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ORDINANCE NO. 1703
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in order to protect the health
and safety of the City and its inhabitants it is necessary to undertake a
recycling program for newspapers, glass bottles and jars, metal cans and
certain plastic articles; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that if such items set forth above
are discarded and the City has no recycling program that the health and
safety of the citizens would be adversely affected; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the only feasible method to
accomplish a recycling program is to do so in conjunction with its program
for the collection of garbage, waste and trash pursuant to the terms of this
ordinance.
NOW, WHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
North Richland Hills, Texas, that:
1.
Upon the effective date of this ordinance a recycling program shall
be in full force and effect for the collection and recycling of the following
items of trash, waste or refuge:
a. newspapers (excluding other paper items such as magazines,
mail, paper bags or other paper;
b. glass bottles and jars (excluding mirrors, windows, ceramics
and other glass products);
c. metal cans composed of tin, steel or aluminum (excluding scrap
metal);
d. plastic contains of the polyethylene terephthalate and high
density polyethylene varieties.
3.
The recycling service is hereby made available to each residential
water customer who is receiving water from the City water system. Each
residential water customer on said system shall be billed at the rate of
$2.00 per month, including sales tax, for this service and such charge is
found to be a reasonable charge and shall be an enforceable charge on the
monthly water bill.
ORDINANCE NO. 1703
Page Two
4 .
Every owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any residential
premises in the City ("residential customer") shall have the following duties
and obligations:
a. Each residential customer shall use only the recycling
containers furnished by contractor for recyclable materials.
b. Each residential customer shall place all recyclable materials
in approved containers.
c. Each residential customer shall keep all such recycling
containers in use securely closed in such a manner as to
prevent the scattering of the contents thereof and to render
said contents inaccessible to insects, rodents and other
animals.
d. No residential customer shall place for collection or permit
to be placed for collection, any recycling container exceeding
fifty (50) pounds in weight.
e. Each residential customer shall drain all recyclable materials
mixed with water or other liquids before placing same into
appropriate containers.
f. All residential customers shall place recycling containers
containing recyclable materials at the curbside of the street
bearing such residential customer's address in such a manner
as to be easily accessible for collection and as to prevent
such recyclable material from being scattered.
g. All containers of recyclable materials required to be located
at the curbside shall be placed at the prescribed curbside
locations not more than twelve hours prior to the scheduled
collection day if such recyclable materials are to be picked
up by contractor.
5 .
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, except
the City franchise holder and public safety personnel, to tamper with or
remove any item from the recycling container once it has been placed on the
curbside for collection by the franchise holder.
6.
The terms and conditions of collection and recycling of the above
items shall be governed by a written franchise (contract) between the City
and the recycling collector-contractor.
ORDINANCE NO. 1703
Page Three
7 .
Any person violating Section 5 of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not in excess of $200.
8.
The ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after
January 15, 1991.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of December, 1990.
APPROVED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Attorney for the City
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Texes; estebllshlnó
rules end reguletlons
goyernlng Collection
and recYé:f1ng of news-
papers. gl,ss bottles and
lars, me'.' cans and cer-
tain plastic .rtlcles'
making It. unlawful tó
tamper with or reñye
any 'fem from the rec _
cling contaIner once Yt
bastlllen placed on the
curbsldefor collection'
estebffshlng a penalty of
a fine not In excess of
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Passed and approyed
this 17th day of Decem-
ber"I990.
APPROVED:
Tommy Brown
Mayor
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THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT
Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally ap-
peared
P.L. LaMont
known to me to be a credible person, who
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said:
That she is the CLAR
of the MID CITIES NEWS, a newsþa-
per which has been regularly and continùòusly published and of general
circulation in the CityfI'own of N. RICHLANDS HILL/sfor a period of
,more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached
LEGAL and that he caused said notice to be published in
said newspaper on the following date(s). 'd µ .:i3/9 L?
That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as
published on said date(s) in said NE~))=:,:ER .....,
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Sworn to and subscribed ber;re me, ~thiS the ¥- day orÇ-~
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