slSue'Lenes' -' . ' City Secretary , . " , . . o' .: ....:.: ~ .... ,,'~' ~ " :' ~ ,,:lI , . . . ,..',0;. , '.." : "r.' . . t ~ .. 1," . I:::.:: ,: '. :. '. -: . : ~: '~ . . APPROVED: s.IKnox Askins C~ty Atto~ey