The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-23
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE No. 627-1920:

AN oFDlNANSE III AMEND SESo'
TIONS 2, 8 and 4 OF AN ORDIN.
ANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
CLEANLINESS OF AVENUES.
STREETS, ALLEYS. CUTTERS
AND SIDEWALKS: TO PREVENT
THE BREEDING OF FLIES: TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND COMFORT AGAINST DIS
EASE AND THE DISSEMINATION
OF DISEASE CARRIED BY FLIES:
REGULATING THE STORING AND
GATHERING OF GARBAGE WITH
IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDI-
ANA; FORBIDDING THE KEEPING
OF SWINE; REPEATING ALL Or
DINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDIN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA
TON OF ANY OF IT'S PRO-
VISIONS" ORDAINED BY THE
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. SEP
TENDER 8th, 1913.
Section 1. BE 1T ORDAINED BY
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA,
THAT Section Two of the above en-
titled ordinance be, and the same is
hereby amended to read, as follows:
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of
each and every occupant of any prem
ises within said City of Richmond, to
provide, keep and maintain a water
tight receptacle of sufficient size to
hold all garbage that may be accumV
lated in or upon such premises, and
every such garbage receptacle shall
be provided with a secure and tight
fitting lid or top of such kind and
I oh ,of II, ~,
will be inaccessible to dogs, cats, and
other domestic animals or fowls, and
| so as to exclude water and flies there
from, and such lid or top, shall at all
| times when such receptacle is out OF
| doors be securely kept and main
tanned thereon, except when necessar
! lily using the same for depositing
| garbage therein or taking garbage
! therefrom; and every occupant shall
! deposit and keep all garbage which
accumulates upon such premises in
! such receptacle and not elsewhere;
| and such garbage receptacle shall be
| placed upon such premises as near an
| alley or street as is practicable and
| where the same is easily accessible
| to the garbage gatherers of said City.
and in no event shall such garbage
| receptacle be placed, kept or main
! tanned in any public street, avenue.
alley or other public thoroughfare
within said City. No article, material,
thing or substance of any kind shall
| be placed, or permitted to remain, in
such garbage receptacle except gar
bage.
All liquids shall be drained off of
garbage before the same is placed in
such receptacle, and only dry garbage
shall be placed in any such garbage
receptacle, and garbage gatherers of
such City shall not receive. accept or
haul any wet garbage. or any garbage
from any grocery, market, store,
| slaughter house, fruit or vegetable
establishment, railroad car, factory
or similar business establishment.
All wet garbage and all garbage
from groceries, markets, stores.
slaughter houses, fruit and vegetable
esta blishments, railroad cars, fac
tories and other similar business es-
| Establishments, shall be removed at the
! cost of the person, persons, firm.
! company or corporation that causes,
allows, suffers or permits the same to
accumulate.
Section 2. And, BE 1T FURTHER
ORDAINED That Section Three of
the above entitled ordinance be
amended to read as follows: Sec
| llCl ITO Woiu udSC as oSCd
| in this ordinance shall be construed
to include every refuse, accumulation
of animal, fruit and vegetable matter
that is incident to, attends or arises
! from the preparation, use, cooking,
| dealing in, transporting or storing of
meat, cereals, grain, eggs, fish, fowl,
vegetables or other food.
The words dry garbage" as used
in this ordinance shall be defined
! and construed to mean that garbage
| from which all liquids have been
| drained off. wet garbage" shall
mean all garbage not included in the
definition of dry garbage" and any
dead animal not used for food.
Section g. And BE 1T FURTHER
! ORDAINED That Section Four of the
above entitled ordinance be amended
to read. as follows: Section 4. 1t
! shall also be the duty of each and ev-
cry occupant of any premises within
! the City of Richmond, Indiana, to
provide a proper recepticle of suffic-
lent size to hold all the combustible
! trash, rubbish, litter and material
that accumulates thereon, and all
such combustible trash, rubbish, litter
and material of every kind, character
i or description whatsoever, except
| that consumed thereon, shall be
placed in such receptacle, and such re-
ceptacle shall be placed in or as near
an alley or street as is practicable, or
at such other suitable place on said
premises as to make the same easily
accessible to the rubbish gatherers of
said City. And if such receptacle is
placed in any street or alley, 1t shall
be placed, kept and maintained as not
to interfere with public travel thereon.
, No non-combustible material of any
kind or character whatsoever shall
be placed in such receptacle with any
combustible trash, rubbish, litter or
material, and no garbage of any kind
shall be placed in such receptacle.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect from and af-
ter its passage, and the due publica-
ton thereof according to law.
Passed by the Common Council OF
the City of Richmond, Indiana, the
goth day of Sept, 1920.
Presented To the Mayor for his sig