Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-12-10
Office of the
Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County.
ORDINANCE
Rockville, Maryland,
December 1. 1912.

December 1, 1912.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Oxley, seconded by Commissioner
Farmer, resolution was passed,
directing that the ORDINANC E
heretofore adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners of Mont
gomery County, Maryland. effec-
tive the first day of February,
1910, the same being recorded in
the Minutes in Journal 40, Pages
391 to 396, inclusive, be repealed,
and that said ORDINANCE be
re-adopted as follows:
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED,
IAN ORDINANCE TO PRO
VIDE FOR THE LICENSING
AND REGULATION OF THE
COLLECTING AND DLSPOS-
ING OF GARBAGE, TRASH,
JUNK OR OTHER REFUSE
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TO
PRESCRIBE THE METHOD OF
APPLYING y FOR LICENSES
THEREFOR AND TO RENDER
THE VIOLATION OF TILE
ORDINANCE A MISDElNfEAN-.
OR WITH PENALTIES PRE-
SCRIBED."
PURSUANT to the provisions
of Chapter 164 Of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland,
Session of 1889, and the authority
thereof, as the same is codified in
Section 453 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Montgomery Coun-
ty, 1889 Edition, be it ORDAINED
by the County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
this LIST day of December, A. D.,
1912:
1. That on and after the effec-
tive date of this ORDINANCE, it
shall be unlawful for any person,
association, firm, corporation, in
corporated toyn or special taxing
area to collect or dispose of any
garbage, trash, junk or other
refuse by feeding, dumping, in
GENERATING or other final DISPOSE
ton 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 Or
DAMNED that any person, asso-
citation, firm, corporation. incorpo-
rated town or special taxing area
seeking to dispose of garbage,
trash, junk or other refuse within
the confines of Montgomery Coun-
ty, shall first make application to
the Board of County Commission
ers for permit to dispose of such
refuse as aforesaid, which appli-
cation shall contain the name or
names of the persons seeking said
permit, a description of the land
to be used for dumping, location
and description Of the incinerating
plant. or other means of final dis
posal, to be used for said purpose
and such additional information as
may be required by said Board.
8. And be it further OR
DAMNED that upon application
being filed for permission to oper-
ate refuse dump, incinerator, or
other means of final disposal of
refuse, as hereinabove provided,
the said Board shall set date for
a public hearing upon the question
of granting said permit, and it
shall then be the duty of the per-
son or persons SO applying for
said permit to cause, at his own
expense, notice to be published
in some newspaper published in
Montgomery County. once week
for two successive weeks prior to
said hearing, that said applica-
ton has been filed and that a pub
lie hearing win be held on the
date named by the said Board,
and which said notice shall state,
definitely, the location of the pro-
posed dump, incinerating plant, or
other means of final disposal OF
refuse.
A. And be it further Or
DAINED that at the time of the
filing of any application for per-
mission to operate a refuse dump,
incinerating plant, or other means
of final disposal of refuse. as here
inabove provided, the applicant
shall be required to furnish to
the Board of County Commission
ers the names of not less than two
(2) owners of property whose
property adjoins or is located
nearest to the tract or property
upon which the refuse dump, in
plant, or other means
of final disposal of refuse is pro-
posed to be located, together with
the postoffice address of such
owners as their names
appear upon the assessment rec
ords of Montgomery County for
such property, and it shall be the
duty of the Clerk to the Board
Of County Commissioners for
Montgomery County to notify such
owners of property of the pend
ing application for permission to
operate a refuse dump, inciner-
ator, or other means of final dis
posal of refuse, as the case may |
be, by mailing to such owners by /!
registered mail, postage prepaid,
not less than eight ~ days prior |
TO the hearing as hereinabove pro-
vided, a copy of the advertisement
Of such hearing, showing the date,
the time and the place Of such
hearing.