O-74-227 - 6/13/19744.14
ORDINANCE NO. 227
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USERS WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; PROVIDING
FOR A SAVINGS CAUSE, PROVIDING FOR EFFECT OF OTHER ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS OR ORDERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Round Rock, Texas, has
determined that it is necessary and to the best interest of the
City of Round Rock and its inhabitants to provide a schedule of rates
or charges to be made for the services furnished by the City's Garbage
Collection Service; therefore,
The following schedule of monthly rates or charges for services
furnished by the City's Garbage Collection Service shall be and such is
hereby adopted and established as follows, to -wit:
Classification of User Rate Per Month
Residential garbage pick up
General business user
Light commercial user
Intermediate commercial user
Heavy Commercial user
$ 3.00 per month
$ 7.50 per month
$12.50 per month
$15.00 per month
$20.00 per month
DEFINITIONS:
(a) Residential garbage pick up: Any residence, rent house, duplex
or apartment complex in which people do not temporarily reside, is to be
considered a residential garbage pick up. Hotels and Motels who serve
over -night guests are not considered to be within the definition of a
residential garbage pick up.
(b) General Business user: All non-residential customers, unless
specifically referred to below.
(c) Light Commercial user: Service stations, taverns, drug stores,
animal clinics and office buildings shall come within the definition of
a light commercial user.
(d) Intermediate commercial user: Grocery stores (grocery stores
containing less than 5,000 square fee would be considered for the purpose
of these rates as an Intermediate Commercial User Those grocery stores
in excess of 5,000.00 square feet shall be considered as heavy commercial
users as hereinafter defined) cafes, restaurants, medical clinics, retirement
homes, garages, variety stores, and lumber yards shall come within
the definition of an Intermediate Commercial User.
(e) Heavy Commercial User: Grocery stores containing in excess
of 5,000.00 square feet, schools, manufacturers, hotels, motels, and
industries shall come within the definition of a Heavy Commercial User.
It is further ordained by the City Council of the City of Round
Rock, Texas, that the above enumerated garbage collection rates shall
apply to all users located within the corporate limits of the City of
Round Rock, Texas. All garbage collection users located outside the
corporate limits of the City of Round Rock, Texas, shall pay 1;
times the rates set forth above.
All ordinances, resolutions, or orders heretofore enacted, passed
and adopted by the governing body of the City of Round Rock, Texas,
or parts thereof, in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the ex-
tent of such conflict. If any section, sub -section or sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid, such decision
or decisions shall not affect the valdiity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance.
This Ordinance is to take effect and to become enforceable on
the 1st day of July , 1974.
APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 13 day of June, 1974.
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RAY,LTTON, MAYOR
City of Round Rock, Texas
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