72-86 ORDINANCE NO. 72-86
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "GARBAGE AND TRASH",
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, "IN GENERAL", SECTION
12-15, "REGULAR CHARGES LEVIED", TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES
IN GARBAGE AND TRASH SERVICE CHARGES AND FEES; PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 12, "Garbage and Trash", Section
12-15, "Regular charges levied", of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 12-15. Regular charges levied.
The following service charges or fees are hereby levied for
garbage and trash service:
(a) Charges for the below-described garbage and trash pickup
service shall be as follows and shall commence when a
certificate of occupancy is issued for any residential or
commercial units, and shall continue monthly thereafter
unless service is discontinued in accordance with section
12-17:
(1) For those customers receiving Type A, roll-out cart
service, the service charge shall be
~ee~-ee~s-~g~ ten dollars and fifty nine
cents ($10.59) per month ~ for garbage and trash
pickup.
(2) For those customers receiving Type B, rear-door/side-
door service, the service charge shall be
~-~Me~-~e-ee~s-~G½g~6~ eleven dollars and
eleven cents ($11.11) per month for garbage and trash
pickup.
(3) For those customers receiving Type C, curbside,
garbage and household trash in disposable containers
service, the service charge shall be
s~-~e-ee~s-~$~6~ five dollars and ninety
eight cents ($5.98) per month for such garbage and
household trash pickup.
(4) For those customers receiving Type D, curb side in
owner's container (or for those customers who, by
reason of disability, as certified by a doctor and
previously approved by the city, are unable to place
refuse containers on the street, and whose collection
by the city or its contractor{s) is thus pursuant to
the Type B, rear-door/side-door service) the service
charge shall be e~h~-~~s-a~-se~e~-ee~s
~$$~8~ nine dollars and eleven cents ($9.11) per
month for garbage and trash pickup.
(b) Mechanical containers and commercial refuse container
service.
(1) For customers receiving Type E, mechanical containers
and commercial refuse container service, the service
charge shall be based upon the following for such
garbage and trash services:
Container
Container Pickups Monthly
Size (yd./sq.) per Week Billing Rate
2 1 6-~9v00 $ 33.00
3 1 497~ 46.00
4 1 ~½vO0 58.00
6 1 ~vg0 82.00
8 1 90vO0 104.00
2 2 ~grO0 65.00
3 2 8½vO0 92.00
4 2 ~0~00 116.00
6 2 ~4~vOO 165.00
8 2 ~80v00 208.00
2 3 8~vO0 98.00
3 3 ~½v~O 138.00
4 3 ~v00 174.00
6 3 ~?00 247.00
8 3 ~6~v00 312.00
2 4 ~6v00 130.00
3 4 ~6~?00 184.00
4 4 ~0~vg0 232.00
6 4 ~86~00 330.00
8 4 ~=O0 416.00
2 5 ~4470~ 163.00
3 5 ~0~v~0 230.00
4 5 ~vO0 290.00
6 5 ~:99 412.00
8 5 449v88 521.00
2 6 ½~vO0 196.00
3 6 t4tv0O 276.00
4 6 ~94vO~ 348.00
6 6 4~v08 494.00
8 6 ~8vOO 625.00
(2) Multiple-family dwelling units containing five (5)
units or more shall use containers emptied by
mechanical means, except as otherwise approved by the
city because of lack of suitable space for a
mechanical container or other good reason.
(3) Commercial customers shall use such mechanical
containers and commercial refuse container service
(Type E). Commercial customers shall include, but
not be limited to, all office buildings, stores,
filling stations, service establishments, light
industry, schools, churches, clubs, lodges, motels,
laundries, hotels, public buildings, food service and
lodging establishments.
Commercial customers may use any of the following
containers for accumulation of refuse:
a. Commercial refuse containers. The City shall
require any commercial customer needing more
than six (6) such refuse containers to use
mechanical containers, if feasible.
b. Mechanical containers.
(4) The owners/operators of commercial establishments and
other commercial customers shall accumulate such
refuse in such locations mutually agreed upon by the
owner/operator and the city or its contractor(s), and
which are convenient for collection by the city or
its contractor(s).
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(5) Containers emptied by mechanical means shall be
provided by the city or its contractor(s). Such
container(s) shall be emptied on a schedule mutually
agreed upon by the customer and the city or its
contractor(s), but not less than one day a week nor
more than six (6) days a week. Maintenance of such
container shall be as set forth in this chapter;
provided; however, the city's contractor(s) shall not
impose any separate or additional charges to
customers or to the city for the rental or
routine/regular maintenance of such containers that
may be performed by the city's contractor(s).
(6) Commercial customers needing less than six (6) refuse
containers, and those approved for this type of
service by the city in advance because they la~k a
suitable location for a mechanical container shall
also be serviced at least once per week. All garbage
and commercial trash shall be collected from such
refuse containers at locations agreed to between the
city or its contractor(s) and the customer.
(c) The charges set forth above for mechanical containers add
commercial refuse container service (Type E) shall accrue
and be payable on the total capacity of the container
whether or not it is full. Containers of the type and
size designated by the city and/or provided by the city's
contractor(s) shall be used. Where more than one user is
serviced by one container, the monthly charges shall be
levied to each customer by dividing the total monthly cost
by the number of customers using such container; provided,
however, in no event shall the monthly service charge be
less than ~we~-~e-~9~ thirty-three dollars
($33.00) per customer. The term "customer" as employed
herein is any person using the service or to whom the
service is available. Even if the customer is different
from the person who is actually billed for or pays for the
service, the minimum monthly .charge referred to above
shall be calculated as to each such customer.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be
declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a
whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage on second and final reading, and the
changes set forth herein shall be applicable to all bills rendered on or
after December 1, 1986.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the llthday of November , 1986.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
First Reading October 28, 1986
Second Reading November 11, ~98~
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