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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05.23.1949 Garbage CollectionAN 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 WE'D' GARBAGE AND REQUIRING ALL GARBAGE CANS FOR WET GARBAGE TO BE COVERED WITH ADEQUATE LIDS OR COVERING AT ALL TIMES BY THE OWNERS OF SUCH GARBAGE CANS; PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM COLLECTING GARBAGE IN THE CITY Y' OF GEORGETOWN EXCEPT THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN FIXING THE FEES FOR GAR- BAGE COLI20TION 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 Eh RGENCY 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) Tire terms "dry 'garbage" as used herein shall be held and construed to mean refuse, trash, rubbish, coffee grounds, and tin cans, paper, bones, glass, ashes, cinders, racks, 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 feet.) 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 a 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 viith 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 or dwelling and at his place of business, if hilt that dry garbage is accumulated in the operati quate boxes, cans or other receptacles in suffi Section III. Each person in the City having wet garbage to be disposed of ishereby place the same in a metal garbage can of stand business is such thereof, ade- ent numbers for f Georgetown quired -,, to construction equipped with an adequate lid or covering and it[lis hereby de- clared to be unlawful for any persons to place on the ground or in an open box or container or receptacle other than a standard metal garbage gallon capacity equipped with an adequate lid I person is hereby required to place all other t other than wet garbage in a suitable box or con wet garbage any other not over 30 covering, Each s of garbage er located convenient place for proper garbage pick-upj�j� Section IV. That the collection of ge, and the time and the manner of collecting the same, is a�jsanitary measure, under the control of the City; and unde of the Sanitary Department, the City will make, the advise cause to be made, periodic garbage pick-ups, throughout the 43E�ifi garbage receptacles, of the kind herein provi garbage receptacles shall be furnished by the garbage. And it is hereby made unlawful for an, or corporation; to pickup, haul, or dispose of the City, other than as herein directed; but th garbage shall be picked up and hauled by the em City, or by some person or persons, directly, a empowered, to pick-up and haul same. However, garbage that is picked up or removed by theemp or by other persons, who are acting for, and un of the City, shall pay to the City, the reasona fixed herein, or that may hereafter be fixed, section V. Manure from private stabl refuse from animals or night soil and dead an waste not herein mentioned must be kept in a se which said ,sons having person, firm bage,,within all such ogees of the ees of the City * the direction * charges, * said services. or offal or s, and all other rate suitable receptacle and not dumped in any lot, street, a other place, and not be permitted to become a n ey, drain or ante. Such refuse shall be hauled away from the premises of the owner thereof at his own expense and by his own means and such refuse shall not be considered garbage and shall not be picked up by the garbage trucks of the City Sanitary° Department. However, the failure of the owner to promptly remove such refuse shall constitute an offense, punishable hereunder. Section VI. The lids or covers of garbage and refuse cans shall at all times be kept on and fastened so that flies and other insects may not have access to the refuse contained therein and shall only be removed while emptying additional garbage or refuse therein, or while the contractor or person authorized is removing such garbage or unloading the same for disposal. Section.Vll. The owner, occupant, or lessee of said pre- mises as defined in this ordinance shall at all tines keep and maintain such cans and receptacles at the rear of the lot or pre- mises'abutting on the street or alley or in such place that the same may be readily accessible to the contractor, or City, as the case may be, who removes such garbage and refuse. Section VIII. SERVICE CHARGES .AND NON -COLLECTION. ITEM 1. Rates for garbage service. The collection of garbage and refuse from house, buildings, and premises for residential purposes shall be divided into classes according to the family unit therein. The City Manager shall collect these garbage fees 'either through the water department as a separate item on utilities bills or by any other practicable means of collection. Thefeesshall be assessed against the _person � in whose name the water meter or light meter is listed. Fair and reasonable charges for this residential service shall be and -are shown in'terms of dollars and cents in a column under each classifi- �TMMi cation*for a calendar month as follows; 1. Single family resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 . Duplex apartment (where containers are Located at same site) each apartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 .(separate sits ).,.each- apartment . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 3 Garage apartment . . . . . . . .50 4. Three family apartment or more, per apartment . . . .50 The collection of garbage and refuse f om commercial establishments shall be divided into classes. T e collection of fees for the service shall be the same as outlined above for the collection of fees for residential service. Fair and reasonable charges for this commercial service shall be andare shown in_. terms of dollars and cents in a column under eac classification for a calendar month as follows; 1. retail food establishments (large) . . . . $2.00 - $10.00 2, Retail food establishments (small) . . . . ."' 