HomeMy WebLinkAbout01823Section 7. Garbage shall be collected from all tennanted or
inhabited buildings of every kind, nature and description in the
City of Port Townsend at luasL- once each weuk and where sanitary
conditions or convenience of haLrons of: Lhe garbage department require
more frequent collections the Super.i.ntcndent of the Garbage Department
shall arrange the regular days for collection of garbage during each
week, and he shall fix the: rate to be charged for such garbage
collection according to the basic rate of $1.50 per month for the
collection of each can of garbage per week.
In case of 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 to 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 or 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 this Ordinance contained shall
give any customer of the Garbage Department in the City of Port
Townsend 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 Ordinance that each customer of the
Garbage Department shall be charged on a monthly basis according to
the number of cans customarily collected and shall pay an additional
charge to be fixed by the Superintendent of the Garbage Department,
for special loads.
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