04-82 ORDINANCE NO. 4-82
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 SECTION 12-15 TO INCREASE THE MONTH-
LY CHARGES FOR GARBAGE PICKUP FOR ALL CLASSIFICATIONS OF
CUSTOMERS INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, OFFICES AND COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS; PROVIDING-A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Sec%ion 1. That chapter 12 "Garbage and Trash" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended by
amending Section 12-15 "Charges levied" to read as follows:
Sec. 12-15. Charges levied.
The following service charges or fees are hereby levied for
garbage and trash service:
(a) Residential dwelling unit: Charges for garbage pick-up shall
be as follows and shall commence when a certificate of occu-
pancy is issued for a residential dwelling unit and shall
continue monthly thereafter unless service is discontinued in
accordance with section 12-17:
(1) Each residential..dwelling unit receiving "hand pickup"
type service, utilizing containers as described in sec-
tion 12-1 for "garbage can" shall be charged se~em eight
dollars and ~y seventy-five cents %~9+ ($8.75)
per month for garbage pickup.
( 2 ) Each residential dwel ling unit receiving "front-end
container" type service, utilizing mechanically dumped
containers provided by the city shall be charged ~ve
~. six dollars and twenty five cents 4~9+ ($6.25) per
month for garbage pick-up.
(3) The type of services to be received by a residential
dwelling unit shall be subject to the approval of the
public works department, however, in no event shall
commercial container service be provided to a residen-
tiai multi-unit complex of less than six (6) units,
except where collection service is provided to living
units located in a commercial establishment.
(b) Offices: For the purpose of this subsection an office is
defined as a location where a commercial or professional
activity is conducted which does not involve,, the sale of
commodities, or goods on the premises. The term "offices"
does not include offices for the treatment of animals on the
premises. The monthly service charge shall be e~e ~w9 dol-
lars_ and e&~h~-~&we thirty cents %6~=~+ ($2.30) per cubic
yard and will be calculated by multiplying eme two dollars
and e~h~y-~&we thirty cents %6~% ($2.30) times the numbe~
of cubic yards of capacity of the container being used times
the number of pickups per month. The charge 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. director of public works shall be used. The minimum
monthly charges are as follows:
(1) For a single office serviced by one container the mini-
mum monthly charge is e~he ten dollars and ~&~y-~we
.twenty-five cents %~x~ ( $10.25)~
(2) 'For groups of offices serviced by one container, despite
the fact that some offices in the group may be vacant,
the monthly minimum charge per office is ewe three dol-
lars &~ ~e~-~ve eerie %~4~ ($3.00). If any group
has less than four (4) offices, the monthly minimum
charge for the group is e~e ten dollars and
twenty-five cents 4~+ ($10.25).
(c) Commercial and users other than those specified in (a) and
(b) above: The monthly service charge shall be e~e two
dollars and e&~h~-~e thirty cents %6~% ($2.30) per
cubic --yard and will be calculated by multiplying e~e two
dollars and e~h~-~&~e thirty cents %$~%%% ($2.30) times
the number of cubic yards of capacity of the container being
used times the number of pickups per month. The charge 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 director of public works shall be used.
The minimum monthly charge for the availability of this
service is e~The ten dollars and ~9~-~e twenty-five cents
45~% ($10.25) per month per user. Where more than one
user is serviced by one container, and the cubic yard charge
is less than the total of e~e ten dollars and
twenty-five cents %&~+ ($10.25) per user so serviced then
the minimum monthly charge of e~e ten dollars and
twenty-five cents 4~8~ ($10.25) shall be levied as to each
user serviced by the one container. The term "user" as
employed herein is any person using the service or to whom
the service is available. Even if the user is different from
the person who is b~led for or pays for the service, the
minimum monthly charge, referred to above, shall be calcu-
lated as to each user, If a container is being used by one
or more offices in conjunction with the type of user speci-
fied in this subsection, then the minimum for each user shall
be calculated on the basis of the group use rates applicable
to each category.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance 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 March 1,
1982.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 9th day of February , 1982 .
~AYO~
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST ·
First Reading Januar~ 19! 1982
Second Reading February 9, 1982
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