2.00 5.00 3. Cafes (large) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2.00 _ 15,00 4. Cafes (small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0 . 2.00 7.50 5. Mercantile establishments . . . . . . . . 2.00 - 15.00 6. Drug stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 2.00 - 10.00 7. 'Tourist Courts and Trailer Camps . . . . . . . . 2.00 - 10.00 8. Industrial plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 30.00 9, Filling stations .and games . . . . . .� . 2.00 -r» ,�.00 10. .barber shops and beauty shops . . . . . . .�. . 2.00 .. 5.00 The City Council shall have the power 6nd-authority to set a fair and reasonable charge to cover the service rendered at any place. ITEM 2. Uncollected garbage -declared a nuisance. That garbage collection bills shall be due to' the City, on the first day of each month, after this. ordinance takes effect; and that any person who shall fail to pa, a;garbage col- lection bill due by him for thirty days or more from the due date thereof, shall be in arreares; and that no garbe eor refuse shall be collected by the City or under the auth3rity of the City, from premises, whose owner or lessee is sc in arrears. .. That any person, so in arrears, ,in the payment cf a garbage col- lection bill; who shall have garbage on his pren'ses, putrifying, fermenting g ermentin becoming oderiferous, in can, or cans, or who shall dump same on the ground, shall be guilty of viol ting this ordinance, and be punishable hereunder. Section IX. The charges fixed herein for the removal and disposal of all garbage, trash or rubbish shall be entered by the City Utilities Department of the City of eorgetown in their respective amounts as charges against eacl such person, or persons, owner, occupant or lesseedescribed herein can the water and light bill of such person or persons, owner, occupant or lessee and the amount so fixed and charged shall be collected monthly in con- nection with and as a part of the water and light bills of the City of Georgetown. 1 Section X. It is hereby made the duty of the City Sanitarian of the City of Georgetown to make regular inspection trips to de- termine whether such garbage is being properly disposed of and to further determine if receptacles of the kind required by this or- dinance have been obtained by the persons required to use the same under this Ordinance and it is hereby made the duty of such inspector to report to the City Attorney any person or persons, firm or cor- poration, failing to comply with this ordinance in any ,particular, and the City Attorney is required to institute the necessary proceed- ings to prosecute such offender as provided herein. Section XI. Any person or persons, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of the ordinance or who fails to provide the necessary garbage can as therein required, or shall allow the premises occupied to become unsanitary or who shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Five (5®00) Dollars and not more than One Hundred (lO0o00) Dollars for each offense and a failure to comply with this Ordinance shall be deemed a continuing offense and each day's con- tinuance of a failure to comply therewith shall constitute a separate and distinct offense for each of said days. Section XII. This ordinance is cumulative of the other sanitary ordinances of this City, and is intended to repeal only, such other ordinances and parts of ordinances as may be in direct con- flict herewith. SectionXlllo Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid, for any reason, the remainder of said ordinance shall not be affected thereby® Section XIV. The fact that for the bettering of the sanitary conditions in said City., makes it necessary that the above ordinance be promptly passed creates an.emergency requiring that the rule 10 which provide that an ordinance be read at thre( before final passage, be suspended; and the saidr rules are here Rnd now suspended, and this,ordinance finally paPed, and ordered to take effect from and after the passage and efrective as of July lst, 1949, and it is ordered published at FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THIRD READING ON ce, IS THE TWENTY- . /-e Georgero—w-n=,exas ATTEST: City S—eeretary, City of Georgetown, Texas --------------- AN ORDINANCE FIXING FIRE LIMITS11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXI�6 AivliENDING SECTION 191, CHAPTER XXVII OF THE REV. CIVAND CRIM. ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS: That Section 191, Chapter XXVI, of the Rev. Civ. and Crim. Ordinances of this City shall hereafter red as follows: That the fire limits of the City of Gwwgetown, Texas, are hereby designated and fixed as follows: Beginning at the .N. W. Cor. of Block No. 28; thence N,. along 5th It. to N. E. Cor. of Block No. 26; thence S. along Church St., to the N. E. Cor. of Block No. 39; thence E. along 6th St. to the 11. E. Cor. of Block No. 11; thence S. along Myrtle St. to the E. Cor. of Block No. 9; thence W. along 9th St. to the S. E Cc4r. of Block 110. 52; thence S. along Church St. to the S. E. Oor. of Block No. 1; thence W. along 10th St. to the S. W. Col 3; thence N. along Rock St. to the S. W. Cor. of thence W. along 9th St. to the S. W. Cor. of b1c v.-along li'orest 6t. to iv. W. Cor. of block No. of Block Nos, Block No. 50; .k No. 49; thence thence -6. along Q1.1) W '49 -