Ordinance - 156ORDINANCE NO. I.!� b
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IIEST COVINA
REGULATING THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE IN
TIDE CITY OF WEST COVINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the word
• "garbage') is defined to be every refuse accumulation of animal,
fruit, or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, con-
sumption, decay, dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls,
fruit, vegetables, or grains.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
or corporation to gather, or collect, or cause or permit to be
gathered or collected, any garbage within the City of West
Covina; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section
shall not apply to any person in the employ of the City of !Flest
Covina who shall be assigned by the City Council of the City of
West Covina to the work of gathering or collecting garbage with-
in said City, or to any person, firm, or corporation with whom
the City of West Covina has entered into or may hereafter enter
into a contract for the collection or gathering, and removal of
garbage, or to any employee of such contractor during the time
such contract shall be -,in force.
SECTION 3. The City of viest Covina, its agents, employees,
or any person, firm, or corporation with whom the City of I"Jest
Covina has entered into or may hereafter enter into a contract
for the collection and removal 'of garbage shall, at the request
of the manager, tenant, occupant, or lessee of any property in
the City of :Jest Covina, collect and remove all g�rbage accumu-
lated at the following intervals, to -wit:
• (a) Semi -weekly, at regular intervals, from any private
dwelling house or residence;
(b) Daily, (Sundays and holidays excepted) from any
hotel, boarding; house, apartment house, or place of business.
SECTION 4. Every person, firm, or corporation from whom
garbage is collected and removed, as provided in this Ordinance,
shall pay a fee to the collector of such garbage for such collec-
tion and removal thereof, said fee to be fixed and computed as
follows:
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(a) For each private dwelling house or residence, a
fee of seventy-five cdnts (75¢) per month;
(b) For any hotel, boarding house, apartment house, or
place of business, a fee computed upon the average daily
volume of garbage collected and removed during the month for
which said fee is charged, and shall be at the following
rates-, to -wit:
(1) Two and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) per month for a vol-
ume of ten (10) gallons or less per day;
(2) Five and 00/100 Dollars ($5.00) per month for a vol-
ume over ten (10) gallons but not over twenty-five (25)
gallons, per day;
(3) Nine and 00/100 Dollars ($9. 00 ) per month for a vol-
ume over twenty-five (25 ) gallons but not over fifty (50 )
gallons per day;
(4) Twelve and 00/100 Dollars ($12.00) per month for a
volume over fifty (50) gallons but not over seventy-five
(75) gallons per day;
(5) Fifteen ind 00/100 Dollars ($15.00) per month for a
volume over seventy-five (75.) gallons but not over one -
hundred (100) gallons, per day;
(6) For any volume totaling over one -hundred (100) gal-
lons but not over two -hundred (200) gallons per day-, the sum
of Fifteen and 00/100 Dollars ($15.00) per month, plus Two
and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) per month for each twenty-five
(25) gallons or fraction thereof over one -hundred (100) gal-
lons per day.
(7) For any volume totaling over two -hundred (200) gallons
per day the sum of Twenty-five and 00/100 Dollars ($25.00)
per month plus Two and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) per month for
each one -hundred (100) gallons or fraction thereof over two -
hundred (200) gallons per day.
SECTION 5. Every person, firm, or corporation having gar-
bage collected in the City of :lest Covina, as provided herein,
• shall be billed each and every month for the jxxazx kxg charges in-
curred for the collection of garbage the preciding month. Should
such person, firm, or corporation fail, refuse, or neglect to pay
such bill within fifteen (15) days after the same is rendered, the
collector of garbage may refuse to collect garbage from the premi-
ses of such person, firm, or corporation until said bill is paid.
SECTION 6. Any garbage vessel, can or receptacle which
leaks and is not water right, shall be replaced by the person from
whom garbage is collected, within ten (10) days after notice from
the collector of garbage, stating the condition of such vessel,
can, or receptacle. Such notice from the garbage collector shall
be made by attaching a tag to such vessel, can or receptacle and
indicating thereon the defective condition thereof.
SECTION 7. Every person, firm, or corporation desiring
to have garbage collected from a private dwelling house or
residence shall place such garbage vessel, can or receptacle on
the curb in front of the ..premises; and every person, firm, or
corporation desiring to have garbage collected from any hotel,
boarding house, apartment house, or place of business shall
place any such garbage vessel, can or receptacle within five (5 )
feet of the alley in the rear of such premises where there is an
alley other than an alley which is Iftblind.11 And if there be no
such alley other than a blind alley in the rear of such premi-
ses, then such vessel, can or receptacle shall be placed at some
convenient location on the premises, to be designated by the col-
lector. All garbage to be collected as provided in this
Section shall be placed at the locations designated herein prior
to the hours fixed for the collection of garbage, as provided by
Section 9 of this Ordinance.
SECTION 8. Garbage vessels, cans or receptacles from which
garbage is collected at any private dwelling house or residence
shall be so constructed as to contain not less than three (3) nor
more than sixteen (16) gallons. Garbage vessels, cans or re-
ceptacles from which garbage is collected _at _ayl hotel, bog6ding
house, apartment house, or place of business shall mmt be/con-
structed as to contain not less than three (3) norac more than
thirty (30) gallons.
All vessels, cans, or receptacles.mentioned in this Sec-
tion shall be constructed and shall be provided with a handle or
handles on the outside thereof and with a tight fitting metal
cover. Such cover shall not be removed except when necessary
to place the gar7gage therein or to take the garbage therefrom.
SECTION 9. The hours of collection of garbage shall be
from 6:00 o'clock A. M. to 4:00 o'clock P. M. on days designated
by the collector of garbage.
SECTION 10. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a
fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars (0300.00),.or by im-
prisonment fora period of not more than three (3) months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
SE CTIO10 1. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to
be published once within fifteen (15) days after its passage in
the West Covina Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
lished -and circulated in said City of IIrdest Covina.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the _-X-k day of � 1948, and finally adopted
and ordered publ"isheA at a regula meeting of said Council held
on the �i day of , 1948, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
1�2 1Z
R OF CI T OF
WEST COVII�Tw
ATTEST:
46 CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ti ST COVINA
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