HomeMy WebLinkAbout1486 ORDINANCE 'NO. 1&88
AN ORDINANCE relating to' the rates for collection of garbage in the City of Brem-
erton, amending sections I and 2 of Ordinance No. l&07 of the City of Bren~erton, pass-
ed August 20, 1941, and declaring an emergency...
THE CITY- CO~ISSION OF 'Tt~ CI~f OF BREMERTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. ~at Section I of Ordinance No. 140V of the City of Bremerton, Gassed
August 20, 1941, be and the said Section I is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section l: That Section 6 of Ordinance No.585 of the City of Bremerton, passed.
April 8, 1918, be and the said Section 8 ts hereby amended to' read as follows:
Section 8: Garbage shall be collected not less than once each week in resi-
dential districts of th~ City of Bremerton and dailyin the business districts'
of the City of Bremerton, The rate to be charged for garbage collection shall
be 75~ per month for the collection of one can of garbag~ per week, provided, how~
ever that ~e City Commission may b~ resolution reduce the rate for garbage
collectlon.and may thereafter increase the same, providing it is not increased
over and above the mmo~t of 7~}~ per month for ~e collection~ of one can of
garbage per week. Rates for the collection of g~rbagef rom places in the
business district requiring more frequent collection than once per week shall
be charged at a rate based on the n~ber of cans collected per week as follows:
For places requiring garbage collection less than five times per week, the sum
of 78~ per can per month, an~ for places requiring garbage collection five or
more times per week, the sum of 18 ~/4~ per day for the first can and the
additional sum of lO~ per can per day for each a,~dltional can and provided
further that where it is permissible under the te~s of this ordin~ce to keep
rubbish in containers other than cans, the charge for collecting auch rubbish
shall be equal to the charge for collecting garbage as provided herein, which
charge shall be computed by the superintendent of the. garbage department on
the basis of the equivalent of each can or other container~of similar size of
garbage collected per week.
Sectt~on ~. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 140~ of the City of Bremerton, passed
August ~0, 1941,'be snd~the said Section ~ is hereby ~ended to read as follows:
Sect'on ~: ~at Section ? of Ordinance No. 585 of the ~ity of Bremerton, pa~sed
April 8, 1918, be an8 the said Section 7 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 7: Garbag~e shall be collected from all tenanted or inhabited dwellings
of every kind, nature, ~d description in the City of Bremerton, at least once
each week ~d where sanitary conditions or convenience of patrons of ~he garbage
department require more frequent collectionS, the superintendent of the g~rbage
department shall arrange ~e regular days for the collection of ,garbage during
each week and shall fix the rate to be charged therefor ~.~ ~rovided herein.
to the n~aber of garbage cans which should be provided '~'f or which ~e customer
shout~ pay, the remount of charge shall be fi.zed by the superintendent of ~e
garbage department, subject to the right of the customer to appeal in writing
to the City Cobb. ss!on ~ have a hearing f.or ~etemination of any an~ all
disputes or disagreements. Such appeal shall be by letter 'or other written
co~r~unication to the City Comae. ss!on and the City Co--isa!on shall set a date
for .hearing on such appeal which hearing-shall be within two weeks from the
date of receipt o~~ such written notice of appeal.
O~ners or managers of all apartment houses shall provide the tenants
thereof with adequate facilities ~d cans for the disposal of all garbage,
rubbish and ashes, ~d the charge for such disposal shall be on the basis of the
m~ber of ca~s per week collected'provided,, however, ~at nothing in this ordin-
ance shall give any customer cf"the garb.as:e department in the City' of Bremerton
the right to demand any,.~eba, be' o~ reduction i~ rate because a can or cans shall
ngt be filled or used d'~_ri, ng ?ny' pa~t~cul'a~ week,' it befng the .intent cC t his
ordln~ce that each cus[~omgz~./O~'t'h~'".~arbs, ge department shall be charged on a
monthly or daily basis, ac'cording to'"~ c~asstflcation and the n~ber of times~
required to collect his garbage and that' any customer shall pay sn additional
charge to be fixed by th-e ~uRerin.~endent .of the garbage department for such loads
.. Section 3. An emergency exists and this ordinance is necessary for the preser-
~tion of the public peace, health, a~d safety tn the Oity of Bremerton and shall
;ake effect i~ediately upon passage.
':':" PASSED by the City Commission of the tity of Bremerton,' signed by the Mayor,
~nd attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, on this l~ day
.f August, 1942.
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TTEST; t the ufldars~,md ~o certify that the a~
[~ ordinate p.ssed by t~ec;~y commi~n
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