HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1924-155 (Incomplete)ORDINANCE NO. 155 r`
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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TC GARBAGE:, RUBBISH AND PASTE NATTi�.R.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Elsinore do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The word garage as used in this Ordinance shall be deemed
to mean and include table refuse and offal, swill, and every accumulation of
animal, vegetable and other matter and attend the preparation, consumption,
decay or dealing in or storage of meets, fish, fowls, fruits end shall
include all refuse animal. and vegetable from kitches and household waste
that shall have been prepated for or intended to be used for food and
shall have resulted from the preparation of food.
The word "rubbish" a used in this Crdinance ;,.ii be deemed to mean
and include leav <s, chips, woodenwarq. paper, pasteboard, grass, rags,
straw, boots, shoes hats and otherocombustible materials as well as tin cans
and bottles.
Tire words waste matter as used in this:. Ordinance shall be deemed to
mean end include brick, plaster, cement, crockery, borken glass, ashes,
cinders, shel-Is,mettits and other noncombustible materials.
SECTION 2:A11-garbage accumalttd at any boarding house, restaura.ni,
hotel, eating house, market, grocery tore, fruit store, or stores selling
fruits of vebetables, or public camping ground or any other place of
business where there is any accumulation of-garbage shall be kept upon the
premises in a water tight recepticale with a tight fitting cover and
of sufficient size to hold ail garbage that may be accumulated at such
place between the times when the same shall be removed, and such cover.
shall be kept upon such receptacle while containing garbage and shall not
be removed except when necessary to place garbage therin or to take
garbage therefrom, and such receptacle shall be pro ided ith a handle or
handles on the outside thereof „All such garbage receptacles shall be
emptied at least twice a week.
SECTION j. It shell be unlawful for nny person occupying a private f>
dwelling in said City to permit or allow any garbage to accumulate at such
dwelling without keeping the same in a water tight receptacle with a tight
fitting cover end handles and cause the same to be removed from the
premises at least once a week and disposed in such manner as not to become
a nuisance or menance or danger to the public health, provided however that
such garbage shall not be disposed of by dumping it on any lot, alley,
lane or street, or the feeding of the same to swine in the city limits of
the City of Elsinore,
SECTION A. Every person having charge or control of any hotel,
restaurant, eating house, boarding house, public camping ground,; apart-
ment house, rooming house, dwelling house, fruit stamd, store or other
place of business within the City of Elsinore where rubbish or waste matter
aeeumultes shall provide a covered 'box, barrel or other receptacle for the
storage of such rubbish and wastematter, and the same shall be placed therin
nor shall any person permit or allow the same to be thrown or scattered
about or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places of said City,
All such rubbish and waste matter so kept shall be removed end disposed of a-
least, once a month.
SECTION 5. Every receptacle for the storage of garbage, rubbish or
waste :matter shall be kept of placed in the following manner:
f' Where there as erg alley -other than a blind t1l ey in the r,,ar of tk e
premises. Sireh- receptaclolehallt ,be:�.placed,,bn the premises *Itbin five - 5)
y, feet of", the rear 'propeYty: line r.
Where there is no alley cth r than a blind alley In the rear of
such premises and there is a. side entrance to the rear of such premises
i each such receptacle shall be placed on the premises at an accesitle point
net less than fifty (50) feet or more than seventy6five (75) feet from the
front property line.
t' Where there is no alley other than a. blind alley nor such side
entrance each such receptacle shall be placed on the curb in front of the
premises during the hour fixed for the collection of garbage, rubbish or
waste matter therefrom. Each such receptacle shall be accesible to the
, garbage collector when called for.
It shall be unlawful for env person within the City of Elsinore to
burn wastepaper or rubbish of any kind or description unless the same at thse
time of burning be confined or inclosed in a wire or metal container suitable
to prevent the escape of such waste paper or rubbish during the burning.
SECTION 6 The Board of Trustees of the City of Elsinore shell advertizel
for bids for The removal and disposes of garbage, etc. in the City of Elsino
and enter into a contract for the same with the loves responsible bidder, an
shall require that such contractor shall at the time of the execution of suct
contract execute a bond to the satisfaction of the Fresident of the Board of
Trustees of the City of Elsinore with two or more sureties and payable to the,
City of Elsin ore in the penal sum of five hundred dollere ($500:00) condzti
upon the faithful performanec`of said contract. The Board of Trustees may
rejedt any and all bids
Section 7. Any person violating the conditions of this Ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a mildemeanof and upon conviction thereof ishall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars of by imprisonment' in the City ,
Jail not exceedine 25 days of by both such fine and imnrisenmiant_
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