HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928 ORDINANCE N0. 1928 -~.' ~~.~'ch~-
AN ORDINANCE relating t o Ehe public health snd sanitation; providing
for and regulating the collection, removal and disposal oI' garbage, refuse
and dead animals in 'the City of Bremerton; authorizing and directing the
~_ayor and members of the City Council to enter into a contract therefor as
set forth in ~e contract annexed hereto for the period ending ~iay 31, 1961;
repealing Sections 4 and 15 cZ' Ordinance 1905, amending subsections (d), (e),
(f), (h), and (i) o~' Section ~ of Ordinance 1905 and amending Sections 8, 13
and 14 of Ordinance 1905, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREhERTON ~ES ORDAIN:
Section 1. ~'hat Sections 4 and 15 or Ordinance 1905 are hereby repealed.
Section ~. Subsection (d) of ~ection 5 or Ordinance 1905 is hereby a-
mended to read as follows:
(d) Each garbage can shall be [zept clean inside and out so that no odor
nuisance shall exist.
Section 3. Subsection (e) cz' Section 5 oi' Ordinance 1905 is hereby a-
mended to read as follows:
(e) In the case cz' isolated dwellings or places of business located in
sparsely settled portions cz' the city, or w~ere reasona01e access cannot be
made by truck, garbage and fez'use ~herefrom may, upon special arrangement with
the garbage collector, be otherwise collected, removed and disposed of. Gar-
hage and swill snail not be disposed of upon private premises by incineration.
Section 4. Subsections (f), (h) and (i) o~' Section 5 of Ordinance 1905
are hereby amended to read as follows:
(f) Large suitable containers for collec'tion oz' both garbage and re-
fuse may, with the apl_~roval of the collector, be used by hotels, restaurants,
0carding houses, eating places, apartment houses, schools and hospitals, and
in the susiness district.
(h) It shall Ue the duty of every person to cause garbage and refuse to
be removed and disposed of only by the garbage collector.
(i) It shall ~e the duty o~' every person in possession, charge or con-
trol of any dead animal or upon whose premises the same may be located to ~'orth
with cause 'the same to be removed and disposed o~.' ~y the garbage collector.
Section 5. Section ~ oz' Ordinance 1905 is hereby amended to read as
lows:
Section 8. Time o~' Collection. The garOage collector shall collect, re-
move and dispose cz' all garbage an¢] fei'use in the residential sections of the
City at least once each weeM; and I'rom each restaurant, eating house or meat
market at least once each day; and from each grocery store at least twice a
week; and from all other places as oI'tena s shall be found necessary, not less
than once a week; all places oI' business shall have themr ~arbage remoYed as
often as they desire, not to exceed once each day.
Section 6. Section 13 cz' Ordinance 1905 is hereby amended to l~ cad as
follows:
Section 13. Payment of Charges. The charges for garbage and refuse col-
lection and disposal shall be compulsory, m~d s~'lall 0e based upon a calendar
month or on the mo~th I'rom the 15th day o~' one month tothe ~Sth day or the fol-
lowing month and shall be paid at ~heo±'fice of the garbage collector by the
lbth day or the month I'ollowing in the case of ch~rges cased on 'i;he calendal~
month, and by the first cz' the month z'ollowing in the case o~' charges 0ased on
the month runz~.ir~g fl,om the 15th day of one month to the 15th day oi' the follow-
ing month, or at suc['~ other billing periods as may be established by the col-
lector.
Section ~. Section 1~ oi' Ordinance 1905 ~s ~ereby amended 'to ~aad as ~'ol-
lows:
Section 14. Schedule for Charses. (a) ~here garbage collection is week-
ly the charges are as follows?
One can per week ~i~ .94 per month
, ~,~ Two cans per week 1.50 per month
Three cans per week 2.10 per month
? ,,~, Four cans per week 2.70 per month
~ ~,\ Customers shall Oe classiz'ied in one oz' che above catagories on the basis
' of average weekly collection. Ail pre.u;.ises occupied d~ring all or any part of
a
given month shall be charged a minimtun ~,~.94 1'or garbage service, whethe,~' any
collections were actually made or not, subject to the occupant provin~_i that
there was no garbage or refuse o~' any kind created or acctm~ulated which the
~arbage collector could i}ave collected.
Ordinance No. 1~8 (Con't)
(b) Where garbage collection is made more than once per week, the
charges shall be as follows:
Twenty-five to i~hirty c~ns
per month ~4.bO per month
Each can over thirty cans ~ .09 per c~
Where collections are made more often than once a we~k, but t~e n~ber
of cans is less than twsnty-fiv~ per month, the charges shall 0e in accord-
ance with the rates s~.t out in ~a).
(c) ~ere it is permissiole to collect rubbish for pick up mn
S~(, 1
t~an garbag~ cans, it shall be charged for as ir it had b~en plaa~d in
cans of regular size.
Id) Wher~ a requested collection is of such an ~usual size or at
some 5ime o5her than regular collections are made at 5he premises, a special
charge 'based on the extra expenditure or ]_abor and equipment snail be sst
by the garbage collector, and as established by the proper department of
the S'Cate of Washington.
Section 8. That ~he ~'~ayor and the City Co~cil of the City of
srton are hereby authorized an~ directed to enter into the contract ~nex-
ed hereto with Jot~ S. Banci~ero, J'osie ilazor~ and A.~2~. ]~orslli, co-partners
under suci'~ name as they shall adopt rot 5he period ~hsrein set forth and
upon ~he terms and conditions t~sreof; that b~fore said contract shall tak~
effect, the contractor-collector shall execute and file v;ith the City Clerk
o~' the City of Brsmerton, and k~ep in tull force anU sffec5 during the
or said contract, a 0ond approved as vo l'orm 0y the City Attorney in the
amount of ~25,000.00, wit~ said contracSor as principal and a corporat~
surety as surety taereon; conditi~ned taat it will faithfully perform
contract and pay all laborers, mechanics and m~.teriai men, and all p~rsons
who si~all supply sai~-] contractor with provisions, equipment and supplies
for the carrying on of the work; conditioned further that the contractor
will ind~mniry ~d sav~ the City tree a~d ~harm~d rrom ~y and ail loss~
d~nages, claims, suits, judgments and recoveries oi' any kind, the d~scrip-
tion of which may accrue 5o~ or bs suffered by any person Oy reason of, or
arising ou5 of the performance or 5he consract, ~d that the con~sractor
will appear and defend any ac'sion instituted against 5he City arising out
o~' 5he contract.
Section ~. By reason o~' 5he acc~psanc~ of a b%d and 5he making of a
contract for private collection and disposal or garbage and refuse and ~hs
sale or t~;~e City's garbage equipmenS, ~here has been created an emergency
under wtaich it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the pu01ic
psac~, health and safety that this ordinance shall become effective ~ thout
d~lay. An emergency is hereby declared to exist and this 0r~nancs shall
hereby ~aKe effect im~ediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED ~animously ~y ~he City Council of thsCity or Bremerton this
26th day of ~pril, 1~51, signed by the ~ayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication o~' such passage.
ATTEST: ~I'ayor
City Cl¢~rk
~te of Weshin~on')
City of B~rn~,'ton ~
I, (h,~ u,',d~,';g~~" ~o h~re by cerfi~ that
~e ab~,~ a..~ f~'~ ~ i~ a ~e 3od correct
~y of Ord,,,',',.' ~ b'~ / ~.~.~.of 1he City of
~merton ent'¥,~ ~ a:.~,e 3nd lhat the
~me has b~en pu~[~he~ accosting to ]aw,
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. City Clerk