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HomeMy WebLinkAbout56 of 1918 - Amending Chapter 5, Section 73-74 and adding Section 72x1 to x11 in relating to handling of garbage ROLL CALL VOTING AYE NAY Salt Lake City,Utah, July.18.,._ ,191_.8. Crabbe I move that the ordinance be passed. Green n (� Neslen Scheid_.____....._ __.. Mr. Chairman Result___. AN ORDINANCE An ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, by amending Sections 73, 74 as amended by an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners April 4, 1917, 80, 81 and 82, and by adding in and to said chapter eleven new sections to be known as Sections 72x1, 72x2, 72x3, 72x4, 72x5, 72x6, 72x7, 72x8, 72x9, 72x10 and 72x11. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Sections 73, 74, as amended by an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners April 4, 1917, 80, 81 and 82 of Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, be, and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 73. Every owner, lessee or occupant of any building, premises of place of business, shall provide or cause to be provided, and at all times keep,at such place as the Itimmaxaf Health Commissioner may direct,suitable and sufficient metallic receptacles for receiving and holding garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill, market waste and other refuse that may accumulate from said building, place of business or upon said premises or the portion thereof under the control of such person. No receptacle shall be fillgd to exceed one hundred pounds in -1- weight, including weight of receptacle. Each receptacle shall be provided with handles for the convenient lifting of the same. All garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill and market waste must be placed in rain-proof and fly- proof metallic receptacles with proper covers, and shall at all times be kept securely closed, and shall be kept in such place and in such manner as to prevent offense. Receptacles containing garbage and other waste matter to be collected and hauled by the City or city contractor, shall be set out for collection at the places and at such times as may be designated by order of the Board of Health. Such receptacles must not be set out upon the street for collection prior to the day of collection, and must be set out on the day of collection before the hour of collection designated by the Board of Health. All empty receptacles must be removed from the street as soon as practicable after being emptied, and in every case must be removed from the street the same day they are emptied. No such receptacle shall be permitted to remain on any street longer than may be necessary for the removal of the contents thereof. SECTION 74. It shall be unlawful fcr persons within the garbage districts to deposit garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill or market waste in the same receptacle with stove ashes, tin cans, bottles or other refuse. Garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill and market waste may be deposited in one receptacle. Stove ashes, tin cans, bottles and other refuse may be deposited in one receptacle. SECTION 80. It shall be unlawful for any person to haul manure, garbage, waste paper, night soil or other -2_ f; I :! I �E I refuse without first obtaining a permit so to do from the Board of Health; provided, however, this condition does not apply to persons hauling their own manure, waste paper, trade waste, ashes or refuse with their own conveyance. The Board of Health may revoke permits for failure to com- ply with city ordinances or rules of the Board of Health. SECTION 81. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of removing manure, night soil or other offensive material to fail to have the word "Scavenger" and the number of his permit in large white figures on black ground plainly printed or attached to his wagon-bed; provided, however, that the contractor employed by the City to collect and remove garbage and other waste material shall have printed or painted upon each side of the vehicles used in the collection thereof, the words "Permit No. (giving permit number) , Board of Health", the words "Board of Health" being in large letters. SECTION 82. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in hauling garbage, manure, rubbish or other matter of any kind to permit, allow or cause any of said matter to fall and remain in the streets. It shall be unlawful for nay person to convey, trans- port, or haul through or upon any of the public streets, any garbage, swill, market waste, night soil or other similar refuse except in sanitary receptacles especially constructed for that purpose, the same to be subject to the approval of the Board of Health. It shall be unlawful for:.any person to suffer, permit or allow any vehicle loaded with garbage, manure, slops, swill, market waste or other refuse to be or remain standing upon any public street within Salt Lake City any longer -3- than may be necessary for the purpose of loading and trans- porting same. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, conduct or operate in or within one mile of the limits of Salt Lake City, any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment. All suoh offensive or unwholesome businesses or establish- ments are hereby declared to be public nuisances. SECTION 2. That Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding in and to said chapter eleven new sections to be known as Sections 72x1, 72x2, 72x3, 72x4, 72x5, 72x6, 72x7, 72x8, 72x9, 72x10 and 72x11, said new sections to read as follows: SECTION 72x1. DEFINITIONS. The term "Garbage" as used in this chapter shall be held to include and mean all animal and refuse from kitchens of residences, hotels, cafes, restaurants and places where food is prepared for human consumption, including all animal and vegetable refuse from such kitchens; provided, however, that such term does not include waste from slaughter houses. The term "Market waste" as used in this chapter, shall include condemned or decayed or unsound vegetables, meat, fish and fruit, and all waste and offal thereof from markets, stores and factories, and all vegetable waste and refuse from such markets, stores and factories; provided, however, that trade waste not specifically described in this definition shall not be included in the term "market waste", nor in the term "garbage"; provided further, that the term "market waste" does not include waste from slaughter houses. The term "Stove ashes" as used in this chapter, shall include the residue of material burned in stoves and in -4- carrying out of such contract shall at all times be subject to and under the direction of the Board of Health. SECTION 72x4. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the city contractor to collect or convey through the streets garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill, market waste or dead animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere in any manner with any recep- tacle containing garbage or the contents thereof, or any receptaole containing any other form of city refuse or the contents thereof, or to remove any such receptacle from the location where the same was placed by the owner there- of, or to remove any of the contents of any such receptacle. SECTION 72xb. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause or permit to be, deposited any city refuse upon or in any street, or upon any premises in said city without express permission of the Board of Health. The Board of Health may give such permit for the disposing of ashes or other dry refuse for filling purposes only, within the pity limits. SECTION 72x6. The Board of Commissioners may contract with a person or corporation to remove from the corporate limits of Salt Lake City any animal found dead within the city, or any meat, fish or poultry duly condemned as unfit for human food. by inspectors acting under the Board of Health, and to have the exclusive right to receive dead mail eckz dogs and oats from the city pound. Such dontractor shall remove any such dead animal and any such meat, fish or poultry upon being notified by any officer of the city or other person of the presence of the same at any place indicated, and all such dead animals, condemned meat, fish or poultry shall be at once removed by the contractor -6- without charge to the city. SECTION 72x7. It shall be the duty of every owner of any animal found dead within Salt Lake City to immediately notify the Board. of Health or the city contractor of the location of such animal, so that the same may be removed as speedily as possible. It &all be unlawful for any person to knowingly permit any dead animal to be or remain upon the premises of such person longer than three hours, without notifying the Board. of Health or the city contractor of the location of the same; knowingly or for the owner of any dead animal to permit the same to remain upon any public street or any premises within the pity for three hours without notifying the Board of Health or city contractor of the location of the same. SECTION 72x8. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow garbage or other filthy refuse to accumulate upon the premises occupied by such person. SECTION 72x9. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any rule or regulation,with regard to garbage and its collection, imposed by rule of the Board. of Health. SECTION 72x10. All permits of the Board of Health now outstanding permitting or authorizing the gathering, collec- tion or disposal of garbage, paper in which garbage is encased, swill, slops or market waste are hereby revoked.and cancelled. SECTION 72x11. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section 83, Chapter 5 of the Revised. Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913. SECTION 3. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners it is necessary to the peace, health and safety of the City that -7- F this ordinance become effective immediately. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first publication. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,* July 18th , 1918. ayor y ecor ex. • * • :.'t ' • ' . f -.v.._: O uu�lr► t _ s 2 I. fr,,• , . „..,, .,,,,,,, v teC .i ,, t ra g y -"/1 5-El'-- 1„,,