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ORDINANCE NO. 78-8
ORDINANCE AMENDING GARBAGE AND, TRASH -ORDINANCE TO THE CIN OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
An ordinance amending an ordinance regulating the collection of garbage and trash
in the City of Georgetown, Texas, and in orther areas served with any city utilities by
adding thereto a provision to Section 10 making provision for an owner, occupant; tenant
or lessee to make application to be excepted from the mandatory charges imposed by said
Section 10; providing to whom such petition should be presented and providing guidelines
for acti ng on such request or peti tion.
WHEREAS.' the City of Georgetown, Texas, has enacted a garbage and trash ordinance
passed and approved on the first reading on the 13th day of January, 1975, and passed and
approved on March 16, 1975, on second reading and desires to amend such ordinance and
particularly Section 10 thereof; and
WHEREAS, certain problems have arisen operating under, and enforcing, such garbage
and trash ordinance, particularly in situations where persons and entities are using garbage
and trash collection agencies other then the City of Georgetown:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown:
Section One of this Amendment. The aforementioned garbage and trash ordinance is
hereby amended by adding thereto the section as follows:
"10a Exception to Mandatory Collection
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section. 10 of the Garbage and TrasKOrdinance
of the City of Georgetown duly enacted on second reading on March 16, 1975,
and owner, occupant, tenant or lessee using or occupying any building , house or
other structure subject to this ordinance may petition the City of Georgetown,
such petition to be delivered to the City Secretary, and request an exemption
from the mandatory charge imposed by said Section 10 is such petitioning party
is utilizing a private garbage disposal service which is complying with the
City of Georgetown's Gross Receipts Ordinance as amended. The City Manager
shall consider each request on its merits and at his discretion whall either
grant such exemption or deny such exemption and give the petitioner notice
of such decision within a reasonable time not to exceed 60 days from the date
of filing with the City Secretary. In considering such request for exemption
the City Manager shall consider the requisites of this section as well as the
purposes of this ordinance. In no event shall any such exemption be granted
unless the person or corporation engaged in private garbage disposal is in full
compliance with the City of Georgetown Gross Receipts Ordinance as amended.
Exemptions granted may be revoked by notice given to such Petitioner of not
less than 10 days if the person or company engaged in such private garbage disposal
service fails or refuses to comply with such Gross Receipts Ordinance after
the granting of such exemption."
"Those portions of said Ordinance not mentioned nor affected by this Amendment shall
remain in full force and effect.
If any paragraph, clause, phrase, or other part of this amendment should for any
reason be held invalid, such invalidity should not affect the remaining provisions of this
Amendment and to this end the various provisions of this Amendment are hereby declared to
be severable."
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 13th day of December, 1977..
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on this 10th day of January 1978.
ATTEST:
Ci ty Secretary
C,
n C. Doerfler, Mayor