169001 ORNANCE NO. 16,900
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3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 16,523 SECTION 28 -8 OF
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5 THE LITTLE ROCK CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE LANDFILL
6 RATES FOR SOLID WASTE DUMPING; REVOKE THE PRACTICE OF
7 FREE DUMPING; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors passed Ordinance 16,523 on November 2,
10 1993 setting rates for dumping solid waste at the City's landfill; and
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12 WHEREAS, costs of operation at the landfill have increased substantially; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has approved free dumping for certain
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15 organizations and on one day per week by previous motions; and
16 WHEREAS, the City incurs substantial costs associated with the disposal of all
17 materials brought to its Landfill, including surcharges imposed upon it by the Arkansas
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Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.
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20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
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22 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 28 -8 subparagraphs (b)(1)(3) shall
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26 (b) The charges referred to in subsection (a) hereof shall be as follows:
27 1. Each compacted cubic yard, including building materials, five
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29 9 dollars and fifty -five cents ($5.55), with a minimum fifteen dollars
30 ($15.00) dumping fee.
31 3. Each cubic yard of tree stumps, five dollars and fifty -five cents
32 ($5.55), with a minimum twenty -five dollars ($25.00) dumping fee.
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34 SECTION 2. Subparagraphs (a), (b)(2)(4), and (c) of § 28 -8 are hereby retained
35 in their entirety.
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SECTION 3. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock hereby directs
the City Manager to revoke the previous free dumping privileges at the Little Rock
Landfill as soon as practicable in 1995, after giving suitable notice to the public, except
for the following agencies which may continue to dump free: the Salvation Army, the
Union Rescue Mission; and Goodwill Industries.
PASSED: June 6, 1995
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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APPROVED:
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