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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #77 ORDINANCE NO, 77. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, PROVIDING FOR THE CARE OF AND REMOVAL OF GARBAGE IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH. The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, do ordain as follows: Section 1, For the purposes of this Ordinance, the word garbage is defined to be all animal and vegetable refuse from the kitchen, and all household waste and garbage otherwise intended to be used as food or shall have resulted from the preparation of food, trash, other than garbage is defined to be another refuse such as tin cans, glass, old clothes, etc. Section 2, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to remove or convey or cause or cause or permit to be removed or conveyed any garbage on or along any public streets, alley or other public place in the City of Huntington Beach; provided however that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person firm or corporation with whom the City of Huntington Beach, has entered into or may hereafter enter into a contract for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage or to any employee of such contractor during such time as such contract shall be in force, Section 3, It shall be the duty of every owner, manager or person in possession, charge or control of any boarding house, restaurant, hotel, apartment or eating house, and of every person occupying a dwelling or flat within the City of Huntington Beach, to provide or cause to be provided, and at all times, to keep or cause to be kept, as in this Ordinance prescribed, convenient portable vessels, tanks or receptables for holding garbage, and no other shall be used for garbage in said City. Each such vessel, tanks or receptable shall be a form and style approved by the Board of Health of the City of Huntington Beach and shall be constructed of metal and shall be water tight and shall be constructed as to contain not less than three (3) nor more than sixteen (16) gallons, and shall be provided with a handle or handles on the outside thereof and shall have a tight fitting metal cover, Such cover shall not be removed except when necessary to place garbage therein or to remove garbage therefrom, and at all other times said cover is to be no place on said tank vessell or receptable. Each such vessell tank or receptable shall, be kept or placed in the manner following, When there is an alley other than a blind alley in the rear of such premise, such vessell tank or receptable shall be placed on the premeses within five (5)feet of the rear property line, ORD. 077 1 When there is no alley other than a bind alley in the rear of such premises and there is a side entrance to the rear or such premesis, each such vessell tank for receptable shall be placed on the premesis at an accessible point, not less than fifty (50) nor more than seventy five (75)feet from the front property line, Where there is no alley other than a blind alley in the rear of the premesis nor such side entrance each such vessell tank or receptable shall be places on the curb in front of the premesis; all such deposeting of garbage cans to be made during or for the hour fixed for the collecting of garbage therefore to be accessible to the garbage collector at such hour, Section 4, It shall be the duty of every owner, manager or person in possession, charge or control of any boarding house, restaurant, hotel, apartment, or eating house, and every person occupying a dwelling or flat within the City of Huntington Beach, to provide or cause to be provided, and at all times to keep or cause to be kept, convienient portable vessells, tanks, receptables or boxes for holding trash, Each such receptable for trash to be accessible to the garbage collector, when called for, by being placed along side the garbage collector, when called for, by being placed along side the garbage receptables, mentioned in Section three (3) of this Ordinance, Section 5, It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner of such receptable, or any officer or employe of said City of the person, firm or corporation holding a contract with the City of Huntington Beach, for the collection, removal and disposal, or garbage, to interfere in any manner with any such garbage vessell, tank or receptable, It shall be unlawful for any person to place or cause, or permit to be placed in any such garbage vessell tank or receptable, any substance other than garbage, Section 6, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to deposit or cause or permit to be deposited any garbage or trash upon or in any public street, alley, or other public place or upon any premises, in the City of Huntington Beach, Section 7, The City of Huntington Beach shall enter into a contract with same responsible contractor to collect all trash and garbage from all the various trash garbage cans or receptables in the City of Huntington Beach, at the times and in the manner prescribed in said, contract, to which contract shall for a period of not more than three (3) yeasr, and which contract shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars with two (2) good and sufficient sureties to the effect that the contractor will faithfully perform his contract and comply with all the ordinances of the City of Huntington Beach, relating to the care and control of garbage, refuse, filth and trash, ORD. 077 2 The City of Huntington Beach, may in awarding such contracting for hauling garbage and trash as herein provided, advertise the same for bids, Section 8, Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdomenear and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine in a sum not exceeding Three Hundred ($300.00) dollars, or by imprisonment for a term for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offence for any day, during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation and shall be, punishable therefor as provided by this Ordinance, Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper published and circulated in said City of Huntington Beach, and forty (40) days thereafter it shall take effect and be in force, Ed Manning. President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California Attest: C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. State of California ) County of Orange ) SS. City of Huntington Beach, ) I, C.E. Lavering, City Clerk and exofficio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Ordinance was read to the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, on the 3d, day of April, 1911, and was passed and adopted by the said Board at their regular meeting held on the 17th, day of April, 1911, by the following vote, Ayes: Helme, Seely, French, Manning, Noes: None, Absent: Stewart, C,E, Lavering, City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 077 3 Date of Publication, April, 21 — 1911, I C.E. Lavering City Clerk, and Ex-Officio Clerk, of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct copy of an ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach, numbered 77, and entitled an Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach providing for the care of and the removal of garbage in the City of Huntington Beach, California, and that the same was published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper, printed and published in the City of Huntington Beach according to law on the 21st day of April 1911 C.E. Lavering. City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 077 4 phis Ordinance was reproduced from a handwritten original in its exact form to maintain its historicaCtntegrtty. This typewritten format allows for keyword searching. the handwritten originaCs can be vie wed in the City Clerks office on request.