Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-12-14
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
IAN ORDINANCE TO PRO.
VIDE FOR THE LICENSING
AND REGULATION OF THE
COLLECTING AND DISPOS.
ING OF GARBAGE, TRASH,
JUNK OR OTHER REFUSE
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY; TO
PRESCRIBE THE METHOD OF
APPLYING FOR LICENSES
THEREFOR AND TO RENDER
THE VIOLATION OF THE OR
DINANCE A MISDEMEANOR
WITH NALTIES PRE-
SCRIBED."
PURSUANT to the provisions
of Chapter 1874 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland,
Session of 1889, and the authority
thereof, be it enacted by the
County Commissioners of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, this
9th day of December, A. D. 1889 /:
l. That on and after the
effective date of this Act, it shall
be unlawful for any person, asso-
citation, firm, corporation, incor-
porated town or special taxing
area to collect or dispose of any
garbage, trash, junk or other
refuse by feeding, dumping, incin-
Grating or other final disposition
thereof, within the confines of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
without first obtaining from the
Board of County Commissioners a
permit therefor.
2. And be it further ordained
that any person, association, firm,
corporation, Incorporated town or
special taxing area seeking to dis
pose of garbage, trash, junk or
other refuse within the confines of
Montgomery County, Maryland
shall first make application to the
Board of County Commissioners
for a permit to dispose of such
refuse as aforesaid, which appli-
cation shall contain the name or
names or the persons seeking said
permit, a description of the land
to be used for dumping, locating
and description of the incinerat-
ing plant, or other means of final
disposal, to be used for said pur-
pose and such additional informa-
ton as may be required by said
Board.
8. And be it further ordained
that upon application being filed
for permission to operate a refuse
dump, incinerator, or other means
of final disposal of refuse, as
hereinabove provided, the said
Board shall set a date for pub
lie hearing upon the question OF
granting said permit, and it shall
then be the duty of the person or
persons so applying for said per-
nit to cause, at his own expense,
notice to be published in some
newspaper published in Montgom-
cry County, once a week for two
successive weeks prior to said
hearing, that said application has
been filed and that public hear
ing will be held on the date
named by the said Board, and
which said notice shall state def
nitely the location of the proposed
dump, incinerating plant, or other
means of final disposal of refuse.
A. And be it further ordained
that any person, association, flIm
or corporation so licensed to oper-
ate any dump, incinerating plant
or other means of final disposal
of refuse in Montgomery County,
shall pay, at the time OF the
issuance of the license, an annual
license and inspection fee OF Fifty
Dollars ($50.00), to be paid to the
Treasurer of Montgomery County,
for the general use of the Coun-
ty; and be it further ordered and
ordained that said fee shall be
paid on or before the first day OF
February in each and every year
in which said enterprise is to
ouerate. Licenses may be issued
for a period less than one year,
but in no event for less than one
half year; the fee to be charged
shall be the proportionate part OF
the yearly fee for licenses issued
for less than a year, but not less
than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.OO).
S. And be it further ordained that
any refuse dump, incinerating plant.
or other means of final disposal OF
refuse, in said County shall be so
located as ont to permit drainage
of water therefrom into any res
ervoir, well, spring or stream
used for drinking purposes by
human beings or domestic AM,
mails. and be it further ordered
and ordained that any such refuse
dump, incinerating plant, or other
means of final disposal OF refuse,
shall not be so located as TO IN
any manner endanger the safety,
and health of the residents OF the
community in which the same
shall be located.
6. And be it further ordered
and ordained that no refuse
dump, incincerating plant, or otner
means of final disposal OF refuse
shall be located within 300 yards
of any school, hospital, sanitarium'
church, public building, orphan
asylum, or in any part OF sala
County in such manner that at
the time of establishing SAID
refuse dump or incinerating plant'
there shall be located within a
radius of 800 yards of the OUTSIDE
lines or limits Of the land to be