HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 92AN ORDINANCE DEFINING GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND WASTE MATTER AND PRO-
VI~DING FOR AND REGULATING THE KEEPING, GATHERING, RECEIV-
ING, DISPOSING AND DESTRUCTION THEREOF; MAKING IT UNLAF~FUL
TO SPILL GARBAGE, RUBBISH OR WASTE ~ATTER OF ANY KIND UPON
THE STREETS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS;
PERMITTING WITHIN CERTAIN HOURS THE BURNING OF RUBBISH;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THE ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES.
~tqqEREAS, The proper sanitation of the City of Columbia
Heights and ,,the preservation of the health of the inhabitants
thereof require that an ordinance be enacted providing for and re-
gulating the gathering, removing, disposing, burning and destroy-
ing of garbage, rubbish, and waste matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, The City of Columbia Heights does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Garbage, as the said word is made use of in
this ordinance, consists of dead animals of not more than ten
pounds weight each, and of every accumulation of animal, vegetable
and other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay
or dealing in, or storage of, meats, fish, fowls, birds, fruits or
vegetables. The term "garbage" does not include dish water or
waste w~ater.
Rubbish, as the word is made use of in this ordinance,
consists of wood, leaves, dead trees or the branches thereof, chips
shavings, woodenware, dodgers, printed matter, paper, paste-board,
grass, rags, straw, boots, shoes, hats and all other combustible
material not included in this ordinance under the term "garbage".
Waste matter, as the word is made use of in the ordinance
consists of natural soil, earth, sand, .clay, gravel, loam, manure,
stones, brick, brickbats, plaster, portland cement, crockery,
queensware, glass, glassware, ashes, cinders, shells, metals and
all other non-combustible materials.
Section ~. It shall be the duty of every tenant, lessee
or occupant of any private dwelling house and of the keeper of
every hotel, restaurant, eating house, boarding house, or other
building where meals are furnished and of the owner of every fur-
nished flat or apartment house, and of every other person having
garbage, to provide without expense to the City of Columbia Height:
and at all times to keep within said building or on the lot on
which said'building is situated, suitable and ~sufficient water
tight cans or receptacles with suitable bales or handles, and each
having a_tigh~ fitting cover, for receiving and holding without
leakage, or escape of odors, and without being filled to within
four inches of the top, all the garbage which would ordinarily ac-
cummulate on said premises in one week's time; and all such cans
shall be placed at least four inches above the ground, and shall be
so placed as to be readily~accessible for removing and emptying the
~arbage therefrom by the colleCtors, and where they will not be a
oublic nuisance or in any degree offensive. Garbage must be re-
moved from such garbage cans at least once each week. The health
officer shall be the exclusive judge of the sufficiency of said
garbage cans or receptacles. It shall be unlawful to place any
ruboish or waste matter in such garbage cans or receptacles, and
if placed therein the collector will not empty the cans or re-
ceive the garbage. Cans or receptacles for garbage from private
dwelling houses, from each flat and f~om each apartment house shall
each have a capacity of not less than ten gallons, nor more than
thirty gallons, and cans or receptacles for garbage at all Other
places shall each have a capacity of not less than ten gallons,
nor more than sixty gallons. No can or receptacle for receiving
garbage shall be placed on or in any street, alley, sidewalk, foot
path or any public place whatsoever. It shall be unlawful to
keep, place or deposit garbage on any private grounds of premises
whatsoever, except in cans or receptacles as designated in this
ordinance.
section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person having
garbage in the City of Columbia Heights to throw or deposit the
same, or to cause the same to be thrown or deposited, upon any
street, alley, gutter, park, or other public place, or to throw
or deposit the same in or upon any vacant lot or back yard, or
to store or keep the same otherwise than in cans or receptacles~
as required by Section E of this ordinance; and it shall be un-
lawful to have, sctre, deposit or keep garbage where rats can
have access thereto, or feed thereon. Each day's violation of
this section shall be treated and considered, and the same shall
be, a separate and distinct offense.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of every tenant, lessee
and oecupant of every private dwelling house and of the keeper
of every hotel, restaurant, eating house, boarding house,
apartment house or other building, where rubbish will accumulate,
to provide boxes, barrels or other proper receptacles to be kept
on said premises sufficient to hold the rubbish which would ordi-
narily accumulate on such premises in two weeks time, and all
rubbish accumulating on such.premises shall be placed in such
boxes, barrels, or other receptacles. Said boxes, barrels, or
receptacles shall be so placed as to be readily accessible to the
collectors for the removal of rubbish therefrom. No garbage or
waste matter shall be placed in the receptacles intended for rub-
bish, and if placed therein it shall be unlawful for the collector
to remove the same or the contents of said receptacle. No one of
said boxes, barrels, or receptacles shall have a capacity exceeding
fifty gallons. The health officer shall be the exclusive judge of
the sufficiency of such boxes, barrels or receptacles.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful to deposit any garbage
or rubbish within the city limits or within four hundred yards
thereof, except at a garbage crematory or other place designated
by the health officer for purposes of destruction. Waste matter
as defined by this ordinance, if not removed beyond the city
limits, may be made use of, upon receiving written permission from
the health officer, for filling in of low lots within the city lim-
its. Garbage and rubbish, if delivered at a city crematory, will
be burned and consumed therein by the city free of charge.
