St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-22
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disposal.
Section /. 1t is hereby declared
to be unlawful for any person or
persons with the corporate limits Of
the town Of Covington 20 allow the
accumulation within any building, or
upon any premises or other places
owned, occupied, leased by him Or
them, or under his or their contract,
of any of the following: Garbage,
com bustible material, waste paper,
boxes, barrels, shavings, tin cans,
| bottles or other non-combustible re-
fuse, except as provided in Sections
and 5.
Section 2. Garbage not promptly
I consumed on the premises as stock
or poultry feed, and manure not reg
| ularly turned under the soil as fe--
| tilizer, must be stored in fy-proof
cans or bins or other receptacles.
and made available for the garbage
wagon, preferably every second day,
or as officially designated, but at no.
longer intervals than seven days,
since the prime sanitary feature Of
this ordinance is to interrupt the life
cycle of the typhoid fly, the malaria
mosquito, the plague infested rat and
other disease breeding Insects and
germs, which life-cycle begin in rub
Dish and decomposing matter, and in
cans and vessels containing water.
Garbage is here defined to mean
animal and vegetable matter, kitchen
| waste, and decomposable refuse of
any kind.
Section 3. Mineral waste and
slow decomposing waste, shall be
stored in boxes or barrels, or othe.'
receptacles, and regularly, at not
greater intervals than seven days,
exposed upon the sidewalk or other
places accessible to the municipal
wagons. If it Is desired to keep
lumber, wood, bricks or any waste
Of value in or upon any premises
such matter must be stored in a nina
ner least dangerous from sanitary
standpoint, and, If it remains a
health menace, through rats, mos
quitos or other mediums of infec-
ton, it must be stored upon plat
form at least two feet above the
ground, or removed or destroyed at
the discretion of the health officer.
Building material is exempt from
this regulation, unless, in the opin-
ion of the health officer it becomes
sanitary menace, wh len it must be
elevated as herein provided.
Mineral waste is defined as min
eral matter, as cans, bottles and
bricks; slow decaying waste COM
prises solid vegetable matter, as
paper and wood.
Section 4. Tree trimmings, plants
and combustible garbage may De
burned on the premises, If such acts
are not a menace to health or prop
erty, and the ashes disposed of in
the manner provided in Section 3
Mineral Waste), or it must be cart
ed away at the expense of the oc-
|cupant or owner of the premises.
Section s. Throwing or dumping
of cans, bottles, paper, dead AMI
mails and other refuse in the streets
and bitches, on the sidewalks, on
public grounds, and in view of pub
lie roads is hereby prohibited.
Section 6. Mineral waste and
slow decomposing matter may be
used for filling excavations and
wash-outs, provided that such filling
is not, in the opinion of the fire or
health officer, fire hazard or SAM
tary menace.
Section 7. Whenever any officer
shall find a violation of this ordi-
nance it shall be his duty to notify
the occupant or owner of the prem
Uses to abate such nuisance within As
hours, and, on failure of the owner
or occupant to comply with the
notice it shall be the duty of the Of
ficer to make an affidavit against
such offender or offenders. Eacn
successive notice shall be considered
a separate offense, and punisha bic
| by separate fines.
Section 8. Whenever in this or
other sanitary ordinances authority
| is delegated to IAN officer" this tern!
applies to and includes the chairman
and health officer of the Municipal