ORD 080 ORDINANCE NO. 80
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE RATE FOR INDIVIDUAL
RESIDENTIAL REFUSE PICKUP AND DISPOSAL SERVICE,
AND ELECTING TO HAVE CHARGES PAYABLE FOR SUCH
SERVICES COLLECTED ON THE TAX ROLL PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5473 OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
The city council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to authorization
contained in Sections 5471 and 5473 of the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California.
SECTION 2. The rate and charge for City-furnished garbage and
refuse collection and disposal services for individual residences
(curb service, once per week pickup of any combination of six (6) cans,
bags or bundles) is hereby established, prescribed and fixed at $5.50
per month plus .35¢ per month dump fee surcharge through December 31,
1985, and $5.65 per month plus .35¢ per month dump fee surcharge
commencing January 1, 1986, and thereafter,
SECTION 3. The City of La Quinta hereby continues its election
to have all such charges, until such election is appropriately changed,
established for City-furnished garbage and refuse collection and disposal
_ services for individual residences, collected on the tax roll and in the
same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with
and not separately from, the general taxes.
SECTION 4. URGENCY ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE DATE. This'ordinance is an
urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, and safety of the City of La Quinta and it shall take effect
immediately upon approval by a four-fifths vote of the City Council and
signature by the Mayor and attestation by the City Clerk. It shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed by ordinance of the City
Council. The facts constituting the urgency are as follows: The City
was first advised by the City's waste disposal contractor, SCA Services,
Inc., on July 15, 1985, that said contractor was requesting said residen-
tial rate revision; that pursuant to California Health and Safety Code,
Section 5471, said rate revision shall be adopted by ordinance; that in
order to have such charges, at said revised rate, collected on the tax
roll,
the City must
conduct a hearing, and adopt a resolution approving the City Manager's
report prescribing the charges for each residential parcel within the City
and directing that said charges be collected on the tax roll; that said
resolution and report, to be effective for collection on the 1985-86 tax
rolls must be filed with the County Auditor on or before August 12, 1985;
that prior to the adoption of said resolution and report, Sections 5471
and 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code require the adoption of
an ordinance electing to have such charges for the forthcoming year and
._ for subsequent years collected on the tax roll.
SECTION 5. POSTING. The city clerk shall within 15 days after the
passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the 3 public
places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the
adoption and posting of this ordinance; and shall cause this ordinance
and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered
in the book of ordinances of this City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of July , 1985.
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) Ss
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, FRANK M. USHER, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 80 which was adopted at a
regular meeting held on the Z3rd day of July
1985, not being less than five days following date of
introduction. I further certify that the foregoing
ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
La Quinta.
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