2009-06-15 Regular Council Meeting Agenda

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DRAFT INTRODUCED BY: DATE: BILL NO. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.12 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL, BY REPEALING SECTION 8.12.120 THEREOF, RELATING TO THE REPLACEMENT OF SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS , AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS “8.12.120 TYPES OF SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS-REPLACEMENT”; THEREBY AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ESTABLISH SOLID WASTE CONTAINER RENTAL FEES AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS APPROPRIATE CARTS AND DUMPSTERS; AND, TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE FEES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY WHEREAS, the services provided by the City to its residents for the collection and disposal of solid waste and for the administration of the City’s solid waste management program exceeds the cost of such services; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to increase the fees for solid waste management services as provided herein; and WHEREAS,the fee increases reflected in this ordinance are designed and intended to recoup the City’s costs for the provision of these services, and the City Council finds and determines that the increases provided for herein are reasonable and necessary for such recoupment and reflect the actual value of the services so rendered; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide appropriate solid waste carts and dumpsters to residents without them incurring a substantial fee at the time of replacement; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 8.12 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to solid waste management and disposal, is hereby amended by repealing Section 8.12.120 thereof, relating to types of solid waste containers – replacement, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as “Section 8.12.120 Types of solid waste containers – replacement”, so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: 8.12.120 Types of solid waste containers – replacement. A.One to Two Family Residential Buildings. For one and two family buildings, roll-out plastic carts shall be provided for said waste storage and collections, except where collections are from the alley. Carts shall have a capacity of either sixty (60) or ninety (90) gallons or other size as designated by the director of public works. The use of sixty (60) gallon carts shall be limited to units occupied by no more than two persons, one of whom is at least sixty five (65) years of age. Carts shall have wheels, handles, and a hinged, tight-fitting lid capable of containing solid waste and reducing odors, and shall be compatible with existing city equipment for mechanical lifting and dumping. Carts shall weigh, with contents when full, not in excess of two hundred (200) pounds.