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INTRODUCED BY: Ms. Brot DATE: December 3,2007 Bill NO. 8970 ORDINANCE NO.: 6723 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.12 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, BY REPEALING SECTION 8.12.220 THEREOF, RELATING TO DELINQUENT BILLS-TRASH COLLECTION STOPPED, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 8.12.220 DELINQUENT BILLS-TRASH COLLECTION STOPPED", THEREBY AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO ESTABLISH NEW REGULATIONS ON THE TERMINATION OF CITY REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE; CONTAINING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. 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 garbage collection and disposal, is hereby amended by repealing Section 8.12.220 thereof, relating to delinquent bills-trash collection stopped, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as "Section 8.12.220 Delinquent bills-trash collection stopped", thereby amending said section so as to establish new regulations on the termination of city refuse collection service; so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: 8.12.220 Delinquent bills-Trash collection stopped. If the owner of real property fails to pay the refuse collection charges in Section 8.12.200 and the bill becomes delinquent, the city shall terminate refuse collection service for the property. Service that has been terminated shall not be resumed until the delinquency and all penalties and interest are paid or the owner enters into an approved plan with the director of finance to pay said amount, and the owner pays the city a fee equal to the administrative cost to resume service. The director of finance is authorized to waive part or all of the penalties and/or interest on such delinquency. The director of finance is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section to secure the intent thereof and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. Section 2. The sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, it being the intent of the City Council to comply in all respects with the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge to be invalid or unconstitutional anyone or more of said sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases, such judgment or decree shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder of this ordinance and shall be confined to the portions adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.