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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1416ORDINANCE NO. 1+16 ,4,—. ..-..y . AN ORDINANCE relating to the public health and sanitation, providing for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a compulsory system of garbage and refuse collection and its disposal; making delinquent charges for services performed a lien upon property; repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith and providing penalties for the viola- tion therefor. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: DEFINITIONS: The word "garbage" as used in this ordinance means and includes all accumulations of waste matters dis- carded as of no further value to the owner, such as kitchen and table waste, bottles, cans, wrappings, and small discarded containers, small dead animals weighing not over fifteen (15) pounds, and hollow ware; but shall exclude all manure, sewage, large dead animals, cleanings from public and private catch basins, wash racks or sumps. The word "refuse" as used in this ordinance means and includes waste matter discarded as of no further value, including ashes, cinders, clinkers, lawn cuttings and grass, broken up household furnishings and equipment, discarded hot water tanks, bottles, barrels, cartons, shrubs, small trees, small tree limbs, paper and scraps of wooden crates and boxes; but shall exclude large trees, earth, sand, gravel, rock, broken concrete, plaster, bricks and other building materials, automobile bodies, large auto parts, building waste, fire refuse and waste. b The word "swill" as used in this' ordinance means and includes all accumulations of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, use, dealing in or storing of meat-., fish, fowl, fruit, and vegetables, except coffee grounds. The word "garbage can" as used in this ordinance means a water- tight, galvanized, sheet metal, raised -bottom container not exceeding 4 cubic feet or 30 gallons in capacity, weighing not over 22 pounds when empty, fitted with two sturdy handles, one on each side, and a tight cover equipped with a handle. The term "garbage units" means secure and tight bundles, none of which shall exceed 3 feet in the longest dimension, and shall not exceed 100 pounds in weight or such "garbage unit" may be packed in small discarded boxes, barrels or bads, or in securely tight cartons or other receptacles reasonably easy to be handled and loaded by one person onto a collection vehicle. The term Itperson" shall mean every person, firm, partnership, association, institution, or corporation in the City of Renton accumq- lating garbage, refuse or swill requiring disposal. The term shall also mean the occupant and/or the owner of the premises for which ser- vice herein mentioned is rendered. The term "street commissioner" means the official of the City of Renton holding that title and office. Section 2: Garbage, refuse and swill collections from permanent abodes such as homes, dwellings, boarding houses, apartments, flats, schools, churches, public buildings, hotels, hospitals, charitable in- stitutions, resident clubs, etc. shall be collected by the City of Renton as more specifically hereinafter provided. Garbage -refuse shall be collected by the City of Renton from com- mercial business firms and from places of business located in residen- tial zones at each regular collection as more specifically hereinafter provided. All collections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be promulgated from time to time by the Street Commissioner of the City of Renton; all persons in the City of Renton shall be governed by and comply with this ordinance 4.n4all rules and regulations promulgated hereunder,, Swill will also be collected or from commercial/business firms as heretofore stated but the owner or operator of any commercial business establishment may arrange fbm the disposition of such swill privately provided however that the person responsible for the hauling and disposition of such swill shall first have applied for and received a permit from the Street Commissioner, in whom is hereby vested the right to inspect such disposition of swill and to revoke any such permit for cause or causes found by him to be sufficient. -2- r which shall exceed 3 feet in the longest dimension, and shall not exceed 100 pounds in weight or such "garbage unit" may be packed in small discarded boxes, barrels or bads, or in securely tight cartons or other receptacles reasonably easy to be handled and loaded by one person onto a collection vehicle. The term Itperson" shall mean every person, firm, partnership, association, institution, or corporation in the City of Renton accumq- lating garbage, refuse or swill requiring disposal. The term shall also mean the occupant and/or the owner of the premises for which ser- vice herein mentioned is rendered. The term "street commissioner" means the official of the City of Renton holding that title and office. Section 2: Garbage, refuse and swill collections from permanent abodes such as homes, dwellings, boarding houses, apartments, flats, schools, churches, public buildings, hotels, hospitals, charitable in- stitutions, resident clubs, etc. shall be collected by the City of Renton as more specifically hereinafter provided. Garbage -refuse shall be collected by the City of Renton from com- mercial business firms and from places of business located in residen- tial zones at each regular collection as more specifically hereinafter provided. All collections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be promulgated from time to time by the Street Commissioner of the City of Renton; all persons in the City of Renton shall be governed by and comply with this ordinance 4.n4all rules and regulations promulgated hereunder,, Swill will also be collected or from commercial/business firms as heretofore stated but the owner or operator of any commercial business establishment may arrange fbm the disposition of such swill privately provided however that the person responsible for the hauling and disposition of such swill shall first have applied for and received a permit from the Street Commissioner, in whom is hereby vested the right to inspect such disposition of swill and to revoke any such permit for cause or causes found by him to be sufficient. -2- A L Section 3: All persons accumulating garbage, refuse or will in the City of Renton shall place and accumulate same in garbage cans or garbage units as defined heretofore