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Home My WebLink AboutO-0436 - Garbage disposal (7.08)"1'7; ,;:;~~,";J:==;,.-.,-_;1i;' ORDINANCE N~.~ vi ding AN QWINANCE,relating to health and sanitation;pro- ....comp~l$ory for the regulation.collection,removal and7disposal of garbage and refuse;providing for the handling thereof exclusively by the Town tbro~the Garbage and Refuse Department;defining crime and providing penalties therefore;establishing a speoial fund and repealing ordinances NO.2.73 ,283,387 and 398 aid all ordinances and parts of ord.inances in conflict herewith. BE IT ORDAI.NED BY THE COUNCIL OJ!'TEETQWN OF MARYSVILLE.WHING'1'ON: sECTION 1.That the maintenance ot health and sanitatfoil require and it is the intentio,n hereof to make the collection,removal and disposal of garbage,refU~,swill and dead animals wi thin the Town of MarysVille,complllsoryand universal and for such p~posesthe Town council hereby specifies and adopts the system and plan set forth in succeeding seotions of this ordinance for collection and disposal of such refuse and garbage. SECTION 2.That there is hereby created a department to be known as the Garbage and Refuse Department.The Department shall be under the supervision and direction of the Superintendent who shall be appointed by tlle.MElyor,with the concurrence of the cauncil,and Who "lilall serve at the-Flea-sure of the Mayor. SECTION 3.Every owner orocoupant of premises withinthe Town of Marysville is required to use the garbage 001leeil10n and disposal sltstem provided by the Garbage and Refu$e Department and it shall be unlaWful for any person,firm or corporation to fail or refuse to use suoh system. SECTION 4.It shall be unlaWful for any person,firm or corporation to engage in the business of collecting,hauling or disposal of any garbage,substance or material referred to in this ordinance as garbage and refuse or to transport,carry or haul the same over any public street of the Town of Marysville. <, "'.-". SECTION 5.The'berm'1garbege and refuse"shall be taken to mean all waste a nd discarded materials from dwellings.flats.i'9.olning houses. hotels.motels.clubs.restaurants.boarding houses.eating places. shops and places of business.including rubbish and deb:bis.waste and discarded foed.animal and vegetable matter.brush.grass.weeds. cans.glass.ashes.offal.boxes and cuttings from trees.lawns and gardenso "waste"shall not include materials SUbject to manufacture --into by-products. SECTION 6,It shaU be the duty of every person in possession.charge or control of any dwelling.flat.rooming house.apartment house. school.hetel.motel.club.restaurant.boarding house or eating plaoe.or in possession.charge or control of any shop.place of business er manufacturing establishment where garbage and refuse is created or accumulates.at all times to keep or cause to be kept portable metal cans for the deposit therein of garbage and refuse. and to deposit or cause to be deposited the same therein. It shall be the duty of the owner of any dwelling.flat or aprtment house to furnish to or see that his tenants are supplied with such cans. such cans shall be watertight.of not less than twenty-five and not more thaft thirty gallons capacity.shall have two handles at the Sides :bhereof and tight-fitting metal lids.such lids shall not be removed except When necessary to place garbage and refus$in such cans or to take same therefrom.When garbage and refuse is placed therein or taken therefrom such l:l.ds shall be replaced by the person placing the same therein or taking the same therefrem.$Uch eans ahall_be kept ina_sanitary condition with the outside thereof clean and free from accumulating grease and aecomposing material.Each auch can shall be kept in a place ~ccesaible to the collector of garbage and refuse. It shall be the duty of every person in possession.charge or control of any dead animal or upon whose premiaes the same may be lo- cated.to ':f,'orthwith cause the same to be removed and disposed of by said Garbage and Refuae pepartmant. .s,, .--'/-".