49-83 ORDINANCE NO. 49-83
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12, "GARBAGE AND
TRASH", ARTICLE I, "IN GENERAL", BY AMENDING SECTION
12-16, "METHOD OF BILLING FOR CHARGES", TO PROVIDE THAT
THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR(S) SHALL BILL THE CUSTO~,~ERS
RECEIVING TYPE E, MECHANICAL CONTAINERS AND COMMERCIAL
REFUSE CONTAINER SERVICE, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 12-15,
THE MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGES FOR SUCH SERVICE, BUT
THAT ANY DELINQUENT BILLS SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE
CITY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS CHAP-
TER; 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 Section 12-16, "Method of billing for charges", of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 12-16. Method of billing for charges.
The regular monthly charge as set forth in Section 12-15, above, and/or
any additional charges for special, additional, or unusual services shall be
billed together with and as a part of the monthly statement issued by the
City for water services, at the same time as such other charges, provided
that such garbage and trash collection service charges shall be itemized
separately on such statement. Provided, however, that the City's contrac-
tor(s) shall bill the customers receiving Type E, Mechanical Containers and
Commercial Refuse Container service, as set forth in 'Section 12-15, the
monthly service charges for such service, but that any delinquent bills shall
be collected by the City pursuant to the provisions set forth in this Chapter.
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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 12t;h day of July , 1983.
ATTEST:
First Reading ~'uno 28 t 1983
Second Reading July 12~ 1983