81-4-Ordinance-Residential Solid Waste Requirements-04/20/1981ORDINANCE NO. 81-4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BANGER
SOILD WASTE ORDINANCE REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS TO USE PLASTIC BAGS; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THEREFORE BE
TEXAS.
IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
That the Solid Waste Ordinance of the City of Sanger, Texas,
is hereby amended and changed in the following particulars.
Section 2 of said Ordinance is hereby deleted and amended by
adding a Section 2, which shall hereafter read as follows.
SECTION 2. CONTAINERS REQUIRED.
(a.) Container Requirements for Commercial Customers. It
shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation owning,
managing, operating, leasing, or renting any premises or commercial
business where garbage or trash accumulates, to provide and maintain
in sufficient numbers either portable containers or City owned
Commercial Containers to accomodate and securely keep all garbage
and/or trash that may accumulate between collections.
1. Portable Containers shall be made of galvanized
metal or quality plastic, water -tight, rodent
and fly -proof with a tight -fitted lid which
shall remain on except when depositing or
removing the contents of the receptacle, and
with handles on the sides, and have a capacity
of not more than twenty (20) gallons. All
containers shall be kept clean and free from
accumulation of any substance remaining attached
to inside of container which would attract or
breed flies, mosquitoes or any other insects.
2. City Owned Commercial Containers shall be
provided by the city at a rate as determined
in Section 14 of this ordinance. The user
shall provide a hard surface pad of concrete
or asphalt on which the container shall be
placed. It will be the responsibility of the
user to keep City Owned Commercial Containers
clean and free from accumulation of any substance
remaining attached to inside of the container
which would attract or breed flies, mosquitoes
or any other insects. Should the user fail to
keep containers clean and free from accumulation
the city shall clean the container and charge the
cyst o.F J..h cleaning to the user. Users who
discard food scraps, surplus foods or food
products shall be required to place all food -
scraps, surplus food or food products into
plastic bags or paper bags designed for garbage
or trash disposal. All plastic or paper bags
must meet standard City of Sanger specifications
and shall be securely tied or otherwise have all
openings securely closed.
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(b.) Container Requirements for Residential Customers. It
shall be the duty of persons who own, lease, or rent any residen-
tial premises in the City of Sanger to place all garbage or trash
in plastic bags or paper bags designed for garbage and trash
disposal. All plastic or paper bags must meet standard City of
Sanger specifications and have a capacity of not more than forty
(40) gallons. All bags shall be placed at the curb and suitably
protected from animals and vermin. All bags shall be securely
tied or otherwise have all openings securely closed.
(c.) Plastic Bag Standard Specifications. City of Sanger
standard specifications for plastic bags used in the disposal of
garbage or trash shall be not less than 1.5 mil, linear low
density polyethylene, size 30 gal., 16"xl4"x37", opaque, bag -
weight of 111 pounds per thousand.
The City shall make plastic bags meeting standard specifi-
cations available for purchase by residential and commercial
customers.
PART II.
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application to any person or
circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas,
hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite
any such invalidity.
PART III.
That this ordinance shall take effect, and shall be in full
force and effect on May 15, 1981.
APPROVED THIS THE day of A.D., 1981.
ATTEST:
MAYUK
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