- SECTION 7.':Boxes.barrels •trees and tree limbs.boards or lumber. and all debris and rubbish which cannot be conveniently plaoed in metaJ.cans.shall be broken up or out up and Bound together in such a way as to be conveniently handled and loaded by the garbage ool~ leotor so as to take up as little oubic space in the oollectionve- hia;Le as possible jprovided that special arranglilments may be made with the Superintendent by b~iness establishments having large quantities of dry garbage or refuse in the shape of packing cases. crates.barrels,ete.,for the convenient hauling of same by the garbage collector. SECTIONS.Exoept as herein provided,it shall be unlawful for any person,firm,or corporation to burn,or oause to be burned,any garbage or refuse;provided,that waste?paper.boxes,rubbish and , debris,brush.grass.weeds and cutting~from tnses,lawns or gardens may be burned in a furnace or in a Jleceptacle approveli by the Fire Chief.but not nearer than fifteen (15)feet tro~any structure.It shall be unlawful to dump or deposit any garbage and refuse or paper upon any street or alley or private property in the Town of Marysville o SECTTON~.The Garbage and llefuse Department shall colleot,remove and ,dispose of all garbage and refuse in the residential section of the Town at least onceeach'"II7eele.-aJ;ld .at5,J,.eastonce a day,if required, in the business section of the Town and from all business houses in thEt,Town and.fr.om sohools. SECTION 10.That the monthly rates for suoh garbage and refuse col- iection and service shall be established from time to time by ordin~ aaoe of the T01llD.Counoil.The rate f or bulk collection of garbage and refuse in either the business or residential districts,and for unolassified and mif:l"allaneouB Bervice,not otherwiBe governed by ordinance.shall be ~reaBonable charge determined by the Superin- tendent and based upon equipment used.time consumed and amount of garbage and refuse colleoted and diBposed of. The rates shall be paid by the ~~vner of the premises af~ feoted and shall be due and payable on or before the lOth day of F<.. r e.aoh .·and;;e.very month at the offioe of the Town Clerk and suoh pay- ment shall beoome delinquent sixty (60)days af'ter they are due. A delinquenoy oharge ot fifty oents to oover extra oost of oolleo- tion shall be added to all delinquent aooounts. SECTION 11.If any owner or oecupann shall permit garba.ge and refuse to accumulate upon the premises or fail or refUSe to deposit such garbage and refuse in metal co~tl!.iners as'required herein,or tail or refuse to pay the rate provided for the service,the Superintendent may:(1)cause the same to ~e cle~hed up and removed and the entire expense thereof shall be charged against such premises and against the owner or occupant thereof;(2}cause servioe to be suspended. Suohsuspension shall not relieve the :f$rson oWing aueh 'ace,ount from the duty of complying with the provisions of this ordinanoe and shall render the premises where such service is.suspended subjeot to an action for abatement for sanitary reasons;or (3)file.or cause to be filed a oriminal or civil complaint against the person.or (4) oause the water and sewer';serVice to such premises to be disconnected. SECTION ],2.That there is hereby established and ureated a "Garbage Disposal Fund".All money received by the Town for the collection and diSpo$al of garbage and refuse shall be placed iIi su.ch fund and' the expense of such garbage oollection and disposal shall be paid therefrom.The Town Counoil may trom time to time provide for ad- ditional revenues to be paiel into suchtu.nd.a.nd may.SUbject to the provisions of R.C.W.35.27.510.from time to time transfer a portion of the net earninsainto the current expense fund of the Town. SECTION 15.TlJB.t the Superintendent shall keep a reoord of the 001- leQ't1ons of gUbage made frQlll each property and sllall deliver a oopy .s-, thereot to the Town olerk who shall enter the oharges for the same on the water and sewer bills to be mailed out to the users eaoh month..Should garbage bills beoome delinquent the Wo.shall have "A' a lien therefore against the premises served and the same shall be prepared,filed and foreclosed in the manner and within the time presoribed for liens l'or labor and materilil<lIl.s provided by the statutes of the state of Washington,asiauthorized by R.C.W.35.21. 140. SECTION 14.AJJ,y person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a tiDe of no:btto.i:exceed One HUndred ($100.00)Dollars,or by imprison- ment tor not to exoeed thirty (30)days,or both .. SEOTION 15.If any section,clause or part of this ordinanoe shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional,such adjudication shall not afteot the remaining portions of thisordinanoe. SECTION 16.This ordinanoe shall take effect on January 1,1958. SECTION 17.Ordinanoes NO.273,283,387 and 398 and any and all other ordinanoes in oonflict herewith be and the same are repealed. \\l '4.passed and approved this ~day of \itJ\IDM()<~~.,1957 • .'0··Attest; ~(A~~.~.-ek_t1