HomeMy WebLinkAbout1737 Amending Ordinance 1138 - Garbage CollectionORD N CE NO. ;737
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 5, 6 AND 7 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 1138.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4 Ordinance No. 1138, passed in 1942, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4. Permit to collect. It shall be unlawful for any
one except '6ity employees to collect, remove', or transport garbage,
offal, or any other offensive~or obnoxious substances or to operate
any vehicle for such purpose through the streets, highways, or other
ways, within the city wi%~out first having o~tained a permit from
the city health officer; the permit shall be. numbered and be valid
for one year, unless sooner revoked by the city health officer;
Provided, however, that such service may be let by contract to
others, in which ~ase the.contractor shall be sUbstituted for the
Superintendmnt insofar as the terms of this ordinance provide."
Section 2. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 1138 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 5. Collection Days. The duly authorized garbage
collectors of the city shall remove garbage from each occupied
dwelling house a~ least once a week; and from all other places
as often as shall be found necessary, but not less than once a
week. ~%11 places of business shall have their garbage removed
as often as desired not to exceed once each day, and the amount
to be paid there,fore shall bei'.in accordance with the number of
times they are served per week.
When garbage, ashes or rubbish have been collected as
provided by ordinance, receptacles containing the same shall
be pliced on the sidewalk or alley in the front or in the rear
of the premises or other convenient place before seven-~hirty
a.m. of the regular collection day, or when duly notifiedi.~y
the proper authorities."
Section 3. Section 6 of Ordinance NO. 1138,, as amended by
Ordinance~No.~'i347, No. 1425, No. 1656, is hereby amended to
read as follows: ~
"Section 6. Rates for Collection. The rate to be .charged
for garbage' colle'~ion shall be Two Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents
($2.75) pe~.month for the collection of one can of garbage or
rubbish per week, and said rate shall apply to each can .for which
regular weekly collection is provided. For any can, or-equivalent
of a can, of-~garbage or rubbish which is not collected on a
regular weekly basis, the sum of Seventy-Five Cents (75¢) shall
be charged for e~C~ col~ectiOn~ ~The~rates~herein"setTfo~ ~shall
apply both to residential and commercial collections."
'Section 4. Section 7 of Ordinance No. 1138 as amende~ b~
Ordinance No. 1347, is hereby amended to read as follows:
of the garbage department shall arrange the regular days for
collecting of garbage during each week, and he shall fix the rate
to be charged for such garbage collection according to the basic
rate of Two Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($2.75) per month for
the collection of each can of garbage per week. In commercial
collections a monthly rate may be established based upon an
average of cans collected each week.
In case any difference between the superintendent of the
garbage department and customer of the garbage department as to
the number of garbage cans which should be provided and for which
the customer should pay, the amount of charge fixed by the
superintendent of the garbage department shall be final, subject
to the right of the customer to appeal in writing the the City
Council and to have a hearing and determination of any and all
disputes or disagreements. Such appeals shall be by letter or
other written communication.
Owners o~ managers of all apartment houses shall provide the
tenants thereof with adequate facilities and cans for the
disposal of all garbage, rubbish and ashes, and the charge for
such disposal shall be on the basis of the number of cans per
week collected, provided, however, that nothing in the ordinance
shall give any customer of the garbage department in the
city~the right to demand any rebate or reduction in rate
because a can or cans shall not be filled or used during any
particular week, it being the intent of this chapter that each
customer of the garbage department shall be charged on a monthly
basis according to the number of cans ~ustomarily collected and
shall pay an additional charge to be fixed by the superintendent
of the garbage department for special loads."
Read for the first, Second and third times, passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor On Jul~f.%l,/ ·~, 1975.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
~ '~ ~Ci~tyClerk ~
Approved as to Form:
City Attorney