HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 9957-1996 - Amending Chapter 23 Establish Rates Special Waste Requiring Special Handeling - 12/12/1996First Reading
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December 12, 1996
SecondiReading
Item 111
Decembir 19, 1996
ORDINANCE NO. 9957
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO ESTABUSlllNG RATES
FOR SPECIAL WASTE REQUIRING SPECIAL HANDLING BY THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK LANDFILL; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SA VINOS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, increasing regulation in the disposal of waste requires the City of
Lubbock Solid Waste Department to give special handling and treatment to many types of
special waste, such as contaminated foodstuffs and materials containing asbestos, which
results in increased operating expenses to handle such special wastes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City ofLubbock, Texas, deems it to be in the best
interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City ofLubbock to make the
following amendment to Chapter 23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock; NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 23-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ofLubbock,
Texas, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following definitions:
Contaminated foodstuffs: Contaminated foods, other than those contained in
normal household waste that because ofits quantity or biological properties requires
special handling and disposal to protect human health or the environment.
Asbestos containing waste: Any waste containing non-friable asbestos, either
in whole or in part.
SECTION 2. THAT Subsection 23-2l(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding the following language thereto:
Contaminated foodstuffs and asbestos containing wastes are considered special wastes
and must be discharged, dumped or unloaded at the designated city landfill or at such
other place as may be designated by the Solid Waste Department. Persons desiring to
dump contaminated foodstuffs and/or asbestos contain wastes at the city landfill shall
pay an additional charge per ton of waste dumped of fifty dollars ($50.00) plus any
applicable surcharge for waste generated outside of the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 3. THAT violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed a
misdemeanor punishable as provided by Section 1-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas.
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SECTION 4. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 5. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 12th day of December 1996.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 19th day of__... .............. ...._ __ ....;,, 1996.
ATTEST:
¥WbAVv Ka~amell, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
:Mildred Cox, Director of Transportation
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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December 3. 1996
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