HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 02/20/1996 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO VOLUME BASED RATES FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION ORDINANCE NO. 5, 1996
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SUBSECTION 15-412(c) OF THE CITY CODE,PERTAINING
TO VOLUME BASED RATES FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
WHEREAS,on January 2, 1996,the Council of the City of Fort Collins approved on second
reading certain amendments to Subsection 15-412(c) of the City Code, pertaining to volume based
rates for the collection of solid waste in the City; and
WHEREAS,the language of said subsection, as amended,provides that the amount charged
for collection of such solid waste shall be proportional to each gallon of container size; and
WHEREAS, it is intended that greater flexibility be allowed solid waste collectors in
determining the amounts to be charged for various container sizes, and that such flexibility can be
accomplished without compromising Council's primary objective that such charges be based on the
volume of solid waste collected.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 15-412 of the Code of the City be amended as follows:
Section 1. That Section 15-412(c) be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-412. License requirement.
(c) Volume based rates. Any person licensed to operate as a solid waste collector
within the city shall charge all single-family and two-family residential customers on
the basis of the volume capacity (or volume capacity category) of the containers of
solid waste placed for collection by the customer. The amount to be charged for such
containers shall be determined by each solid waste collector,provided, however, that
no volume capacity category shall exceed a range of variation in volume capacity of
more than 33 gallons. Said charges need not be based upon the volume of solid
waste actually deposited within such containers by the residential customers. The
charge for additional containers of the same volume capacity (or volume capacity
category), shall not be less than the charge for the first such container. In order to
further ensure that the charge for the collection of solid waste is based upon volume
as required above, any person licensed as a solid waste collector shall, with respect
to single-family and two-family residential customers, provide to such customers
disposable bags, or labels to be attached to nondisposable containers showing the
volume capacity(or volume capacity category) of such containers, or shall establish
another system for accomplishing the same purpose which is acceptable to the city.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly attach any such label to a container
exceeding in volume the volume capacity (or volume capacity category) shown on,
or represented by, such label, and to place said container for collection. No solid
waste collector shall collect or transport solid waste which has not been placed for
collection through such system or in bags or containers upon which such labels have
been attached. Upon emptying any such containers, the collector shall remove or
otherwise void all such labels. The provisions of this subsection shall not be
construed as prohibiting any collector from also establishing rules and regulations
regarding the maximum weight of containers of solid waste and/or recyclable
materials.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
February, A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of February, A.D4996.
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