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ORDINANCE NO. OE-5-0
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2003-265 (THE "SOLID WASTE
RATE ORDINANCE"); REINSTATING THE SOLID WASTE RATE ORDINANCES
THAT WERE IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF THE "SOLID
WASTE RATE ORDINANCE'; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about September 23, 2003 the City Secretary received a
Referendum Petition seeking to repeal Ordinance No. 2003-265 (the Solid Waste Rate
Ordinance) which was passed by the City Council on September 2, 2003; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary has presented the Referendum Petition to the City
Council and certified the Petition as sufficient in accordance with the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, at its regularly scheduled meeting of October 21,
2003, affirmatively answered the question required by the Charter "Shall the ordinance
specified in the Referendum Petition be repealed"; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this
ordinance are incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 2003-265 (the Solid Waste Rate Ordinance) passed by
the City Council on September 2, 2003 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The previous solid waste rate ordinances not mentioned herein, that
were in effect immediately before the passage of the Solid Waste Rate Ordinance, including
Ordinance No. 2002-270, passed on September 3, 2002, shall be reinstated and remain in full
force and effect it being the intent of the City Council that until a new solid waste rate
ordinance is enacted that Ordinance No. 2002-270 shall govern all rates for solid waste.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the "day of 2003
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JEN ER WALTERS, CITI SECRETARY
BY:
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APP VED A TO LEGAL F RM:
HERBERT L. PROV& CIT ATTORNEY
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