ORDINANCE NO. 2324

 

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING GARBAGE AND TRASH AND INCREASING THE RATE FOR COLLECTION OF SAME IN THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION.

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

1. That the following subsections of Section 14-12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

 

a. (A)(1)(a):

 

Single family dwellings: SIX DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($6.00) per month for weekly collection of all refuse.

 

b. (A)(1)(b):

 

Double or multi-family dwellings: The following monthly rates shall apply for weekly collection of all refuse at a single pickup point for each building:

 

2 units . . . $ 9.59

 

3 units . . . $13.24

 

4 units . . . $16.88

 

5 units . . . $20.59

 

6 units . . . $24.24

 

7 units . . . $27.88

 

8 units . . . $31.53

 

In instances where multi-family-residential uses have eight (8) or more units, owners may elect to be charged according to the commercial rate as set forth in paragraph (A)(2)(a) of this section.

 

c. (A)(2)(a):

 

The minimum charge shall be NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTY-FIVE CENTS ($9.55) per month which shall provide weekly collection of up to one hundred fifty-five (155) gallons of refuse. Rates for increased frequency of collection based on the equivalent of five (5) thirty-one (31) gallon containers (one hundred fifty-five (155) gallons per pickup shall be:

 

Once a week service . . . $ 9.55

 

Twice a week service . . . $16.55

 

Three times a week service . . . $23.65

 

Four times a week service . . . $30.70

 

Five times a week service . . . $37.80

 

Six times a week service . . . $44.90

 

For each additional thirty-one (31) gallons per pickup, or part thereof, an additional charge of ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($1.75) shall be added to the monthly rate.

 

d. (A)(2)(b):

 

Service for supermarkets and other large volume producers in trailers and chutes shall be at the rate of NINE DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS ($9.20).

 

e. The table of charges set out in (A)(2)(d) is amended to read:

 

The monthly rental and service charge for the collection of sanitation tanks shall be as follows:

 

TANK SIZE IN CUBIC YARDS

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

6

8

10

 

RENTAL/MONTH

$ 2.50

$ 5.00

$ 6.00

$ 7.00

$ 9.00

$11.00

$14.00

 

FIRST TANK

$11.60

$23.30

$31.00

$38.85

$53.00

$67.00

$77.70

 

WEEKLY PICKUP

$11.15

22.45

$29.80

$37.35

$50.95

$64.50

$74.70

 

PER COLLECTION

$10.55

$21.15

$30.00

$38.85

$53.00

$67.00

$77.70

 

2 TO 6

$10.15

$20.35

$28.85

$37.35

$50.95

$64.50

$74.70

 

ADDITIONAL TANK

$ 8.85

$17.45

$22.85

$28.25

$38.85

$53.00

$56.45

 

WEEKLY PICKUP

$ 8.50

$16.80

$22.00

$27.15

$37.35

$50.95

$54.30

 

PER COLLECTION

$ 7.90

$15.90

$22.10

$28.25

$38.85

$53.00

$56.45

 

2 TO 6

$ 7.60

$15.30

$21.25

$27.15

$37.35

$50.95

$54.30

 

 

f. (A)(3)(A):

 

The minimum charge shall be SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY-FOUR CENTS ($16.64) per month which shall provide weekly collection of up to one hundred fifty-five (155) gallons of refuse not to exceed two hundred fifty (250) pounds in weight.

 

2. That the rates prescribed herein shall take effect beginning with the first billing after February 1, 1987.

 

PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 1987.

 

 

____________________

President of the Council

 

Attest:

 

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

____________________

City Clerk

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2324, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 21st day of January, 1987, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 5th day of February, 1987.

 

Neva B. Lockhart

____________________

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

 

Published: January 23, 1987

 

Published: February 6, 1987

 

Effective: March 8, 1987