1967-020 AN ORDINANCE AMESDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, REMOVING THE CHARGES FOR USE OF THE CITY SANITARY
LANDFILL BY PERSONS OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL HAULERS WHO
RESIDE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS, PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR USING SUCH LANDFILL BY OTHER PERSONS WHO FAIL TO
PAY THE PROPER CHARGE THEREFOR, OR FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED
USE, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAV-
INGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I.
That the Code of Ordanances of the Caty of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended by substatutang new Sections 12-16 (d) and
12-19 1 an Chapter 12 of said Code which shall hereafter read
as follows
Sectaon 12-16 Unauthorized handling of garbage, trash
or rubbash prohab~ted
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the
Caty Sanatary Landfall except City Officials
and employees of the sanatatlon dzvas~on persons
operatzng under a permit granted under the provas-
·ons of Section 12-9, above, persons del~verang
their own garbage, trash or rubbish from premises
located wathln~the corporate lamzts of the City of
Denton; and persons payzng the charges required
by Section 12-19 1, below
Sectzon 12-19 1 Charges for use of the City Sanitary
Landfzll
The following charges shall be pald by persons not re-
s~dang wathan the corporate lamits of the City, and by per-
sons operating under a permzt as requzred by Section 12-9
regardless of residence, for use of the Czty garbage, trash
and rubbish dasposal grounds, known as the Sanitary Landfzll
(a) Automobiles, station wagons, one-half ton p~ck-ups
and two wheel trailers shall be charged fifty cents
($ 50) for each load disposed of
(b) Pmck-up trucks w~th sade boards, and all other
vehicles w~th a carrying capacaty of less than one
and one-half tons or five (5) cubic yards, whlch-
ever ~s the smaller, shall be charged one dollar
($1 00) for each load dzsposed of
(c) Ail larger vehzcles shall be charged two dollars
($2 00) for each load dlsposed of, excepting those
vehicles described below
(d) Conunmrc~al, lmcensed haulers and ~nstztutlonally
owned packer-type trucks shall be charged fave
dollars ($5 00) for each load 4~sposed of
Monthly rates for regular use of the Sanitary Landfill
may be contracted for w~th the City under special cIrcum-
stances, in which case the above per load charge will not
apply
SECTION II.
The violation of any provision of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars
($200 00), and each day any such v~olatlon continues shall
constitute a separate offense
(Note to Editor this penalrprovlslon need not be printed
in code as it expressly comes within purview of Section ~ )
SECTION III.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances ~n force when
the provls~ons of this ordinance become effective which are
~nconslstent or in conflict with the terms or provisions
contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
of any such conflict Code Sections 12-16 (d) and 12 19 1
are e~pressly repealed
SECTIQN IV
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in th~s ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstance ~s held invalid by any
court of competent ]urlsdlot~on, such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remalnlng portions of this ordin-
ance, and the City Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, here-
by declares it would have enacted such remalnlng portions
despite any such invalidity
SECTION V
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of 1ts passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby dlreoted to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record Chronicle within ten
(10) days of th~s date of lts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s 23rd day of May, A D 1967~
ATTEST
~~ty Secretary '
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS gO LEGAL FORM
l k'Q Barton, City Attorney
y of Denton, Texas