Section ~. It shal-1 be unlawful for any person to re-
move or ck'rry, or' ckuse to be removed or carried, on or along the
street and alleys of the city, ,any garbage or other mabter, offen-
sive to sight or smell except'between the hours of 9 o'clock p.m.
of any one day and 1E o'clock noon of the next succeeding day, and
then only in watertight cans or in carts or wagons having iron bedz
or boxes with proper covers, so.that the garbage or other matter
shall not be offensive. The garbage shall be so loaded that none
of it shall fall, drip, or spill~ to the ground; and every such cart
Section ~. Any person, firm or corporation desiring a
license to cUllect ga'rbage shall make application for the same to
the recorder (clerk) upon a form prescribed by the council4 The
application shall set forth (t) the name and address of the appli-
cant; (2) a list of equipment which he proposes to use in such
collection; (3) the place or places to which the garbage is to be
hauled; (4) the manner in which said garbage is to be disposed of;
and (5) the portion of the city (village) in which collections are
to be made. Said application s, hall be submitted to the health of-
ficer for his investigation and report. If the health officer
finds that the applicant is responsible and has proper equipment
for such collection and that no nuisance is liable to be created by
the granting of said license, he shall endorse his approva.i upon
the application. Before any license may be issued, the applicant
shall, if his applicabion is approved by the council, deposit with
the clerk (recorder) a surety bond in the penal sum of .~/~
conditioned that he will faithfully and :?~ontinuously pro~i~e the 1
garbage collection service' specified in !.his application as modifisd
by the council and uhder the conditions imposed by the ordinances
of the city (village)and the lawful orders, rules and regulations
of the local Board of Health. If such surety bond is approved by
the council, the clerk (recorder) shall issue and deliver the lic-
ense. A license fee of ~ ~- shall accompany the application and
upon granting the license-~'~fee shall be deposited in the general
fund. No license issued hereunder shall b~ for a longer period ~
than one (1) year, and all licenses shall expire on April 1 of eac
year.
or wagon shall be kept clean and well painted on the outside, and
said carts or wagons shall be numbered with the number of each
painted on the outside thereof, so as to be plainly seen. Each
garbage collector shall, when at work, wear a badge in plain sight
upon which shall be the words, "Garbage Collector.,,
seCtion $. It shall be unlawl~ul for any person, firm or
corporation to drive, or to cause to be d~iven, upon or along any
street, alley, highway, place, court or other public place within
the limits of the city any wagon, cart or ether vehicle loaded
with rubbish or waste matter, as sai~ terms are defined by this
ordinance, unless such wagon, cart or other vehicle be provide~
with side and boards, not less than twenty inches high, and be so
loaded that such rubbish or waste matter will not s~ill out upon
the streets, alleys, highways and othsr public places of the city.
seCtion ~ It shall be unlawful for any person to burn,
or to cause to be burned, in or an any street, ~alley, highway,
public or private lot or park, or in any place within the limits
of the City of Columbia Heights, any garbage, rubbish or waste mat
ter, except as provided in Section 5 of this ordinance; provided~
however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to
the burning of rubbish outside of the fire limits of the City of
Columbia Heights, between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning
and two o'clock in the afternoon of any day; but in no event shall
rubbish be burned on any bitumen or asphalt street, alley or
highway, or on hny street or alley or highway which has been
macadamized or piled.
Section ~. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw
or deposit, or to cause~to be thrown or deposited, any rubbish or
waste matter, as said terms are defined by this ordinance, (except
bricks, brickbats, cement, plaster, stones and gravel, and these
only under a building permit) or upon any vacant lot or in any
back yard, or on or upon any steeet, alley, gutter, highway, park
or other public place in the City of Columbia Heights; or to de-
posit or place or keep any rmbbish or waste matter in any manner
other than the manner prescribed in Section 4 of this ordinance.
Section l~. It shall be unlawful ~or any person to throw~
deposit or distribute, or to cause to be thrown, deposited or
distributed, in or on any street, alley, gutter, highway, park,
vacant lot or other place in the City of Columbia Meights, any
6odgers or other similar written or printed matter.
Section l~ The health officer shall have the power to
establish rules and regulations governing the collection and ~is-
posal of garbage, rubbish, and waste matter, nor inconsistent with
this ordinance. Such rules and regulations, when published, shall
become and are hereby made, a part of this ordinance, and any per-
son violating any one of such rules shall be punished as for a
violation of this ordinance.
Section l~. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the prov~sib~s of this o~dtnance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to
a fine of not more than $10.00, or by imprisonment in the city
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jail for not more than three months, or by both such fine and aim-
prisonment.
SectioD .l~. All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Passed the Council this
Mayor (~'~'sid'ent of the CoUncil)
( Seal )
Attest: /~ P.~--~v..~.~ Clerk.
Published in
on _ _ 1931