in this ordinance. It shall be unlawful to deposit, throw, or place any garbage or refuse or swill in any lane, alley, street or other public place, or to deposit, throw or place any garbage or refuse on any private proper- ty regardless of ownership, unless said garbage or refuse is placed in garbage containers, the covers of which shall not be removed except when necessary for the depositing or removing of garbage or refuse; provided further that boxes, small barrels, cartons, shhubs, small trees, small tree limbs, scraps of wooden crates and boxes, broken up household furniture and equipment, paper, hollow ware and rubbish in general, may be broken up or cut up and placed in garbage units as de- fined heretofore in this ordinance. No garbage can when filled shall weigh more than 100 pounds and shall be so packed that the contents thereof will dump out readily when can is inverted. All garbage cans, bundles, disposal receptacles units, as above specified, shall be placed in convenient accessible locations upon the ground level or ground floor, and as near as prac- ticable at the approximate rear of the building or neer the alley, street or road at which collection trucks are to be loaded; all walks, paths, driveways to the place of loading shall have an overhead clearance of not less than 8 feet, but in no event shall ordinance defined cans or units be placed a distance greater than 60 feet from the street, alley or road on the days of collectiom. Any person as herein defined accumulating garbage, refuse or swill in the downtown or suburban business areas whose location re- quires the placing of cans or units on sidewalks or alleys for col- lection shall not place same on sidewalk or alley until the close of each business day, and shall remove cans from sidewalk or alley im- mediately after the opening for business each mornirg. This is impor- tant and will be rigidly enforced. No hot ashes or hot clinkers shall be placed in any garbage can -3- or container for collection or removal. All kitchen, table and cook- ing waste before being deposited in the cans as hereinbefore provided -shall be drained and wrapped in paper or other material in such a man- ner as to prevent as nearly as possible moisture from such garbage from coming in contact with sides or bottoms of the metal containers. Sufficient garbage cans must be provided for the collection of all garbage as defined in this ordinance. Worn out and improper cans will be discarded and the decision of the Street Commissioner shall be final in any dispute regarding the type, number and condition of garbage can or cans. It shall be unlawful, except as authorized by the owner or the City to deposit any garbage, refuse, swill or other material in any garbage can, or to remove the cover therefrom; said cover shall be securely placed on each ordinance defined can or unit at all times, except when it is necessary to remove same for --.deposit or at times of collection. Section 4: That the Street Commissioner of the City of Renton be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to supervise the collec- tion and disposal of all garbage, refuse and swill as heretofore de- fined. Section 5: It shall be unlawful by any person except the duly authorized employees of the City of Renton under the direction and supervision of the Street Commissioner, to haul garbage, refuse or swill through the streets of the City or to dump garbage, refuse or swill on the City garbage dump except as hereinbefore provided for "swill" originating in commercial establishments. Section 6 ; Waste paper, boxes, rubbish and debris, brush, leaves, grass, woods and cuttings from trees, lawns, shrubs and gardens, may be burned on private property in furnaces; or they may be burned in outside fireplaces, private incinerator or in open fires, provided that a proper permit has first been secured from the Fire Chief of the City of Renton. Section 7: All garbage, refuse and swill as herein provided will -4- 0 be collected within the boundaries of the City of Renton as follows: A. Regular collections from business firms and commercial enterprises will be made as often as required but shall not exceed one pick-up per day, five (5) days per week, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 4 o'clock A.M. and 10:00 o'clock A. M. B. Regular collection from residential dwellings shall be made one day per week between the hours of 6 ofclock A. M. and 4 otclock P. M. Section 8: The City shall collect the charges for services ren- dered hereunder from the person as hereuntofor defined for whom col- lection services are furnished. The City Treasurer of the City of Renton is authorized and directed to bill such person monthly. All charges for collection services rendered and billed hereunder shall be payable to the City Treasurer and if not paid on or before the 15th day -of the month following the month in which said services are rendered, such charge shall become delinquent. Upon failure to pay such charges and upon delinquency, the amount thereof shall become a lien against the property for which the collection service is rendered. Such lien shall be made effective by filing a notice thereof specify- ing the charges, the period covered by the charges, and giving legal description of the premises for which the service was " rendered. Sx h lien shall be filed with the same official, within the time, and shall be foreclosed within' the time and manner as is prescribed by State law for filing and foreclosing liens for labor and material. Furthermore, such liens shall be prior to any and all other liens and encumbrances filed subsequent to the filing of such lien and shall be subject to all general taxes and local improvement assessments whether levied prior or subsequent thereto. Section 9: If any section© sub -section, sub -division, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be un- constitutional, or void, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or portions thereof. -5- Section 10: The violation of, or failure to comply with any provision of this Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 11: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the 1st day of January, 1952, after its passage, approval and publication in accordance with the law, PASSED by the City Council this 20th day of November, 1951. D uty City Clerk APPROVED by the Mayor, this 20th day of November, 1951. A pr ed as f9 hur D. Haugan City Attorney. Date of publication: November 22,'-9-52M "6-