HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-4595 - Ordinance - 06/12/2025ORDINANCE NO.2025-4595
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 40, "UTILITIES," ARTICLE IV "SOLID
WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL," SECTION 40-389 "RESIDENTIAL
COLLECTION GENERALLY," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET FORTH
BELOW, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 40, "Utilities," Article IV "Solid Waste Collection and Disposal,"
Section 40-389 "Residential Collection Generally" of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances
is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality does not
affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances
of the City of College Station, Texas that can be given effect without the invalid or
unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable.
PART 3: This Ordinance is a penal ordinance and becomes effective ten (10) days after its
date of passage by the City Council, as provided by City of College Station Charter
Section 35.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 12th day of June 2025.
ATTE T:
City Secretary
APPR VED:
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City Attorney
AP
Mayor
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Exhibit "A"
That Chapter 40, "Utilities," Article IV "Solid Waste Collection and Disposal," Section 40-389
"Residential Collection Generally," is hereby amended as follows by only amending sections (a)
and (1):
(a) Residential units with less than four attached units. Each single-family detached residential
unit in a building with less than a total of four attached residential units not required by the City's
Unified Development Ordinance (see App. A) solid waste minimum standard to provide dumpster
enclosures will each be provided with a 70-gallon, City -owned, automated solid waste collection
container. Service shall be once per week. All containers must be placed out for collection by 8:00
a.m. on the scheduled service day and removed from the designated pick up place within 24 hours
after scheduled collection. The utility customer, owner and occupant are responsible for placing
the container out for collection and removing the container after collection.
(1) Container placement time and penalties. Automated containers shall not be placed
curbside before 5:00 a.m., the day on which collection is scheduled. Automated containers shall
be removed from the designated pickup point and placed either adjacent to their dwelling or at a
location designated by the City within 24 hours of their scheduled collection day. Under no
circumstances shall an automated container be placed for normal daily use within an area defined
by the edge of the street, pavement, or curb and the building set back line. If the automated
container presents a public safety issue, including being left out or placed out in violation of this
section, the City may move or remove the container at the sole expense of the customer, owner, or
occupant. If the automated container is placed out or left out in violation of this section the
customer, owner, or occupant in addition to any other penalties, will be assessed a fee per
automated container as established in Section 2-117.