Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
NOTICE

NOIlCE
THE following ordinance was duly
passed by the City Council and signed
by His Honor, the Mayor, on the 18TH
day of January, 1918, and is pub
ltshed as directed by Article 8, Section
Z, of the Act of Assembly approved
AN ORDINANCE
Defining garbage and dead animals,
providing rules and regulations for
the collection and disposal thereof
the same. and repeating Common
Council Ordinance No. 81. Session of
1907. entitled. IAN ordinance pro-
viding rules and regulations for the
dead animals, miscellaneous refuse
and ashes. and also authorizing the
Sanitary Committee or Board of
Health to adopt and promulgate ad-
ditional rules and regulations, and
providing penalties for the VIOLA
ton of the same" and all other or
dinances, or parts of ordinances, in
conflict herewith.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Council of The City of Harrisburg, and
the same, That the term Garbage"
wherever used in this ordinace means
the refuse from animal and vegetable
matter after it has been used or pre-
pared as food for man (night soil ex-
cepted). and all refuse animal and
vegetable matter after it has been
used as food for man. including all
Kitchen and table wastes of animal or
vegetable nature such as vegetables.
meats, fish, bones, fat and other ordi-
nary kitchen wastes resulting from
the preparation of foods. The term
garbage" does not include house and
store rubbish, ashes or floor sweep
ings. nor ashes from wood or COAL nor
miscellaneous refuse, viz: broken
glass and china-ware, paper. grass
vine or tree trimmings, straw, excel
sior, rags, bottles. tin cans. shoes and
other like refuse or waste matter. The
term dead animals" means all dead
animals and parts thereof not intend
ed to be used as food for man.
Section 2. The occupants of dwell
ing houses, apartments, tenements and
all other private houses. and the pro-
prietorS of boarding houses, hotels,
restaurants, and the occupants of all
other places where garbage Is accu-
mulated, shall provide or cause to be
provided, and keep or cause to be
kept, at all times, for the use of such
premises, sufficient number of re-
ceptacles to contain all garbage which
may accumulate on said premises
during the usual interval between the
collections of garbage therefrom, and
times water tight, free from freezing
and in good repair. Each receptacle
shall be metallic, have tight cover,
and be provided with one or more
handles. No person, firm or corpora
tion shall use for the reception of
garbage any receptacle having a ca
pacity of less than three CD or more
than ten qO gallons.
Each person, firm or corporation
aforesaid shall cause ell garbage from
his, her, their. or Its premises to be
deposited in the receptacles provided
for that purpose, and no substance
other than garbage, as herein defined,
shall be deposited in any garbage re-
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lowed or permitted in garbage than
naturally accumulates from table re-
fuse.
Each person. firm or corporation
aforesaid shall cause such receptacles
to be kept covered at all times and to
be placed and remain, between the
hours of o'clock A. NJ. and o'clock
p. NJ, of each day, or while the coll
lection is made from his, her, their
or its premises. in such position upon
the street level as to be easily ac-
cessible to the garbage collector.
No garbage receptacle shall be
kept or placed at any time upon or in
fire escapes, Easements. subways, cell
lars. streets, alleys, sidewalks or other
public places.
All private alleys and passageways
necessary for the collection of gar
hage must be kept free from obstruc-
tion. viz: cans, ice, snow, ETC., and all
other accumulations, by the owners or
users thereof.
The contractor shall be required to
furnish to the bureau of garbage and
ash inspection, or the superintendent
of Public Safety. immediate notice up
on a regular adopted form of the fall
ure of the occupant of any premises
to have garbage ready for collection
on the day set for such collection, or
the placing by such occupant in the
garbage receptacle of any substance
except garbage as herein defined.
If these rules are not observed by
the occupants of premises, as afore-
said, the contractor during the period
of such non-observance shall be re-
lieved from making the collection and
shall report the matter in writing to
the Bureau of Garbage and Ash In.
spection. or the Superintendent OF
Public Safety. upon the prescribed
complaint cards.
Section 8. All dealers in vegetables
fish, oysters and fruits, and the pro-
prietors of slaughterhouses and
butcher shops shall deliver or cause
to be delivered at the garbage dis.
posal plant all dscayed Vegetables
metal receptacles, with closely ittfne
lids. and such delivery shall be made