71-80 ORDINANCE NO. 71-80
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.
WHEREAS, during the 1980-81 budget deliberations of the City
Council, the Council was advised by the Administration that a large
deficit would result from garbage and trash collection services of the
City un~ess the rates were increased; and,
WHEREAS, the Administration recommended the rates set forth in
this ordinance to fund, at least in part, the anticipated deficit; and,
~EREAS, the City Council concurred in the recommendation of the
Administration,
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" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended by
amending Sections 12-15(a)(1) and (2), 12-15(b) and 12-15(c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 12-15 (a)
(1) Each residential dwelling unit receiving "hand pickup"
type service, utilizing containers as described in
Section 12-1 for "garbage can" shall be charged
~e~e~s-em~-m~me~y-(~ve-eem~s-+~v9~% seven dollars and
thirty cents ($7.30) per month for garbage pickup.
(2) Each residential dwelling unit receiving "front-end
container" type service, utilizing mechanically dumped
containers provided by the City shall be charged
~e~s-e~-~we~y-~e-ee~s-~4~+ five dollars and
twenty cents ($5.20) per month for garbage pickup.
Sec. 12-15 (b)
(b) Offices: For the purpose of this subsection, an office
is defined as a location where a commercial or profes-
sional 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 treat-
ment of animals on the premises. The monthly service
charge shall be e~e-~e~a~-a~-~y-ee~es-+~E~+ one
dollar and eighty-five cents ($1.85) per cubic yard and
will be calculated by multiplying ~e-~½~e~-~-~%~
ee~s-+~~ one dollar and eighty-five cents ($1.85)
times the number of cubic yards of capacity of the con-
tainer 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 mini-
mum monthly charges are as follows:
(1) For a single office serviced by one container, the
minimum monthly charge is
eight dollars and fifty-five cents ($8.55).
(2) For groups of offices serviced by one container,
despite the fact that some offices in the group
may be vacant, the monthly minimum charge per
office is ~we-~e~½e~s-~$~v~ two dollars and
forty-five cents ($2.45). If any group has less
than four (4) offices, the monthly minimum charge
for the group is ~eve~-~e~s-+~=~9+ eight
dollars and fifty-five cents ($8.55).
(c) Commercial and users other than those specified in (a)
and (b) above: The monthly service charge shall be
~e~½~-em~-~y-eem~s-~~+ one dollar and eighty-
five cents ($1.85) per cubic yard and will be calcu-
lated by
one dollar and eighty-five cents ($1.85) times the num-
ber 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
eight dollars and fifty-five cents ($8.55) 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 se~e~-~e}~a~s-%6g=99+ e~ght dollars and fifty-
five cents ($8.55) per user so serviced then the
minimum monthly charge of-sewea-~e~e~s-+~99~ eight
dollars..and fifty-five cents ($8.55) 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 billed
for or pays for the service, the minimum monthly charge,
referred to above, shall be calculated as to each user.
If a container is being used by one or more offices in
conjunction with the type of user specified in this
subsection, then the minimum for each user shall be
calculated on the basis of the group use rates appli-
cable 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 January 1,
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 16th day of December , 1980.
MAYO~
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
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'-/---/ C~tY Clerk
First Reading November 25, 1980
Second Reading December 16, 1980
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