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 Fort Stockton
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 12. GARBAGE AND TRASH
 Article III. CHARGES

  § 12-72. Within the corporate limits.  

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  • (a)

    The rate to be charged by the city to sanitation customers within its corporate limits shall be based on twice weekly pickup for residential customers and a maximum of once daily (Monday through Saturday) for commercial customers. If commercial customers require more pickups than the stated maximum, the business will be charged accordingly.

    (b)

    The schedule of sanitation rates to be charged to customers inside the city limits is:

    RATE TABLE NO. 1:

    Type of Service:
    		Monthly
    Charge:
    (1) All residential customers, including mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, or quadruplexes, per unit $32.00
    (2) All residential customers, including mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, or quadruplexes, per unit, qualifying for certain property tax exemptions, as outlined in section 12-79. $24.37
    (3) Churches without school $32.00
    (4) Churches with school Rate #5; Table No. 2 applies
    (5) Apartments: Complexes with five (5) or more apartments—Rate of twenty-five dollars and sixty cents ($25.60) per month for each apartment. Apartments are charged thirty-two dollars ($32.00) for each apartment in the apartment complex times eighty (80) percent occupancy rate per year equals twenty-five dollars and sixty cents ($25.60).
    (6) Commercial: All mercantile, professional, business, motels and schools. See Rate
    Table No. 2
    (7) Ninety-six (96) gallon roll-out cart with one (1) pickup per week for residential customers outside the city limits. Additional carts may be requested at a rate of $10.00 per cart. $32.00
    per month

     

    RATE TABLE NO. 2:

    Commercial and residential: The base rate for a commercial container collected one (1) time per week shall be sixty-three dollars ($63.00) per month.

    Extra pickups for commercial and residential accounts inside city limits will be assessed a twenty dollar ($20.00) service charge. Extra pickups for commercial accounts outside city limits will be assessed a thirty dollar ($30.00) service charge.

    Bulk trash pickups for commercial and residential customers inside city limits shall be assessed a service fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per pickup in addition to the Municipal Solid Waste Facility's current trash disposal fee. This additional fee will be included in that customer's monthly utility statement. Bulk trash will be collected at the request of the customer after contacting City Hall.

    Items that shall be excluded from bulk trash pick-ups for commercial and residential customers inside city limits are:

    • Industrial waste.

    • Radioactivity waste.

    • PCB contaminated waste.

    • Medical waste.

    • Asbestos.

    • Soil from hazardous spill or underground storage tank leaks.

    • Lead acid batteries.

    • Used automotive oil filters.

    • Refrigeration equipment containing CFC's from sources other than resident.

    • Any waste requiring written acknowledgement as proof of disposal.

    • Construction and remodeling items need to be disposed of at the owner's expense or a roll-off container must be rented.

    The corresponding rates for commercial accounts shall increase eight dollars ($8.00) as follows:

    Pick-Up
    Per Week     		1 2 3 4 5 6
    1 container $71.00 $96.00 $136.00 $176.00 $216.00 $256.00

     

    *Minimum rate

    1—5 pickups per week; Monday through Friday based on city collection route scheduling.

    6 pickups per week; Monday through Saturday.

    (c)

    Any customer not specifically enumerated in the schedule in subsection (b) will be charged a rate based upon estimated volume as estimated by the city manager or someone under his direction. If it is determined by the city manager or his designee that a specific-type container will better serve the customer and/or be more advantageous to the sanitation collection system, the customer will be required to use that type container. Customers assigned ninety-six-gallon carts will be responsible for replacement cost if the cart is damaged or lost.

(Ord. No. 09-115, 6-9-09; Ord. No. 09-121, 7-14-09; Ord. No. 09-125, 9-8-09; Ord. No. 11-101, 2-22-11; Ord. No. 12-111, 8-13-12; Ord. No. 12-119, 9-25-12; Ord. No. 13-111, 9-23-13; Ord. No. 14-111, 9-8-14; Ord. No. 15-112 , 9-28-15; Ord. No. 17-118 , 9-12-17)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 17-118 shall become effective Oct. 1, 2017; with rate modifications to be indicated on the Nov. 2017 utility billing cycle.