, 1935-07-18
G ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE No. 254

ORDINANCE No. z54
An ordinance regulating the pre-
paration Of garbage by householders
within the City Of Brownsville. Texas.
prohibiting interference Herewith,
prescribing q penalty for the violation
thereof and declaring an emergency.
PREAMBLE
whereas, the failure OF many
householders TO provide covered con-
tainers for the deposit OF accumulated
garbage and rubbish results in I'm
sanitary conditions in many portions
Of the City OF Brownsville; and
Whereas. unauthorized persons tres
pass upon premises where proper pro-
vision Is made for the collection and
keeping OF garbage IN covered con-
tanners, opening said containers and
strewing the contents promiscuously
over the premises on which they tres
pass. and this practice also results in
unsanitary conditions existing within
the City OF Brownsville; therefore, an
emergency Is hereby declared 70 exist
which necessitates that the charter
provision requiring that no ordinance.
except emergency. shall be passed on
the day on which II shall be intro
duced. be suspended. and that this
ordinance be passed as an emergency
measure.
De It Ordained By the city Of
Brownsville:
Section /: That each householder
In the City OF Brownsville who de-
sires his garbage to be collected shall
provide himself with a covered con-
tainer OF sufficient size x contain
garbage from his premises.
Section 2: Any householder not
providing himself with a covered gar
hmun rnrwufnaw e. $500 ANm ~~-m
ments, or who fails to dispose on his
garbage by burning or by other sani-
tary means. viii be creating q nuis-
ance. and after proper notification by
the Sanitary Inspector, shall be SUBJ
Ject to penalties OF nuisance and-or
sanitary ordinances OF this City.
Section 3: The owner or occupant
Of the premises desiring garbage coll
lection service shall place the cover
Cd container for garbage prescribed IN
Section 1 OF this ordinance In a proper
and convenient place az the back or
side OF his premises. making the same
accessible to the duly employed gar
bage collectors OF the City Of Browns
vile at any and all times.
Section 4: IL shall be unlawful for
any person. other than the person IN
possession and control OF said premises.
the members Of his family. Including
servants. and the duly employed gar
bage collectors OF the City or Browns
Vile. 10 enter said garbage container
or disturb the contents thereof or re-
o the same without the express
consent Of the owner or other person
In control OF said premises. Any per-
son violating the terms OF this ordi-
nance shall be guilty OF an offense
and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine OF not less than
800 nor more than $4,000.
Section 5: II any section, para
graph. subdivision, clause. phrase. or
provision OF his ordinance shall be
adtudged invalid. or held ~unconsti-
tutional. the same shall not affect
the validity OF his ordinance a. n
whole or any part, or provision. there
OF. other than the part so decided 70
be Invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 8: For the reasons stated
In b preamble this ordinance "a here
by declared TO be an emergency meas
ure dispensing with the provision IN
the City Charter providing that no
ordinance be passed on the day on
which It shall be introduced. and this
ordinance shall take effect ten davs
from and after its passage and publica-
ton.
r. b. RENTFRo. Mayor.
H. VAN HORN.
City Clerk.
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