The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-04-28
ORDINANCE NO. $40

AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SANITATATION; PROVIDING
FOR AND REGULATING THE
COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND
DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE:
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECT
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 CONTRACT
SET OUT HEREIN WHICH
CONTRACT SHALL EXTEND
FOR A PERIOD ENDING JULY
1, 1854; DEFINING OFFENSES,
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION THERE
OF. $3.50. ....-... 49,.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF KENNEWICK:
Section 1. Definitions for this
ordinance are as follows:
(a) GARBAGE; The term gar
bageI 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 discarded
as of no further value to the
owner thereof, including ashes,
cinders, trade waste, lawn cutt-
ings, grass, rags, bottles, papers,
broken household furniture, small
dead animals, boxes, barrels,
shrubs, small trees, small limbs
of trees, scraps of boards or lum-
Der, 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 vegetables; but shall
exclude earth, sand, gravel, build
ing materials, building waste
trade waste occasioned by goods
condemned in case lots or greater
quantities, manure, night soil,
sewage, large dead animals, auto
mobile bodies, large trees, slaugh-
ter house waste, cleanings from
public and private catch basins
fire refuse and extraordinary
waste not resulting from natural
waste of ordinary daily living;
and also shall include swill.
(b) HEALTH OFFICER; The
term heath officer shall mean the
local health authority of the City
of Kennewick or his duly auth.
orized agent or representative.
(c) PERSON; The term person
shall mean any person, firm, cor.
poration, association of person:
or organization of persons.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful
for any person to deposit, throw
place within 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 Kenne'
wick; or to dispose of garbage
on private property by incinera'
ton; Or to deposit, throw o1
place any garbage upon any
private property, regardless u
ownership, unless said garbage
shall be placed in metal water
tight container, not exceeding 81
gallons in capacity, fitted with
tight cover which shall not b.
removed except when necessar,
for the depositing or removal O
garbage; provided, however, tina
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, Gu
up and placed in bundles Sc
curely tied, or in boxes, cartons
or other receptacles REASONABLE.
easy to be handled and loadet
by one person onto a collection
| vehicle. All cans, bundles o,
other garbage receptacles, a
above specified, shall, on thu
scheduled garbage collection day
be placed at the rear lot lin,
where alleys are adjacent thereto
or, where no alley is adjacent I,
the rear property line, shall b,
placed at the front property line
It shall be unlawful, however
for any can, bundle of refuse o.
garbage receptacle to be placed
on any sidewalk, or street. I
necessary in the opinion of tn,
Health Officer, garbage can
shall be secured as to rendel
the said garbage cans inaccessabl,
to all marauding animals. Thi
shall be required only upon tn,
written instructions of the Healtl
Officer.
Section 8. ALI domestic garbage
before being deposited in gar
bage can as hereinbefore provided
shall be drained and wrapped il
paper or other material in sucl
manner as to prevent, as nearl,
as possible, moisture from sucl
garbage from coming in contac
with the sides or bottom of tn
metal container.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful