HomeMy WebLinkAbout1407 Ordinance No. 1407
AN ORDINANCE relating to the rates for collection o£ garbage in the City of Bremerton,
amending sections 6 and 7 of Ordinance No. 585 of the City of Bremerton, passed April 8,
1918, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY CO~8~ISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON ORDAINS AS FOLL01¥S:
Section 1. That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 585 of the City o£Bremerton, passed
April 8, 1918, be and the said section 6 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6. Garbage shall be collected not less than once each week in
residence districts of the City of Bremerton and daily in 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 garbage
per week, provided however, that the City Commission may by resolution
reduce the rate for garbage collection and may thereafter increase the
same providing it is not increased, over and above the amount of 75~ per
month for the collection of one can of garbage per week; rates for-
collection of garbage from places in the business district requiring
more frequent collection than once per week shall be charged at a monthly
rate based upon the number of c~s collected per week, to-wit, the sum
of 75~ per month for each can collected per week, and further provided
however that where it is permissible under the terms of this ordinance to
keep rubbish in containers other than cans, the charge for collecting
such rubbish shall be equal to the charge £or collecting garbage, which
charge shall be computed by the superintendent of the garbage department
on the basis of 75~ per month for the equivalent of each can, or other
container of similar size, of rubbish collected !~er week.
Garbage shall be collected £rom restaurants once each day, except
on Sundays, and the minimum rate for such service shall be $~..50 per
month based upon the collection rate of 75/ per can per week
Section 2. That Section 7 o£ Ordinance No. 585 of the City of Bremerton, passed
April 8, 1918, be and the said section 7 is hereby ~nended to read as follows:
Section 7. Garbage shall be collected from all tenanted or inhabited
buildings o£ every kind, natore and description in the City of Bremerton
at least once each week and where sanitary conditions or convenience of
patrons of the garbage department require more frequent collections the
superintendent 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
75~ per month for the collection of each can of garbage per week.
In the case of any di£ference between the superintendent of the
garbage department and the 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 shall be fixed by the super-
intendant of the garbage department, subject to the right of the customer
to appeal in writing to the City Commission and to have a hearing and
determination of shy and all disputes or disagreements. Such appeal
shall be by letter or other written communication and the City Commission
shall set a date for hearing on such appeal, which hearing shall be within
two weeks from the date of receipt of such written notice of appeal.
Owners or managers o£ all apartment houses shall provide the tenants
thereof with adequate facilities and cans for the d~sposal 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 Bremerton the right to demand any
rebate or reduction in rate becsuse a can ar cans shall not be filled
or used during any particular week, it being the intent o£ this ordinance
that each customer of the garbage depar.dmnent 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.
Section 3. An emergency exists and this ordinance is necessary for the preservation
of public peace, health and safety in the City of Bremerton, and shall take effect on
September 1, 1941.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, on this 2Oth day of August,1941.
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1 lhe unde[si~ned do ceffify that
Attest: e. ordinance passed by the cHy
of Ihe ci~ of Bfemert~n, Washin~t~
a~ve date. Commissioner