The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-04-14
Ordinance No. 542

SANITATION; PROVIDING
FOR AND REGULATION THE
COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND
DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE;
AUTHORIZING AND DIREC-
ING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK OF THE CITY OF KEN
NEwIcK, WASHINGTON, TO
ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
THEREFORE UPON THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS
SET FORTH IN THE CON-
TRACT SET OUT HEREIN
WHICH CONTRACT SHALL
EXTEND FOR A PERIOD END
ING JULY l, 1854; DEFINING
OFFENSES, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIO-
LATION THEREOF. S..
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE
CITY OF KENNEWICK:
Section 1. Definitions for this
ordinance are as follows:
(a GARBAGE; The term gar
bage shall be and is hereby de-
fined as follows: Garbage shall
be held to mean and include all
accumulations of household
waste matter which has been dis
carded as of no further value to
the owner thereof, including
ashes, cinders, trade waste, lawn
cuttings, grass, rags, bottles,
papers, broken household furni-
ture, small dead animals, boxes,
barrels, shrubs, small trees, small
limbs of trees, scraps Of boards
or lumber, hollow material or
ware, rubbish in general, and
every accumulation Of animal,
fruit or vegetable matter that
attends the preparation, use,
cooking, storage or handling OF
meat, fish, fowl, fruits or vege-
tables; but shall exclude earth,
sand, gravel, building materials,
building waste, trade waste oc-
casioned by goods condemned in
case lots or greater quantities,
manure, night soil, sewage, large
dead animals, automobile bodies,
large trees, slaughter house
waste, cleanings from public and
private catch basins, fire refuse
and extraordinary waste not re-
sulting from natural waste Of
ordinary daily living and also
shall include swill.
(b) HEALTH OFFICER; The
term health officer shall mean
the local health authority Of the
City of Kennewick or his duly
authorized agent or representa-
tive.
(c) PERSON; The term person
shall mean any person, firm, cor
poration association Of persons or
organization Of persons.
Section z. It shall be unlawful
for any person to deposit, throw,
place with the City Of Kenne-
wick or to burn within the City
of Kennewick Except trees, weeds
and grass may be burned in resi-
dental districts any garbage In
any lane, alley, street or other
public place within the City Of
Kennewick; or to dispose Of gar
bage on private property by In
cineration; or to dipossit, throw
or place any garbage upon any
private property, regardless Of
ownership, unless said garbage
shall be placed in metal water
tight container, not exceeding 30
gallons in capacity, fitted with q
tight cover which shall not be
removed except when necessary
for the depositing or removal of
garbage; provided, however, that
boxes, barrels, shrubs, small
trees, small limbs Of trees, scraps
Of boards or lumber, all hollow
material or ware and rubbish IN
general, may be broken, cut up
and placed in bundles securely
tied, or in boxes, cartons, or other
receptacles reasonably easy to be
handled and loaded by one per.
son onto collection vehicle. All
cans, bundles or other garbage
receptacles, as above specified,
shall, on the scheduled garbage
collection day, be placed at the
rear lot line where alleys are adj
jacent thereto, or, where no alley
Is adjacent to the rear property
line, shall be placed at the front
property line. It shall be unlawful,
however. for any can, bundle Of
refuse or garbage receptacle to
be PLACID on any sidwalk or street.
If necessary in the opinion of
Health Officer, garbage cans shall
be so secured as to render the said
garbage cans inaccessible to all
marauding animals. This shall be
required only upon the written in
structions of the Health Officer.
Section 8. All domestic gar
bage before being deposited In q
garbage cans as hereinbetore pro-
vided shall be drained and wrap
ped in paper or other material IN
such manner as to prevent, as
nearly as possible, moisture from
such garbage from coming In con-