HomeMy WebLinkAbout0006_5AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE IN THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN; OR BY PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER ITS DIRECTION AND CONTROL;
REQUIRING ALL PERSONS IN THE CITY TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN GARBAGE CANS
FOR WET GARBAGE AND OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR GARBAGE OTHER THAN WET
GARBAGE AND REQUIRING ALL GARBAGE CANS FOR WET GARBAGE TO BE COVERED
WITH ADEQUATE LIDS OR COVERINGS AT ALL TIMES BY THE OWNERS OF SUCH
GARBAGE CANS; PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM COLLECTING GARBAGE IN THE CITY
OF GEORGETOWN EXCEPT THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN; FIXING THE FEES FOR GAR-
BAGE COLLECTION MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO DEPOSIT WET
GARBAGE ON THE GROUND OR IN ANY TYPE OF CONTAINER OTHER THAN A STAN-
DARD GARBAGE CAN EQUIPPED WITH AN ADEQUATE LID OR COVERING; CON-
TAINING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS BY THE CITY SANITAR-
IAN; CONTAINING MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF AND CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND EMERGENCY
CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
Section I. DEFINITIONS: (a) the words "wet garbage" shall
be held and construed to mean all animal or vegetable matter, such as
waste material from kitchens, grocery stores, butcher shops, restau-
rants, cafes, hotels, rooming and boarding houses, such as scraps of
meat, bread, bones, peeling of fruit and vegetables, (b) Tne terms
"dry garbage" as used herein shall be held and construed to mean
refuse, trash, rubbish, coffee grounds, and tin cans, paper, boxes,
glass, ashes, cinders, rooks, old clothes and shoes, broken dishes,
and utensils, old iron, tin, zinc, and all kinds of junk and useless
material and waste of every description, including grass, shrubs and
tree trimmings and/or cuttings. (When out up into lengths not exceed-
ing three f eet.)
SECTION II. That each owner, occupant, tenant or lessee
using and occupying any residence, building, house or structure within
the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown, as a place of abode
or as a place of business, is hereby required to keep and maintain
at all times at s convenient place at his house or dwelling and.at
his place of business, if his business is of a type that accumulates
wet garbage in connection ti-vith the operation of same, adequate garbage
can or cans of standard type and construction not more than 30 gallon
capacity and in sufficient numbers to properly receive and hold all
wet garbage being disposed of from his house or dwelling or place of
business as the case may be, which garbage can or cans shall be equip-
ped with an adequate lid or covering and which shall be covered by
such lid or covering at all times. Each such owner, occupant, tenant
or lessee is hereby further required to keep and maintain at his house